sdělit někomu (špatné) zprávy

Thank God, it wasn't he who had to break the news to the woman that her husband and her daughter had both been killed in the car crash that had fractured her skull. (NBC)

Vicky searched the house for Seth, to break the news that she was leaving. (NBC)

If their naivety is to be believed, they're in for more painful disillusionment when someone can bear to break the news to them that the tooth fairy doesn't exist and that the singing Madonna is no virgin. (NBC)

vyzradit tajemství, něco prozradit

If you are feeling bad about it, end the affair, and never breathe a word of it to me. The less I know, the happier I am. (Google)

As they made their way to town they vowed to not breathe a word concerning their gold find and they kept their word. (Google)

But we do not breathe a word, not even to our editors. We are the soul of discretion. (Google)

na dobierku

Outward fee per parcel in addition to postage: £1.60 Inward delivery fee: £1.30 Cash on delivery (C.O.D.). (BNC)

The following optional extra services are available with International Standard and Economy services: Express delivery Franc de Droits (FDD) Cash on delivery (C.O.D.). (BNC)

With Parcel Post's safe, reliable C.O.D service you can opt to have our staff collect either postage and fees only, or full payment for the item delivered. (Google)

zpochybnit

No member, no person from within the party, has the right to call in question the raison d'etre of the party. (Google)

All of the artists presented in this show advocate a critical stocktaking of art, and call in question any direct utility for society. (Google)

The vast majority of people, being utterly ignorant even of the elements of chemistry, labour under the impression that all that need be done in a matter of this kind is to tell the Public Analyst to “analyse,” and that full, exact, and absolutely definite information which nobody can call in question, will be forthcoming as a matter of course. (Google)

zavolat si někoho na kobereček

Do we call on the carpet the doctors who prescribed this dangerous medication? (Google)

Let's call on the carpet those who do wrong--this is the power of our beneficial transparency. But let's encourage everyone too. (Google)

Further more, let's call on the carpet those who run a school system without being able to explain various learning theories or who have never taught a day in the classrrom in their entire life... (Google)

nadávat někomu, někoho urážet

I work in a group home, and there is one 13-year-old boy who just calls everyone names, all the time, all the other youth and the staff. (Google)

When possible, I'd approach him in a positive way when he isn't calling somebody names. (Google)

Try to determine what function the name calling has for him. Was this something that was customary in his past or was necessary for him ? (Google)

číst jmenný seznam osob

And so he volunteers to help call the roll at Riverside. He will not have an opportunity to read his own son's name, but at least he can ensure that the sons of others are not forgotten. (Google)

They are taken together — 148,000 names, representing the entire veteran population of Riverside National Cemetery, a roll call of the dead read aloud over 10 days by more than 300 volunteers. (Google)

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'." (Google, quote by Theodore Roosevelt)

obrátit, začít tvrdit něco jiného než původně

So I am a little curious as to what made him change his tune all of a sudden. (Google)

For indeed, her husband did change his tune after spending the evening alone with his two rambunctious young daughters: to one of respect. (Google)

Here is a more recent video on his views about marijuana. It appears the situation in Mexico has made him change his tune. (Google)

slabá útěcha

So when the IPCC predicts serious consequences from global warming unless emissions are rapidly curtailed, it's cold comfort indeed that a few newspapers in the 1970s speculated about possible global cooling. (Google)

(A headline) Prices cuts are cold comfort in deflation chill. (Times online)

Surely it was cold comfort to her that one of her father's friends had snatched from her secure life just to frighten her. (Google)

hovor na účet volaného

Consumers report that they have been deceived into accepting a collect call from a particular family member when, in fact, the call is from a stranger. (Google)

To make a collect call, enter the number you wish to call, area code first. (Google)

Are more collect phone calls made on Father's Day than on any other day of the year? (Google)