Communication

prejsť/dostať sa k jadru veci/k podstate

Janet, let's get to the point. Do you want the afternoon off? (Google)

He has been talking a long time. I wish he would come to the point. (Google)

We are talking about money, Bob! Come on, get to the point. (Google)

spoločná pôda

The two poems could be thought to occupy a common ground which goes some way beyond topography, and includes a stretch of the common ground occupied by imitation. (BNC)

Mr Brooke said there appeared to be some common ground between Unionists and nationalists for talks to get underway. (BNC)

It seems increasingly unlikely that the two sides will find any common ground. (Google)

niesť správu, mať poslanie, odkazovať

The poem does convey a message, though the message can not be at every point decoded. (BNC)

This is particularly relevant to non-ELT materials since they were produced to convey a message to a particular audience. (BNC)

It was one of the worst years ever for the construction industry and many a card this Christmas carried a message that 1992 was a good year to see the back of and the hope that in 1993 things may start to look brighter. (BNC)

vyprávět vtip

Find interesting topics to talk about and crack a joke here and there. The more laid back you are, and just treating her as your good friend allows you to be comfortable to be yourself and talk about anything and everything that is not just about you. Crack a joke in between to let her know of your funny side as well. (Google)

If you crack a joke in the middle of a serious moment, from then on, you will be seen as a joker. (Google)

plakat nad rozlitým mlékem

Should one cry over spilled milk? For whatever reason you need to cry, cry. (Google)

Sometimes I think it’s okay to cry over spilled milk. I mean, how many cups can you accidentally break before you finally have a breakdown yourself? I say… Go ahead. Cry. (Google)

Maybe it is ok to “cry over spilled milk.” After all, it is ruined. I feel like my emotional muscles are as weak as the muscles in my legs were when I first tried to run. (Google)

dopis nebo vzkaz, ve kterém partner ukončuje vztah

Write your own Dear Jane letter and never send it. Sometimes writing out your feelings towards the sender of an impersonal Dear John letter may make you feel more in control of your life. (Google)

Chief Robinson suspects that Sharkey is a real ladies man when he accidentally sees a "Dear Jane" letter in the typewriter. (Google)

I got a "Dear Jane" letter. But I didn’t know it at first. It was disguised. It was a cute card, which on closer inspection was a copy of the one I had sent to him a few days earlier. And I thought he just wanted to send it back to me because it was so sweet and endearing. (Google)

dopis nebo vzkaz, kterým partnerka ukončí vztah

How to Write a Dear John Letter. There is no easy way to break up with a boyfriend. There will always be feelings hurt in a break up. (Google)

The Dear John Letter was much more prevalent and more sinister during wartime, when soldiers were unable to avoid conscription and could not return home during leave. (Google)

Remember the old Dear John letters that you used to hear about? The guy would come home to find the house empty, he would spot a note on the mantle and it would start out “Dear John”. It would go on to explain that his wife no longer wanted anything to do with him. (Google)

kritizovať niekoho, zhadzovať niekoho pred niekym

Don't you like her then? I used to but I found that she was always trying to do down the girls in our tennis club who were not interested in joining her little clique. (Google)

If you go on doing everyone down like this, you will soon find yourself without a single friend. (Google)

It seems that many people, perhaps without even thinking about it, would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker. (BNC)

sľúbiť

Sandison remembered some vague promise he had made about leaving the city when he was satisfied that Elsie was indeed alive and well. (BNC)

'You made a promise,' Maidstone said. 'So I did. Well, I never meant to keep it.' (BNC)

At home we make a promise to ourselves. (BNC)

nefandi si, nenamýšľaj si

I flatter myself that this campaign will put an end to the war. (Google)

Yeah. She's totally into me. She calls me all the time. Don't flatter yourself! (Google)

In fact how am I to know you didn't do all this just so we could be in this very position now? Don't flatter yourself! (BNC)