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1. He never listens to what I’m saying. It’s like talking to a brick wall. (Textbook)

2. I've tried to tell her, but it's like talking to a brick wall. (Google)

3. I have tried to talk to his father about his behavior but talking to him is like talking to a brick wall. (Google)

pásmo

They were asked to monitor their progress not only with scales but with a tape measure. (BNC)

Four inches long and four inches around; take a tape measure and check for yourself. (BNC)

The tape measure is a much more accurate way of assessing your progress. (BNC)

řadový dům

Christmas in Kate and John Dyson's Victorian terraced house is a gathering together of the family after a hectic run-up to the holiday. (BNC)

Again supporters and the press gathered outside the terraced house in Kirkwall that serves as Orkney's Children's Panel Offices. (BNC)

Three photos of her dead son hang on the walls of their council terraced house. (BNC)

1. Calls from one terminal to another go up to the satellite network and directly down to the called handset, bypassing the terrestrial phone network. (Google)

2. That being said, leave the terrestrial phone line out of this! (Google)

3. These downlinks are primarily used for calls that need to be routed into the terrestrial phone system. (Google)

člověk, který je obyčejný, není slavný ani bohatý

We couldn´t believe it when he got a record deal. To us, he was just the boy next door. (Google)

Jeans are a staple part of everyone's wardrobe; from the boy next door to the rich and famous. (BNC)

So your dad said, well I was the boy next door but one. (BNC)

1. We're moving tomorrow and the house is a mess. What is the fastest way to clean it? (Google)

2. Weekends are for family time so we don't care if the house is a mess. (Google)

3. Why the house is a mess and no Christmas decor out yet? (Google)

všude dobře, doma nejlépe

What a great holiday! Still, there's no place like home. (Google)

"It feels so good to be home." "There's no place like home." (Google)

After his long trip, Bob came into his house, sat down in his favorite chair, and happily sighed, "There´s no place like home." (Google)

1. But "there's no place like home" and so I had to get up at 4am - the hospital is literally less than a mile from home. (Google)

2. Some grass is greener, but there's no place like home. (Google)

3. England is home and there's no place like home. That's what Britain means to me. (Google)

nelegálně, nečestně

Bennett had many friends in city government and was known for getting jobs for his friends through the back door. (Google)

Salesmen are constantly trying to push their products by offering special gifts through the back door. (Google)

Did classical theory surreptitiously admit the quantity theory of money; a theory which only holds good at full employment; through the back door in order to fix the price level independently of the level of money wages?  (BNC)

plýtvat penězmi

If you ask me, by giving your son all that money, you're really throwing money down the drain. (Google)

Don't throw your money down the drain! (Google)

Mobile users throw money down the drain. (Google)