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safe as houses

velice bezpečný

This plan is as safe as houses. It can't fail! (Google)

The ugly ones are as safe as houses, aren't they, Jenny? And the speaker turned to one who was certainly not beautiful. (BNC)

Renting is as safe as houses. (BNC)


safe as houses - velice bezpečný



1. Investments in properties will one day become as safe as houses again. (Google)

2. Your data online: safe as houses. (Google)

3. Claims that these investments were as safe as houses turned out to be too good to be true. (Google)

security chain

bezpečnostní řetěz

A patio door could be the weak link in your domestic security chain. (BNC)

The door opened, a few inches only, the limit of a security chain. (BNC)

A windy night, isn't it?'; he says --; which is self-evident as you shiver, peering at him past the security chain on the door while struggling to keep yourself decent. (BNC)


set the alarm clock - nastavit budík



1. Ritualistically, I set the alarm clocks. The battered, mechanical clock next to my pillow. (Google)

2. Here's how to set the alarm clock on your phone. (Google)

3. Every night before I go to sleep I set the alarm clock to 6 am. (Google)

sheets and blankets

ložní prádlo

Sheets and blankets are continuous sleeves, threaded through the cleaning head. (BNC)

Alida began to think about where she might go, as she piled sheets and blankets on to the floor. (BNC)

Try going back to sheets and blankets after sleeping under a duvet and you'll probably agree! (BNC)


shopping district

nákupní zóna

This street would not look out of place in London's most fashionable shopping district. (BNC)

On 24 May, 100,000 people marched through the Causeway Bay shopping district. (BNC)

The riverside section of Pest opposite Castle Hill is the city's main shopping district. (BNC)


shower curtain

závěs u sprchy

I pulled back the shower curtain, exposing her fully. (BNC)

There was a shadow on the shower curtain, a human-shape holding something in an upraised arm. (BNC)

The dummy was still propped over the desk, the shower curtain drawn. (BNC)


sit on the fence - sedět jedním zadkem na dvou židlích / nemoct se rozhodnout



1. Don't panic on financing, but don't sit on the fence either! (Google)

2. Many people are just sitting on the fence out there waiting, pondering, doodling and noodling about whether or not to buy a home. (Google)

3. The best strategy then, in my view, is to sit on the fence and adopt a 'wait and see' approach for at least the first few holes. (Google)

sitting room/living room - obývací pokoj



1. Which one do you prefer? Playing poker over the internet or playing with a set of friends in your sitting room. (Google)

2. Lady Ranfurly's sitting room was a typically busy-looking Victorian interior, crowded with pictures, ornaments and flowers. (Google)

3. As the toddler sleeps in the middle of the sitting room floor, I remember the electronics we had as a kid. (Google)

slam the door

prásknout dveřmi

He stepped from the car and turned to slam the door. (BNC)

He managed to slam the door before the obese Gloriana, one of his five cats, escaped in search of a mate. (BNC)

Manville saw the passenger jump out of the car and slam the door. (BNC)


sliding door

zasouvací dveře

And then, just as the foyer was beginning to take on a shabby, comfortable look, the lift arrived, an elegant black and gilt box with a sliding door. (BNC)

Gloria closed the sliding door, pulled down the blinds, and switched off the six lamps which Dot had just put on. (BNC)

They arrived at the sliding door entrance to the bridge. (BNC)


smoke like a chimney - hulit jak fabrika



1. Is it good manners to smoke like a chimney in your home if you have non-smoking guests? (Google)

2. Now I drink like a fish, swear like a trooper, sing like a strangled mongoose and, yes, smoke like a chimney. (Google)

3. My mother, before she stopped smoking, used to smoke like a chimney. (Google)

sore muscles

bolavé svaly

Yes, that was just the thing to soothe her and relax sore muscles. (BNC)

Had expected to be sore or tired from the previous day but I felt great and was never tired, no sore muscles or any blisters on the entire trip. (BNC)

Squeezing strokes help restore you after a tiring day by alleviating tension from tight, sore muscles. (BNC)


soup ladle - naběračka



1. We needed a new soup ladle, after our old, cheap one broke after many years of use. (Google)

2. A Central Otago woman faces a prison sentence after beating her son with a soup ladle. (Google)

3. Serve soups and bisques in style with this large soup ladle. High standards of production ensure long lasting performance and durability. (Google)

spare room - pokoj pro hosty



1. Another way to make money out of a spare room is by providing a home stay to students. (Google)

2. It may be a privilege to prepare the place where a guest will sleep, but what about when that privilege involves offering up a spare room to a dying friend? (Google)

3. A spare room can be such a useful room. You can use it as a library or a storage room. (Google)

stately home

zámeček, panské sídlo na venkově

Later this rosebud spent a weekend at the stately home of a young lord. (BNC)

Living in a stately home is an art, acquired by upbringing. (BNC)

The magnificent stately home of Woburn is only 12 miles away. (BNC)


step ladder

žebřík

Due to the exceptional demand for a quality platform step ladder in our Special Offers last year, this year we are offering the Goldstar four-tread step ladder. (BNC)

Do you use proper steps or a step ladder to reach things in high places?

Lorton perched on the step ladder. (BNC)


switch off the light - zhasnout



1. Actually on that day, my university hostel authorities have a programme that urges us to switch off the light! (Google)

2. Switch off the light when you are not in the room, John! (Google)

3. On January 16 at 8 p.m. simply switch off the light for 15 minutes and light candles of Freedom in the windows! (Google)


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