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CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: A Faun in the Snow

Bridge a Gate | 26. 1. 2014 | komentáře: 1

Článek z časopisu Bridge o fantasy sérii spisovatele C. S. Lewise s názvem THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (Letopisy Narnie). Pokračování článku »

in the nick of time - v poslední vteřině

BrE

/ˌɪn ðəˌnɪkəv'taɪm/

AmE

/ˌɪn ðəˌnɪkəv'taɪm/

adverb - just in time to prevent something bad

for the life of me - ani za boha

BrE

/ˌfɔ:ðə'laɪfəvmi:/

AmE

/ˌfɔ:rðə'laɪfəvmi:/

adverb, informal - in no way

on top of one's game - v nejlepší formě

BrE

/ənˌtɒp əv wʌns 'geɪm/

AmE

/ənˌtɑ:p əv wʌns 'geɪm/

phrase - in one's best, in one's best form

as a matter of fact - po pravdě řečeno, vlastně, ve skutečnosti

BrE

/ˌæzəˌmætərəf'fækt/

AmE

/ˌæzəˌmæt̬ərəf'fækt/

adverb - actually, in fact

for the hell of it - jen tak ze srandy, aby byla legrace, pro zábavu

BrE

/fə ðə 'hel əv ɪt/

AmE

/fər ðə 'hel əv ɪt/

adverb, informal - just for fun, with no particular reason

with a grain of salt - s nadhledem, s rezervou

BrE

/wɪð ə ˌgreɪn əv 'sɔlt/

AmE

/wɪð ə ˌgreɪn əv 'sɑ:lt/

verb - to not completely believe everything that someone says because you think it is unlikely to be true

with a pinch of salt - s nadhledem, s rezervou

BrE

/wɪð ə ˌpɪntʃ əv 'sɔlt/

AmE

/wɪð ə ˌpɪntʃ əv 'sɑ:lt/

verb - to not completely believe everything that someone says because you think it is unlikely to be true

in the middle of nowhere - na samotě, daleko od lidí, uprostřed pustiny, daleko od civilizace, uprostřed ničeho

BrE

/ɪn ðə mɪdl əv 'nəʊweə/

AmE

/ɪn ðə mɪdl əv 'noʊwer/

adverb - far from other people, houses, towns etc.

by the looks of it - jak to tak vypadá, když na to tak koukám

BrE

/baɪ ðə 'lʊks ɒv ɪt/

AmE

/baɪ ðə 'lʊks ɑ:v ɪt/

phrase - based on how something seems to be

in the dead of night - uprostřed noci, za hluboké noci

BrE

/ɪn ðə ˌded ɒv 'naɪt/

AmE

/ɪn ðə ˌded ɑ:v 'naɪt/

adverb - in the middle of the night

the lesser of two evils - menší zlo, to menší ze dvou zel

BrE

/ðə ˌlesə ɒv tu: 'i:vəlz/

AmE

/ðə ˌlesər ɑ:v tu: 'i:vəlz/

phrase - a bad decision etc. that seems better than another bad decision etc.

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Days of the week: The gods we meet every day

Láďa Lamanai Sedlák | 27. 2. 2008 | komentáře: 4

What questions would you ask gods if you met them in today's world? In Britain, you can have an afternoon tea party with Frigg, the Norse goddess of beauty and Odin's wife. Or in the USA, you can kick up the engine of your roadster and take a ride on the Route 66 with Thor, the old Germanic and Norse god of thunder, with your hair running wild by the wind. Pokračování článku »

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