English collocations in use

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• Divorced rozvést se.  get
• Clout expanded limit.  his over
• Spend time trávit čas. 
• Care starat se o take
• Fast cars rychlá auta quick cars) 
• Fast food  quick food)  not
• Quick glance letmý pohled fast glance) 
• Quick meal rychlé jídlo fast) 
• Make effort vyvinout úsilí an
• Powerful engine silný motor strong
• Ancient monuments antique not
• Pass buck idiom meaning responsibility problem person avoid
• Strictly forbidden přísně zakázáno strongly) 
• Poverty breeds crime crimes".  instead
• Narrow-minded  úzkoprsý přízemní plný předsudku malicherný; přídavné jméno listen
• Moon být v sedmém nebi
• Give lift svézt a
• Made zamířila her way
• Exciting life led what an
• Desperately jealous zoufale žárlí.  she
• Is making demands dělá si na ní nároky. 
• Give call zavolej mi.  me
• I had  run bath there.  okoupat se. 
• Sharp pain ostrá bolest. 
• Ease pain zmírnit bolest.  this
• Sharp bread drifting turn bend everywhere.  character contrast
• I  access information.  have to
• Give piece advice let me
• I find him.  must a
• I learnt hard jack can´t trusted. 
• I plést se cesty.  please
• Give left.  dát přednost ustoupit podlehnout. 
• I´ve  to there.  tried every
• Find home najdeš ke mě cestu
• I desperatelly worried  about her. 
• I gonna  enrol french grammar.  zapsat se kurzu. 
• I gave ring ivana.  zavolal jsem ivaně. 
• I afraid to  meet requirements splnit požadavky. 
• Synonyma i gonna set business založit vztyčit vystavit. 
• Make wise choice leave her.  moudrá volba
• Udělat kurz.  do a course
• Party  despite fact taking en exam tomorrow morning. 
• Giving lecture  about french making good progress it. 
• Just  duties she is doing
• I rest have to a
• I ne shopping home.  had
• Make an  effort vyvinout úsilí. 
• I made great impression make impression). 
• Leading nose control make to
• Pain alleviate racked inflict lessen soothe extreme suffer
• I wearing bright colours was
• Chat it.  we had a
• Major problem me.  je pro mě zásadním problémem. 
• Collocations key issue studying english. 
• Carrier boomed college.  my after
• Company grown employs year.  my
• Coca cola launched product new
• Poses problem me.  představovat problém. 
• Company created  lot opportunities people. 
• I felt surge anger message.  vlna hněvu. 
• Felf sense pride him.  he
• I feeling peng nostalgia am
• Parents swelling pride gradution.  his
• I filled horror him.  was
• Bursted tears broke her.  she
• Beautiful vase gently window ledge
• Straight pulled steadily rivals win lengths
• I love whispered softly you
• Smilling proudly accomplishments.  he was
• Happily married they are
• I fully aware cheating people.  well. 
• Blissfully unaware traps fake friends.  blažená nevědomost. 
• Introduce exciting product year.  we
• Economy extremely high times.  was
• Company provide lot job opportunities you. 
• Increase oil prices creates problem us. 
• Blisfully unaware him.  of what
• Place glasses gently box fragile. 
• Blissfully happy blaženě štastný. 
• Tread carefully friend long way.  opatrně našlapovat opatrně. to
• Forward crowd natural synonyma gush rush stream surge
• Acutely embarrassing. the prisoner abuse scandal embarrassing united states
• Roar laughter roaring telling stories.  řvát smíchy. 
• Key factor  of success tenacity. 
• Burst song začít zpívat.  into
• I bored stiff lesson spoken eng extremely bored. 
• Badly haircut spoken eng you
• I´ll spoken eng rozmyslím si dám ti vědět. 
• Give ring spoken eng me
• Passengers alight bus whilst motion formal nevystupovat. 
• Cyclists dismount formal must here
• Trespassers prosecuted form will be
• Dispose unwanted items receptacle provided form
• Prices airline slashes newspapers cuts drastically
• Government spending rocket year will
• Gm foods genetically modified foods 
• Police  crack  on speeding.  rázně proti čemu zakročit
• Police quiz 16-year guy.  questions. 
• Flu outbreak hits southern europe. 
• Submit tender podat nabídku.  a
• Dispose zbavit se zlikvidovat odstranit vyhodit. 
• Dead  keen inf extremely formal) 
• Mr x bore cost repairs form
• I withdrew dropped university year formal/informal.) 
• President launched detailed explanation policy.  se pustil do. 
• Highly unusual successful competitive profitable effective controversial recommended
• Absolutely utterly ridiculous stupid impossible wrong appalled convinced
• Bitterly disappointing/ed resent criticise regret complain cry weep. 
• Deeply ashamed concerned shocked committed moved affected hurt
• Ridiculously cheap expensive easy low high long short
• Strongly oppose influence deny recommend support condemn suggest
• I bitterly disappointed meeting her. 
• Deeply commited students.  he was
• Restaurant ridiculously expensive.  the was
• I strongly recommend dont that. 
• Strongly recommend influence dislike. 
• Highly educated unusual profitable. 
• Bitterly regret resent criticise. 
• Absolutely convinced devastated absurd. 
• Deeply religious unhappy committed. 
• Make main differences producing comment effort excuse mistake
• Examples?)  performing action  damage experiment exercises good turn
• Go?  crazy people´s personality appearance physical abilities.  people
• Turned turn?  sky gold collocated colours.  tomatoes red
• Formal essays.  gave smoking pregnant i involved shit. 
• Fell alternative get)  ill hospital silent speech. 
• Grew grown father older noise louder this. 
• Verbs collocate accident argument break conversation chat difficulty
• Strumming guitar brnkat na kytaru. 
• Collocation holiday train bus liking taking risk interest
• Pay collocation verbs attention  i compliment misunderstood.  funeral
• Paid attention teacher she to
• I tons photos vacation took
• Paid nice compliment yesterday.  she
• I terrible dream yesterday had
• President paid tribute supported him. 
• I feeling met had a
• I liking college moment her. 
• I funeral pay respect to
• I chance abroad year.  think
• Party jane´s birthday?  shall we
• Action immediately.  we need to
• Boss closed meeting clock.  the
• Big decision make it was
• Big problems solve large different. 
• Elderly police old.  more than
• Single parent. 
• Lonely place/spot mountains.  in the
• I felt desperately lonely left. 
• Living travelling alone
• Solitary figure deserted beach.  person
• Sole survivor crash.  one.  the
• I child brothers sisters.  am
• Unique occasion meet room it
• I charge telephone need to
• Loaded goods truck left.  they
• Sell damaged goods they tried
• Gain gained power throught him.  control continent access
• Gained gain formal reputation publicity recognition advantage olympic
• Win award prize medal meth contexts competition. 
• Win  battle war election.  a
• Earn salary money earned working them. 
• Make  profit money make investing working
• Achieve success golas aims abstract nouns. 
• Beat/defeat team opponent adversary.  an
• Light face lighted eyes up.  english happiness feel
• Lightens atmosphere mood relaxed cheerful was. 
• Dark thoughts days times unhappiness negative feelings. 
• Idea flowed conversation flows flow)  suggests things progress
• Floods tears crying lot.  she
• Were  streaming face stékat.  they
• People poured hall end  performance streaming entrance hall. 
• People trickled offices.  trickle suggests moving slowly normálně
• Stream traffic room night.  suggests continuous movement. 
• Heated fire collocation english heat suggest anger debate
• Flared flare meaning show bright light dark tempers
• Cheeks burn embarrassment.  with
• Blaze glory publicity.  požár oheň žár plamen bright
• Trickle vehicles entering car park. 
• I heaten conversation yesterday.  had
• Steady stream vehicles main street. 
• Scorching synonyma hot úmorné vedro. přídavné jméno july sun
• Sunshine soaking enjoying the up
• Been  pouring rain time.  heavily raining. 
• Torrential rain.  přídavné jméno rain falling rapidly copious
• Rain rain.  looks like as
• Strong sun. 
• Hard frost.  tuhý mráz. 
• Weather deteriorate tomorrow.  the is
• Travel arrangements
• Tiring journey únavná cesta it
• Fasten seatbealts.  sloveso close join securely seat belts
• Seat sedadlo window  aisle u okna uličky. 
• Anticipate smooth flight opposite bumby
• Family-run company. 
• Rundown run-down jméno tired hotel center.  podstatné analysis
• Accommodation type budget cheap occupants shared access bathroom
• Poker party fully booked  in advance months. 
• Make reservation.  a
• Charter flight special. 
• Outward journey return
• I looked window the  surrounding countryside podíval sem
• Gentle landscape landcape extremes threatening it. 
• Open field.  field uninterrupted woods houses. 
• Bleak landscape hometown.  holý pustý sychravý bezútěšný pochmurný; přídavné
• I  path river.  the followed
• Turned corner caught climpse fisher standing water zahnout
• Caught sight run briefly quick i plane flew
• Round bend turned corner a
• Sight.  visible move closer tall buildings city sight
• Fell ruin chátrat.  into became
• Although  lies ruins worth it
• Steep slope prudký svah
• Dramatic settings
• Mountains towering rising dramatically
• Countryside unspoilt changed industry modern buildings. 
• Forest dense thick
• Block view the
• Snow-covered mountains
• Stream winds forrest.  makes lots bends doesnt flow
• Room uninterrupted views castle.  from
• I panaramic view dorm room. 
• Spectacular view balcony city.  she
• I stop admire view to
• Enjoy view.  the
• Breathtaking scenery  towering mountains shining city endless ocean. 
• Castle dominates landscape.  the
• Beach stretches táhnoucí se pláž
• Sandy beach
• Hotel secluded beach oddělená pláž. 
• Golden sands zlaté písky 
• Quickly hustle bustle town tranquil peaceful countryside klidu" 
• I turned corner caught glimpse house trees. 
• Long sandy beach stretched miles front us. 
• Builiding blocks view castle.  the
• Countryside venkov příroda krajiná; podstatné jméno land scenery rural
• Scenery scenérie krajina kulisy dekorace; podstatné jméno natural features
• Pretty revealed true character situation. 
• Skyline city wonderful mix new.  panoráma silueta horizont; podstatné
• Cobbled streets dlážděné ulice made regular pattern stones. 
• Lot quaint buildings kuriozní zvláštní malebný idylický podivný
• Held relaxed atmosphere it was
• Lively full bar energy anthusiasm. 2 people busy enjoying
• Over-priced restaurants
• Urban barren wasteland refer meriam american city centers
• No-go area podstatné jméno dangerous impossible enter entry
• Imposing building impozantní stavba
• Town shanty chudinská čtvrť. podstatné jméno deprived area outskirts
• Fashionable club
• Place full run-down buildings zchátralé budovy staré rozbité
• Sprawling road city covering enormous area rozrůstající se
• Upmarket bar potrefena husa kind restaurant.  luxusnější upscale. sky
• Traffic bumper-to-bumper airport.  jam cars touch bumper nárazník
• Quaint kweynt)  adjective quainter quaintest old-fashioned attractiveness charm
• Familiar landscape povědomá krajina
• Landscape gentle extreme threatening it. 
• Fields open front golf course.  uninterrupted woods houses. 
• Bleak landscape bezútěšná krajina its
• Overpriced restaurant its very
• Restaurant good relaxed atmosphere its
• Pařížská street runs river town square lined pricey
• Street full lively bars fashionable clubs
• Pavements cafés centre extremely pricey.  restaurant tables chairs
• Residential city area high-rise building housing commercial permit
• Imposing buildings impozantní budovy
• Urban wasteland city area empty bad condition. 
• No-go areas police authorities afraid enter. 
• Run-down buildings bad condition in
• Deprived area  with huge social problems.  things pleasant
• Industrial zone city razed down. 
• Sprawling city spread large area slightly negative
• Bumber traffic cars close touching bumper nárazník). 
• Exhaust fumes výfukové plyny. 
• Volume traffic low part city.  objem dopravy
• Incessant roar trucks buses loud noise stops neustálý
• Comfortable suburb.  place people travel order work bigger
• Shanty town poor houses made discrded materials tin
• Motorway dálnice. 
• Main street lined shops.  the
• Outskirts outer parts town city předměstí. 
• Streets strewn litter.  scatter spread things untidily surface
• Selfish good company streak people enjoy act pruh
• Outgoing describes people personality  and good sense humor
• Less  vivid imagination me.  živou představivost
• Lose temper easily.  ztratit nervy
• Highly intelligent razor-sharp mind you
• Set high standards yourself.  you
• I fiercely loyal friends.  stronger extremely. 
• Aspect personality put the best
• Painfully shy social situations work give impression supremely
• Tendency make snap decisions quick decisions. 
• Strong sense responsibility word you
• Long i good keeping secrets i  bear grudge
• Temper honey.  keep your
• Made fool me.  she a
• Brutally honest person hurting feeling often. 
• I played joke her.  a
• Joke i move dont mind played me. 
• Swallow pride deiv admit right. 
• Throw tantrum i dreamed bob department store embarrassed
• I lost patience hit it. 
• Terms illness accept psychologically.  he
• Couldnt  terms divorce.  he came
• Round face chubby with  cheeks.  kulatý obličej fat
• Hanging droopy moustache long heavily přídavné jméno limply
• Pointed face straight very  nose.   špičatý obličej nose
• Oval face ovalný obličej shaped egg) 
• Upturned nose turn upward upside
• Slender slim model figure waist attractively formal poethic
• Lovely complexion natural colour quality person´s skin pleť
• Sleek smooth shoulder-lenght hair  přídavné jméno fur skin
• Groomed always  immaculately appearance tidy looked great care
• Coarse hair rough smooth soft. 
• Very  broad hips široké boky. 
• Youthful appearance mladistvý vzhled
• Thick hair husté vlasy
• Bushy eyebrows husté obočí
• Tiny tot aa small child
• Jet-black hair completely black
• Dumpy woman zavalitá žena
• Portly gentleman fat round middle-aged older man tělnatý. 
• Lanky youth vytáhlý mladík tall thin tending move
• Dishevelled hair rozcuchané vlasy untidy people´s appearance hair. 
• Bears resemblance striking father).  remarkably wallet strong i
• Striking appearance unusual positive attractive way. 
• Family nuclear extended parents children grandparents etc. 
• Relatives close distant blízcí příbuzní vzdálení příbuzní 
• Close/immediate family people nearest blood relatives
• Close-knit family
• Collocation family loving respectable dysfunctional respectable. 
• Late husband zesnulý manžel
• Estranged husband divorce lives place dificult relationship with. 
• Divorce rozvést se  get a
• Trial separation rozvést
• Bitter/acrimonious divorce těžký rozchod
• Children parents separated divorced broken home
• Home stable deprived loving caring family money/caring on... 
• Start family založit rodinu  a
• I child get)  would like
• Soray expecting baby waiting baby) 
• Baby yesterday.  she had her
• Musical talent
• Baby due week.  expected arrive
• Single parent mother father
• Bring raise usa)  children.  vychovat. 
• Apply custody care a child for
• Works hard provide family earn money support family. 
• Set home soon.  start independent life one´s flat
• Let´s make friends find new
• I gonna strike friendship him.  start friendship. 
• I formed developed strong friendship him. 
• Friendship hard times cemented situation absolutely spoiled us. 
• Friendship is  growing well.  stronger. 
• Casual acquaintances známý někdo koho znáš málo. 
• Good relationship someone.  have a
• Touch i leave.  opposite lose contact/touch
• I love returned jestli bude opětovaná. 
• Love sight  at the first
• Make commitment  a
• Immediately accepted proposal she his
• I hope love unconditionally forever. 
• I affair her.  had an
• I hope blissfully happy honeymoon.  extremely happy. 
• Hope marriage brings lasting happiness dlouhotrvající štěstí. 
• Happy couple standard referring newly married couple. 
• I felt desperately sad deeply depressed left. 
• I feel great sadness this. 
• I was  bitterly disappointed behavior badly
• Felt increasingly anxious it.  zvyšující se úzkost. 
• Worried heavens sick anxious about
• Mounting anger inside gonna kill him.  vzrůstající hněv
• Aroused feeling widespread condemnation behavior.  vzbudil pocity odsouzení
• I was  seething anger her.  kypět vzteky. 
• I lost temper crazy.  ztratit nervy. 
• Highly emotional experience relationship her. 
• Emotional impact girl abortion untold.  citový dopad" 
• Emotional people feel involvement attachment empathy affection dependency
• Left an  emotional wreck she
• Childhood wasnt blissfully happy my
• I deeply disapointed him.  was
• Highly emotional individual.  she is
• Short-let accomodation krátkodobý pronájem 
• Studio flat designed person for
• Gonna move flat this are
• Suitable accommodation vyhovující ubytování 
• Newly-built apartment soon.  available
• I access fully-fitted kitchen have
• Car off-road park parking.  parking side road driveway
• Rent.  available to
• Spacious accommodation.  prostorné ubytování 
• Dream home
• Four-storey house.  čtyřpodlažní
• Cosy room rent.  útulný pokoj k pronájmu. 
• Room with  overlook garden pokoj s výhledem zahrady. 
• Wanna turn flat huge party place. 
• Add extension rozšířit an
• Completely refurbished flat kompletně zrekunstruovaný byt. 
• I wanted flat.  repair repaint decorate house). 
• I moved dormitory.  odstěhoval sem se z koleje. 
• Dilapidated building zchátralý objekt. 
• Draughty house plný průvanu"; přídavné jméno enclosed space cold
• Chilly corridor chladná chodba 
• Cramped room stísněná místnost
• Affordable housing dostupné bydlení z pohledu peněz) 
• Mortgage vzít si hypotéku take
• House-warming party kolaudační party 
• Build extension extra room existing house. 
• Feel homesick stýskat si po domově
• Make home i finish work. 
• I feel home here.  already
• Home weekends holidays etc.  second
• Granny flat house podstatné jméno part made self-contained
• Junk food  pejorative term food high levels calories
• Nourishing food  výživné jídlo
• Fresh produce foods produced faarming etc... 
• Organic food synthetic pesticides produced farming standards differ
• Ready meals  meals prepared heated quickly eating. 
• Food aditives substances added improve taste appearance preserve
• Processed food  foods changed treated part industrial operation
• Food perishable es bad quickly e.g cheese fish
• Meal substantial light x large considerable importance size
• Pig slap-up meal excellent large cheap fatty  (urban). 
• Gourmet meal high quality meal 
• Home-cooked food 
• Let´s quick snack.  have a
• Refreshing drink. 
• Square i´m dying hunger i meal.  podstatné jméno
• Square meal meal a big body types food stay
• Healthy appetite
• Hearty breakfast vydatná snídaně
• Soft drink nonalcoholic carbonated a
• Spoil appetite zkazit chuť k jídlu =make eat
• Set menu limited offered number courses fixed price
• Priced reasonably
• International cuisine/food world-wide not
• Insatiable appetite nenasytný apetit
• Film brad pitt new with
• Book reviewers film critics 
• Film book reviews  i read reviews steven spielberg´s
• Film critics gave bad reviews
• Based true story založeno na skutečné události
• Book/film capture atmosphere tension fear. 
• Film deals topic civil war. 
• Opening closing scene)  scene film starts godfather´s office. 
• Talked beginning end film.  start finish) 
• Main hlavní central character postavy postavy  ale zaměnitelné
• I recommend films friends.  doporučovat filmy. 
• It´s highly recommended film lot people enjoyed it. 
• I ´ve desire stage actor
• Big screen cinema the
• Special effects
• Special effects battle scenes.  during
• Male lead  main part
• Female lead  hlavní ženská role
• Play role viking.  the he
• Cameo či v role anglický pojem appearance prostě
• Ryan gosling gave terrific performance film. 
• Nominated oscar for an
• Successful box office-hit  describe film play actor number
• Playing full houses cinemas/theatres empty seat. 
• Film cast obsadit vybrat herce) 
• Film shoot natočit a
• Star film hrát ve filmu
• Engrossed absorbed book didn´t hear ponořena knihy books) 
• Reading compulsive interesting can´t stop
• Bedtime reading čtení před spaním 
• Detective stories good train journeys they´re easy read. 
• Borrow library books time.  you
• Return library books till tomorrow. 
• I gonna renew library book prodloužit lhůtu k
• I flicked/skimmed throught book reading detial. 
• Book beautifully written worth reading. 
• Critics review book film criticise them) 
• Watching tv x  film"  television
• Music scene hudební scéna
• Background music  music intended unobtrusive accompaniment activity dining
• Music blast hi-fi sounds extremely loud. 
• Debut album presented public time. 
• Live performance živé vystoupení
• Easy fans listening catchy tunes music difficult.  pleasant
• J lo gave great performance
• Adoring fans
• His adoring fans věrní fanoušci" 
• Extraordinary piece music its an
• Hit  massive velký
• Released cd hoping big hit
• Huge band wrote music due tour year.  velkou
• Haunting melodies.  přídavné jméno poignant evocative difficult ignore
• Virtuoso performance extremelly skilful.  person masterly dazzling skill
• Aim capture wider audience kind music.  zaujmout širší
• Musical heritage czech republic.  hudební dědictví
• Composed pieces cd.  of the
• Music lover
• Features released cd jason mraz young singer usa
• Play band solo in he
• I´ve guitar lesson far.  začal sem hrát na
• Tunning instruments.  lazení nástrojů.  the
• I´ve play piece teacher week. 
• Up-tempo played fast increased tempo uptempo guitar work
• Sports gymnastics judo weightlifting aerobics circuit training archery
• Sports play games badminton billiards hockey bowls rugby
• Sports fishing skiing bowling cycling skateboarding surfing snowboarding
• Sports make)  you do not
• Exercises.  make)  you do not
• Play computer games games)  you
• Let´s play game cards a
• Activies make)  you do not
• Real sportspersons practise taking penalty training penalties. 
• Matches sportsmen wanna win lose
• I deserve win narrowly defeated beaten těsně prohrát
• Enter competition zúčastnit se go
• Attends training sessions week.  he
• Put fight bit struggle make fixed order
• Stage  round competition kolo soutěže. 
• Break world record  the
• World record set holder.  a
• I gonna fierce intense competition achieve ambitions
• I achieved personal match.  my
• Desperately ed win drugs enhance performance
• Fail drug test.  a
• Fail drugs test.  a
• Play football match game.  or
• Home ground match away
• Score goal a
• Tackle opponent possession ball napadnout protihráče
• Foul opponent faulovat your
• Referee blowed whistle taking penalty free kick
• Coach drops player team.  the
• Bring substitute.  replace player another. 
• Lead winning position.  we taken
• Illness catch flu cold chill pneumonia
• Illness contract disease malaria typhoid catch develop infectious
• Illness develop lung/breast cancer diabetes aids arthritis alzheimer´s
• Illness suffer asthma hay fever backache
• Illness attack bronchitis asthma hay fever diarrhoea
• Suffered/sustain major/minor/serious/head injuries he many
• Web access information subject to.  zjistit informace o
• Vigorous exercise and/or find difference moderate  exercise intense
• I eating  balanced diet close.  vyvážená strava
• Healthy eating
• I strictly fitness programme am
• I dont stick programme always
• Fit year have you kept
• Terminally ill sustains excruciating/unbearable pain time.  excruciating hrozivý
• Incurable illness nevyléčitelná choroba
• Minor trivial/minor ailment indispozice.  podstatné jméno illness typically
• Takes day trivial ailments he
• Life-threatening illness.  serious but not
• Acutely/intensely painful náhlá bolest intenzivní bolest. 
• Dull ache teeth.  tupá bolest. 
• Prescribed tablets he me some
• Relieve/aleviate pain
• Ill means was taken yesterday.  onemocnět.  process generally refers
• Splitting i headache fred play bridge hours severe
• Slight cold lehce nachlazený
• Wars accidents people injured things damaged
• Online připojit se go
• Connected internet připojit se k internetu
• E-mail send poslat
• Browse web the
• Search engine vyhledávač
• Enter web address this
• I press ed delete d dissapeared. 
• I don´t access website have
• Put correct address napsal jsi správně adresu? 
• I don´t reply e-mail how
• Hit ´reply´ compose message press ´send´
• I automatically forward office messages home address
• Put wrong address e-mail bounce vrátí se zpátky. 
• Hard copy e-mails you.  printed
• I show print work copy paper. 
• I download pictures can the
• Save disk to you have
• I send attachment e-mail?  can
• I attach file  my resumé
• I visit chat room first. 
• Select option here.  this
• I receiving lot spam am
• Good web design making easier navigate websites procházet
• Hacked computer.  he into her
• Maintain website poorly up-to-date information them. 
• Computer crashes re-instaling programs your
• Broadband connections  širokopásmové připojení. 
• Online shopping
• Computers down.  working.  be the
• Burning cd easy back-up files.  zálohovat krytí podpora. 
• Easy accidentally delete erase file
• To  hold records computer makes easier businesses track
• I hate predictive texting mobile phone. 
• Screen small displays images brilliantly. 
• Ring tones
• Recording video clips fans.  he
• I access e-mails.  have to
• I´ve downloaded films great graphics
• I hate sit/take exam biology end term exam. 
• Research carried project class conducted history school provést
• I decided enrol french.  a
• Studied degree law.  degree/diploma a
• I studied legal english economics law school.  subject
• Students write essay assignment legal issues. 
• Mr elischer gave lecture thing legal sense. 
• Obtained awarded diploma town hall
• Essay received a-grade grade his
• Obtain acquire qualification business law. 
• Children receive basic education only
• Attend lectures complete the you
• Class held room the will
• Hand essays friday odevzdat vaše eseje v pátek. 
• Submit application till june odeslat přihlášku. 
• I gonna withdraw asap.  vyškrtnout se z kurzu/semináře
• Notebooks writting collocations.  keep your
• Draft thesis ok.  first of
• I work hard final draft thesis. 
• Consultant giving good feedback was
• My  continuous assessment i employer year.  průběžné hodnocení
• Training skills.  they provides in
• Secondary continue higher/tertiary education after
• Make list till morning.  a
• Hand notice give boss written notification resignation
• Education united secondary higher abbreviated fe kingdom ireland
• Government recognise foreign qualifications school teachers. 
• Práce fulfilling job naplňující která má smysl atd... 
• It´s demanding job náročná práce
• Steady job stabilní zaměstnání.  a
• High-powered job important job.  a
• Apply job ucházet se o práci
• Employment permanent job.  regular continuing basis opposed temporary
• Offer job nabídnout někomu práci
• Supervise work dohlížet na práci. 
• Complete work to
• Start work available to
• Work  vzít na sebe práci
• Work closely with  úzce spolupracovat s
• Carry work vykonávat/provést/uskutečnit realizovat práci
• Career takes taking off)  starts successful. 
• Wreck/ruin someone´s career.  to
• Height/peak carrer at the of
• Career lasted years banking.  her
• A promising career slibná kariéra. 
• Career medicine.  to have a
• Embakr career start career.  to
• Climb career ladder.  to the
• Experience insolvency law do you
• Stimulating work environment are you
• U integral part close team nedílnou součástí. 
• Offer  job satisfaction generous benefits
• Vacancy filled weeks.  job offered accepted till  podstatné
• Just  charge employee.  take of
• Make appointment zařidít schůzku.  an
• Appointments dodržovat schůzku chodit na ně. 
• Fielding telephone calls pass throught urgent
• Making reservation she is a
• Gave presentation he a about
• Makes preparations required she all
• Make preparations
• Arranges meetings she
• Minutes official record takes meeting.  written meetings organization
• I records job.  mít záznamy o zaznamenávat
• U to  set targets you´re gonna nowhere. 
• Achieve goals her she does
• Early retirement take
• I suitable guy work.  am
• Job dead-end employment menial requires minimal skills offers
• Glittering career hvězdná kariéra.  bright shining lot quick
• Career spanning years.  kariéra trvala přemostila překlenula
• Lucrative job
• Rewarding job giving personal satisfaction gratifying. 
• Business when did you first
• I gonna set small business make side income. 
• I partnership friends office went
• Made huge loss things changed profit
• Business failiing financially.  his is
• Folded business close failure.  he
• Bankrupt he is going
• Won contract stiff competition we
• Staff expanded.  nabrali zaměstnance personál. 
• Created lot jobs local people. 
• ​sales ​figures sales figures  ​value ​amount ​total industry's
• Annual turnover roční obrat
• What´s secret success my to
• Conduct market research launching product vždy zkoumáme chování
• We  set high discrecy transaction.  velmi si považujeme
• Service customer after-sales and
• Running restaurant business aint easy. 
• Float company stock market.  uplavat spustit nechat spadnout
• Public intention jít na trhy refers private company's
• Ceased trading ukončit činnost close business
• Cut-throat competition office.  there is
• Market forces tržní síly,  podstatné jméno economic factors
• Business shop sales i work hard stop commerce
• Brisk business čilý obchod
• Business booming recesion.  is after
• Work rival company she went
• I  struck/did deal discount.  strike bargain/deal  to reach
• Balance budget we have to
• Put bid project offer work amount money. 
• Business make do not
• Strike deal a
• Wide range skills order run successful business
• ´ve put competitive bid i hope ´ll job. 
• Competition win contract stiff to
• Company set high after-sales service
• Job balance budget its my
• Long business him?  how have
• Brisk business morning.  quick energetic active
• Groundbreaking research defined innovative pioneering průkopnický výzkum
• Latest paper makes significant contribution field
• Shape sets powerful arguments thinking years come.  influence. 
• Strenuously defends he  theory attack recently journals.  usilovně
• Argues prime minister played central role crisis great
• Account give marx philosophy evidence support claim garpov
• Concise summary short clear koncizní) 
• Irrefutable proof nathan peel attempts establish connection mobile
• Invention steam engine key factor birth industrial revolution. 
• Perfect shouldn´t done.  this is
• Clear illustration relationship future jasná ukázka
• Tentative a  explanation paragraph.  předběžné nezávazné váhavé zkusmé
• Statistics  broadly support view economy heading recession.  široce
• Strong tendency lawyers profession nose
• Gather evidence carry detailed study factors play part
• Supporting evidence důkazy. 
• Simon challenges theory social change put forward prof
• Academical writting crucial aknowledge sources commit plagiarism
• Research make)  always do not
• Someone  puts forward theory about...  make/gives
• Adverbs english fall main categories
• I shall  make reference work xy pioneer field. 
• Chapter i draw distinction required conditions
• Chapter raises important questions touches issues
• V consideration vzít potaz úvahu
• Case made buying dishwasher make give good reasons
• Comply regulations testing equipment.  formal rules
• Assess significance people aren´t to  healthy eating entire
• He  lays emphasis proper terminology.  klade důraz na... 
• Lend support view attitudes environment changing fundamentally.  synonym
• Economists hold firmly belief level unemployment inevitable. 
• Universe book eye draws analogy birth lottery.  makes
• Draws parallels formation stars birth death flowers.  similar
• Present case complete rethinking understand space.  představuje důvod. 
• Put forward author p r argument universe becauses
• Universe states opinion author takes adopts position beginning
• Argues convincingly universe unique nature.  přesvědčivě argumentuje. 
• Suggests draws attention research universes exist alongside ours. 
• Structuring argument an
• He  briefly summarises view topic stručně shrnuje svůj
• Disagrees he  profoundly leading figure field strongly extreme
• Draws final conclusion topic.  dospívá k závěru. 
• Conclusion draw pretty information definition thinking learned hasty
• Life author drew draw/drew/drawn interesting parallels middle ages. 
• Writer article states opinion clearly. 
• I hold firmly belief importance basic human rights. 
• Book arises key questions fails deal satisfactory manners. 
• Kerr takes controversial position latest article forward argument
• Attempts case educating boys girls separately primary school
• Observe law times.  formal all
• People refuse obey law punished.  dodržovat/řídit se zákony
• Law introduced passed forbidding mobile phones driving. 
• Company acted law rights employees.  v mezích zákona. 
• The  regulations require stipulate  that students register course. 
• Rules i hope bend exam day.  formal break
• Police carrying investigation major theft factory woodvale.  provádí
• Trial starts today witnesses appearing court tomorrow. 
• George accused murdering wife trial today. 
• Jury expected days reach verdict
• Impossible petr k receive fair trial media publicity
• Judges shoplifters severely punished přísně potrestání. 
• People park double yellow lines face heavy fine
• Found guilty murded face death penalty
• People support death penalty acts deterrent slouží jako
• Commits crime suffer consequences nést následky
• Judges give harsh sentences others. 
• Hard legal battle won compensation accident. 
• Good lawyer haave hope winning case
• It´s job police uphold enforce law make people
• Law forbids prohibits smoking public places. 
• Rules permit members bring guests club weekends. 
• Jury reached verdict the has
• Herdened criminal committed lot crimes. 
• Committed offences criminal offense trestný čin přestupek útok
• Served sentence years here.  he
• Political prisoners političtí vězni
• Common criminals  low class criminal negative term 
• Commited acts terrorism  against country. 
• Convicted criminal declared officially court law guilty crime. 
• Conviction rape dating back byl odsouzen za loupež. 
• Criminal records can´t decent job. 
• Prison for  young offenders vězení pro mladistvé. 
• Crime fight target including street vehicle safer everyone. 
• Breaks house steals car robs street fell society
• Determined tackle crime řešit trestnou činnost
• Crime to  combat rate rasing. 
• Juvenile crime mladistvé delikty
• Crime wave city closing factory. 
• Petty crime considered compasion crimes. 
• Crime figures worst the are
• Spate burglaries part city vehicle theft drug abuse
• Staggering increase crime.  ohromující nárust kriminality) 
• Mindless vandalism
• Tackle crime vypořádat se zastavit chopit se 
• News singer country story wife broke
• News earthquake.  has just come
• News stars theirr relationship secret leaked
• Scandal expected hit headlines tomorrow headline: a heading top
• Dramatic stor make headlines world-wide. 
• Scandal front-page headline newspapers.  the
• Latest news earthquake zone hopeful. 
• Story headline front page news britain. 
• Main item news today hlavní zprávou... 
• Daily times recently ran story affair famous rock
• Flicked newspapers didn´t time read properly. 
• Minister go-ahead plans.  gives the
• Surprising turn events  cause zvrat událostí
• Interested parties hold talks week. 
• Minister outlined plans campaign.  nastínil plány pro svou
• Government intends launch campaign smoking unemployment. 
• Attracted attention controversial decision year amnesty prisoners. 
• Piece talks countries broke between
• Keeping reporter close watch situation informed news develops
• Building caught fire lightning struck farm oslo yesterday. 
• Money i spend lot clothes.  give payment
• Money i save regular income.  future. 
• I wasted squandered lot money clothes drugs.  squander
• Change money here.  you can
• Money throwing day earth.  spend obvious careless unnecessary
• Thinks throw money  her solve problem. 
• Money i donated lot give society way. 
• Prices high low increase eventualy rise
• Rock-bottom prices housing prague.  lowest position. 
• Priced prices ridiculously high low) 
• College years times when  money was tight me. 
• I hope job money short suply me. 
• Thing steady income stabilní příjem. 
• Interested earning good salary make big money rich
• Started making money office.  he
• Earn money employee as
• Gave money special account made withdrawal vybrat peníze
• I found bed cheap informal selling low price. 
• I raised money establish business. 
• Money tied business spending needed business. 
• Made small fortune he a
• War broke brother joined army suddenly started narukoval
• War i declare declared vyhlásit válku
• Didn´t war to.  he to
• Expecting fierce fighting they were
• All-out firstly minor accidents developed war complete total
• Firing grandfather hold terrified time range enemy distance
• Opened fire dissapear suddenly.  start shooting. 
• Killed prisoners zajati.  they were
• Army action went into
• Decisive battle war rozhodující bitva. 
• Battles raged days violent.  rage zuřit řádit běsnit
• I involved fighting war have
• Peacekeeping forces
• Horrors war  the of
• Avert war price.  vyhnout se válce. 
• Easy task bring peace area. 
• Invite neutral country negotiate peace agreement
• Ceasefire called duration peace negotiations hopes success high
• Countries signed peace treaty paris. 
• Hope lasting peace fading fast.  trvající mír. 
• Peace activists
• Units peace there.  there were
• Usa troops irak restore orders obnovit pořádek 
• Police fought running battle football hooligans town centre. 
• People village put heroic fight construction motorway finally
• Bank managers didn´t offer resistance police surrounded them. 
• Si fighting life he for
• Climate changes
• Greenhouse gases rising sea levels increase result action
• Disturbing ecological balance everywhere...  we
• Tackle pollution late.  we have
• Irreparable damages. 
• Exhaust fumes burning fossil fuels výfukové plyny fosilní
• I embrancing green politics am
• Accept depleted ozone layer.  reducecd size amount supplies
• Crops marketable fail selhání sklizně reduction yield level
• Devastating famines zničující hladomory. 
• Devastating floods
• Natural disasters
• True lot people escaped poverty decade. 
• Poverty people country living line lift
• Simple solution depleting ozone layer. 
• Widening gulf rich poor.  rozšiřující se propast. 
• Deprived regions large populations living margins society okraji
• Main problem developing countries rozvojové země. 
• Thousands  sleeping rough žijících na ulici. 
• Street children
• Living street on the
• I desperate was in a
• Living streets breeds crime on
• Global economy
• Golden opportunity combat poverty now
• Eradicate poverty altogether rid completely
• Alleviate poverty make but we
• Political asylum 
• Asylum seakers economic migrants
• Thousands people streets demonstrate about  debt repayments country. 
• Toll death počet obětí zvonění vyzvánění ztráta vyzvánět. 
• Earthquake hit region the
• Sexual exploitation children world-wide problem labour
• I spent time usa younger. 
• Time wasting you´ll save this. 
• Time can you tell me
• Free spare time what will
• I dont time that.  am
• Busy make time he is
• Smoking pot kill time we
• Don´t hurry time take your
• Arrived bang/dead/right time time.  on
• Great time...  we had a
• I time life had a
• Time change bit passes.  as
• I couldn´t finish ran time. 
• ´ll big time speaking extremely
• Past weeks difficult me.  posledních pár týdnů
• Prehistoric times
• Early 21st century fiction... 
• Recent past
• Set allarms their
• Alarm off.  as get up
• Dawn dusk work till od rána večera svítání 
• Stay small hours  am they
• Stop working ungodly hours unreasonably late early hours. 
• Worth ages finish work i hope ​your taking
• Hope great future ahead he
• Distant future in the not
• Future holds no one can
• Eerie silence děsivé ticho
• Rumble thunder dunění hromu of
• Wind whistling the was
• Waves crashing beach the on
• Babbling stream low continuous noise water flowing stones
• Birds singing were
• Patter rain bubnování deště.  the
• Fallen vase broke silence the
• Shots rang heard piercing cry dying bird. 
• Ear-splitting deafening sound noise ohlušující hluk zvuk
• People make excessive noise p.m
• Work big office constant background noise
• Hear muffled sound music flat us.  tlumený zvuk. 
• Marie shrill voice i listen long.  pronikavý hlas. 
• I hear raucous laughter coing party door halasný
• Heavy box fell shelf carpet dull thud tupé
• Big iron door made grating noise opened.  skřípavý
• Loud almighty bang  obrovská rána
• Constant roar traffic window.  rachot řev rámus
• Loud music was  blaring room i home.  řvala
• Tv hummed background.  whirred make countinuous low sound. 
• Give sigh laugh loud cry pain/surprise/alarm gasp groan. 
• Persone animal thing make scratching/clicking/rustling/crackling sound
• Hotel considerable distance beach long way. 
• Live commuting distance husband´s office travel work day. 
• Cycling tour managed cover distance kilometres day. 
• Bill travelling far-off far-flung places distant
• I´ve member royal family close range near. 
• People work live neighbouring towns/cities
• Low prices wages levels. 
• Small quantities numbers amounts increase
• Large quantities numbers amounts increase.  problems scale small
• Large scale map you will
• Similar problems smaller scale a
• Informal spoken english adjective make sound friendly.  poor
• Small suggests important i´ve lot things do...  make
• Fat books slim talk people people. 
• Plump people skiny painfully thin kyprý buclatý tučný
• Conclusive evidence přesvědčivé důkazy
• Great deal time money energy enthusiasm. 
• Major/minor major minor collocate words relating problems points
• Tall high prices interest rates heels tide jump
• Brights colours bold vivid colors
• I colour trousers think the
• Colour clash neladící barvy
• I green jacket match eyes. 
• Colours t-shirts fades on my
• Pale blue light colour bright strong vybledlá bledá
• Give washing machine black white t-shirt colours run
• Subdues colours bright not very
• Dark green
• I add touch colour wardrobe spending money
• Was  candle flickered sputtering powerful beam light shone
• Ray sunlight of
• Glare sun záře slunce of
• Pitch dark černý jako uhel
• Faint glow slabá záře 
• Sky tinged gold zabarvená zlatem. 
• Stars twinkled hvězdy třpytily
• I pinpoint light distance then
• Insolvency law action kind a  grey area šedá
• Add colours boring lives we
• Green issues office of our
• Blacken good.  očernit jeho jméno
• I hope shed throw light happened june. 
• Illness cast shadow family.  made happy cheerfull 
• Shadow older brother.  he was
• Hair vlasy dry greasy suché mastné
• Skin dry oily suchá pleť mastná
• Rough smooth i cream skin hands hope sea
• Flight outward bumpy i hope return smoother
• Pillow firm soft or
• Deliciously tender meat cook steak tough

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