do/start from scratch - začít od nuly from scratch Fig. [making something] by starting from the beginning with the basic ingredients. (*Typically: bake something ~; do something ~; make something ~; Start (something) ~.) from scratch → od piky

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next to nothing = téměř vůbec nic next to nothing Fig. hardly anything; almost nothing. next to nothing → skoro nič next to nothing → takmer nič it's next to nothing →je to ako nič argue about next to nothing → prieť sa o kozací chlp argue over next to nothing → prieť se o kozí chlp get something for next to nothing → prísť k niečomu lacno he sold it for next to nothing → to je peňazí ako na kozu expect to get things for next to nothing → byť z lacného kraja

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get the hang of it = přijít tomu na kloub get the hang of something (informal) to succeed in learning how to do something after practising it get the hang of → dostať sa na kĺb veci cannot get the hang of something → nemôcť na to prísť

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in the dead of the night, in/at the dead of night = uprostřed noci in the dead of night → za hlbokej noci in the deep of night → za najhlbšej noci in the deep of night → uprostred noci in the deep of night → v strede noci

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from cover to cover = od začátku do konce from cover to cover → od prvej do poslednej stránky

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to and fro = sem a tam to and fro → sem a tam to and fro → hore a dolu to-and-fro → pohyb sem i ta to-and-fro movement → vratný posun to-and-fro ropeway → kývadlová lanovka

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my heart sank = přepadl mě smutek apod. (mít náhlý pocit smutku, zklamání apod.) somebody's heart sinks if someone's heart sinks, they start to feel sad or worried

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pull yourself together = sebrat se, dát se dopořádku pull himself together → dať sa do poriadku (dať sa dohromady) pull oneself together → uzdraviť sa pull oneself together → vyzdravieť pull oneself together → pozbierať sa pull oneself together → postaviť sa na nohy (obrazne) pull oneself together → spamätať sa

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in my book = podle mého názoru, podle mě in my book (informal) in my opinion

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out of the blue = z čistého nebe, neočekávaně out of the blue (British, American & Australian) also out of a clear (blue) sky (American & Australian) if something happens out of the blue, it happens suddenly and you are not expecting it out of the blue → z čista jasna appeared out of the blue → objavil sa ako by zo zeme vyrástol come out of the blue → spadnúť z neba drop out of the blue → nečakaný pokles be turned up out of the blue → objavil sa ako by z neba spadol http://helpforenglish.cz/slovni-zasoba/idiomy/c2006040801-English-Idioms--3.html