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ruce is commonly used for both hands and arms. The number of phrases and
fixed expressions using the words is overwhelming - you can try and count
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ABC of CzechA "nosy" lesson
Hello and welcome to a new episode of our language series in which we look
at the Czech language from head to toe. Today's body part is the nose, the
prominent part of the human face which serves as the organ of smell. Both
its position on the face and its function inspired our forefathers to coin
idioms and sayings using the word nose or nos.
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ABC of Czech"Writing behind the ears"
Hello and welcome to our Czech language series in which we study the Czech
language from head to toe. I hope you are all ears today because we are
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ABC of CzechThere is more to idioms than meets the eye
This new series of Radio Prague's language-teaching programme examines the
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the word head or hlava. We are not going to move any further today's
because it's time to take a look at a very important organ located on the
head - the eye - oko.
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ABC of Czech A headstart in Czech
Hello and welcome to our new Czech language series in which we look at
Czech from head to toe and it is the word head we'll start with today. In
Czech it is hlava and just like in English, the word is the core of many
idioms. In fact, so many, that only a tiny fraction can fit into our
programme today. But you don't have to lose your head - ztrácet hlavu -
because many of them are quite similar in the two languages.
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ABC of Czech Czech from head to "foot-finger"
The ABC of Czech - the Czech language series which followed the alphabet -
reached the letter Z in December but in the New Year we are back to take
you on a new journey around the Czech language - from head to toe.
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ABC of CzechZ for zodiac
Hello and welcome to the ABC of Czech, the Czech language series which
follows the letters of the alphabet. Today we get to the last letter of
the alphabet and our series is almost over. We are going to finish it on a
lighter note as Z stands for the zodiac.
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ABC of Czech Y for yum, yuck and yippee
Hello and welcome to the last but one episode of the ABC of Czech, Radio
Prague's own Czech-language series in which we follow the letters of the
alphabet. Today's letter is Y and it stands for yippee - or all kinds of
exclamations which are such an important part of any language.
Exclamations, or interjections, are the easiest and most expressive means
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