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I am working on it
Welcome to this weeks edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn Czech
phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is sung by the Eben
brothers and is called Já na tom dělám – I’m working on it. And
that’s the phrase to listen out for today.
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A bear’s service
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech
language course, helping you learn new idioms and key phrases through song
lyrics. Today we’re listening to a song by Hana Hegerová – the Czech
queen of chanson sometimes referred to as this country’s answer to Edith
Piaf. The tune is called ‘Potměšilý host’ (which you could
translate
as ‘the wily guest’) and the phrase to listen out for comes nearly
halfway through the song. It goes “slouží službu medvědí”: More
Salome - “na sklonku”
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech – the programme
in which we explore the Czech language through song lyrics. The phrase that
we will look at is “na sklonku” from the famous Karel Kryl song Salome.
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To put your hand in the fire
Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s
Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics.
Today, we’ll listen to a song by Janek Ledecký with a rather complicated
title: “Jediný, co na mě vypadá fajn, jsi ty” or the only thing that
suits me is you. The phrase to look out for is “dát ruku do ohně”.
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The cage has dropped
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series
in which you have a chance to learn interesting phrases through song
lyrics. Today, we’ll hear a song called “Sklerotická” (Sclerotic) by
the Eben brothers, from their 1984 album Malé písně do tmy, or Small
songs for the Dark. The phrase to listen for is Spadla klec.
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Scythe hitting stone
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech our Czech language course in which
you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is
by the popular Czech band Divokej Bill (Wild Bill) and the name of the song
is Znamení (The Sign). The phrase to look out for is “kosa na kámen
narazí”.
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A shop is like its master
Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech our Czech language course in which
you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is
by the group Chinasky. It is called 1970 and the phrase to listen out for
is “jakej pán, takovej krám”.
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To sleep until pink
Hello, and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech
language course, in which you can learn a new idiom or two through song
lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a tune by legendary
singer-songwriter Karel Plíhal, called ‘O Písničce’ (in English
‘About a Song’). The phrase to listen out for comes at the start of
the
second verse and goes ‘vyspala se do růžova’. More
“Slaďounké cukrbliky”
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of SoundCzech – the programme
in which we explore the Czech language through song lyrics. The phrase that
we will look at is “slaďounké cukrbliky” from the Jaromír Nohavica
song Cukrářská Bossanova.
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Against the fur
Welcome to this edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s language series in
which you can learn some interesting Czech phrases through song lyrics.
Today’s song is Královna, or The Queen, and it comes from the 1996 album
Apogeum by the legendary Czech new-wave rock band Garáž. The phrase to
listen for is “proti srsti”.
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