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Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, our language series in which you can learn Czech expressions with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the country’s leading chanson singer Hana Hegerová and it is called Tak abyste to věděla – Just so you know. The phrase to listen out for is Marně si hlavu lamu.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech - Radio Prague’s Czech language series which helps you learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a song by Wabi Daněk, which Czechs often sing themselves around a roaring campfire. It’s called ‘Hudsonský šífy’ meaning something like ‘Hudson boats’, though the word ‘šíf’ is a very unusual way of saying boat in Czech, and has more than a hint of the exotic to it. But anyway, the phrase to listen out for is ‘ten, kdo na bradě má mlíko’, which comes at the beginning of the fourth

Welcome to this week’s edition of Sound Czech, Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn interesting phrases through song lyrics. Today’s phrase is “Než se odtud vymotáme” and comes from a song contained in the 1980s children’s story Hurvínek a Lupiči - or Hurvínek and the Burglars – part of the famous Špejbl and Hurvínek series.

Welcome to this week’s edition of Sound Czech, Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn interesting phrases through songs’ lyrics. Today’s phrase “Šrouby do hlavy”, or “Screws into the head”, is also the name of the song released in 1990 by one of the most popular Czech pop bands, Lucie.

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 be listening to a song called Brno je zlatá loď - Brno is a golden boat - performed by a group called Banjo Band Ivana Mládka. The phrase to listen out for is “mít za ušima”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language programme in which listeners can learn new expressions through music lyrics. In today’s episode you’ll hear the expression “mazat karty” which means to play cards. “Mazali jsme karty” is the past tense and is used in the song “Marta” by the Czechs 1960s folk trio KTO (Kamarádi táborových ohňů or The Campfire Boys). The song is about what a bunch of friends and what they do when Marta fails to show up.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can learn new phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the band Žlutý Pes or Yellow Dog and it is called Harašení – Harassment. The phrase to listen out for today is “vzpomínáme na starý časy, kdy svět jěště za něco stál”. This translates as “we remember the good old days when the world was a better place” or, literally, when the world was still worth something.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a song by Czech rockers Kabát called “Kdo si nechce hubu spálit”, which translates into English roughly as “If you don’t want to get into trouble”. The phrase to listen out for is “rostou nám tak jako houby po dešti”, which comes right at the beginning of the song.

Welcome to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech-language course which helps you learn Czech idioms through song lyrics. Today the 1950s and 60s Czech pop idol Richard Adam will teach us a few useful phrases from his hit song “Páni kluci“. The title literally translates as “Gentlemen Boys” but the idiom means just the opposite of the English “boys will be boys”. It refers to small boys but gives them the respect reserved to grown up men. Strangely enough, “Páni kluci” is actually a love song. The boys playing in the street are witnesses to a romance

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language series in which you can learn Czech phrases through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a tune by the folk singer Karel Plíhal called Můj přítel Yetti, or my friend the Yeti.