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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”.

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 Zkamenělý dítě (The Petrified or Stony Child) by the great Czech ‘90s rock band, Lucie. The words to look out for are “pytel blech” - a bag of fleas.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, RRs language course made easy. Today we’ll look at a few ways of expressing surprise. The song you’ll hear is called Antlers, the singer is Jan Burian and the phrase to listen out for is jsem z toho jelen.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech, Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can learn idioms through song lyrics. Today, we’ll be listening to a tune by Lucie Vondráčková – the niece of one of this country’s biggest pop stars, Helena Vondráčková. The song is called ‘Vítr’ (meaning ‘The Wind’) and you might recognise it as a Czech reworking of Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Holding Out For A Hero’. The phrase to listen out for is ‘Kam vítr, tam plášt’’.

Welcome to SoundCzech, the programme in which you can learn Czech through song lyrics. This week we’ll be looking at a song all too familiar to yours truly – “Dominiku” - it is originally a French song, but the Czech version was famously sung by Judita Čeřovská in 1964. The phrase to look out for is “začli se mnou čerti šít.”

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 Lovci lebek or Head hunters by Czech band Traband. The phrase to look out for is “srdce v krku”.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn useful phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is “Dej Mi Ruku” or “Give Me Your Hand” by the Czech singer Iveta Bartošová. Although released in the early nineties, the song is best described as typical eighties kitsch – you’ll recognize the style. The key phrase to look out for is “Ty lásky co nás držej nad vodou” or “The love that keeps us above the water.”

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech in which you can learn useful phrases with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is by the current teenage idol Ewa Farna and is called Z bláta do louže – which coincidentally is the phrase to listen out for.

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 Gilotina by singer songwriter Karel Plíhal. The phrase to look out for is “zamilovat se bezhlavě”:

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 S cizí ženou v cizím pokoji and the phrase to look out for is “nejsem ve své kůži”: