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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.

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 tune by Jaromír Nohavica called Tři čuníci. The phrase to listen out for is “jít rovnou za nosem”.

You’re listening to SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s weekly programme in which you can learn Czech idioms with the help of songs. Today we’ll be listening to a song from the 1960s called “Chybí mi ta jistota“ or “I can’t be sure” by the legendary duo Jiří Suchý and Jiří Šlitr, the protagonists of the Semafor theatre. Today’s featured phrase is “dočkej času jako husa klasu“.

Welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s language course where you can learn new words and expressions through song lyrics. Today’s song is by singer/guitarist Petr Bende, the runner-up in the country’s second edition of Pop Idol (known in Czech as Česko hledá superstar). The song is called Nevinnost and the text to look out for is “nevinnost zkoušíš hrát”.

Hello and welcome to another edition of SoundCzech – Radio Prague’s Czech language course in which you can learn new expressions with the help of song lyrics. Today’s song is sung by the famous Czech chanson singer Hana Hegerová and is called Lásko má – My love. And the phrase to listen out for is “Ač se štěstí točí zády k nám”.