beat

Esimerkkilauseet

Let us not beat about the bush.

We cannot continue to beat about the bush.

I will not beat about the bush: animals are animals and people are people.

cuff

drive

Esimerkkilauseet

We have tried to drive this proposal through.

That is a structural reform we must drive through.

I want my fellowmen to drive on safe tyres, above all.

Technology and changing markets will drive change, in any event.

Commissioner, you have us as your partners to drive that forward.

hit

Esimerkkilauseet

This is where we hit a major problem.

17636 It is therefore women who have been hardest hit.

This is the first time that floods have hit our département.

The beef and veal sector has been doubly hit by disaster.

It is true that pigfarmers have been hit by an historic slump in prices.

punch

slam

ram

clout

Esimerkkilauseet

It has the biggest internal market, it has economic clout, it can plan economic cooperation.

smite

stamp

Esimerkkilauseet

We want to stamp out this appalling abuse.

In order to stamp out child pornography, we need a multi - disciplinary approach.

Because if we succeed in stamping out money laundering then we will also stamp out organised crime.

We must make sure that we stamp that out.

To beat (also figuratively).

To hit, strike, knock.

To hurl, chuck, pitch, heave.

top

Esimerkkilauseet

It is a job for the top man, but in this case the top men have failed on two counts.

Protection is the top priority.

Leadership from the top will be crucial.

First and foremost, jobs is our top priority.

Employment creation must remain one of our top priorities.

appal

attain

Esimerkkilauseet

Women are raped and no one can attain justice.

It should merely be given a chance to attain this status through regular monitoring.

Rapid approval of this directive is vital in order to attain this goal.

We accept them as being those which the industry can attain and can afford.

If we do not do this, we cannot attain them: it is as simple as that.

catch

Esimerkkilauseet

Yet we have a real chance to catch up.

Yet it seems they cannot catch anybody responsible for these acts.

Giving industry some space to catch up seems justified in my opinion.

Tobacco farming was started immediately but it took several centuries for the potato to catch on.

In fisheries, the policy always seems to be about reducing the catch.

crash

encounter

Esimerkkilauseet

Firms must be a point of encounter and agreement.

Because of these new activities, they very often encounter and cross swords with industrial fleets.

They are also in a better position to resist these evils if they do encounter them.

find

Esimerkkilauseet

I find that disappointing.

I find this a dangerous game.

We must find alternatives.

I find that approach interesting.

I find that quite natural.

horrify

knock

Esimerkkilauseet

It has a knock - on effect.

We learn from our knock - backs, albeit with some delay.

It has a knock - on effect in other areas, especially where there are shared coastlines.

This has a knock - on effect on other companies as well.

These environmental problems have a knock - on effect beyond coastal regions to inland regions.

run across

Esimerkkilauseet

We would like to focus the twice - yearly summits on strategic themes that may run across several summits.

run up against

Esimerkkilauseet

This is where we run up against contradictions, however.

score

Esimerkkilauseet

On this score, only the future will tell.

We have now said enough on that score.

There is more to be said on that score.

Unfortunately, we are up against it on virtually every score.

Once again, we have been left in no doubt on that score.

shock

Esimerkkilauseet

What followed was to shock the world.

What a psychological shock, what a cause for concern to the self - righteous.

These are figures that still shock us even though are they well known.

People who make use of the free movement of persons are brought down to earth with a shock.

It is perhaps difficult to know who is going to provide the salutary shock, and when.

smack

strike

Esimerkkilauseet

We must strike a balance between them.

No doubt they strike a happy medium.

I should like finally to strike a biblical note.

Twelve political prisoners dead from hunger strike.

We need always to strike the right balance.

stub

swat

wallop

fell

Esimerkkilauseet

The actual catches, which are smaller than those permitted, fell to a quarter.

40679 We also made proposals which fell in line with fair competition.

Given that the principal amendment fell, it seems to me now that the second amendment should fall also.

fight

Esimerkkilauseet

Their fight for power is essentially a fight for drugs.

To fight against racism is to fight for democracy and to assume a fundamental mission.

The fight must be ongoing.

The country must fight corruption actively.

11908 We must fight against it.

whip

Esimerkkilauseet

As social democrats, we feel that sustainable energy must be given a fair crack of the whip.

baff

bang

bash

buffet

bust on

chuck

heave.

knock.

Esimerkkilauseet

It has a knock - on effect.

We learn from our knock - backs, albeit with some delay.

It has a knock - on effect in other areas, especially where there are shared coastlines.

This has a knock - on effect on other companies as well.

These environmental problems have a knock - on effect beyond coastal regions to inland regions.

mint

pitch

slap

surpass

To beat .

Esimerkkilauseet

We cannot continue to beat about the bush.

To hit

To hurl