veľmi sa snažiť

1.  I don't know if you know what it is to work every day as if your life depended on it, to work until you feel you are going to bust a gut, until you want to cry or howl at yourself because your own body is so stubborn. BNC

2. We did bust a gut on the report and we naively hoped it would be decided upon sooner. BNC

3. I really bust a gut to get that report finished on time. CIDoI

neohrabaný

1. I had even studied Geology as my science subject and although I was cack-handed and obtuse when it came to the practical side had enjoyed the theory well enough. BNC

2. Glynn's fax duly arrived and when it became apparent that the wiring was beyond the skills of a cack-handed caveman they promptly offered to collect the guitar, modify it and return it within a few working days. BNC

3. She doesn`t strike me as the practical sort - she`s a bit cack-handed. CIDoI

koniec pracovnej zmeny, "padla"

1. By five o'clock, just as Merrill was about to call it a day, she was offered the lease on a small flat in a pleasant, tree-lined avenue. BNC

2. Wouldn't he call it a day, and let me go home? BNC

3. After 8 hours of work we are able to call it a day. Google

byť vo vedúcej pozícii

1. Reluctance to use this strategy can come from a feeling that you don't have a right to control, that you can't call the shots, that you are powerless. BNC

2. It was also a job in which Selina was able to call the shots, or so she thought. BNC

3. It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity, always waiting for other people to call the shots. BNC

udávať tón

1. Money is power, and for this reason employment continues to call the tune. BNC

2. The rich and the powerful call the tune. BNC

3. You young girls can call the tune nowadays. BNC

způsobilost

"...to be capable of concluding a contract..."

"schytať to," "odniesť si to"

1. If anyone makes a mistake, it's the senior person who has to carry the can. BNC

2. As cricket chairman, I was left to carry the can for a move that made no sense and was none of my doing. BNC

3. It wasn't their fault, usually, that the firm was doing badly, but they had to carry the can. BNC

niekoho očierňovať

1. Under the censorship rules in force throughout the 1930s , they would not have been able to cast aspersions on a foreign power , tackle the relations between capital and labour , or take an irreverent view of the army. WASPS

2. This fact is not intended to hurt anyone 's feelings , and still less , dear reader , to cast any aspersions on your honesty and integrity. WASPS

3. Criticism of a verdict which casts aspersions on the integrity of jurors may , of course , attract libel actions on that score. WASPS

CEO - the top officer in a company, the chief executive officer
"How can we find a good CEO who knows how to run a business in today's business environment?"

s niekým si "pokecať"

1. We spent the evening watching the TV and chewing the fat. CIDoI

2. And during his flying visit to Belfast, Mr Grade took time out to chew the fat about the old days. BNC

3. Sure like to chew the fat with you, but I got a busy day on. BNC