boháč

1. Edmund Hornby of Dalton Hall had bought the living for his second son, and George, being a man of means, decided to upgrade the mean existing rectory to suit his status. BNC

2. It is called the Red House because it is built of deep red brick, an unusual medium for a man of means, who was normally expected to build in something nobler. BNC

3. I could tell from her adress that she was a woman of means. CIDoI

zabezpečenie finančných príjmov

1. There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her. BNC

2. Gone are the days when a university degree was a meal ticket for life. CIDoI

3. Sir Nicholas Fairbairn, a former Solicitor-General for Scotland, said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket. BNC

Fúze (spojení dvou podobných společností, které v podstatě poskytují stejné služby)

The merger is due to be completed in July

zlatá baňa

1.Video hire stores say if the movie is a money spinner in the cinema the general video release could well be delayed making the sale of pirate tapes particularly lucrative. JTW

2.Fibres had been one of ICI's big money spinners, but by the time Haslam joined the division nylon was already making a loss and polyester was about to collapse, having been a `jewel in the crown'. JTW
3.It's a bargain for you and a money spinner for the airline, which can take the lion's share of the profits. JTW

nový šéf, ktorý prináša veľa zmien

1. By then the company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom. BNC

2. On my advice, the board have determined to sweep a new broom through the club, and wheely-bin those who no longer make the grade. BNC

3. But there was a new broom coming into the English Faculty at this period and, although younger than Simpson, Wilson, Garrod and the rest, he appeared to be more radically reactionary. BNC

výnosná práca

1. With an eye for a nice little earner, Del Trotter dictated his letter of application to chief sports writer Roy Collins. BNC

2. For actor George Cole from Stoke Row in Oxfordshire, the role is a nice little earner. BNC

3. That waitressing job`s a nice little earner. CIDoI

niekto, kto pracuje dlho do noci, nočný vták

1. Non-members may use unbooked courts or play a game with a member on payment of the day membership (guest) fee; unless you are an early bird or night owl where the guest fee is waived for players vacating courts before 09.00 or on court after 22.30. BNC

2. A night owl from his youth, he is rarely in bed before 4 o`clock. CIDoI

3. People called night owls function best late at night and feel drowsy and lethargic during the day. Google

človek, ktorého práca je spojená s matematikou alebo s číslami

1. A successful corporate financier needs to be more commercial, more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher. BNC

2. Observers suggest that the appointment of a number cruncher to the key advertising role is a mark of Ford's predicament. BNC

3. She may not look like a number cruncher but she`s with a big firm of accountants. CIDoI

"papierovanie"

1. In this tour through the modern world the way we run things comes to seem ever more absurd, a house of cards built upon endless bureaucracy; a paper chase that leaves us all working frantically to keep a worse quality of life. BNC

2. I was asked to do a straightforward paper chase, as we call it, and a few interviews. BNC

3. To recieve even the smallest amount of financial aid from a college, it`s a real paper chase. CIDoI

organizácia, ktorá navonok vyzerá silne, no nie je

1. Such Maoisms as "Let a hundred flowers bloom" and "Imperialism is a paper tiger" were anathema to Khrushchev. BNC

2. Arguably only if the Library Association failed to take disciplinary action against its members for not putting professional loyalty and practice above employers' decisions would the Code be discredited ; as a paper tiger. BNC

3. Will the United Nations be able to make any difference, or is it just a paper tiger? CIDoI

hierarchie

(the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body)

1. If you want to know the pecking order of the various departments in Britain's universities, try looking at the shareout of the 312 new academic posts announced by the Department of Education and Science last week. BNC

2. There`s a clearly established pecking order in this office. CIDoI

3. In the same way, the rest of the family must be equally firm, thus establishing the pecking order. BNC

človek s nudnou prácou v kancelárii, "kancelárska krysa"

1. I didn't join  the police service to  be a pen pusher or a paper or a form filler. BNC

2. He has his own office, several visitors chairs and even a small couch, he`s obviously not a lowly pen pusher. Google

3. He`s a frustrated desk-bound pen pusher who dreams of trekking through jungles. CIDoI

povzbudivé slová

1. I thought I`d give the lads a pep talk before the match. CIDoI

2. They got a five minute pep talk but they didn't get a sermon. BNC

3. Courier, who had not played well during the first two sets, said he received a pep talk from Agassi that really picked up his spirits. BNC

list oznamujúci prepustenie z práce

1. It was Christmas time when Miller got his pink slip from the company. CIDoI

2. What we've done in the Banbury test centre, everyone who gets the coveted pink slip will get a letter inviting them to ring us on a telephone number where they can book their place on the driving course. BNC

3. In spite of the request for an immediate return, which accompanied the new pink slip, to the office or to Jean Parmiter with the required information over 60 teachers had to be contacted by telephone, a time consuming and expensive way of acquiring the figures etc. needed for the Annual Report. BNC

 ísť do krčmy, ísť sa zabávať  

1. And last month an 18-year-old student at Lady Margaret Hall college broke a leg and injured her spine when she fell out of a window after a pub crawl. BNC

2. They spent the evening on a pub crawl together. BNC

3. I thought we might go on a pub crawl tonight. CIDoI