immersed in one's workponořený/ zabraný do práce He works really hard all the time. I've never seen anyone so immersed in his work. |
to clock offpíchnout si při odchodu (z práce) When I leave work, I have to clock off. |
to insure against sthpojistit se proti (něčemu) What steps have you taken to insure against possible failure? |
to go out of businesszkrachovat, zbankrotovat, skončit They're going out of business and are having a closing down sale. |
to be snowed underbýt zavalený (prací)
You wouldn't believe the amount of work we have got. We're completely snowed under. |
a closing down sale
výprodej před zrušením obchodu, likvidace (zboží) They're going out of business and are having a closing down sale. |
to keep some budget backnechat si nějaké úspory (finanční prostředky) stranou (do rezervy) I don't plan to allocate the entire budget at the moment. I intend to keep some budget back for emergencies. |
to keep in withbýt zadobře s, držet se koho (ze zištných důvodů) He's a bit of a creep. He's always doing obsequious things to keep in with the boss. |
to keep inflation downudržet nízkou inflaci The government are increasing interest rates to try to keep inflation down to under 2%. |
sell sth offrozprodat, vyprodat (co), (levně) odprodat co If you want a new car you will get an excellent deal with us for the next two weeks - we are selling off all last year´s models to make room for the new ones. |
put sth forwardpředložit co The Chief Accountant was invited to put forward his detailed proposals for change in the company´s fiscal policy at the next meeting of the Executive Board. |
round sb/sth upsvolat koho, sehnat koho/co, obstarat co Please round up as many of the heads of departments as you can find. We must have an emergency meeting half an hour from now. |
run into sb/sthpotkat se, sejít se, setkat se s kým, narazit na koho/co We could well run into problems later in the year unless we get the machine shop serviced immediately. |
run overprojít (si), zopakovat (si) co Let us just run over all the details again. I want to get everything absolutely right when I put our idea to the president of the company. |
clear sth up1. vyjasnit, objasnit co If we could clear up the cause of this fault in the machine, we could get to work on finding a solution. 2. dokončit co I cannot leave the office tonight until I have cleared up all this urgent correspondence. 3. splatit, uhradit, vyrovnat co In order to clear up your debts at this bank the manager has decided that you must pay back a minimum of £200 per month for the coming year. |