piatok, 17 mája 2024, 09:41
Portál: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: WORK & LEISURE

proceed against sb

zažalovat, obžalovat koho

A company can proceed against its debtors if payments have not been made by the due date.

bring sth up

upozornit na co, začít hovořit o čem, nadhodit co

I remember that during our last meeting you brought up your plan for a new marketing strategy - would you mind giving me a little more detail, please?

go through

projít, probrat, zkontrolovat co

I have gone through these plans thoroughly and I can find nothing wrong with them.

point sth out

poukázat, upozornit na co, zmínit se o čem

When you speak at the Annual General Meeting you must point out that our poor results over the past three months were due to the drivers´ strike

lure away

lure away - odlákat, odvést
We had offered him the job and we thought he had accepted but at the last minute he was lured away from us by one of our competitors.

put back

put back - odložit, oddálit, odsunout, pozdržet
That is too much money for us to spend at present. We will have to put back buying it until we have more funds.

put in

put in - přihlásit se, ucházet se; předložit
I am very unhappy with the service and I intend to put in a complaint.
I do not think I will get the job but I decided to put in an application anyway.

go off well/badly

vydařit se/ nevydařit se

If this meeting with our Italian competitors goes off well, I think we can look forward to a very bright future.

step aside

step aside - odstoupit, rezignovat, odejít z funkce
Many would prefer to see Clough step aside in favour of a younger man .

turn over

turn over - předat, přesunout, převést
The faster US troops can turn over responsibility for keeping the peace to Panamanian forces , officials said , the better the US invasion would look to Latin Americans .

back away


vycouvat, odstoupit

They were interested in buying a stake in the company but when they heard the police were investigating financial irregularities they decided to back away from the deal.

stand down

stand down - odstoupit, rezignovat
As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman.

size up

size up - zhodnotit, posoudit, odhadnout
Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds Voice over Other key employers have suffered too .

spin off

spin off - vyrábět ve vedlejší produkci; odmotat, odtočit
Control Data Corp last week announced plans to spin off its computer systems arm into a new company , Control Data Systems Inc , and rename the software and computer services rump of the company Ceridian Corp .

deal with a problem

zabývat se s problémem
Such a figure would not suggest that a serious attempt was being made by underwriters to deal with a problem that could undermine the stability of the world 's pre-eminent insurance market . Lloyd 's has put forward a constructive plan