urobiť všetko, čo je v mojich silách

1. However, composers often go to great pains to keep to true intervals. BNC

2. I went to great pains to get this record for you. CIDoI

3. None of these tell us exactly where this house stood but go to great pains to state that a field of this name is still extant. BNC

pracovať pod tlakom

1. Those who could stand the pace flourished; those who could not went to the wall. BNC

2. I remember one lad, Nobby Clark, who could not stand the pace. BNC

3. If he can`t stand the pace he shouldn`t be doing the job - it`s as simple as that. CIDoI

mať nad niekým navrch

1. He likes to be one step ahead of the pack, getting there before others do. BNC

2. But even if the results are modest, the successful innovation aims from the beginning to become the standard setter, to determine the direction of a new technology or a new industry, to create the business that is; and remains; ahead of the pack. BNC

3. The fact we are not ahead of the pack at the moment is a help because everyone is not talking about us winning it. BNC

v časovej tiesni, pod tlakom

1. In the years 1815-27, when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy, it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest. BNC

2. No matter how organized you think you are, one hour before the show starts it`s panic stations. CIDoI

3. We are already at panic stations with four or five matches per club still to be played. Google

unudiť k smrti

1. Now, and while anxious not to bore the pants off either of my faithful readers, I feel bound to return to and to expand upon the theme as a result of what I consider to be a truly appalling piece of recent news. BNC

2. That movie will bore the pants off you. It lasts for five hours and
nothing happens - people talk about love and death and flowers. That's it! Google

3. I hate sunbathing It bores the pants off me. 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

tichý spoločník

1. A sleeping partner is a person who contributes capital (money) to a business, and receives a share of the profits, but takes no active part in running the business. BNC

2. He retired formally from Harland & Wolff in 1906, although effectively he had been a sleeping partner for over ten years. BNC

3. He used to be in the board meeting with us, and was referred to as the sleeping partner by the directors! BNC

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

nové miesto, nové zamestnanie

1. New pastures indeed and I regret my lack of education in historical bibliography. BNC

2. If you think that these approaches will make matters worse, it may simply be better to ask for a transfer or move to new pastures. BNC

3. It is therefore advisable to give at least one annual spring treatment to all stock prior to moving to new pastures. BNC

začať písať

1. Surrounded by admiring fans, the young author put pen to paper with an already practiced style, pretty slick for a 10 year old, especially considering he wrote his book when he was 7. BNC

2. I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters. BNC

3. The letter from Kate Westwood in your February edition prompted me to put pen to paper. 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

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

zamestnanie pre ženy (vačšinou v kancelárii)

1. Until recently secretarial work and nursing were very much pink-collar professions.Google

2. Women are more educated and employed at higher levels than ever before but remain largely confined to traditional pink-collar jobs. Google

3. Most women returning to work after raising children, head for pink-collar jobs in sales and service. CIDoI

preraziť, mať úspech

1. United seem to have found their confidence… if they find the finishing touch they can really go places. BNC

2. If you're young, enthusiastic, need to go places fast, and only live. BNC

3. Playing regularly in south Wales has helped us to go places and 10 years on it's nice to crown it with a win like this. BNC

niekto významný, kto stojí v pozadí

1. It has been decided the powers that be, are onto the something that you are going to do your first semester exam in June. BNC

2. Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position, whatever the quality of his poetry. BNC

3. It`s up to the powers that be to decide what should be done next. CIDoI