riadiť (organizáciu), "ťahať za nitky"

1. I may be able to pull a few strings for you if you need the document urgently. CIDoI

2. You just pull the strings and I do what ever you want. BNC

3. For generations they have been led to believe that Britain and America secretly pull the strings in their country. BNC

byť čoraz viac úspešný

1. Anyway, to get back to our story; over the years we went from strength to strength, moving to a rented warehouse and then four years ago my husband bought an old cinema. BNC

2. In a year when all other parts of the charitable sector have been hit by the drop in disposable income, environmental charities have gone from strength to strength. BNC

3. Washington's career went from strength to strength in the '40s and '50s, but her private life is the stuff of folklore. BNC

mať navrch, byť lepší

1. As pure driving machines, there is no real comparison; the Mercedes is streets ahead. BNC

2. It's also an opportunity to say that the US supermarket papers are streets ahead when it comes to headline writing. BNC

3. Its disciplined four-year plans, they say, are streets ahead of the budgeting in most other government bodies. BNC

niekoho (dočasne) zastúpiť v práci

1. The conventional wisdom of his time, like that of our time, held that the best way to run a business (or a department) was to mind the store, managing one's field and only one's field, watching it like a microscope image, getting better and better at knowing and doing just one thing. BNC

2. Dana, please mind the store while I go to the post office. Google

3. So who`s going to be minding the store while your manager`s away? CIDoI

človek, ktorý sa snaží postúpiť vyššie v spoločenskom rebríčku

1. Russell was what you might call a social climber, in as much as he specialized in fitting out rock shelters for himself at various altitudes and if possible receiving his friends in them. BNC

2. He was a dedicated social climber and was at all the best parties. CIDoI

3. Colonel Gouraud was a social climber, who found the phonograph a perfect excuse to fraternize with high society in England. BNC

začať byť úspešný

1. The candidate dubbed himself "the comeback kid" and his campaign steadily picked up steam. BNC

2. In the third month the campaign really started to pick up steam. CIDoI

3. There are signs that the economy is picking up steam. CIDoI

byť zavalený (prácou)

1. I found myself snowed under from the start. BNC

2. She wants me to take some time off but I`m snowed under with work at the moment. CIDoI

3. I'm snowed under with work and I've taken too much time off to be with you. BNC

vyhrnúť si rukávy a pustiť sa do práce

1. Our local team need to roll their sleeves up and put a bit more effort into their football. CIDoI

2. I think they'll have to recognize that it's going to be roll your sleeves up and we aren't going to be able to do all of the things we wanted to do, and that's the price we're going to pay. BNC

3. Roll up your sleeves! Help with the dinner! Google

vyspať sa na to

1. I'll sleep on it tonight and tomorrow we'll go all out to get you somewhere. BNC

2. However, after Wakeham reported that support among backbenchers had collapsed during the day, perhaps by half, it was clear to those around Mrs Thatcher that, although she said she would sleep on it, she was virtually certain to resign. BNC

3. You don`t have to give me your decision now. Sleep on it and let me know tomorrow. CIDoI

priložiť ruku k dielu

1. If you want a share of the profits, put your shoulder to the wheel. Google

2. If everyone puts their shoulder to the wheel, the job will be finished in no time. CIDoI

3. Instead of having to stand on his head, he is runing hard and putting his shoulder to the wheel because, of course, he is a member of the No Turning Back group. BNC

vykonávať nepríjemnú prácu

1. Someone has to draw the short straw. BNC

2. One angry worker explained: "They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders, so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us." BNC

3. Sorry, Jim, you drew the short straw. You`re on toilet-cleaning duty. CIDoI

nastúpiť po niekom na jeho miesto

1. In the three years after his retirement, Britain chalked up no fewer than four prime ministers until Earl Grey managed to fill his shoes. BNC

2. In any case, young Gavin can always fill his shoes if he doesn't appear; he's been acting as understudy. BNC

3. It will take a very special person to fill Barbara`s shoes. CIDoI

baviť sa o práci

1. He smiled at her, thinking what a treat it was to talk shop with someone as beautiful and intelligent as this. BNC

2. From time to time, taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other's work and publications. BNC

3. This would enable a tough general manager to ensure that medical audit did not become simply a talk shop or token activity. BNC

opustiť rozbehnutú prácu

1. Homesickness, the love of a teenage girlfriend called June and a premature belief in his ability had encouraged the young Souness to jump ship. BNC

2. Although the very thought of court action had brought him out in a cold sweat, the same grittiness which had enabled his father to jump ship and seek a new life now came to his rescue. BNC

3. Another dvertising agency offered him $1000 to jump ship. CIDoI

nastúpiť po niekom na jeho miesto

1. Last time she was the agent for the then-MP, Mr Ian Wrigglesworth, and she was more than willing to step into his shoes. BNC

2. He had come into his earldom only two years ago, very shortly after the scandal which had sent Dunbar storming over the border into England in dudgeon, and asking for a safe-conduct to King Henry's court; for the old earl had died very soon after the coup on which he had staked so much, leaving this new Archibald Douglas to step into his shoes. BNC

3. When his father retires, Victor will be ready to step into his shoes. CIDoI