členovia organizácie (nie vo vedúcich pozíciách)

1. The strikes were sparked off by the rank and file, most were unofficial, and often they were resisted at the outset by national trade union leaderships. BNC

2. Leaders become less representative of the rank and file. BNC

3. Lenin's approach made the relationship between the Party and the rank and file of the proletariat seem simple. BNC

vypracovať sa z chudáka na boháča

1. I used the analogy of a family that goes from rags to riches and back to rags in three or four generations. BNC

2. With titles like Bound to Rise, Luck and Pluck , and Sink or Swim , they inspired millions of readers with a gloriously simple message: in America you can go from rags to riches. BNC

3. People who go from rags to riches are often afraid the good life will be snatched away from them. CIDoI

zámerné spomalenie práce robotníkmi tým,že prísne doržiavajú všetky pravidlá

1. Management yesterday began suspending ambulance staff in retaliation to the work to rule tactics of the unions.BNC

2. They may grumble, work to rule, sabotage industrial machinery, take strike action or attempt to organize other members of their class in an effort to overthrow capitalism. BNC

3. When we started well we were in trouble in York When we at then we were going on the go slow system you know, we didn't produce much slate we were on the go work to rule. BNC

niečo zbytočne komplikovať

1. You can make hard work of an easy job if you don't know the right way to go. BNC

2. He`s really making hard work of that ironing. CIDoI

3. Gloucester never got themselves into gear and they made hard work of what should have been a straightforward game. BNC

byť nezamestnaný

1. Workers at a Merseyide firm were today coming to terms with the news that they will be out of work in the New Year. BNC

2. But even by Stella's reckoning there are a lot of people who know exactly what it is like to be out of work and with little hope of finding a job. BNC

3.  I went home and reported this to mum who explained to me that the fire meant that a lot of people would now be out of work until the Laundry was rebuilt. BNC

byť zamestnaný, mať prácu

1. It seems that if they're lucky enough to be in work, they can still command good salaries. BNC

2. As many people as feasible should be in work, but we should have an unemployment reserve in the economic battle when the economy expands. BNC

3. This module enables the student who is in work, or about to enter work, to acquire an understanding of his/her legal rights and obligation under a contract of employment. BNC

významný pokrok

1. The British system of government was already highly centralised in 1979, and subsequent legislation has produced a quantum jump towards a more powerful and centralised state. BNC

2. The election of a female president is a quantum jump from the meals served at most Caribbean resorts. CIDoI

3. The energy of a beta-ray (electron) is sufficient to excite an atom or molecule and cause a quantum jump, with the input energy being totally absorbed. BNC

pokus o podvod

1. It had been the signature of the anonymous letter Bartocci had received suggesting that the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti was a put-up job. BNC

2. But The Sun thought that the meeting was a bogus one, if it was held at all, further alleging that this clandestine organisation (which said that it had met in secrecy because it feared Hooligan reprisals) was a put-up job by someone in the pay of The Daily Telegraph . BNC

3. At the time he seemed honest enough, but later, after I`d given him the money, I realized it was a put-up job. CIDoI

byť prepustený z práce

1. It's not much of a job, but these days I wouldn't want to get the push. BNC

2. I hear NIck got the push from the brickworks last week. CIDoI

3. The group begins discussing some of the other that they hope will now get the push from Major's cabinet. 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

 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

cvičením k dokonalosti

1. Do not resent the number of essays you have to write, as the old saying goes, practice makes perfect! BNC

2. The old adage "practice makes perfect",  must be kept in mind when one begins to despair. BNC

3. You can`t expect to become a brilliant dancer overnight, but practise makes perfect. CIDoI

niekto mocný, kto stojí v pozadí organizácie

1. In his later years, the chairman`s daughter was the power behind the throne. CIDoI

2. It is this being, the power behind the throne who acts as the unifying force of all the lesser deities, who would more appropriately be described as the God of Hinduism. BNC

3.  The power behind the throne, though it doesn't want it to appear that way, was Novell Inc. BNC

byť bez peňazí

1. Many voluntary organisations are providing care but leaving themselves out of pocket. BNC

2. In most cases, you will be entitled to some financial assistance if you will be out of pocket. BNC

3. The charge generally ensures that the Legal Aid Board is not out of pocket. 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