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čtvrtek, 2. května 2024, 18.48
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: WORK & LEISURE
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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.

back sb/sth up


podpořit koho/co, stát za kým/čím, podržet koho
  • If you can back up your argument with facts, then the committee may agree with your proposal.
  • back up the staff

balance sheet


An itemized statement that lists the total assets and total liabilities of a given business to portray its net worth at a given moment in time.

účetní bilance, rozvaha

Under Article 48(5) of Act No. 6/1993 Coll. on the CNB, the Czech National Bank: "shall produce and publish every ten days a report on its financial position". This obligation is met by publishing a ten-day balance sheet on the CNB website and by providing it to all significant press agencies.

balance sth against sth


srovnávat, porovnávat co s čím
  • To get a true picture of the company´s position, all its income and capital must be balanced against its expeditures.

ballpark figure (rough)

přibližný odhad/údaje

Can anyone give just ballpark figures as I really have no clue at all.

bank charges

- money paid to a bank for the bank’s services etc

You'll pay some hefty bank charges if you go overdrawn without permission.

bank on sb/sth


počítat s kým/čím, stavět na kom
  • The company is banking on you to achieve a successful outcome to next week´s negotiations.

bankruptcy


bankrot

to declare bankruptcy

bargain


výhodná koupě, levný nákup

Get your dream house at a real bargain.

batch number


číslo série

Each batch of a material is identified by a unique batch number, under which it is managed.

be a hard act to follow

nasadiť latku vysoko

1.The new Chairman knows his predeccessor is a hard act to follow. CIDoI

2. Robert, reserves boss at the Oval for the previous six years, will be a hard act to follow, winning the league four times, including last season. BNC

3. His successor, Per Nielsen, comes with impressive credentials but as he will be well aware, he has a hard act to follow. BNC

be a license to to print money

byť zlatou baňou, ľahký spôsob ako prísť k peniazom

1. A patent is, after all, a licence to print money for fourteen years ; if your invention is a good one, that is. BNC

2. Franchising isn't a licence to print money. BNC

3. People see music publishing as a licence to print money, which, to an extent, it is. BNC

be ahead of the pack

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

be all mouth (and no trousers)

mať veľa rečí a žiadne skutky

1. He knew his son was all mouth and trousers. BNC

2. She says she`ll complain to the manager but I think she`s all mouth. CIDoI

3. You`re all mouth and no trousers. Why don`t you just go over there and ask her out? CIDoI

be at a loose end

nemať nič na práci, nemať čo robiť

1. The reason we drink is we're at a loose end. BNC

2. From the novelist's journalism and notebooks and letters we glean the almost comically unresonant information that being at a loose end leads men to drunkenness and murder. BNC

3. She was between jobs, at a loose end, Camb had gathered, otherwise nothing would have induced her to accompany her parents. BNC