čtvrtek, 16. května 2024, 13.53
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: WORK & LEISURE
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double taxation

dvojí zdanění

Another example is taxation of foreign investments in the country of origin and then again upon repatriation, although many countries have signed agreements to prevent this latter type of double taxation.

down time

down time - when equipment of facilities are not available, so you cannot work
Example: "There will probably be a lot of down time at the conference, so I'm bringing a lot of paperwork."

down tools

prestať pracovať, štrajkovať

1. I've not, when Labour was last in power and were going back now to nineteen seventies, they left the country in a mess, there was three day week, there was strike's, electricity strike, the coal board were on strike, every body was striking and down tools. BNC

2. As there is little work in the shipyards, it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools. BNC

3. Thousands of Krakow steelworkers downed tools to demand more pay. CIDoI

draft

směnka (návrh)

sight draft - směnka na viděnou

time draft - lhůtní směnka

draft agreement - návrh dohody

draw sth up

navrhnout, sestavit, sepsat, (z)koncipovat co
  • Now that we have agreed on the way forward, we can begin to draw up our detailed plan. - Když jsme se teď shodli na postupu, můžeme začít sestavovat podrobný plán.

draw the short straw

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