odstupné

generous redundancy payment

mať niečo rád, užívať si to

1. My previous experiences had made me wonder if white policemen didn't get a kick out of black policemen investigating black citizens. BNC

2. I still get a kick out of listening to records that don't have an ingrained time period, records by people like The Cravats or Metal Urban or early Cabaret Voltaire. BNC

3. That's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans. BNC

rozbehnúť sa (o práci)

1. After a few days out of the office it always takes me a while to get into gear when I come back. CIDoI

2. If the project does not get into gear now and if we go back to the drawing board, it will be decades before we get another scheme that is worked through to the present level. BNC

3. Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear, and when it did it committed the traditional error, not emulated by the Germans, of having too many models. BNC

• How are you getting on with learning Chinese? - Jak pokračujete s čínštinou?
• I hope the Research and Development boys are getting on with designing the new system. We really need it if we are to stay ahead of the competition. - Doufám, že lidé ve výzkumném a vývojovém oddělení už pokročili s návrhem toho nového systému. Velice ho potřebujeme, máme-li si udržet náskok před konkurencí.
  

ponoriť sa do práce

1. "When it comes to business I think it is important to get your head down and deal with the accountants and lawyers," she says. BNC

2. In a minute he would go and run a hot bath, luxuriate in it for ten minutes or so, and then get his head down. BNC

3. I`m sure I can finish the article - I just need to get my head down this afternoon. CIDoI

efektívne si zorganizovať povinnosti

1. If these people could ever get their act together, they could produce unbearble wines. CIDoI

2. You´d better get your act together and start looking for a job. CIDoI

3. WIGAN boss John Monie has warned British rugby league: "Get your act together or you'll never be world champions." BNC

mať to najťažšie za sebou

1. I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class. BNC

2. Better get it over with, her mind urges her exhausted body, then at least you'll get a couple of hours sleep before dawn. BNC

3. I`ve made an appointment to have my wisdom tooth out tomorrow morning. I just want to get it over with. CIDoI

naučiť sa niečo robiť

1. Pushing the wheelbarrow should have been child's play, but I still could not get the hang of it. BNC

2. She began to feel that if she did this a few more times she would get the hang of it. BNC

3. He scribbled a few lines on a scrap sheet to get the hang of Sampson's cramped style, and then he started to fill in the form. BNC

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

dostať padáka

1. My bet is that Liverpool won't win anything this year and Souness will get the sack. BNC

2. The rumour was that Peace was told he would get the sack, if he dared to criticize Andrew's conduct again. BNC

3.  I'm just a counterman, and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack, because people would think he didn't pay me enough'. BNC

• Let us all keep the comments brief and to the point, otherwise we will never get through the agenda. - Naše komentáře by měly být stručné a k věci, jinak nikdy neprobereme všechny body jednání.
• Once you get through the first six months with the company, you´ll find the work much easier. - Práce ve firmě vám bude připadat snazší, jakmile tu překonáte prvnío půl roku.
  

pospať si

1. If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening. BNC

2. I`m just going to put my head down for an hour - I feel so tired. CIDoI

3. I'm a bit tired, to be honest; I'm going to get my head down for a while. BNC

dát výpověď

When you finish a job you should normally give or be given a notice

niekomu zavolať

1. Give me a bell when you get home so I know you´re OK. CIDoI

2. what I'll do when I'm ready I'll give you a bell which means it'll be what ten, fifteen minutes from then to picking you up. BNC

3. Because it's more than a week away, I'll give you a bell close to the time, just to make sure you, everything's alright. BNC

podať pomocnú ruku

1. Why don't you give me a hand with the rest of the work? BNC

2. When I've found out when she can come and give me a hand, I'll give you a ring. BNC

3. There's some people standing round watching me, but they don't give me a hand. BNC

• give out the results of the interviews. - oznámit výsledky pohovorů

• give out some free gifts to our retailers - rozdat našim maloobchodníkům nějaké dárky
• give out copies of the annual report - rozdat výtisky výroční zprávy
  

pokaziť zábavu

1. She guarded her secret carefully, terrified she was going to suffer from morning sickness, which might give the game away to her mother, but she'd been lucky. BNC

2. Unfortunately, Godwin's illustrative examples give the game away. BNC

3. We were trying to pretend we didn´t know it was her birthday but Sam gave the game away. CIDoI

dať do toho všetko, urobiť maximum

1. Generally, it is best to send out a strong opener, that is someone who can be relied upon to go all out for a victory. BNC

2. Under the STV popularity is nevertheless what our MPs would have to go all out for if they wanted to be re-elected. BNC

3. Under the new captaincy of Ken Mentle, the club decided not to go all out for the title but simply to consolidate their Premier Division status. BNC

zbankrotovat

Apparently, they have just gone bankrupt.

risknúť všetko

1. Go for broke, and be undeterred in your search for the possible dream. BNC

2. I had done well in my O-levels, but I had already won the Under-16 British squash championships, and I decided to go for broke and turn professional and see how I got on. BNC

3. I decided to go for broke, and get up a performance of my own. 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

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

pustiť sa do niečoho s vervou

1. The tabloid press went into overdrive at the news that the princess was getting married again. CIDoI

2. With her exams only two weeks away, she`s gone into overdrive and is studying ten hours a day. CIDoI

3. Barry Lane went into overdrive in Switzerland, but still could not keep up with speeding Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez. BNC

vyhlásiť štrajk

1. Judges are receiving firearms training from police but have threatened to go on strike as promised protection has not materialised. BNC

2. If workers hold a democratic vote to go on strike for whatever reason, it will becomes a Labour government to legislate to make it unlawful. BNC

3. And if tutors go on strike because they don't get more money, it certainly won't be the students who notice. BNC

ísť sa večer zabaviť

1. We'd go out on the town, hit a few cocktail parties, go dancing...BNC

2. Neighbours say he has kept a low profile since moving in, prefering to stay by the pool than go out on the town. BNC

3. Give me a moment or two to change my clothes and leave a note for Jules, then we'll go out on the town.BNC

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

robiť niečo nasilu

1. Cos there's no point in coming back and doing a second appointment and just go through the motions because that will lead to what? BNC

2. Players just go through the motions and their lack of pleasure is conveyed to the crowds. BNC

3. The person who is justified, the church which believes this, Christians who believe in a God who changes lives, cannot just simply go through the motions. BNC

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

urobiť všetko, čo je v niečich silách

1. Prime ministers go to great lengths to preserve public appearances over collective responsibility. BNC

2. Adam knew that Elinor would go to great lengths to avoid being called unprofessional. BNC

3. At the BBC, we try to reproduce sounds as accurately as possible, particularly in wildlife where we go to great lengths to find the right noises to fit the locations and species. BNC

skrachovať

1. Drivers left the trade, garages went to the wall. BNC

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

3. In the first six months of this year nearly 30,000 small firms went to the wall; a third up on 1991. BNC

prídavky pre zamestnanca, ktorého si chce spoločnosť udržať

1. LONDON WEEKEND TELEVISION is facing difficulties over its golden handcuffs share scheme designed to lock 40 top managers and programme-makers into their jobs. BNC

2. Company pensions were the golden handcuffs which chained staff to a company. BNC

3. What that group wants to know, of course, is what he will do when the golden handcuffs come off at the end of next year. BNC

odměna za předčasný odchod

considerable amount of money paid to someone as a token of appreciation for his faithfullness and many years of service to the company

lákavejšie zamestnanie

1. Family farmers have been worst hit, their incomes fell by 14% last year, and almost 6,000 left the land for greener pastures. WASPS

2. There was probably nothing particularly distasteful about working at Cattle Market School in Holloway - despite its rather down-to-earth title - but Benjamin sought greener pastures, nevertheless. WASPS

3. A lot of scientists are seeking greener pastures abroad because of the scarcity of opportunities at home. CIDoI

šedé bunky

1. She wondered if she could think with what was left of her grey matter. BNC

2. With all the intelligence of a mouldy pea, Ian Osborne stretches his grey matter just trying to remember his name. BNC

3. I only wish I had half your grey matter. BNC

skrachovať

1. All other production would grind to a halt tomorrow if women weren't producing these workers. BNC

2. Yet in the 1960S some members of the credit industry had feared it would grind to a halt unless they could threaten promise-breakers with prison. BNC

3. Without their support some of the giants of British business would quickly grind to a halt. BNC

gross - hrubý, celkový, úhrnný

Gross national product, gross domestic product

prelomový

1. These exchanges are a ground-breaking insight for neo-conservative realism. BNC

2. It'll be ground-breaking research. BNC

3. British science has an unrivalled reputation for ground-breaking research. BNC

ťažká, nudná práca

1. The South Koreans offer cheaper materials and are willing to do more of the grunt work than Americans or Europeans are. BNC

2. It's our goal to keep the focus on the good stuff, and automate the grunt work. WebC

3. Her job was nothing glamorous - a lot of grunt work drafting agreements for others to sign. CIDoI