zarobiť veľa peňazí

1. But an on-the-ball whisky shop could make a killing with its special EC-label malt Scotch at £27.70 a bottle. BNC

2. We've been worried for years about their tendency to see Britain as a soft market in which to make a killing. BNC

3. Once it has been led farther and farther away from the nest by the parent bird, it will have difficulty in rediscovering the position of the nest and will, in all probability, set off to search elsewhere if it fails to make a killing. BNC

zbytočne niečim strácať čas

1. We've added controls which take full advantage of the instant responsiveness and controllability of gas, so you needn't make a meal out of cooking up a snack. BNC

2. I only asked her to write a brief summary of the main points but she made a real meal out of it. CIDoI

3. Grandmother Maidment was a good manager, a good cook who could make a meal out of nothing and was especially expert with currant duff, steamed suet pudding made in a cloth. BNC

prísť k peniazom

1. Young hopefuls in dead-end jobs with a burning desire to make a quick buck were seen, along with unworldly yet ambitious and arrogant graduates. BNC

2. Of course no bright young thing who wants to make a quick buck would consider going into the ministry. BNC

3. Others would prefer just to fuel the war, and make a quick buck at the same time. BNC

urobiť z núdze cnosť

1. However, my brief was to make a virtue of necessity, as we all have to do from time to time, and concentrate on the planting. BNC

2. Because import duty (35 per cent on ornamented goods) and freight charges, had from the start pushed prices up in the US, Peter now decided to make a virtue of necessity and deliberately aimed for an exclusive designer image with corresponding price tag. BNC

3. It`s a long way to drive so I thought I`d make a virtue of necessity and stop off at some interesting places along the way. CIDoI

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

mať úspech

1. The trouble is that small boats make headway a lot faster than big governments. BNC

2. To put that off, she needed to make headway that would be noticed in the real world. BNC

3. In the 1890s purists began to make headway at a local level by persuading the police and the courts to support their programme. BNC

byť úspešný v práci, presadiť sa

1. Now he`s got his own TV show he feels as though he`s really made it. CIDoI

2. She hasn`t got a hope of making it as a dancer. CIDoI

3. She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I don't continue, but the way I am feeling now, I don't want to. BNC

presadiť sa

1. Legent Corp is aiming to make it big in systems management. BNC

2. After years of trying, he finally made it big in America. CIDoI

3. Noblenet Inc, the Natick, Massachusetts-based developer of EZ-RPC transport-independent remote procedure call software, is trying to make it big and and is looking for OEMs to sell its distributed computing technology. BNC

niečo rýchlo zvládnuť

1. Make light work of cooking with the help of Philips' electronic HR2898 food processor. BNC

2. Heather made light work of painting the walls. CIDoI

3. You made light work of that chocolate cake! CIDoI

• Shall I make out the cheque to you or to the company? - Mám ten šek vypsat na vás nebo na firmu?
• Make it out to the company. - Adresujte to na firmu, napište to na firmu
  

dohnať zameškané

1. I'll have to work a bit harder to make up for lost time when I get there. BNC

2. Nonetheless, we immediately started our other meetings to make up for lost time. BNC

3. Certainly, it will need to work hard to make up for lost time; the party has neglected the cause of democratic socialism in the North for far too long and it has allowed would-be Labour activists to become demoralised. BNC

výrobní provoz, továrna

I work with managers at our manufacturing plants.

čím viacej ľudí, tým je práca jednoduchšia a rýchlejšia

1. Many hands make light work, and if everyone volunteers to do one small job, then no one is overburdened. Google

2. Many hands make light work, and if those hands are editing electronic versions of the same document, version control software can merge their changes with little clerical overhead. Google

3. Saturday, at the cemetery clean up, there were between 60 and 70 volunteers to
make "light work of many hands." Google

- study of consumers’ needs & preferences, often for a particular product

Market research shows that demand for small cars will continue to grow.