baviť sa, vyraziť von

1. Tonight we're going to paint the town red. BNC

2. You want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend, but somehow you feel restricted and constrained from enjoying life. BNC

3. Jack finished his exams today so he`s gone out to paint the town red. CIDoI

v časovej tiesni, pod tlakom

1. In the years 1815-27, when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy, it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest. BNC

2. No matter how organized you think you are, one hour before the show starts it`s panic stations. CIDoI

3. We are already at panic stations with four or five matches per club still to be played. Google

na niekoho preniesť zodpovednosť

1. In the meanwhile , simulation buys time and allows us to pass the baton to the next generation which may well have to face similar problems. WASPS

2. Dougal resigns as head of the treasury this month, passing the baton to one of his closest associates. CIDoI

3. 'Pass the baton' meeting is scheduled. Google

payroll - výplatní listina

Is that journalist already on our payroll?

• Since we phased in the new working hours and extended the holiday entitlement, the staff are much happier and their productivity has increased signiificantly.
• As the new assembly line for our sports cars is phased in we will gradually phase out the old one and retrain all the skilled mechanics. - Jakmile bude uvedena do provozu nová montážní linka pro sportovní automobily, zastavíme postupně starou a přeškolíme všechny kvalifikované mechaniky.
  

začať byť úspešný

1. The candidate dubbed himself "the comeback kid" and his campaign steadily picked up steam. BNC

2. In the third month the campaign really started to pick up steam. CIDoI

3. There are signs that the economy is picking up steam. CIDoI

zamestnanie pre ženy (vačšinou v kancelárii)

1. Until recently secretarial work and nursing were very much pink-collar professions.Google

2. Women are more educated and employed at higher levels than ever before but remain largely confined to traditional pink-collar jobs. Google

3. Most women returning to work after raising children, head for pink-collar jobs in sales and service. CIDoI

• you must plan out the details in the most careful detail possible. - musíte si co nejpečlivěji rozplánovat všechny maličkosti.
  

hrať sa na Boha

1. Some of us play God through our use of language. BNC

2. Surely it is not the scientists who are guilty of hubris here but their accusers, in implying that humans could play God. BNC

3. In his veto message Sinner warned against the abuse of governmental power, stating that government" must not play God". BNC

hrať druhé husle

1. Throughout her married life she had to play second fiddle to the interests of her husband. BNC

2. So good was his work, so fulfilling of my ambitions, that I have been well content to let my narrative in this book play second fiddle to his excellent photographs. BNC

3. You`ll have to choose between your wife and me. I won`t play second fiddle to anyone. CIDoI

• I ploughed all my money into one single investment fund. - Vložil/vrazil jsem všechny své peníze do jediného investičního fondu.
  

taktika, postup

Change your policy on dumping waste.

- the person to whom an insurance policy is issued