Sunday, 19 May 2024, 10:23 AM
Site: OpenMoodle
Course: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossary: WORK & LEISURE
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sales projections

odhady prodeje

saturated

nasycený

The market for this product is saturated, we need to start selling something else.

schooling / training

školení

All the employees are supposed to attend the next schooling.

see life

zažiť svet, užiť si život

1. I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree. BNC

2. Young people should see life before they get jobs and buy houses and do other boing things like that! CIDoI

3. He`s decided to do a round-the-world trip, he wants to see life a bit before he starts university. CIDoI

sell sth off

rozprodat, vyprodat (co), (levně) odprodat co

If you want a new car you will get an excellent deal with us for the next two weeks - we are selling off all last year´s models to make room for the new ones.

set somebody up for life

niekoho zabezpečiť na celý život

1. If you have got any sense, a lump sum of 400k can easily set you up for life. BNC

2. He knew he was wealthy, set up for life, but he was already being made to pay for the taking of those lives: almost every night since, he had been troubled by dreams in which he found himself face to face once more with his victims. BNC

3.His father died when he was young and the inheritance set him up for life. CIDoI

set up business

založit podnik/ obchod/ firmu

When two or more people set up a business together, they form a partnership.

settlement

dohoda, vyrovnání, likvidace pojistné události

Share

podíl, akcie

Investors are having to pay a higher price for the company's shares.

share holder

akcionář

short-term contract

dočasná zmluva

1. The" new" short-term contract working is a conjuncturally specific phenomenon which will recede in importance as the pressures which have induced its appearance weaken. BNC

2. Short-term contract working in its traditional form has not been a subject of substantial political or academic concern, but questions have been asked as to whether the" new" short-term contract working in manufacturing is displacing regular working or undermining the conditions of the regular labour force. BNC

3. The practices of organisations in all of the sectors studied suggest that fixed-term contracts are by no means the only way in which short-term contract workers can be recruited. BNC

shrinking employment

declining employment

size up

size up - zhodnotit, posoudit, odhadnout
Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds Voice over Other key employers have suffered too .

sleep on it

vyspať sa na to

1. I'll sleep on it tonight and tomorrow we'll go all out to get you somewhere. BNC

2. However, after Wakeham reported that support among backbenchers had collapsed during the day, perhaps by half, it was clear to those around Mrs Thatcher that, although she said she would sleep on it, she was virtually certain to resign. BNC

3. You don`t have to give me your decision now. Sleep on it and let me know tomorrow. CIDoI

sleeping partner

tichý spoločník

1. A sleeping partner is a person who contributes capital (money) to a business, and receives a share of the profits, but takes no active part in running the business. BNC

2. He retired formally from Harland & Wolff in 1906, although effectively he had been a sleeping partner for over ten years. BNC

3. He used to be in the board meeting with us, and was referred to as the sleeping partner by the directors! BNC

somebody`s stamping ground

miesto, kde niekto trávi veľa času

1. A leading centre of kersey manufacture, Newbury had been the stamping ground of the celebrated John Winchcombe until his death as recently as 1519. BNC

2. But he could always get work in good old BBC radio: that was his stamping ground. BNC

3. Like Banquo's ghost her figure would be seen haunting her old stamping ground. BNC

spec sheet (specification sheet)

technická listina, specifikace výrobku

spin off

spin off - vyrábět ve vedlejší produkci; odmotat, odtočit
Control Data Corp last week announced plans to spin off its computer systems arm into a new company , Control Data Systems Inc , and rename the software and computer services rump of the company Ceridian Corp .

spread yourself too thin

robiť veľa vecí naraz, no žiadnu poriadne

1. If one tries to help every industry, you spread yourself too thin. BNC

2. If you decide to get as much clients as possible, there is risk that you will
spread yourself too thin that the quality of your work eventually suffers. Google

3. I realised I`d been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club. CIDoI

Staff

zaměstnanci podniku, personál

The new manager will be joining the staff in November

staff appraisals

staff assessment

staff recruitment

nábor/ přijímání (nového) personálu/ zaměstnanců

Why is there a need for staff recruitment companies?

stand down

stand down - odstoupit, rezignovat
As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman.

stand on your own two feet

stáť na vlastných nohách, byť samostatný

1. She'll have to get a job and learn to stand on her own two feet sooner or later.Google

2. How Can They "Stand On Their Own Two Feet" If You Never Show Them How? Google

3. I`ve supported those children long enough - it`s time they learned to stand on their own two feet. CIDoI

stand the pace

pracovať pod tlakom

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

2. I remember one lad, Nobby Clark, who could not stand the pace. BNC

3. If he can`t stand the pace he shouldn`t be doing the job - it`s as simple as that. CIDoI

step aside

step aside - odstoupit, rezignovat, odejít z funkce
Many would prefer to see Clough step aside in favour of a younger man .

step into somebody`s shoes

nastúpiť po niekom na jeho miesto

1. Last time she was the agent for the then-MP, Mr Ian Wrigglesworth, and she was more than willing to step into his shoes. BNC

2. He had come into his earldom only two years ago, very shortly after the scandal which had sent Dunbar storming over the border into England in dudgeon, and asking for a safe-conduct to King Henry's court; for the old earl had died very soon after the coup on which he had staked so much, leaving this new Archibald Douglas to step into his shoes. BNC

3. When his father retires, Victor will be ready to step into his shoes. CIDoI

step into the breach

za niekoho zastúpiť

1. If the South African option were withdrawn then Tozzi feels that Argentina are more than equipped to step into the breach. BNC

2. He proved incapable of meeting the financial demands of this last office, and his predecessor Sir William Russell  had to step into the breach and ultimately replaced him in 1630. BNC

3. Perhaps you'll prove it to this witless fellow who's been so slow to show his appreciation of your willingness to step into the breach caused by Stella's illness. BNC

strike a deal

reach a deal, sign a contract

strike gold

zbohatnúť

1. Today's wave of experiments has no such rulebook: anybody with a good idea can try it out, and perhaps strike gold. BNC

2. Writers often strike gold this way. BNC

3. Some investors have struck gold investing in airlines. CIDoI

strike it rich

náhle zbohatnúť

1. For a time he really thought he was going to strike it rich. BNC

2. Stories of entrepreneurial heroism, come from across the economy and across the country: professors who create whole new industries and become instant millionaires when their inventions go from the laboratory to the marketplace; youthful engineers who quit their jobs, strike out on their own, and strike it rich. BNC

3. He struck it rich in the oil business. CIDoI

stumbling block

prekážka

1. Palestinian stubbornness has become a major stumbling block to the peace process as conceived by the United States. BNC

2. The stumbling block was the obedience he demanded. BNC

3. The main stumbling block to expanding nursery classes as a right, which they and the majority of the committee favoured, was the limit on public spending. BNC

subsidiary (daughter company)

přidružená firma, dceřiná společnost

Our head office is in Portland, ME and we own 70% of a manufacturing subsidiary in Colorado.

subsidy

subvence

They want the government to give them a subsidy.

sue

soudit se / žalovat

He was sued for damages. (žalován o náhradu škody)

sweat blood

potiť krv, ťažko pracovať

1. I now know that you do n't win at this level unless you sweat blood and tears. WASPS

2. Although I remember seeing someone eating chips from a story I 'd sweated blood on when I was working in Worcester. WASPS

3. It would be done this time . If I had to sweat blood it would be done. WASPS

synergy (co-operation)

spolupráce

We work hard to get synergy between subsidiaries.