sales projectionsodhady prodeje |
saturatednasycený The market for this product is saturated, we need to start selling something else. |
schooling / trainingškolení All the employees are supposed to attend the next schooling. |
see lifezažiť 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 offrozprodat, 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 lifeniekoho 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 businesszaložit podnik/ obchod/ firmu When two or more people set up a business together, they form a partnership. |
settlementdohoda, vyrovnání, likvidace pojistné události |
Sharepodíl, akcie Investors are having to pay a higher price for the company's shares. |
share holderakcionář |
short-term contractdočasná 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 employmentdeclining employment |
size upsize 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 itvyspať 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 partnertichý 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 groundmiesto, 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 offspin 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 thinrobiť 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 3. I realised I`d been spreading myself too thin so I resigned as secretary of the golf club. CIDoI |
Staffzaměstnanci podniku, personál The new manager will be joining the staff in November |
staff appraisalsstaff assessment |
staff recruitmentnábor/ přijímání (nového) personálu/ zaměstnanců Why is there a need for staff recruitment companies? |
stand downstand 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 feetstáť 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 pacepracovať 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 asidestep aside - odstoupit, rezignovat, odejít z funkce Many would prefer to see Clough step aside in favour of a younger man . |
step into somebody`s shoesnastúpiť 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 breachza 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 dealreach a deal, sign a contract |
strike goldzbohatnúť 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 richnáhle 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 blockprekážka 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. |
subsidysubvence They want the government to give them a subsidy. |
suesoudit se / žalovat He was sued for damages. (žalován o náhradu škody) |
sweat bloodpotiť 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. |