pondělí, 6. května 2024, 21.36
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: 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