pondělí, 6. května 2024, 20.07
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: TRAVEL
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be on the right track

být na dobré/správné cestě

These results suggest that we are on the right track. CALD

It is strongly advisable that, before you start to give directions, you have at least a few lessons from a trained Alexander teacher to make sure you are on the right track. BNC

 Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship. BNC

be on the road

být na cestách, být na turné

Most rock groups spend two or three months a year on the road.CALD

We’ve been on the road now for five hours. MED

be on the road to stg. (f.e. success)

být na cestě k/za něčím (např. k úspěchu) 

The doctors say she's on the road to recovery. CALD

English is the key to opportunity in this country, and the first step on the road to success begins in the classroom. WebC

The series is geared towards the needs of amateur painters starting out on the road to success. BNC

be on the wrong track

být na špatné cestě k něčemu, za něčím, mýlit se

Any delay in arriving at a solution will be due not to our being on the wrong track but simply to the enormous complexity of the problem. BNC

I'm not saying Eddie's incapable of violence but in this case I think you're on the wrong track. BNC

However, a number of recent Granholm administration actions threaten
to put Michigan on the wrong track in terms of improving our economic
vitality. WebC

be refused a visa

nedostat vízum

 In December 1988 controversy ensued when Yassir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was refused a visa to go to America and address the United Nations in New York. BNC

Norway's ambassador to Myanma (based in Singapore) was refused a visa to visit the country to try to persuade the government to allow her to receive the prize in Oslo in December. BNC

be under way

být v pohybu, být na cestě, probíhat

An investigation is under way into an gas explosion at a block of flats in Dagenham, east London, in which a man died. BNC

A congressional study is under way to see whether any of America's antitrust laws are being breached. BNC

You will probably find that once the interview is under way you will start to relax. BNC

be walking on air

vznášet se, být v sedmém nebi

And Mr. A. P. Spencer, earnest pupil of his son, Hugh, is walking on air because his 12-year-old is the newly acclaimed "Champee" of the Noble road district. WebC

Todd is a little more apprehensive, but Blair feels as if she is walking on air. WebC

Katie is walking on air and talking about how great it it is to grab the bars. WebC

be well-travelled

být zcestovalý

They're a well-travelled couple.CALD

This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA. BNC

William Titford's elder and younger brothers were each well-travelled in their own ways: Benjamin James had settled in Somerset soon after his brief spell in Cheltenham, and Charles Frederick was to see more of the world than almost any Titford before or since. BNC

be/feel seasick

mít mořskou nemoc

I was/felt seasick, so I went up on deck for some fresh air.CALD

The crossing took almost a week and those team members who were not seasick practised hitting shots on board, timing their swings with the roll of the ship. BNC

Mendelssohn was seasick both ways on the trip by boat from Glasgow to Staffa. BNC

be/get stuck in a traffic jam

uvíznout v dopravní zácpě

We were stuck in a traffic jam. MED

I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.CALD

I was thinking about his while stuck in a traffic jam the other day. BNC

bed and breakfast

pokoj se snídaní, zařízení poskytující tyto služby

We're staying at a farm that does bed and breakfast.CALD

Two weeks ago in Yugoslavia, we stayed overnight in a private house offering bed and breakfast accommodation. BNC

Just turn to the resort of your choice and choose from the range of accommodation on offer, apartments and hotel with self-catering, room only and bed and breakfast options. BNC

board the plane

nastoupit do letadla

At London airport she boarded a plane to Australia.CALD

She was booked onto a flight arriving in London at midday but failed to board the plane. BNC

Albanian Radio reported on Sept. 23 that Haxhia had been arrested at Tirana airport while attempting to board a plane for France. BNC


boarding card

palubní lístek

Also if you have a boarding card for a flight beyond the EU but you are connecting in Europe then you can still purchase duty-free. WebC

At this point, they receive their boarding card and can proceed directly through passport control on the day of the flight. WebC

He collected his boarding card and found a seat in the cafeteria that allowed him to look down on the concourse. BNC

boarding house

pension, soukromý hotel

Jackson had been put up at a boarding house, to await the arrival of Herbert Chapman next morning. BNC

 Mother said they stayed in a nice place, a boarding house I believe, and apparently it was a special experience. BNC

He gives me the address of a boarding house he could stay at in Earls Court. BNC

book in

přihlásit se k pobytu, ubytovat se

As soon as she arrived in Tokyo, she booked in at her hotel. CALD

I’d just arrived at the conference and hadn’t had time to book in. MED

After leaving the letter in a drawer she had gone to a nearby town and booked in at a hotel. BNC