Samstag, 18. Mai 2024, 22:30
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Glossar: TRAVEL

baggage reclaim

vyzvedávání zavazadel po přistání letadla

 The alterations in progress when we were last at Fornebu, Oslo's airport, are now completed and we follow the new sign to baggage reclaim. BNC

 There is hi-tech glass and lighting, cute little passport kiosks and a tapered rubber ramp to baggage reclaim. BNC

automatic transmission

automatická převodovka

It will sell for £26,800 including VAT and car tax, with a four-speed automatic transmission, air conditioning, anti-lock brakes and a limited slip differential as standard. BNC

Mercedes-Benz were the diesel car pioneers in the 30s and I grew quite attached to their big 300 diesel estate car, also with automatic transmission. BNC

The test car was fitted with the optional automatic transmission (£800) which makes the car even easier to drive. BNC

adjust the brakes

seřídit brzdy

He adjusted the brakes in my presence after I found them inefficient. BNC

It clearly says that you must adjust the brakes and the gears prior to riding. WebC

You just can't go down there and change the spark plugs, put some air in the tires, put a new air filter in and adjust the brakes and everything is going to go fine. WebC

customs officer

celní úředník

He had long ago noticed that if you stared at a customs officer when going out through the green channel, the customs officer stopped you. BNC

A German Customs officer asked us about our trip and where we came from. BNC

It no longer contained her passport, which the Customs officer had immediately confiscated. BNC

bald tyres

sjeté pneumatiky

And when a police officer went to examine the Nissan Cherry he discovered that it had two bald tyres. BNC

There was no evidence to show that driving with excess alcohol or with two bald tyres had caused the accident. WebC

Basically the entire primary school was in jeopardy because the school bus was running on bald tyres. WebC

corner seat

sedadlo v rohu

As the train left the suburbs of Glasgow I settled into my very comfortable corner seat to enjoy the views as the hills and lochs passed slowly by, and the train chugged steadily along the West Highland Line. BNC

He got a corner seat in an empty carriage. BNC

In the film The Rebel (1960) Tony Hancock memorably demonstrated how to get the corner seat in a commuter train. BNC

come across

narazit na něco, setkat se s něčím

I came across it by chance a couple of months ago. BNC

He came across some of his old love letters in his wife's drawer. CALD

 It is always a pleasure to come across someone with passionately held views and who truly loved the hills. BNC

pull the communication cord

zatáhnout za záchranou brzdu (ve vlaku)

It amazes me that the fine for moving a seat reservation card is actually more that the one for pulling the communication cord. BNC

Unfortunately another passenger left a child on the platform at Bangor and had to pull the communication cord, so we missed our connection at Llandudno Junction. BNC

And on the second train from Oxford they pulled the communication cord to try to avoid us. BNC

call room service

zavolat hotelovou/pokojovou službu

In this impressive Georgian house guests can use the original internal bell system, once used by the ruling classes, to call room service. BNC

All we had to do was call room service and they'd bring us milk for our cookies. WebC

You may call room service or there're many fine resturants across the hospital. WebC 

cabin crew/staff

posádka letadla, která se stará o cestující

Strikes by pilots, cabin crew and ground staff, were compounded last winter by unusually persistent fog at under-equipped north Italian tourist airports. BNC

The airline will run 13 former Dan Air short-haul routes from Gatwick, using 450 of its existing flight and cabin crew. BNC

 As you board any European airline shuttle you may see cabin crew hurriedly moving the cabin dividers to make more seats available in business class, knowing that greater profits can be made from this sector. BNC

claim one´s baggage

vyzvednout si zavazadla (na letišti)

When deplaning, claim your baggage immediately and leave the airport quickly. WebC

When you arrive at the continental airport you will be required to pass through passport control, claim your baggage and obtain customs clearance. BNC

Then proceed to the baggage carousel and claim your baggage. WebC 

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

traffic flow

dopravní provoz

When used correctly they assist traffic flow at busy road junctions by allowing drivers to enter and leave by different roads with the minimum of inconvenience or danger. BNC

If everyone knows and obeys the rules traffic flow and safety at roundabouts is much improved. BNC

The figures available were measures of the average total traffic flow recorded over a 16 hour period on weekdays (excluding Fridays). BNC

car wash

mycí linka

 A £150,000 hi-tech car wash could open next to Scarborough's ambulance station later this year if plans are given the green light. BNC

There were a lot of clean cars in Margate on February 24 after an eight-hour car wash marathon in a car park next to the town's lifeboat station. BNC

To take a trivial example, it is a cost rather than a benefit for me to pay my children to clean my car rather than to take it to the automatic car wash, even if the car wash charges more than my children. BNC

drive away

odjet, odvézt

Mr Bean started up his lorry, his mate got in, they waved and drove away. BNC

She smiled at all her friends and drove away in her car. BNC

And yet, as I drove away after the visit I didn't feel good about it. BNC