jet na projížďku

We went for a drive in Jack’s new car. MED

The last time I saw Jonathan was Thursday evening when he picked me up in the car and we went for a drive. BNC

They go for a drive, but the minibus runs out of petrol, Kevin goes for petrol, but there's a problem… BNC

veřejná (hromadná) doprava

Greater investment in public transport would keep more cars off the roads. CALD

And he rejected the demands of environmentalists and opposition parties for measures to discourage car use in favour of public transport.  BNC

Most towns and villages in Northumberland, as well as most of its tourist and visitor attractions are served by public transport. WebC

zpomalit, jet/jít pomaleji

Slow down, you two, you're walking too fast! CALD

Slow down! You’re driving too fast. MED

 He saw the car in front of him slow down and slowed with it. BNC

kupé 1.třídy

He found an empty first-class compartment, and she reached it by way of the corridor after the train had pulled out. BNC

He always sat at the end of the second coach, in the small, first-class compartment with red plush seats. BNC

As a Cabinet minister, taking an impish pleasure in his red boxes, he was entitled to a specially reserved first-class compartment on the London train.

nabírat/získávat rychlost, zrychlovat

The train pulled away slowly, then gathered speed. MED

They had only about one hundred and fifty yards to gather speed and could not achieve a full gallop in the time. BNC

The bicycle gathered speed as it went down the hill. CALD

plnou rychlostí

He was driving at full speed down the motorway when it happened. CALD

He paused a moment, and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious, and only impatient to gallop, he let him go at full speed. BNC

 The inter-city train from Liverpool ground to a halt near Berkhampstead, Herts, after hitting several obstacles at full speed. BNC

zrychlit, jet rychleji, urychlit

I think you need to speed up a bit - we're going to be late. CALD

You see drivers speeding up when they should be slowing down. MED

The early coaches went via Lewes but a new turnpike through Cuckfield in the later 1770s speeded up the journey considerably and the trip was down to six hours by 1820. BNC

nabrat/získat rychlost, zrychlovat

He heard the train whistle, the engine was slowing for a signal then he heard it pick up speed again.BNC

And if the road starts to go downhill, you can even pick up speed without any further pedalling. BNC

The truck picked up speed slowly. CALD
 

stanoviště taxi

Outside the church, I found a taxi rank, jumped in a taxi and asked to be taken to the village that gave County Louth its name. BNC

War has broken out between taxi drivers and a bus company over a taxi rank. BNC

Local taxi drivers claimed last week that public parking on the taxi rank was forcing them to park on the street and causing congestion which was putting lives at risk. BNC

přistávací plocha

It is certainly an aircraft that requires a good sized landing strip as approaches have to be made fairly flat. BNC

 On the landing strip, Fairfax says goodbye to Claudia, who stands, subdued but beautiful, at a short distance from the plane. BNC

He was directed towards a glider landing strip, but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland. BNC

přímořské letovisko

The house is situated in the seaside resort of St. Anne's-on-Sea in Lancashire and is only a short walk from the beach. BNC

 We passed a pleasant seaside resort on the way to the harbour. BNC

Blackpool is the biggest seaside resort in Europe, attracting around 17 million visitors a year. BNC

ztratit se

I wanted to go with her to the train, but she told me to stay at home otherwise I'd get lost on the way back. BNC

Even if you are familiar with the terrain, it is very easy to get lost, particularly if a sudden mist descends. BNC

On bad days it rains and the mist covers everything in silence; you can see only a few yards in front of you and, if you wander from the road, can easily get lost. BNC

okružní komunikace

There was little traffic on the Norwich city ring road at this time on a Sunday morning. BNC

Traffic from the direction of County Londonderry should use the Sandalford Bridge before travelling to Ballysally Roundabout via the ring road at Coleraine. BNC

I lived in York for 17 years before returning home and saw the outer ring road being built there.BNC

příjezdová/přístupová cesta

As a result of closing Baberton Mains Terrace the low level option would require a new access road to serve the Baberton Housing Estate. BNC

The project, to build 12 industrial units and an access road at Gautby Road/ Valley Road, north Birkenhead, was greeted angrily by residents at Wirral borough council's planning committee. BNC

The flat I share looks in the opposite direction to theirs, across the access road and the lawns to the old estate wall and the tall old trees rising on the ridge beyond. BNC

parkoviště

The Stern boasts a lively bar and disco in the cellar, plus a free car park for the convenience of its guests. BNC

We parked in the InterCity car park which had plenty of room. BNC

It was perhaps half an hour to an hour later that the Sheikh's Mercedes drew into the parking lot and a man got out. BNC