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package tour

organizovaný zájezd

We bought a cheap package tour to Spain and stayed in a big hotel by the sea.CALD

The average £350 package tour would jump by 10 per cent, with more exotic trips likely to incur larger increases, Sidney Perez told the conference. BNC

There was nothing here for the average tourist, nothing for my friends Jim and Mary, who go off every year on a package tour. BNC

parking ticket

parkovací lístek

In April this year, he was arrested in Altea, near Benidorm, during a dispute with a policeman about a parking ticket. BNC

There was a parking ticket neatly tucked under the windshield wiper. BNC

Scarlet felt foolish and rather jealous: she knew that if she so much as failed to pay a parking ticket, the full force of the law would be upon her like a ton of bricks. BNC

passenger seat

sedadlo spolujezdce

He came back and unlocked the car, helping her into the passenger seat. BNC

As a result his friend Shean Kearney , 23 , who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured. WASPS

Miller was fast asleep in the passenger seat when Carrington got to the car, but he did not try to wake him. BNC

passenger traffic

osobní doprava

The station opened in 1933, designed for continuing growth in passenger traffic. BNC

So great was the growth of passenger traffic in the 1920s that an already vast station was remodelled and enlarged in 1927. BNC

 Passenger traffic was never profitable, but it was a link between the two towns to be used by the sparse population as and when required. BNC

passenger train

osobní vlak

The two passenger trains involved in the accident had both come from south-west London.
CALD

He took them down to the station and sent them off to London by passenger train. BNC

A week of national mourning was announced after more than 150 people were killed when a passenger train collided with a goods train near Dolisie on Sept. 6. BNC

passport control

pasová kontrola

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

We were required to get four stamps on a form, German customs and passport control plus Austrian customs and passport control. BNC

Moving like a sleep-walker through the efficient check-in at the first-class desk, through Passport Control and into the special lounge before boarding the aircraft, Laura felt totally numb. BNC

passport to success

klíč k úspěchu

Beauty alone can be a passport to success. CALD

We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success. BNC

Finally, don't assume winning a talent contest is a passport to success. BNC

patrol car

hlídkový/policejní vůz

 A patrol car spots us and its occupants make it clear we are under observation. BNC

 Chapman drove at 50 to 60mph before he was stopped by a police patrol car. BNC

New York is the only big city in America whose police still insist on two officers in every patrol car. BNC

pave the way (for)

připravit cestu (pro/komu)

Scientists hope that data from the probe will pave the way for a more detailed exploration of Mars. CALD

 The Ports Act 1991 has paved the way for this privatisation of the Trust Ports by competitive tender. BNC

 Defeat followed by foreign rule paved the way for a new receptivity to foreign influences in general. BNC

pedestrian crossing

přechod pro chodce

I'd like to move a petition containing seven hundred and twelve signatures, residents of Broadstone who request the installation of a pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane, bottom end of Shakespeare Drive and propose that it is passed on to the environment committee for consideration. BNC

The family of a woman crushed by a lorry on a pedestrian crossing was awarded £108,749 damages at the High Court in London yesterday. BNC

We were approaching a big road junction where there was a controlled pedestrian crossing. BNC

petrol station

benzínová stanice/pumpa

In May, it opened a new petrol station in Hungary, to add to the 15 set up there in the early 1970s. BNC

 The petrol station at Shiel Bridge has a good range of groceries. BNC

David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit. BNC

pick sb. up

zastavit se pro někoho, vyzvednout někoho autem, vzít spolujezdce

Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school? CALD

Will you pick me up after the party? MED

My men picked him up as he came over the Luxembourg border. BNC
 

pick up speed

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
 

pitch a tent

postavit stan

We pitched our tent in the shade. CALD

I pitched the tent back from the sea, close to a river. BNC

It's difficult to pitch a tent on a slope, and even more difficult sleeping on a slant. WebC


pitch/set up camp

utábořit se

We pitched camp by the lakeside. CALD

We crossed the Sacramento on the bleached bones of an old dead pine and pitched camp in a meadow 6,000 feet above sea level, under the summit of Mount Eddy. BNC

The other groups had set up camp on the far side, waiting for a few clear days and the worst of the snow to melt. BNC


plane crash

letecké neštěstí, zřícení letadla

A Republican senator, John Heinz, was one of seven people killed in a plane crash on   April 4. BNC

This was the second plane crash of the year involving Moslems making the pilgrimage to Mecca. BNC

More than a hundred and thirty people have been killed in an Iranian plane crash near Tehran. BNC

provide transport

poskytnout/zajistit dopravu

The Government has offered to provide transport and care for sixty children in need of treatment. BNC

Companies should provide transport for their workforce, especially easy if industrial complexes are attractive and made compatible with their local environment encouraging people to live nearer to work. WebC

Exel, the global leader in supply chain management, has been selected by Volkswagen to manage two genuine parts facilities in the Kassel area of Germany and provide transport management across the region.WebC

public transport

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

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

push the boat out

praštit se přes kapsu

They really pushed the boat out for Annie's wedding. CALD

But you could push the boat out by chartering a private yacht for £250 and spending the day hopping between the Princes’ Islands, in the Sea of Marmara. WebC

We spent three nights at Las Vegas and I decided to push the boat out a little and got a Jacuzzi suite at Luxor hotel (the one shaped like a pyramid). WebC


put up at

ubytovat se

We put up at a small hotel for the night.CALD

They arrived late at night at the colliery house where Patterson's parents lived, put up at a nearby hotel and the next day toured the working-men's clubs before attending the wedding where Norman's good looks made him the talk of all the women present. BNC

Some of the asylum seekers are now being put up at bed and breakfast hotels in Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare. BNC

put/set in train

uvést něco v chod

The reform process was put in train in 1985, by the Liberal government.CALD

The prospect of London's Big Bang in October 1986 set in train a process of consolidation among banks (British and foreign) and City stockbrokers. BNC

As you may know the Cardinal has already taken steps to set in train a thorough investigation into the moral implications of the Law Lords' decision. BNC