package tourorganizovaný 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 ticketparkovací 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 seatsedadlo 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 trafficosobní 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 trainosobní vlak The two passenger trains involved in the accident had both come from south-west London. 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 controlpasová 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 successklíč 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 carhlídkový/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 crossingpřechod 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 stationbenzínová 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. upzastavit 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 speednabrat/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 tentpostavit 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 camputábořit 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 crashletecké 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 transportposkytnout/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 transportveřejná (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 cordzatáhnout 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 outpraštit 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 atubytovat 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 trainuvést 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 |