суббота, 18 мая 2024, 06:25
Сайт: OpenMoodle
Курс: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Глоссарий: MEDIA
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leading article

- úvodník

1. Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory. BNC

2. Could you tell the difference between that and the leading article from the Sun?  BNC

3. Your leading article on the ivory trade (10 October) was a bitter blow to all who have the interest of the African elephant at heart. BNC

leaf through

- prolistovat

1. I write about Agnes, I try to imagine her, I let her sit on a bench in the sauna, walk around Paris, leaf through a magazine, talk with her husband, but the thing that started it all, the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool, it must seem as if I had forgotten that. BNC

2. Otherwise, I'd suggest you leaf through the many shareware suppliers' adverts and examine their offerings. BNC

3. His favourite pastime of an evening was to leaf through historical albums, studying portraits of the men who had made their mark on Europe during the past half-century. BNC

learn all the essentials

- dozvědět se vše podstatné

1. Learn all the essentials of success in this highly competitive field. WebC

2. Learn all the essentials of database administration with this interactive, easy-to-use CD!Database. WebC 

3. Learn all the essentials of email security,s o your company can better defend against today's thread and prepare for tomorrow's emerging risks. WebC

leave out

- vynechat, vynechávat

1. The minister, Mr Nicholas Ridley, had to leave out the expected bill because of the Government's heavy legislative programme. BNC

2. I know that the winding-up speeches have to start soon, so I shall be brief and leave out much of what I wanted to say. BNC

3. Leave out obscure remarks, jargon, and private jokes, otherwise you'll have to keep explaining them to people all evening. BNC

libellous article

- nactiutrhačný, hanlivý článek

1. The witness agreed  it had always been conceded that certain words in the first alleged libellous article were untrue. TDA

2. The arrest of Yomiuri Shimbun reporter on Thursday night in connexion with an allegedly libellous article appearing earlier this month has provoked dignified protests from the Japan newspapers. TDA

3. It was exactly the same sort of position as the writer of a libellous article and the printer and the publisher of the newspaper in which the article appeared. TDA

licence fee

- koncesionářský poplatek (za rozhlas, televizi)

1. The licence fee remains the best way of financing the BBC and preserving its independence. BNC

2. Broadcasting is regarded as a public service, and in many countries the difficult task of collecting the licence fee has been dropped. BNC

3. The real value of the licence fee has grown at a relatively slow pace and has never quite caught up with the rate of inflation. BNC

live broadcast

- přímý přenos, živé vysílání

1. Opponents loudly jeered and barracked Premadasa when he addressed the opening parliamentary session on Sept. 24, causing the state-run radio to suspend its live broadcast transmission. BNC

2. It looked a shambles on the live broadcast, but by the evening showing it had been cleaned up thanks to some additional mobile camera coverage. BNC

3. ITV, paying £25,000 compared with £200,000 for a live broadcast, was accused earlier this week of acting outside the spirit of its £44 million contract with the League. BNC

live transmission

- živé vysílání

1. Every month there is a live transmission of a church service. BNC

2. Radio stations have promised live transmission from the tiny graveyard at midnight, and local police have been mobilised to keep order among sightseers. BNC

3. Drama had been immeasurably improved by escaping the demands of live transmission when actors had to rush from one scene to the next. BNC

liven up

- oživit

1. Rod Stewart could liven up EastEnders, Princess Margaret (who has already appeared in The Archers) could add some class to Eldorado and Kenneth Branagh could make Ken Barlow feel inferior in Coronation Street. BNC

2. Plugged into your stereo, the lighting effect, which is multi-coloured and does pulsate, is fun in a dark room, especially when there's a lot of bass, and might liven up a party. BNC

3. A good sound board, for example, will really liven up your games and multimedia applications. BNC

log in/on

- přihlásit se, „zalogovat se“ (do systému)

1. Note, users must log out and log in again for the new quotas to take effect. BNC

2. You can then log in every night and read/send messages. BNC

3. Creating a technical structure that allows for a pan-authority electronic mail service is usually as problematic as building the trust and confidence that will allow staff to communicate and make decisions using such a system; let alone remember to log in each day. BNC

log out/off

- odhlásit se, „odlogovat se“ (ze systému)

1. Right, okay we'll leave it there, if you just press the escape key and then work your way out of Microfit towards the action menu, exit from Microfit and don't forget to log out of the network. BNC

2. Submit the package to user QA APPROVER, using Option 1.5.1. and log out. BNC

3. If you have time available, try to get users to log out of the system before shutting it down. BNC

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make a disclosure

- učinit odhalení

1. It would be necessary to make full disclosure of the arrangement in the financial statements. Wasps

2. This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks.

3. Lord Templeman has given examples of Parliament's encroachments on the principle (sometimes involving a measure of protection for the person compelled to make disclosure, and sometimes not) and Lord Ackner has reminded your Lordships that the principle is not immutable. BNC

make a film

- natočit film

1. If you can make a film that makes its money back, you can justify making another. BNC

2. When I conduct a symphony or make a film, I have the impression of the complete work in my mind. BNC

3. He could make a film with Nastassia Kinski, the most beautiful woman in the world (Time had just said so, on its cover) and she left him a slim book of Baudelaire, with some verses underlined. BNC

make headlines

- dostat se na první stránky novin; mít velkou publicitu

1. The press may have labelled them all Brats, but not all of them had any great desire to raise hell and make headlines. BNC

2. When the familiar bongs rang out heralding the start of News At Ten last night it was actually the programme itself that was about to make headlines. BNC

3. Even in those early days before her bizarre behaviour was to make headlines, her insecurities were all too apparent. BNC

make minor changes

- provést menší změny

1. Under the presidential ruling, industry would no longer be required to give public notice of plans to make minor changes to plant operations which might result in an increase of polluting emissions. BNC

2. I have here the strong expectation that Aida will take on board those small points anyway and it is just a matter therefore of making minor changes. BNC

3. Commissioners make minor changes in council districts. WebC