pondělí, 29. dubna 2024, 02.10
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MEDIA
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book review

- knižní recenze

1. As a subscriber, I will receive, about every two months, a free edition of the book review magazine, from each of which I agree to buy at least one book. BNC

2. Lifestyle South , a general interest magazine aimed at households in Hants and Dorset, is planning to include a book review section. BNC

3. This statement was attributed to a book review in the Boston Globe by one Stephen J. Gould. BNC

breach of contract

- porušení smlouvy

1. So if you are dismissed before the agreed age, you might have a claim for breach of contract, but not for unfair dismissal if you are over the normal retiring age for colleagues in your class of work. BNC

2. You are entitled to a money refund for breach of contract. BNC

3. It applies in exactly the same way in the case of a breach of contract by the seller. BNC

break down

- porouchat se

1. We would have converted it to run off the engine, but the trouble is that if the engine broke down, you wouldn't be able to get the bonnet up to look at it! BNC

2. The turning point for them came when their car broke down after a family christening. BNC

3. The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday. BNC

bribery charges

- obvinění z korupce

1. The French League yesterday began court proceedings over bribery charges involving Marseille. BNC

2. According to the news agency Postfactum, Ikramov was the third member of Dushanbe city authorities to be arrested on bribery charges. BNC

3. Tory MP Harry Greenway spoke last night of his relief that bribery charges against him have been dropped. BNC

brilliant article

- vynikající, skvělý článek

1. Thanks for providing me with a brilliant article for the summer edition of Cymru Wledig. Wasps

2. I would like to congratulate you on your brilliant article on the Kwikmas pudding. Wasps

3. PFK has published some brilliant articles on the construction of trickle filters at little cost. Wasps

bring sb fame

- přinést někomu slávu

1. Binyon's volume does however bear out quite touchingly one point that Mrs Lowndes makes: that Hewlett's ambition was to be known as a poet rather than novelist, though it was his historical romances in Wardour Street prose that brought him fame and money. BNC

2. Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune, but it still didn't bring happiness to Boris Becker. BNC

3. A stream of scientific papers began to bring him fame but not fortune. Wasps

broadcast a program(me)

- vysílat pořad

1. The BBC has not even seen fit to broadcast a single programme in his memory. Wasps

2. Anti-Iranian radio stations using Iraqi facilities were no longer permitted to broadcast their programmes. Wasps

3. And TV will broadcast special programmes for their benefit. Wasps

broadcasting schedule

- program vysílání

1. Please find herewith the broadcasting schedule of our daily broadcasts beamed to your area. WebC

2. Following is a complete broadcasting schedule, including first pitch times, for the World Series. WebC

3. The Sports Broadcasting schedule can be found at the following link listed below. WebC

brought about by the recession

- způsobený hospodářským poklesem, recesí

1. The size of the deficits now were in large part brought about by the recession that we were in. WebC

2. Following the sharp decline in asset values and market liquidity brought about by the recession, the global market has now entered a new cycle. WebC

3. Prior to the devastating budget cuts brought about by the recession in California in the early part of the last decade, the campus budget was determined by a multitude of algebraic equations. WebC

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call for strong action against

- požadovat rázný zásah proti něčemu/někomu

1. At the CHOGM meeting in New Zealand in November 1995, South Africa led the call for strong action against Nigeria. WebC

2. But her judicious call for strong action against the invaders is thwarted by Doramin's over-cautiousness. WebC

3. When asked why Iran did not call for strong action against India, the Iranian leader said there is no issue in the Muslim world that can be compared with the issue of Palestine, where there is unprecedented repression. WebC

candid camera

- skrytá kamera

1. I thought it was Candid Camera I couldn't stop laughing. BNC

2. Smile, you're on candid camera! BNC

3. As she said, everyone else seemed to think they were on Candid Camera. Wasps

canned laughter

- smích z playbacku

1. You do not warm to this lady, who delivers her lines to camera as if waiting for the canned laughter. BNC

2. Although in places you may feel the canned laughter machine is exaggerating --; the script isn't that funny; the show definitely has its moments. BNC

3. A spokeswoman for the BBC says the show did not use canned laughter but had been filmed in front of a live studio audience. WebC

catch sb's eye

- upoutat někoho, zaujmout něčí pozornost

1. As I flicked through the pages one Friday evening an advertisement caught my eye. BNC

2. What caught his eye was the headline: 'Speedy Toxic Waste Eater'. BNC

3. The book also contained writings on topographical and biblical matters of a general nature; one entry caught my eye. BNC

cause a sensation

- způsobit senzaci

1. In 1955 a solitary bottlenose dolphin came to live in the remote Hokianga Harbour in Northland, New Zealand, and was soon to cause a sensation. BNC

2. If the party now announced it was going to introduce real democracy by giving England her rightful representation this would cause a sensation, sweep aside the pat-ball politics and allow for the start of serious thinking about the future of the UK. BNC

3. The House of Lords upheld the award as a punishment to both author and publisher, as there was evidence that both were reckless about the truth of the defamatory statements in the book, and indeed hoped that they would cause a sensation so that the book's sales would increase. BNC

circulates up to a million copies

- má náklad až milion výtisků

1. It now circulates up to a million copies each year, and direct sales represent half of the company's annual revenue.

2. Yomiuri’s morning edition circulates up to a million copies daily.

3. The magazine appears inside the Sunday New York Times, which circulates up to a million copies across the nation. WebC