sobota, 18 mája 2024, 11:47
Portál: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MEDIA

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

sell like hot cakes

- jít na dračku

1. Newsagents, from whom the majority of you buy your magazines, tell me that issues of GH have been selling like hot cakes over the Christmas period. BNC

2. T-shirts and posters are selling like hot cakes, and books, stickers, videos and even a monthly magazine are on the way. BNC

3. Cards depicting Santa in horribly compromising positions are selling like hot cakes. BNC

play the role of sb

- hrát roli, úlohu někoho

1. The conflict with the second director derived from his wanting Dustin to play the role of Valentine Brose just as David Warner had done in the London production.  BNC

2. Anthony Hopkins has been signed to play the role of writer C S Lewis and several top American actresses are vying for the role of his American girlfriend. BNC

3. An unlikely choice, many would have thought, was comedian Peter Glaze to play the role of the evil City Administrator. BNC

special effects

- zvláštní efekty

1. The latter has the respect of the world including Hollywood, especially when it comes to creating films with special effects. BNC

2. There are some impressive special effects and it's a great story. BNC

3. Largely due to Michael Crawford's pertinacity in setting up his stunts and special effects, the slapstick is almost invariably funny. BNC

touching story

- dojímavý příběh

1. Marcos fairy tale A touching story has reached me from the Manila Times of how Ferdinand Marcos had planned to bequeath more than £2.5bn in gold to his beloved people, but fell ill before he could sign the will. BNC

2. That's a very touching story, but it'll take a little more than that to convince me that you weren't heading for the exit. BNC

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feature film

- hlavní, celovečerní film

1. The London Film Festival included a feature film from Ecuador, only the second the country has ever produced. BNC

2. A similar position was put by Anthony Asquith in his first feature film, Shooting Stars (1928).

3.  Just turned 21, she has sold more than 30 million records worldwide, has made a major feature film and has silenced the carping critics with a massively successful debut tour as a live performer. BNC

sequence of shots

- sled záběrů

1. It becomes possible to envisage a sequence of shots in which real pieces of connected action are linked together by shots which are included to fill in the continuity gaps. WebC

2. Hence, a sequence of shots might be: mother and toddler together on sands, toddler crawls out of picture leaving mother watching to see where it goes cut. BNC

3. Maintain consistent lighting for sequences of shots. BNC

curtain call

- vyvolávání účinkujících potleskem

1. I didn't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out. BNC

2. After the curtain call O'Hara asked Stella if she wanted a lift home on his motor-cycle. BNC

3. The Lakeland Players are preparing for their curtain call at the Ardhowen Theatre in Enniskillen. BNC

come/run up against censorship

- narazit na cenzuru, střetnout se s cenzurou

1. It may well give me a reason to break the law when encountering the secret police, when coming up against censorship, or when confronting other forms of injustice or repression. BNC

2. declared war in August 1914, the newsreels were more than ready to document the conflict, but they soon came up against censorship and obstruction. WebC

3. Journalists often came up against censorship and a legisla­tion which repressed independent criticism in the name of the protection of public order. WebC

press lord/baron

- tiskový magnát

1. They were supported by the press lord, Beaverbrook, and the combination of the Daily Worker and Daily Express created a unique political movement which still awaits its historian. BNC

2. Simon was made aware that he might find himself obliged to stand down as a Parliamentary candidate if he failed to make an honest woman out of the Press Lord's daughter. BNC

3. Without that coming to Simon he doubted if the Press Lord would have forked out. BNC

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

reliable source

- spolehlivý pramen

1. Incidentally I got that information on the third law from a very reliable source. BNC

2. The Food Magazine has achieved a great deal in a very short time, and the national press regards it as a reliable source of information. BNC

3. One very reliable source recalled another John Birch who had indeed been sent to prison for the offence mentioned above, and my informant suspects that this is where the confusion initially stemmed from. BNC

controvesial subjects/issues

- ožehavé náměty/otázky

1. Nor will plans to tackle controversial subjects such as terrorism have to be notified to the licensing body in advance of filming. BNC

2. Try to anticipate any controversial subjects and disasters you might have to mention, or avoid mentioning, in the course of your speech. BNC

3. This time the Americans have been talking to negotiators as often as three times a day, sitting with one side and then another to explore positions on such controversial issues as the disposition of authority over West Bank land. BNC

scathing criticism

- sžíravá/břitká kritika

1. Britain's largest compact disc maker is insisting it WON'T be cutting prices, despite scathing criticism in a report by MPs. BNC

2. Instead, the only thing it is hoped the VAT receipts will help insulate is the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself, from further scathing criticism of his massive borrowings. BNC

3. Nevertheless, 31 Democrats voted against and some, notably Daniel P. Moynihan (New York) and Bill Bradley (New Jersey), voiced scathing criticism. BNC

volume control

- (knoflík) nastavení hlasitosti

1. Each had a volume control, a three position selector switch (nearest the knobs), and that's it as far as any familiarity to your average Gibson-user goes. BNC

2. As a result, one must resist the temptation to raise the volume control at the beginning, where Paris begins very quietly before climbing to full volume. BNC

3. Adjustments should be made to the Walkman volume control and to VR1 on the transmitter unit to provide the clearest results. BNC