Saturday, 18 May 2024, 7:28 AM
Site: OpenMoodle
Course: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Glossary: MEDIA

hush up st

- něco ututlat, zatajit

1. He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers. BNC

2. The Test and County Cricket Board almost managed to hush up that incident, but BBC TV commentator Jack Bannister exposed it in a book months later. BNC

3. The BBC put on a programme about the event a few years ago, harping particularly on the fact that it had been hushed up until then. Wasps

be in line with

- být ve shodě s něčím

1. The press began to campaign with a strongly pro-tram tone for a decision on renewing the tram track: 'The tram is such an efficient means of transport, its retention would be in line with modern ideas, and the expense would be justified'. BNC

2. The government has made it clear that redevelopment should, as far as possible, be in line with local planning policies but that where this is impossible new uses are preferable to leaving a large site derelict. BNC

3. If the videos are at any time broadcast for public viewing the Publisher will negotiate a residual fee which will be in line with the agreement for minimum fees that exist at the time between the Society of Authors/Writers' Guild and ITCA/BBC. BNC

iron out

- vyžehlit problém, odstranit neshody

1. But under intense congressional pressure the Defence Department says that it will kill the programme next year unless the services manage to iron out serious flaws. BNC

2. It is best to get some ring practice at the smaller classes and match meetings and iron out all problems ready for the big day when you go to a Championship Show. BNC

3. Your correspondent's criticisms have been taken on board and I assure you we shall do our best to iron out the problems raised. Wasps

back copy

- staré číslo

1. Something that wasn't there was a magazine she'd asked him to get: a back copy of a thing called Focus on Germany. BNC

2. You can do this simply by thumbing through back copies of the newspaper and seeing who writes environmental articles. Wasps

3. There was only one person nearby, an elderly gentleman immersed in back copies of the Edmonton Journal, so she slipped the book out. BNC

gripping story

- poutavý příběh

1. Stanley Kubrick's gripping story of a brilliantly conceived and executed robbery stars Sterling Hayden as ex-convict Johnny Clay who devises a daring plan to steal two million dollars from a heavily guarded racetrack. WebC

2. Telling the Sea is a gripping story set in coastal Wales of a family's struggle for safety. WebC

3. After reading 300 pages of the 766-page book, I'm pushing myself to type this review because I want to go back to the gripping story. WebC

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

home service

- brit. vysílání pro Británii

1. The Home Service remained, with regional variations, and a new station was launched in 1946. BNC

2. Jitters missed the good old BBC, with the Light Programme and the Home Service. BNC

3. At 1 p.m. the BBC Home Service reported the execution at Wandsworth and the last public message of the man who had been hanged. BNC

signature tune

- znělka (pořadu n. stanice)

1. On Saturday evenings, he'd fold open the newspaper at the fixture list and sing the refrain to the signature tune of Sports Report. BNC

2. Even the distinctive signature tune has been re-recorded to provide a more modern feel. BNC

3. She sensed rather than heard the collective sigh of relief that went up as her acceptance rang round the studio just a moment before the signature tune flowed through the headphones, signalling the end of the programme. BNC

world service

- brit. vysílání pro zahraničí

1. The government has already promised extra cash to pay for longer transmissions for the BBC's World Service in Arabic and Persian. BNC

2. Today most of the hilltop is covered by the forest of aerials which is the BBC transmitting station for the World Service. BNC

3. We could pick up the World Service, Voice of America (VOA) and a number of local stations which broadcast in English and French. BNC

be out of the question

- být nemožný, zcela vyloučený, nepřícházet v úvahu

1. Obviously this needs to be done without undue pressure; hammering is out of the question, and the stakes must not be broken. BNC

2. In short, unless there are serious reasons why a prefabricated garage is out of the question, it is probably your best choice on all counts. BNC

3. He's out of work and finding £900 is out of the question. BNC

blow a fuse

- ztropit povyk

1. Ian Wright blew a fuse yet again and Arsenal are fast blowing their title challenge. BNC

2. It was only a suggestion, Robyn; there's no need to blow a fuse. BNC

3. His mind would likely have blown a fuse at the Jon Kessler show, at Luhring-Augustine until the 25th. BNC

speling checker

- funkce na opravu pravopisu, která bývá často implementována do textových editorů

1. Given an input file of text, the task of a spelling checker is to identify those words which are incorrect, but first it must perform some document normalisation. BNC

2. You can also use the spelling checker to identify and correct deliberate spelling mistakes made to speed text entry. BNC

3. The program also features a Notepad with a spelling checker, so that more detailed information can be attached to the branches, and accessed when necessary. BNC

slip of the pen

- přepsání, chybička při psaní

1. Two possible causes for the error here; one, a simple omission, a slip of the pen, perhaps, because the writer paused in the middle of the word. BNC

2. There is sometimes more than one reason for an error, though: always find out if an error is a real mistake that needs your attention, or simply a slip of the pen that the writer would correct on re-reading. BNC

3. But it seems likely that this is a slip of the pen and that he means the Muftilik inasmuch as he says that Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 before he became Mufti, an appointment he has not otherwise mentioned. BNC

rough copy

- koncept, rukopis psaný na nečisto

1. The students should always have a rough copy that has been checked by the teacher. WebC

2. Do a rough copy first if you need to. BNC

3. Proofread your rough copy for commonly made errors. WebC

put it mildly

- mírně řečeno

1. Western political commentators were supercilious, to put it mildly, when India elected as a prime minister to succeed Mrs Gandhi, a man who, on his own admission, drank his own urine every morning, Morarji Desai. BNC

2. To describe her treatment as barbaric would be to put it mildly. Wasps

3. Rheinberger was, to put it mildly, a very competent craftsman, and both these quartets are very well turned, No. 2 in particular closing with an impressive fugue. BNC