- písničková soutěž

1. Najma's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl, but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain's Asian song contest on her first public appearance. BNC

2. Despite being a launchpad for bands like Sweden's Abba and producing a string of hits the Eurovision Song Contest has been panned by fans in recent years. BNC

3. On his return from the song contest his father died, and David's mother remembers how David rushed back in time to show his father the trophy he had won. BNC

- jakost zvuku

1. The TV rental companies will try to bypass public and trade distrust of MAC and Marcopolo by offering viewers a rental package for the simulcast service, with the bonus of improved picture and sound quality. BNC

2. The benefits of such radio systems are obvious: no leads to trip over or become entangled in, hi-fi sound quality, far greater range, mobility etc. BNC

3. One of the big pluses for Video 8 is the high sound quality from the hi-fi FM recording system it uses. BNC

- znít rozumně

1. I tried to explain why it was that I went into the bushes, tried to make it sound reasonable. BNC

2. Suggest that you be allowed to search some parts of your local parks from the end of September to the end of April once or twice per month; this should sound reasonable enough to your councillor and, hopefully, your council. BNC

3. Lawrence said hesitantly, with almost exaggerated care to sound reasonable and calm: But why? BNC

- hovořit spatra, bez přípravy

1. Lahoud was forced to speak off the cuff at the session because Assad did not give him back his speech in time for his address. WebC

2. Your ability to speak off the cuff is a critical component for effective communication. WebC

3. At Toastmasters, Impromptu Speaking is the ability to speak off the cuff, without preparation and without notes. WebC

- zvláštní zpravodaj

1. Please could I ask you to adopt full press credentials as special correspondent for `Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig' during the Earth Summit? BNC

2. One notable feature to emerge from these reports is the loss of faith, at least among younger academics, in what the TLS Special Correspondent calls the old "mystical" attitude, an insistence on the special power of English to exert a civilizing influence. BNC

3. As the newspaper's special correspondent with Franco and his troops, Philby had a watertight cover for his clandestine operations. BNC

- 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

- zrychlit, urychlit

1. They speed up the circulation of material goods through advertising, which reduces the time between production and consumption. BNC

2. As part of this strategy, senior managers are using FDC to improve and speed up the production of monthly reports. BNC

3. So impressed was the forward-thinking Murray with the two games against Leeds that he wants to speed up the introduction of a British Cup. BNC

- 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

- děsivý film

1. So, if 'The Ring' is you idea of a weird, freaky, spine-chilling movie, you just have to see this wicked movie right now! WebC

2. We prove him wrong as he reveals his thoughts on his career and his new spooky spine-chilling movie. WebC

3. Hindi film industry Bollywood's newest spine-chilling movie SHHH..., presently in progress, is sure to watch out for! WebC

- sportovní reportáž

1. Nowadays the public attitude is much more likely to be: I must be in the house at 10.30 to watch Sports Report or whatever. BNC

2. You probably succeeded in realizing that this is an extract from a sports report designed to inform people familiar with the sport about the progress of a match, and that the whereabouts of sender and receiver are not of particular importance. BNC

3. Just heard on the Radio 5 sports report that Wilko has denied a rumour that Sheff. BNC

- tréma

1. This does not disturb her self-confidence; a good teacher, like a good actress, should not be immune from stage fright. BNC

2. The match was definitely more deserving of rotten apples than curtain calls, played between the ring-rusty old trouper and a minor player overcome by stage fright. BNC

3. When you get light and trembling with that special kind of stage fright, you can't trust your fingers to do what they're told. BNC

- hlavní představitel(ka)

1. She watched him stroll away down the corridor as if he hadn't a care in the world, knowing full well he was putting the act on for her benefit, and that he must be worrying about the star performer who was also his best friend. BNC

2. Dungannon's star performer yesterday was Ireland U-21 scrum-half Andrew Gallagher, who scored two tries, playing on the wing. BNC

3. Star performer in the brewing division was Tetley bitter, which boosted sales by 8%. BNC

- státní, státem řízený

1. The government in Addis Ababa will say nothing about the situation, and the war is not reported by the state-run media. BNC

2. The Labour Party, under a youthful new leader, Neil Kinnock, elected in October 1983, was significantly hesitant in proclaiming its zeal to renationalize, even in cases such as British Gas where state-run industries had been clearly successful. BNC

3. In 1985 Yndamiro Restano was dismissed from his job as an agricultural correspondent for a state-run radio station after giving interview about his political views to a US journalist. BNC

- dějová osnova, průběh děje

1. You then begin to build up a story line, a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea. BNC

2. The Boggart, with its rumbustious family adventure story line, lacks the mystical qualities usually associated with the author's novels, but retains her powerful sense of landscape and place through detailed and loving descriptions of the Scottish setting. BNC

3. Though the novels of the Quartet are linked by common characters and motifs, they cannot be said to have a continuous story line. BNC

- terč kritiky

1. The UK system of income taxation and income support measures has been the subject of criticism from many quarters for a variety of reasons. BNC

2. The present monarch of Great Britain has recently been the subject of criticism for failure to all make her collection readily available to her subjects. BNC

3. This course of action will avoid the possibility of the interest coming to light at a later stage causing the councillor to be the subject of criticism that his view of the public issue was thereby influenced. BNC