- nabourat se do počítače

1. An Edindurgh University student caused chaos on a vast scale by hacking into computers around the world from a GBP200 desktop machine in his room. Wasps

2. This morning I ordered our central computer here to hack into the Riyadh computer and do a check. Wasps

3. Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system. BNC

- polopravdy

1. Confusing stories are circulating along with rumours and half-truths as people, in their desperation, try to help find the murderers. BNC

2. The Opposition tell half-truths because Labour is the only party which when in office cut national health expenditure. BNC

3. Unsubstantiated half-truths and distortions of fact cause unnecessary argument and are an inefficient use of people's time. BNC

- být dlouho na programu

1. I am afraid it will not have a long run either, and that will mean more new costumes for another play. WebC

2. While O'Bannon says he hopes the series will have a long run, he does have some well-defined ideas how he wants the overall series to end. WebC

3. Outside Germany it would have a long run. WebC

- mít čich pro skandály

1. Others never worked for the mainstream media at all, but they have a nose for scandal, and because they are not bound by any ethical considerations, they resort to the worst forms of blackmail. WebC

2. An activist in the African-American community in New York, the woman has a nose for scandal and corruption. WebC

3. She had a nose for scandal, a knack for flip headlines, a reportorial "skepticism" more snarky than investigative. WebC

- mít ostrý jazyk

1.  He knows he has a ready tongue and a facile pen, and on these he relies to carry him safely through the mazes of unreason. WebC

2. In Warsaw they said—and in these cases diplomacy has a ready tongue, especially when it comes to lies—that they knew nothing of these bands. WebC

3. Whoever assumes the post must be a n "able person" who is smooth and slick, has a ready tongue and can deal with all people at a feast. WebC

- hlavní redakce

1.  I am deeply appreciative of the input to BNC which came from your partnership's head office, and much impressed by the quality of the documentation submitted. BNC

2. Head Office rent was nearly three months overdue, the rates were in arrears, the staff had not been paid and the general president was stranded in New York for lack of funds. BNC

3. He also saw the Bedale office downgraded to a sub-office, the head office for the district concentrated at Darlington and most of the staff records kept at Middlesbrough. BNC

- slyšet něco v rozhlase

1. Did you hear it on the radio this morning about the research that these people are doing? BNC

2. Because bear in mind Thelwall Viaduct, I hear it on the radio every morning, there's roadworks. BNC

3. I think regarding the number of people who are in prison, whether on remand or otherwise, erm, reminds me of something that that I keep noticing, either hear it on the radio or in the paper. BNC

- dodtat se na první stránky novin; mít velkou publicitu

1. Lt Col Bob Stewart, the Cheshires colourful commanding officer whose marital rift hit the headlines last month, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. BNC

2. The resolution which hit the headlines was that which approved the rightness of contraception. BNC

3. The government's listening centre at Cheltenham hit the headlines in 1984, when staff were told they had to give up union membership. BNC 

- zprávy z domova

1. Home news was preferred over foreign, new a about things familiar to the reader over the unfamiliar. Wasps

2. The Press Association supply the UK press with home news and newspapers subscribe to their wire service. BNC

3.  It was preceded by the involvement of hundreds of people in discussion groups devoted to different sections; home news, features, music, the arts, international and foreign news and sport. BNC

- 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

- konferovat, uvádět, moderovat zábavný program

1. Ahead of her she knew she had a tough day hosting a TV show about cancer, the disease which first struck Mae-Britt 22 years ago. Wasps

2. Television personality Paul Frost hosted a special live show in Middlesbrough when he opened a new postshop in the town. Wasps

3. Anne and former TV-am partner Nick Owen will host a daily show from there next month. Wasps

- 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