úterý, 7. května 2024, 13.52
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MODERN SOCIETY
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building society

stavební spořitelna

1. Checks carried out by the Inland Revenue on a sample of bank and building society accounts have revealed that some people have incorrectly registered to receive interest payments without deduction of income tax.(BNCI)

2. In fact, in 1989 the Abbey National Building Society became a public limited company and thereby ceased to be a building society, becoming instead a bank. (BNCI)

3. If your building society won't allow you to register you can still apply for a refund of overpaid tax financial year. (BNCI)

buoyant economy

rostoucí ekonomika

1. When the next Conservative Government are re-elected , we shall have a growing and buoyant economy, and everyone will be better off . (WASPS)

2. The buoyant economy at the end of the eighties of course helped in part by increasing road congestion , forcing many to take the train who would have preferred to drive. (WASPS)

3. Although there was a great deal of debate about education after 1944, much of it up to 1951 focused on the eradication of class differences, not gender differences, in an endeavour to build a more buoyant economy and develop a substantial welfare state. (BNCI)

business as usual

nic mimořádného, normálka

That's business as usual, with the regulators unable or unwilling to keep the insiders from taking money out of the pockets of the public investors.(WebCorp)

I would like to reassure everyone that it is business as usual at the National Council.(WebCorp)

But when asked if it was business as usual, he replied "yes" and described the meeting as "good".(WebCorp)

business is business

obchod je obchod

Your comment about the whole situation as being unfair...well sir...business is business....If we ran our businesses based on being "fair" alone we wouldn't be in business for long....(WebCorp)

He was shocked by his friend's behavior. "I'm much colder now. Friends are friends and business is business."(WebCorp)

Any religious criticism of these marriages belongs in a church, mosque or temple. It has no place in the state market, where business is business, and marriage is really big business.(WebCorp)

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capitalist economy

kapitalistická ekonomika, založená na soukromém vlastnictví kapitálu

1. If East Germans have the freedom to choose , can we really be confident that they would prefer to face the difficulties of establishing a capitalist economy and democratic system on their own ?(WASPS)

2. A single-minded commitment to economic recovery and growth has produced a dramatic rise in material standards of living and the world 's second largest capitalist economy.(WASPS)

3. It asserts that the development of any advanced capitalist economy leads to a fusion of monopoly corporations and the state into a single instrument of economic exploitation and political domination. (BNCI)

cash flow

peněžní tok, pohyb (tok) hotovosti, celkové podnikem vydělané prostředky

1. In terms of cash flow, it takes a business man eight or nine years to get his money back on any machinery, for example, that he buys.(BNCI)

2. In an effort to promote and increase sales, many businesses offer more generous payment terms. Payment terms have a significant impact on cash flow, since they can impact the return on your accounts receivable.(WebCorp)

3. If a company has positive cash flow, the company has money available to spend on research and development, to expand operations, and to pay dividends to investors.(WebCorp)

cash on delivery

objednávka na dobírku

1. Cash with order or cash on delivery is always better than cash some time in the future. (BNCI)

2. I pay cash on delivery for fish, which the fishermen like, so they always call on me first and we get super turbot, mussels, scallops, sole and plaice here.'; (BNCI)

3. Most people have, perhaps unwittingly, made forward contracts --; for example when ordering some good for future delivery, with an immediate down payment of a non-refundable deposit and payment of the balance by cash on delivery. (BNCI)

cash with order

placení hotově současně s objednávkou

1. If you have n't heard from the firm within 28 days , write to find out why . Never send any cash with your order . All catalogues mentioned on this page are free to best readers unless otherwise stated. (WASPS)

2. Be wary of cash with order unless you know the supplier is viable, reliable, honest and solvent. (BNCI)

3. Cash With Order (C.W.O) - Payment for goods in which the buyer pays when ordering and in which the transaction is binding on both parties.(Google)

casting vote

rozhodující hlas

Just prior to the 1985 Helsinki conference, the DoE was once again making some progress and, at the final meeting, it was the Foreign Office which enjoyed the casting vote. (BNCI)

In 1934 it was still a struggle --; a fridge was bought on hire purchase over two years --; and the Professional missed being `;laid off'; only by the Chairman's casting vote, on the proposal `;that the present position of the Club was such he should move on';. (BNCI)

There was heated debate, but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant. (BNCI)

Certificate of Origin

osvědčení o původu (zboží apod.)

1. The following information is provided for individuals seeking information on Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin (MCO), also known as a Manufacturer’s Statement of Origin (MSO).(Google) 

2. In order to obtain the preferential tariff treatment established in the FTA, the certificate of origin should be completed legibly and in full by the importer, exporter or producer of the merchandise, according to the following process.(Google)

3. Certificates of origin may also be needed to prove that goods do not come from a country against which the importing country has trade restrictions.(Google)

Chamber of Commerce

obchodní komora

1. The International Chamber of Commerce provides an independent definition of what an environmental audit is.(BNCI)

2. This was done through a programme of special events, the `;Edinburgh and Lothians European Programme';, which was jointly managed by the Council, Edinburgh District Council, Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited and the Chamber of Commerce. (BNCI)

3. To compete for the award a partnership was formed representing all sectors in the town: Private sector: Teesside and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Teesside Tomorrow. (BNCI)

Chamber of Deputies

poslanecká sněmovna

For the first time, the Christian Democrat vote was less than 30 per cent for both Houses of Parliament --; though by the vagaries of the complex system of distributing seats it looked as if the alliance might get a majority in the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies. (BNCI)

The French Chamber of Deputies killed the chance of Anglo-French cooperation by refusing to vote money for a joint expedition. (BNCI)

No wonder Italians have just voted massively to adopt the British system for three-quarters of their Senate seats; the Chamber of Deputies will probably go much the same way. (BNCI)

charge account

otevřený úvěr, úvěrové konto

1. It is usually possible to open a charge account, a useful arrangement especially in the current economic climate where cash flow rules the day. (BNCI)

2. Frequent customers also have the option of opening a charge account, which enables them to be billed on a monthly basis. We also now accept VISA or MasterCard credit card payments.(WebCorp)

3. Once your request is approved, you will receive a confirmation letter with your charge account code to be used for your transactions. (WebCorp)


cheap labour

levná pracovní síla

No longer dependent on cheap labour for competitiveness, many are pushing abroad in even high-technology fields and are doing so, perhaps ironically, to exploit other countries' cheap labour.(BNCI)

 Yet while we readily blame employers for their extra exploitation of women as cheap labour, and the state for regulating women's economic dependence on men, we protect men from the shame of their participation in women's poverty by keeping the secret. (BNCI)

If you know that employers are using immigrants as cheap labour, and that they're being used to undercut your rates of pay, you're going to be against that. (BNCI)

chief accountant

hlavní účetní

1. Another example was Charles Robertson, chief accountant in charge of taxation at the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Company, who had reported some unusual transactions to the Inland Revenue for which the company had to pay £1.6 million in back taxes. (BNCI)

2. I have another important foreign call coming through in a few minutes, so, if you'll excuse me, I'll hand you over to the Chief Accountant now."(BNCI)

3.  John Tame, chief accountant for the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund, which was awarded first prize in Category 1 (best report and accounts from a charity with income over £1m), explains: `;We've entered for many years. (BNCI)