středa, 15. května 2024, 06.05
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MODERN SOCIETY
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to let off

zprostit, zbavit, zmírnit (trest)

Instead of a prison sentence they were let off with a fine. (Cambridhe Dictionary)

You won't be let off so lightly the next time.(Cambridge Dictionary)

Four were arrested on the orders of the chief public prosecutor, but Mr Honecker was let off because of ill health. (BNCI)

to lock somebody up

zabásnout někoho, dát pod zámek

My only training and instruction for the job was given by a detective chief inspector, who told us to `;get out there and lock up thieves';. (BNCI)

Eventually, they locked him up in a white, warm padded cell.(BNCI)

He fled to Australia, seeking asylum and they locked him up. (Google)

to log onto

přihlásit se

The user must log onto the LIFESPAN installation account with the default directory and UIC set to that of the process directory. (BNCI)

 It explains how to log onto LIFESPAN and how to use the LIFESPAN system of indexes and pages which appear on the screen. (BNCI)

Having logged onto the Payroll/Personnel System, the system as designed offered the operator a choice of options from a standard menu screen. (BNCI)

to log out, log off

odhlásit se (z počítačového systému, sítě apod.)

 If you have time available, try to get users to log out of the system before shutting it down. (BNCI)

Log out of LIFESPAN and edit the file using a VMS editor. (BNCI)

 Right, okay we'll leave it there, if you just press the escape key and then work your way out of Microfit towards the action menu, exit from Microfit and don't forget to log out of the network. (BNCI)

to lose a seat

ztratit křeslo

SDLP lost a seat in this constituency, O'Hanlon, who was elected first in 1973, became runner-up in 1975. (BNCI)

SDLP lost a seat here as in Armagh which together accounts for the reduction in their representation by two seats as between the Assembly and the Convention. (BNCI)

In two by-elections for the National Assembly, the DLP lost a seat in the North Chungchong province and only narrowly held a seat in the southern city of Taegu, a traditional conservative stronghold, after an intensive and expensive campaign. (BNCI)

to make a bargain

ujednat, uzavřít obchod

The management and employees eventually made a bargain. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

 The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me.(BNCI)

The courts are generally concerned only with the question whether the promisor has made a bargain, not with whether he has made a good bargain.

to make a deal

uzavřít dohodu

Smaller minority parties which might come into play include the Welsh and Scottish nationalists --; the latter most likely to make a deal with Labour, based on a common ground on economic and social policy. (BNCI)

It is likely that he will set out to make a deal with the aborigines, offering compensation in return for legislation that clarifies their rights over land. (BNCI)

By the second half of February the Germans were beginning to be really worried by the advance --; although slow --; of the Allies and by the strong resistance of the partisans, so they decided to make a deal with the partisan leaders to save their own lives. (BNCI)

to make a profit

mít zisk, vydělat si

When you are about to offer a product for the first time, how do you know whether or not you will make a profit? After all, there are huge variables to consider and advertising isn't cheap.(Google)

A lot of companies do not make a profit but that does not make them non profit. Making a profit (called "margins" in non profit parlance) does not make you a "for profit" company either - you can make margins and still be non profit.(WebCorp)

Now that you have some idea what it costs to put on a performance, you can determine what it takes just to meet expenses, and from there see what it takes to actually make a profit. (WebCorp)

to make a transaction

uzavřít obchod, ujednat

If you make a transaction before 6pm (Sydney time), it will appear on your Transaction Details the next business day.(Google)

Also, they had to journey over several miles just to get to a bank to make a transaction. (Google)

Plus, every time you make a transaction by phone or Internet, your selection will be confirmed so that you can ensure that it is correct. For added security, all transactions are recorded for later reference. (Google)

to make an investment

zainvestovat

If you want to be a success in your career, you have to be prepared to make an investment--now! First of all, you will need to invest your time. (Google)

Brook Fund Portfolio made an investment in the convertible preferred stock $500,000 into Laser Projection Technologies as part of a $2 million financing consisting of convertible preferred stock.(Google)

In the event an investor has made an investment and a visa is refused, applicants will be advised and will be refunded their investment of $400,000.00 CDN within 90 days of a request for refund. (Google)

to make it one's business

postarat se o, ujmout se, vzít si na starost

She makes it her business to get to know all her staff.(Macmillan English Dictionary)

The Queen Mother is also a shrewd judge of character who makes it her business to keep an eye on new members of the family and, if necessary, step in to protect her beloved `;firm';. (BNCI)

The lady Alianor makes it her business to discover all that goes on, and has many influential friends --; yet she has made no mention of it.'; (BNCI)

to mean business

myslet něco doopravdy, vážně

1. Um, I think it's still going to be a hard fight, but I think today we've shown the authority that we mean business.(BNCI)

2. This is not a game. We mean business.(MED)

3. One of them poked a shotgun at me. I could see he meant business.I gave them what they wanted.(Collins Cobuild)

to meddle into politics

vměšovat se do politiky

The trade union bureaucracy, tied to the political lobbies of the bourgeoisie, to their relationships with functionaries in the ministries, to the perks they receive from the bourgeois state, will strongly oppose this solution, arguing cynically that "the trade unions should not meddle into politics".(WebCorp)

Neverthless, the life of the Belarusians under the Polish rule was relatively much better than in the Soviet Union. If one did not meddle into politics then he/she was not persecuted. (WebCorp)

The very fact that goes against the grain of the Constitution, which does not permit the members of the Armed Forces to meddle into politics as provided in their oath of office as provided at the end of the Third Schedule of the Constitution Quaid-i-Azam also wanted the Armed Forces to be non political.(WebCorp)

to mind one's own business

hledět si svého, starat se o sebe

'Mind your own business,'; he shouted, turning on her quite violently. (BNCI)

'Mind your own business!'; she said through her teeth, and the car swept on, the atmosphere between them growing even more unbearable the longer she held him off. (BNCI)

Andrew Campbell here we are handing out advice well intentioned, but I wonder if er Russians and Kazakhstanis and all the rest aren't going to say mind your own business, leave us to sort this out. (BNCI)

to organize a rally

organizovat veřejné shromáždění

Cass also helped organize a special rally to inform and motivate local pastors and churches.(Google)

In Kotli the PTUDC also organized a rally in which a large number of workers, students and activists of the PSF and PPP and Peoples Labour Bureau participated actively.(Google)

The Associated Students of the University of Utah have organized a rally at the Utah State Capitol at noon on Feb. 12.(Google)