neděle, 19. května 2024, 20.52
Stránky: OpenMoodle
Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MODERN SOCIETY
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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)

coalition government

koaliční vláda

But in coalition government, is it always the largest party in the legislature which comes forward to form the Cabinet?(WebCorp)

In such circumstances, the question of which two parties will team up may have a more critical influence on the composition of a coalition government than the president's power to appoint the premier.(WebCorp)

 A coalition government is not a rare thing in Western democratic nations.(WebCorp)

collapse of cease-fire

konec příměří

He said that no new violations or collapse of cease-fire are expected in the coming period, adding that all parties have a desire that the cease- fire will continue. (Google)

Tigers may use armed escorts, risking collapse of cease-fire. (Google)

With the collapse of cease-fire efforts, political analysts said whatever slender peace hopes remained had been undermined by the US decision... (Google)

command economy

centrálně plánované hospodářství

1.Those countries therefore have to make the leap from the command economy to the market economy, from the single party state to pluralism. (BNCI)

2. For more than a year, the Poles have been engaged in a brave, almost quixotic attempt to transform a moribund command economy into a lively free market, and they are now suffering the growing pains of a capitalism devoid of capital. (BNCI)

3.There was wide disagreement about where and how to start dismantling the command economy, but none about the direction for progress. (BNCI)

computer hacker

člověk,který neoprávněně proniká do informyčních systémů

A computer hacker is a person who gains access to a computer system without permission. (BNCI)

A COMPUTER hacker is to be charged with spying after allegedly testing American Defence Department security. (BNCI)

A TEENAGE computer hacker knocked out a vital cancer treatment database when he keyed into a computer at a world famous centre for medical research, a court heard yesterday. (BNCI)

computer technology

počítačová technologie

Now France says it wants to concentrate its effort to help less developed countries to make the best use of computer technology through its World Centre for Informatics, in Paris. (BNCI)

It is highly technical not just in the sense that it involves computer technology but also because it is totally based in the area of printing. (BNCI)

Advances in computer technology are now so fast only computers themselves can keep pace with the data. (BNCI)

consumption tax

spotřební daň

The introduction on Oct. 22 of a 10 per cent general consumption tax (GCT) provoked widespread criticism from the political opposition and scepticism from the business community. (BNCI)

The loss of the party's majority in the upper house in the elections of July 1989, against a background of scandals and the introduction of the unpopular consumption tax, had led to speculation that the party's 35-year period of unbroken rule was approaching its end. (BNCI)

Pay increases for civil servants were allowed for, 6,000 new government jobs would be created, and capital expenditure would rise while government expenditure was to be boosted by a new consumption tax. (BNCI)

contender for the nomination

uchazeč o nominaci

In 1852, he was once again a contender for the nomination, lost again, and this time the winner he supported - Franklin Pierce - was elected.(Google)

Of all these contenders, Dukakis said Kerry, his former lieutenant governor, is one of the favorites for the democratic nomination.(Google)

John Edwards, a senator from South Carolina, is yet another contender for the nomination.(Google)

Cost and Freight (CFR)

výlohy a dopravné v ceně

1. Under CFR, the seller does not have to procure marine insurance against the risk of loss or damage to the goods during transit. (Google)

2. C & F - (Cost and Freight.) Seller owns goods until they are loaded on vessel; selling price includes all costs so far plus cost of ocean freight. (Google)

3. Cost and Freight (CFR) The seller (exporter) is responsible for clearing the goods for export, delivering the goods past the ships rail at the port of shipment and paying international freight charges. (Google)

Cost, Insurance and Freight

výlohy, pojištění a dopravné  ceně

1. Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) The seller (exporter) is responsible for delivering the goods onto the vessel of transport and clearing Customs in the country of export. He is also responsible for purchasing insurance, with the buyer (importer) named as the beneficiary. (Google)

2. Cost, insurance and freight, almost always abbreviated to c.i.f, is a term used in  international trade.The c.i.f. price of a traded good is the price including the costs of getting it to its destination. (Google)

3.  C.I.F. - (Cost, insurance and freight.) Seller owns goods until they are loaded on vessel; selling price includes all costs so far plus cost of ocean marine insurance. (Google) 

criminal record

záznam v trestním rejstříku; trestní rejstřík

Compared to whites, blacks are less likely to acquire educational qualifications, their marriages are more likely to end in separation or divorce and they are more likely to have a criminal record. (BNCI)

Because the there's only one way of obtaining somebody's criminal record and that's getting a police officer to do it.(BNCI)

With my criminal record that could be the finish of my career! (BNCI)

cross-party coalition

koalice napříč stranami

His interest in the issue goes back to the early 90s, but he really got mobilised when Labour came to power in 1999, and since his Prostitution Reform Bill (PRB) was plucked out of the ballot for private members' bills three years ago, he has devoted countless hours to building a cross-party coalition of support for what will be, if it passes, a historic piece of legislation.(WebCorp)

This suggests that there now exists an opportunity to build a cross-party coalition for change strong enough to defeat the failed prohibitionism hitherto supported by most ordinary Britons. (WebCorp)

McCain told The Associated Press that GOP leaders backing Bush will peel away when they start realize his cross-party coalition would beat Vice President Al Gore. (WebCorp)

cultural diversity

kulturní rozmanitost, rozdílnost

Interdependence within a global/local environment will replace independence as a goal, and cultural diversity within and without open borders will become a cause of celebration not a threat. (BNCI)

Multiculturalists (for whom the important task is to encourage harmonious and tolerant cultural diversity) adjust their view according to what the leaders tell them. (BNCI)

From a Christian perspective cultural diversity is not simply the result of the interplay of sociological and environmental factors, it is a demonstration of the creative ingenuity of God. (BNCI)

current account

běžný účet

1. Probably the first contact between you and a bank is when you open a current account. That is only the beginning . Your bank is able to offer a comprehensive range of products and services to meet all your finance related needs .(WASPS)

2. The easy way to pay your premiums is monthly by direct debit through your Bank current account or some types of Building Society account. (BNCI)

3. There is a current account aimed at businesses with regular international transactions that offers normal current account facilities including overdrafts, regular statements and chequebooks.(BNCI)

curtain call

vyvolávání účinkujících potleskem

Judging by the rapturous applause that follows their triumphant curtain call, it sounds like everyone in this full house agrees. (INTERNET-EN)

The full house responded with a standing ovation and five curtain calls, and the press was equally enthusiastic. (INTERNET-EN)

The usher waves me back in at the end , so we get to see the curtain calls and hear the applause, which is very enthusiastic. (INTERNET-EN)

customs duty

celní poplatek

1. Central was the requirement that internal tariff (customs duty), quota and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods should be abolished so as to create an enlarged European economic space. (BNCI)

2. We will insure you against any Customs Duty you have to pay after temporarily importing your car into any of the above countries as long as the liability arises as a direct result of a claim covered under the policy. (BNCI)

3. Imports from non- EEC countries carry a tax or customs duty.The EEc itself levies a tax on imported food which will vary according to its price.(Bonito)