pondělí, 6. května 2024, 21.47
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Kurz: Angličtina pro pokročilé (APP)
Slovník: MODERN SOCIETY
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war correspondent

válečný zpravodaj

Being a war correspondent is a genuinely dangerous job, just like they portray it in the movies. (BNCI)

But the chance of getting killed is one of the factors that makes the war correspondent's job as compelling as it is. (BNCI)

No war correspondent, however, could have described the gloom that pervaded the air, or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days. (BNCI)

war criminal

válečný zločinec

Mr Zivkovic, a draughtsman who lived in Britain for 24 years after the war but now lives in Tasmania, Australia, was giving evidence for the defence in Lord Aldington's libel action over allegations by Mr Nikolai Tolstoy and Mr Nigel Watts that he is a war criminal responsible for the forced repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs. (BNCI)

One of those named as a war criminal was Marshal Pietro Badoglio, wanted by Ethiopia for ordering the use of poison gas and the bombing of Red Cross hospitals after Italy invaded the country in 1936. (BNCI)

The inference is clear: the Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian Arabs is also a war criminal. (BNCI)

war cry

válečný pokřik

In World War II American servicemen who parachuted out of aeroplanes screamed the name `;Geronimo'; as a war cry, perhaps to give them added incentive to jump from a great height, and the karate kiai has something of this in it, too. (BNCI)

Their war cry was the sound of angry seagulls, and we seemed to breathe in death; the look of their faces turned us cold with despair. (BNCI)

 It was the war cry of the Scottish male in full flight. (BNCI)

war of words

slovní potyčka,dohadování

 The war of words intensified last week when Mr Clarke accused the unions of using patients as `;fodder for pay claims';. (BNCI)

But despite the political war of words over tax, she found it hard to prepare new strategies because no party had said very much about VAT. (BNCI)

Terry McDermott yesterday hit back in an angry war of words with Aberdeen boss Willie Miller (BNCI)

warring factions

válčící strany

The Labour Party, he said, had disintegrated into warring factions. (Cambridge Dictionary)

The three warring factions signed a ceasefire agreement in November, which held through December and January 1991, and in December agreed plans to set up their own interim government. (BNCI)

Despite this development, the struggle between the two previously warring factions has continued, the original republicans developing a populist, nationalist party, and the former treaty party developing a concern with law and order, and moderation on the national question. (BNCI)

watchdog body

dohlížecí, kontrolní orgán

A new police complaints watchdog is being launched to improve public confidence in the force. (BNCI)

One crucial issue is whether the BBC governors, who currently act as a watchdog body for the corporation's activities, should come under the new regulator. (Google)

The watchdog body, which would advise the federal and provincial governments, would also measure performance, report on accessibility and quality and assess new technology.(Google)