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BUSINESS 08: Hotel (word analyses)

Roman Svozílek | 6. 3. 2012 | komentáře: 14

Další obsáhlý rozbor slovíček a frází z úvodního textu aktuální lekce kurzu obchodní angličtiny. Dozvíte se například, jaký je rozdíl mezi slůvky LOUNGE a LOBBY, nebo SUIT a COSTUME. V článku najdete také mnoho odkazů na naše starší články, které si v souvislosti s novými slovíčky stojí za to přečíst. Pokračování článku »
 
eat your heart out - můžeš se jít zahrabat, můžeš se jít vycpat
BrE
/ˌi:t jɔ: 'hɑ:t aʊt/
AmE
/ˌi:t jʊər 'hɑ:rt aʊt/

phrase, informal - a phrase we use when we want to show someone that we have done something much better then they have done etc.

 
yield - podlehnout, podvolit se
BrE
/'ji:ld/
AmE
/'ji:ld/

verb, formal - to agree to do something that you don't want to do, usually because you have been forced to

 
head start - náskok, počáteční výhoda
BrE
/ˌhed'stɑ:t/
AmE
/ˌhed'stɑ:rt/

noun - an advantage that you have but others don't have before starting doing something

 
orphanage - sirotčinec
BrE
/'ɔ:fənɪdʒ/
AmE
/'ɔ:rfənɪdʒ/

noun - a home for children who have been abandoned or whose parents have died

 
seductress - svůdkyně
BrE
/sɪ'dʌktrəs/
AmE
/sɪ'dʌktrəs/

noun - a woman who persuades someone to have sex; or to do something they are not supposed to

 
seducer - svůdník, svůdce
BrE
/sɪ'dju:sə/
AmE
/sɪ'du:sər/

noun - a person who persuades someone to have sex; or to do something they are not supposed to

play
play - hrát, hrát si
BrE
/'pleɪ/
AmE
/'pleɪ/

verb - to do an activity in order to have fun, to take part in a sport or game

 
deal with - zabývat se (čím)
BrE
/'di:l wɪð/
AmE
/'di:l wɪð/

verb - to be about something, to have something as its subject, to be on the topic of something

 
fall flat - nezdařit se, nezabrat, nevyjít, vyznít naprázdno (vtip apod.)
BrE
/ˌfɔ:l'flæt/
AmE
/ˌfɔ:l'flæt/

verb - to fail completely or have no effect, especially when attempting to entertain, impress, or persuade

 
think about - myslet na
BrE
/ˌθɪŋk ə'baʊt/
AmE
/ˌθɪŋk ə'baʊt/

verb - to keep something in your mind, to have an image of something in your mind

clap
clap - tleskat, zatleskat, tlesknout
BrE
/'klæp/
AmE
/'klæp/

verb - to hit your palms together to show that you have liked something (e.g. a performance)

 
avenge - pomstít, pomstít se
BrE
/ə'vendʒ/
AmE
/ə'vendʒ/

verb - to do something in order to harm or hurt someone because they have hurt you

 
revenge - pomstít, pomstít se
BrE
/rɪ'vendʒ/
AmE
/rɪ'vendʒ/

verb - to do something in order to harm or hurt someone because they have hurt you