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Čas - Odkládání

Zvládněte anglické idiomy, které se vztahují k odkládání, jako „play for time“ a „rain check“.

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English idioms related to Time

to purposefully act slowly

on hold
[fráze]

in a suspended state to be considered and dealt with in the future

rain check
[Podstatné jméno]

refusal or cancellation of an invitation, offer, or plan with intention of accepting it or doing it at another time instead

odklad, náhradní pozvánka

odklad, náhradní pozvánka

to buy time
[fráze]

to put something off in order to gain more time

Ex: The company bought time by securing interim funding to sustain operations .

to keep postponing problems one must deal with

Ex: They kicking the can down the road while hoping the problem would resolve itself .
on ice
[fráze]

used to refer to something that is temporarily inactive or postponed

to refrain from taking action when one should

on the fence
[fráze]

used to show indecision over something

Ex: By the end of the month , they will have on the fence for a year , unable to make a final decision .

to decide to do something that needs to taken care of right now at another time

to try to delay the occurrence of something so that one can prevent it from happening or have more time to properly prepare for it

Ex: By this time next month , they will still playing for time, waiting for the market conditions to improve .
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