De Bono

Question 1

abolish [əˈbɒlɪʃ]

Answer 1

zrušiť, odstrániť (The main purpose of thinking is to abolish thinking.)

Question 2

vinegar [ˈvɪnɪgə]

Answer 2

ocot (vínny)

Question 3

spoonful [ˈspuːnˌfʊl]

Answer 3

lyžica, lyžička (You take a spoonful of oil from the oil glass).

Question 4

stir [stɜː]

Answer 4

zamiešať, rozmiešať ( You take a spoonful of oil from the oil glass. You stir thoroughly and then take…)

Question 5

thoroughly [ˈθʌrəlɪ]

Answer 5

dôkladne, riadne (You stir thoroughly and then take)

Question 6

assertion [əˈsɜːʃən]

Answer 6

tvrdenie, vyhlásenie ( My publishers were highly sceptical of this assertion.)

Question 7

point out

Answer 7

poukázať, upozorniť ( After publication a logician wrote politely to point out my error).

Question 8

impeccable [ɪmˈpekəbəl]

Answer 8

bezchybný, dokonalý (The logic seems impeccable)

Question 9

subtract [səbˈtrækt]

Answer 9

odrátať, odpočítať ( If we now subtract this same amount of oil from both spoonfuls we must be left with equal volume in each.)

Question 10

look upon

Answer 10

považovať, hľadieť ( The numbers are looked upon as stacked boxes).

Question 11

add up

Answer 11

sčítať (súčet) (We add up all rows)

Question 12

stack [stæk]

Answer 12

hromada, kopa (Stack of boxes)

Question 13

jigsaw [ˈdʒɪgˌsɔː] (puzzle)

Answer 13

skladačka, skladačkový

Question 14

whereby [weəˈbaɪ]

Answer 14

pomocou ktorého (The mind provides a means whereby incoming information gets organized)

Question 15

tray [treɪ]

Answer 15

podnos, tácka

Question 16

viscous [ˈvɪskəs]

Answer 16

viskózny

Question 17

fluid [ˈfluːɪd]

Answer 17

tekutina, kvapalina

Question 18

stout [staʊt]

Answer 18

pevný, hrubý (stout membrane)

Question 19

gradually [ˈgrædjuəlɪ]

Answer 19

postupne, pozvoľna (A steel ball is dropped on to the surface. Gradually it sinks in.)

Question 20

heat up

Answer 20

ohriať, prihriať (The bowl of ink is heated up)

Question 21

dissolve [dɪˈzɒlv]

Answer 21

rozpustiť (the hot ink dissolves the gelatine)

Question 22

pour off

Answer 22

odliať (z hrnca)

Question 23

shallow [ˈʃæləʊ]

Answer 23

plytký, povrchný (a shallow depression remains on the surface of the gelatine.)

Question 24

depression [dɪˈpreʃən]

Answer 24

priehlbina, preliačina

Question 25

erode [ɪˈrəʊd]

Answer 25

narušiť (In the end a sort of channel will have been eroded in the surface of the gelatine)

Question 26

alter [ˈɔːltə]

Answer 26

pozmeniť, upraviť (In both cases the first arriving information altered the surface.)

Question 27

track [træk]

Answer 27

chodník, cestička (The gelatine model is more sophisticated because the information essentially organizes itself into a track or pattern)

Question 28

rather

Answer 28

pomerne, celkom ( The drawing below shows a design for a rather special wooden cube)

Question 29

carpenter [ˈkɑːpɪntə]

Answer 29

tesár

Question 30

dovetail [ˈdʌvˌteɪl]

Answer 30

hodiť sa k sebe, zapadať do seba/ rybina, rybinový žliabok (The two halves are to be joined by proper dovetail joints as shown)

Question 31

overleaf [ˌəʊvəˈliːf]

Answer 31

na druhej strane (časopisu, listu) Instead they run at an angle as shown overleaf.

Question 32

lead sb

astray [əˈstreɪ]

Answer 32

uviesť niekoho do omylu ( In this instance pattern recognition led us astray because we have recognized th wrong pattern)

Question 33

break down

Answer 33

rozobrať, analytovať ( In the first sort we strive to break down a complex situation into familiar…)

Question 34

backtrack [ˈbækˌtræk]

Answer 34

ustúpiť (od čoho) In order to progress we may have to backtrack and change to another pattern which is more appropriate for the conditions.

Question 35

clash [klæʃ]

Answer 35

rozpor, konflikt (In the political sense we have the extraordinarily wasteful and inefficient “clash” system.

Question 36

pun1 [pʌn

Answer 36

slovná hračka ( In the pun type of humour…)

Question 37

adversary [ˈædvəsərɪ]

Answer 37

súperiaci ( I politics it is the adversary system in which opposing parties claim the rightness of their ideologies)

Question 38

reluctant [rɪˈlʌktənt]

Answer 38

neochotný, zdráhjúci sa (The youngster may be reluctant to look for, and unable to find, a different approach).

Question 39

conformist [kənˈfɔːmɪst]

Answer 39

konformista (Intelligent people often tend to be conformists.)

Question 40

wheelbarrow [ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ]

Answer 40

fúrik

Question 41

nvariably [ɪnˈveərɪəblɪ]

Answer 41

(neu)stále, vždy (Invariably the comments criticise the design).

Question 42

strut [strʌt]

Answer 42

podpera (The wheel-bearing strut would break off)

Question 43

ratio [ˈreɪʃɪˌəʊ]

Answer 43

pomer (The ratio of negative comments to interested domments has been 20 to 1)

Question 44

scaffolding [ˈskæfəldɪŋ]

Answer 44

lešenie (budovy)

Question 45

condemn [kənˈdem]

Answer 45

odmietnúť, zavrhnúť (In the judgement idiom, when we come to an idea which is wrong we condemn it and back away)

Question 46

commuter [kəˈmjuːtə]

Answer 46

dochádzajúci, cezpoľný