put a crimp in something = GUASTARE, ROVINARE QUALCOSA

NOISY-PARKER = FICCANASO, IMPICCIONE

BANK HOLIDAYS

Bank and Public Holidays in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

• NEW YEAR's day
• GOOD FRIDAY (Bank Holiday)
• EASTER MONDAY (Bank Holiday)
  In Scotland "Easter Monday" is not a bank holiday although is observed by many.

• EARLY MAY BANK HOLIDAY (First Monday in May)
• may day
• spring BANK HOLIDAY (Last Monday in May)
• summer BANK HOLIDAY (Last Monday in August)
• boxing day (Bank Holiday)
• saint andrew's day (Bank Holiday)
• saint patrick's day (In Northern Ireland)
  In 1903, the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act added 17 March, Saint Patrick's Day, as a bank holiday for Ireland only.

• bottle of the boyne (Orangemen's Day)

Public Holidays = Generally, public holidays include bank holidays, holidays by Royal Proclamation and 'common law holidays'. Banks are not allowed to operate on bank holidays. When public holidays in the Christmas and New Year period fall on Saturdays and Sundays, alternative week days are declared public holidays.

Public Holidays = British bank holidays are Public Holidays and have been recognized since 1871. The name Bank Holiday comes from the time when banks were shut and so no trading could take place. The 1871 Act designated four holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (then wholly part of the UK), and five in Scotland. There are currently 8 permanent bank and public holidays in England, Wales and Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland. These include Christmas Day and Good Friday, which in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are common law' holidays. Even though banks are still closed on these days many shops today now remain open. Shops, museums and other public attractions, such as historic houses and sports centres, may close on certain public holidays, particularly Christmas Day. Traditionally many businesses close on Bank Holidays to enable the workers to have a holiday. This time is often spent with the family on mini breaks and outings. Because of this, anyone who works on Bank Holidays usually gets paid extra - "time-and-a-half" or even "double time," negotiated for them by the Trades Unions.

Bank holidays were introduced in the 1971 Banking and Financial Dealings Act. Strangely Christmas and Good Friday are not legally considered as bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland because they were already recognized as public holidays (common law). But in the spirit of things they are bank holidays really.

to revert = TO GO TO A PREVIOUS EDIT.

IF YOU MAKE CHANGES TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND THEY DO NOT WORK, YOU REVERT TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION.

EX. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS USED TO REFER TO AN EMAIL

TO REFER TO THE PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE = PLEASE LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE

TO REPLY = TO REPLY TO EMAILS

chanCe AND oPPORTUNITY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. THEY CAN MEAN THE SAME THING, AN OCCASION OR SITUATION WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO OR TO HAVE TO DO, OR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING.

EX. HE HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO UNIVERSITY
EX. HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO UNIVERSITY

BUT CHanGE HAS SEVERAL OTHER MEANINGS:

• RISK (I am not talking any chances though, I am going to play, just in case)
• LUCK (the lottery is a game of chance)
• LIKELIHOOD (but I did not think I have a real chance of winning)