Checks to be run on racing companies
prospectuses – more than flyer, longer; leaflet with info, on paper, for advertisement
breed – growing and selecting horses, pigs, cows, …
demanding an outlay – investors have to spend
a company goes burst – goes bankrupt
encourage – try other to do sth; try to motivate
compensation = reimbursement
declines to comment – refuse to comment on it
stud – where horses live and breeded
It pays to advertise
lubrication oils – a special kind of oil
emblazoned – highlighted, printed everywhere
paid off – it works, generate a benefit
insists – adamant
apparently quite happy – sems to be quite happy
pursuit – search for it
persuade – influence it, but not necessarily convince sb (überreden)
Up goes the cost of cover
has soared by 600% – has increased by 600%
caravans are clamped – locked with a yellow clamp (Kralle); usually on cars too
slump – slow down, take long
baer the cost – die Kosten ertragen
Foreign office responds to budget cuts
Embassies will be shut – shut, shut, shut; = closed
sharing premises – sharing room or space, here office space
No smoking on the premises except designating rooms.
adamant – insistent, beharrlich
