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Short-term interests

Krótkowzroczne interesy

Affluent/ well-off

Zamożny

Extreme inequalities

skrajne nierówności

Enrol at university

Zapisać się na uniwersytet

Unconditional offer

Bezwarunkowa oferta

To Ensure full employment

Gwarantować pełne zatrudnienie

the Apprenticeship

Nauka zawodu, rzemiosła

To Pay back/off loans

Spłacać pożyczki

To Stand out from the crowd

Wyróżniać się w tłumie

Imminent

Nieuchronny, bliski, rychły

Entrenched (inequalities)

Pogłębione/umocnione (nierówności)

To owe somebody something

Być dłużnym coś komuś

Bleak

Ponury, przygnębiony

Albeit/ although

Chociaż, aczkolwiek

fits and starts

nieregularnie/dorywczo. If something happens or is done in fits and starts, it does not happen continuously, but stops and then starts again many times

To Spread/share the pay more evenly

dawać wynagrodzenie bardziej wyrównanie

Steep

Stromy

Manufactured

Wyprodukowany

To prompt somebody to do something

Podpowiadać, kusić kogoś

Doomsday clock

It shows, when the world will end

To Sweep

Zamiatać / szerzyć się

Neither ... nor

Ani ... ani

Sustainable

Długofalowy, zrównoważony albo możliwy do podtrzymania/utrzymania

To sustain

Utrzymywać, podtrzymywać

Straight away

Od razu

To Turn around (to help turn around the falling bank)

Zmienić coś na lepsze

stunt

Something that is done to get attention for the person or people

co-founded

współzałożyciel

To acquire

uzyskiwać/kupować To buy, take over

acquisition

zdobycie/przejęcie (rz

chief

szef/lider/główny

chief

wódz

executive

wykonawczy

Market value

Wartość rynkowa

To resign

Rezygnacja (tylko z jobs position)

debts

długi

subordinates

podwładni

colleagues

Friends from work

shares

udziały

pursuit

Pościg, dążenie

To Set an objective

Ustanowić cel

To attain

Zdobyć osiągnąć

Measure the performance

Zmierzyć wydajność (firmy, pracownika)

To allocate

Przypisywać, przydzielać

To Consist in

Polega na (np. Gra planszowa)

to contribute

Przyczynić się

to boost

zwiększyć

to evaluate

Oceniać (np. pracownika)

supervising

kontrolowanie

To report to sb

Podlegać komuś

remuneration

wynagrodzenie

To report to sb

Podlegać komuś

bonus

premia

Job security

You are not afraid of being fired

well-being

samopoczucie

To outline

zarysować

approach

podejście

To assume

zakładać (ze cos jest)

incentive

bodziec

Lower order needs

Dobra niższego rzędu

esteem

Szacunek, uznanie

self-actualization

samorealizacja

To pursue

Podążać za, dążyć do realizacji

burden

ciężar

labour relations

stosunki w pracy (between employees and employers)

good wages

Dobre zarobki

Pension

emerytura

the Incentive

Bodziec/zachęta

Merely

Zaledwie/tylko

to take for granted

Brać za pewnik

contrary

Przeciwny/sprzeczny

Recognition

Uznanie (za pracę)

Repetitive and mechanical job

Monotonna mechaniczna praca

To encourage

Zachęcać/ośmielać/ namawiać

Company’s shared values

management strategy in which companies find business opportunities in social problems

Corporate culture

Kultura korporacyjna (between employers and employees)

Hotel chain

Sieć hoteli

Reliable

Godny zaufania

Competing

konkurujący

Manual worker

Pracownik fizyczny

To Retain

Utrzymywać/zatrzymać

A set of

Zestaw/komplet

To engage

Zaangażować

Facilities

Udogodnienia

Training

Szkolenie

early retirement

Wczesna emerytura

Creche

Żłobek

On the premises

Na miejscu (np terenie firmy)

To subsidize

dofinansowywać

Attribute

(cecha) a quality or characteristic that someone or something has

To deliver

to achieve or produce something that has been promised; meet the expectations; synonyms: accomplish, achieve

Take credit for something

(przypisać sobie) to allow people to believe that you have done something, whether it is true or false, ex. That was her trying to take credit for my idea

Bias

(stronniczość) the fact of preferring a particular subject or thing; Bias is a tendency to mentally lean in a certain direction.; ex. His natural bias was to respect things as they were.

Pat sb on the back

to praise someone for doing something good

Trust your guts

(zaufać swoim przeczuciom/ instynktowi); ex. I know you trust your guts, but it's wrong this time.

Delegate tasks

(delegować zadania) to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you

Backfire on

zsabotować o have the opposite result from the one you intended; ex. Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend

Proofread

to find and correct mistakes in text before it is printed or put online; read (printer's proofs or other written or printed material) and mark any errors

Benign

(łagodny) not harmful in effect ex. In actual fact, for the vast majority of cases, the childhood infectious diseases are benign and self-limiting

Juggernaut

a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution; ex. Concerns have been expressed that the FTSE 100 juggernaut could be slowed by the impact of a rising dollar

Pervasive

wszechonecny, rozpowszechniony) especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people, ex. ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society

Peril

(niebezpieczeństwo) serious and immediate danger, ex. his family was in peril

Gamble

(ryzykowny krok) an action or a venture that involves risk

Pernicious

(zgubny) having a very harmful effect or influence, ex. The cuts in government funding have had a pernicious effect on local health services

To drag to the brink (of bankruptcy)

(przywlec na skraj bankructwa)

Stretch goal

(nierealistyczny cel) a high and difficult level of success that an employee must achieve

To boost productivity

zwiększyć wydajność

Use sparingly

(używać oszczędnie) in small amounts, or without wasting any; ex. There wasn't enough coal during the war, so we had to use it sparingly

Blatant mistakes

(rażące błędy) very obvious

At sb’s cost/expense

(kosztem kogoś) in a way that embarrasses or harms someone; ex. They all had a good laugh at her expense

Sound advice

rozsądna rada

Revenue

(dochód) income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature, ex. Budget revenue and expenditure must balance.

To drive/boost revenues

podwyzszyc dochody