Deck no. 32 Flashcards
readout
na ekranie (informacje wyświetlane na ekranie komputera) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… On the display, little red or green boxes hover perfectly over every car, bike, jaywalker, stoplight, etc. you pass. All this input feels subliminal when you’re driving your own car, but on a readout that looks like a mix between the POVs of the Terminator and the Predator, it’s overwhelming.
in tow
z kimś, na doczepkę, w towarzystwie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… PARIS FASHION WEEK just wrapped—and if you saw any snaps of A-listers, editors and stylists sitting front row, you may have noticed they were invariably wrapped in luxurious coats, calfskin handbags in tow.
spacerować
to amble …..…………………………………..…………………………………… And the range of these “edge cases,” as AI experts call them, is virtually infinite. Think: cars cutting across three lanes of traffic without signaling, or bicyclists doing the same, or a deer ambling alongside the shoulder, or a low‑flying plane, or an eagle, or a drone.
rozsądny, logiczny
sound …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Unions want to arm-wrestle value from capital and force higher wage payouts than is economically sound. This blatantly disregards human capital—what workers learn on the job is theirs to keep. We increase productivity and wealth by having workers figure out how to do more with less from the bottom up.
reassuring
dodający otuchy …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
higher‑order
wyższego rzędu …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Simulations might help with some well‑ defined scenarios such as left turns, but they can’t manufacture edge cases. In the meantime the companies are relying on pesky humans for help navigating higher‑order problems.
homebound
nie wychodzący z domu; uwiązany w domu …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Some Horizon users said in interviews they already spend many hours a day in the metaverse, entranced by the serendipitous interaction it can yield. One user who said she was homebound after a kidney transplant said it was her principal source of recreation.
konsekwencje
fallout …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The fallout continued for Levandowski in 2019, when federal prosecutors announced that a grand jury had indicted him on 33 counts of trade secrets theft.
knockoff
tania podróbka …..…………………………………..…………………………………… These are not flimsy knockoffs of highend designs bought to wear once in pursuit of a fad. Rather, they are dependable, unadorned staples that fill gaps in outfits, like sartorial grout.
żałoba
bereavement …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Advice from Mike Rowe: “Stop looking for the ‘right’ career, and start looking for a job. Any job. Forget about what you like. Focus on what’s available. Get yourself hired. Show up early. Stay late. Volunteer for the scut work. Become indispensable.” He’s right—and build human capital. A job already has a purpose. And please don’t ask for pet-bereavement benefits.
goody-two-shoes
świętoszek; wzór wszelkich cnót (szydercze) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Global property’s goody-two-shoes are in trouble.
shoulder
pobocze …..…………………………………..…………………………………… And the range of these “edge cases,” as AI experts call them, is virtually infinite. Think: cars cutting across three lanes of traffic without signaling, or bicyclists doing the same, or a deer ambling alongside the shoulder, or a low‑flying plane, or an eagle, or a drone.
brand signifier
cecha charakterystyczna marki, która jest rozpoznawalna i identyfikuje ją w oczach klientów (logo, kolor, wzór), które kojarzą się z daną marką. Można to także nazwać elementem identyfikującym markę …..…………………………………..…………………………………… We see new customers buying into Louis Vuitton, perhaps for the first time, because they admire the aesthetic and vision of Ghesquière specifically, says Selfridges’ Manes. Other customers, including those from the Middle East and Asia, may be more interested in the broader heritage of the label – for them, it’s often the brand signifiers that are important.
to go for
zawalczyć o coś …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In May Mr Zuckerberg admitted as much when he told Protocol, a news site: “If people invest in our company, we want to be profitable for them…But I also feel a responsibility to go for it…[Meta] is a controlled company, so I can make more of these decisions than most companies would.”
jaunty
wesoły, frywolny, energiczny …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
on the up
być na wznoszącej (np. interes) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “I’ve got a dozen bars on my doorstep and I feel like the area is on the up. I like the lack of snobbery,” says Rowe, who works in marketing. “I only intended staying in Paris for a year but can’t imagine leaving now. I think I can have a much higher living standard here than in London.”
niepierwszej potrzeby (relating to things that you pay for that are not considered completely necessary)
discretionary …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In the US it took root in 2018 as a way to buy clothing, cosmetics, and other discretionary items and exploded in popularity amid the pandemic. You can buy now and pay later for just about anything, including aspirational bigticket items, like Pelotons and designer couches; trifling and small things, like socks and underwear; and dire necessities, like groceries and gas.
to rig up
sklecić …..…………………………………..…………………………………… To Levandowski, who rigged up his first self‑driving vehicle in 2004, the most advanced driverless‑car companies are all still running what amount to very sophisticated demos. And demos, as he well knows, are misleading by design.
nie spełniać czyichś oczekiwań
to fall short of somebody’s expectations …..…………………………………..…………………………………… While Mr. Zuckerberg has said the transition to a more immersive online experience will take years, the company’s flagship metaverse offering for consumers, Horizon Worlds, is falling short of internal performance expectations.
nic takiego, nic strasznego, nic wielkiego
no biggie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… She was observing what looked like a glitch in the self‑ driving software: The car seemed to be using her property to execute a three‑point turn. This would’ve been no biggie, she says, if it had happened once. But dozens of Google cars began doing the exact thing, many times, every single day.
yours to keep
możesz sobie zatrzymać; jest twoją własnością …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Unions want to arm-wrestle value from capital and force higher wage payouts than is economically sound. This blatantly disregards human capital—what workers learn on the job is theirs to keep. We increase productivity and wealth by having workers figure out how to do more with less from the bottom up.
heirloom
pamiątka rodowa …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Many fashionistas spoke about their basics in heartfelt terms more typically associated with pricey heirlooms.
bezsprzeczny
incontrovertible …..…………………………………..…………………………………… His collections have drawn on architecture, sci-fi, William Morris and Edie Sedgwick, but the references are seldom explicit. His influence is incontrovertible. For example, in his first collection he paired a thin-rib, high poloneck jumper with go-go boots, a lacquered leather minidress and a swing coat to create a modern take on a 1960s silhouette. Rare was the catwalk the following season in which these ideas weren’t replicated – and polonecks have become one of the statement pieces of the new season.
to wipe up the floor with somebody
pokonać kogoś z łatwością …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Mr. Carlsen, the five-time world champion from Norway and the highest-rated player of all time, wiped the beach with Mr. Niemann, according to Mr. Giri.
nienaturalny; naciągany; zaaranżowany
contrived …..…………………………………..…………………………………… When reporters revealed that Bree was in fact the creation of two filmmakers and a hired actress, her YouTube fans didn’t abandon her. They didn’t seem to care that the footage they were watching was contrived, as long as it was entertaining.
glitchy
zacinający się, mający zakłócenia …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Nearly a year after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta Platforms Inc. in a bet-the-company move on the metaverse, internal documents show the transition grappling with glitchy technology, uninterested users and a lack of clarity about what it will take to succeed.
trzymać się z daleka, nie zbliżać się, omijać szerokim łukiem
to give somebody a wide berth …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Levandowski was aware of how controlled the environment was: The car was given a wide berth on public streets as it made its way from downtown San Francisco across the Bay Bridge and onto Treasure Island, because there was a 16‑vehicle motorcade protecting it from other cars and vice versa.
wciągnąć się, wkręcić się (w coś)
to get into the swing of …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Central Banks are finally getting into the swing of quantitative tightening.
świętoszek; wzór wszelkich cnót (szydercze)
goody-two-shoes …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Global property’s goody-two-shoes are in trouble.
z założenia
by design …..…………………………………..…………………………………… To Levandowski, who rigged up his first self‑driving vehicle in 2004, the most advanced driverless‑car companies are all still running what amount to very sophisticated demos. And demos, as he well knows, are misleading by design.
expletive
przekleństwo …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “It’s a misconception that people in the fashion industry are wearing head-to-toe designer—that’s absolutely not the case,” said Alexa Chung, the British designer and model. “They’re thrifty as [expletive].”
to fall short of somebody’s expectations
nie spełniać czyichś oczekiwań …..…………………………………..…………………………………… While Mr. Zuckerberg has said the transition to a more immersive online experience will take years, the company’s flagship metaverse offering for consumers, Horizon Worlds, is falling short of internal performance expectations.
whack-a-mole
gra polegająca na uderzaniu młotkiem pojawiających się co jakiś czas figurek
próbuje się rozwiązać problem, ale nowe problemy pojawiają się szybciej niż można je rozwiązać
…..…………………………………..…………………………………… “Financial regulation is a game of whack-a-mole,” Lawless says. “There’s always going to be some new device or transaction that the existing statutes don’t cover, so we need a regulatory agency to track these things, because Congress—even a functioning one—can’t keep up.”
to amp up
zwiększyć …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The car companies know this, which is why they do it. Amping up the baseline tension of a drive makes their software’s screw‑ups seem like less of an outlier, and the successes all the more remarkable.
to rear‑end
uderzyć jednym samochodem w tył drugiego …..…………………………………..…………………………………… What the smartest self‑driving car “sees,” on the other hand, is a small obstacle. It doesn’t know where the obstacle came from or where it may go, only that the car is supposed to safely avoid obstacles, so it might respond by hitting the brakes. The best‑case scenario is a small traffic jam, but braking suddenly could cause the next car coming down the road to rear‑end it.
nieistotny (np. problem); błahy
trifling …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In the US it took root in 2018 as a way to buy clothing, cosmetics, and other discretionary items and exploded in popularity amid the pandemic. You can buy now and pay later for just about anything, including aspirational bigticket items, like Pelotons and designer couches; trifling and small things, like socks and underwear; and dire necessities, like groceries and gas.
by design
z założenia …..…………………………………..…………………………………… To Levandowski, who rigged up his first self‑driving vehicle in 2004, the most advanced driverless‑car companies are all still running what amount to very sophisticated demos. And demos, as he well knows, are misleading by design.
nieco, trochę
a tad …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Ms. Smilovic has an equally neat trick to amend her Feiyue canvas kicks, which cost $30 from Walmart. Furnished with a green-arrow logo, the unisex sneakers attract more compliments than almost any other item in Ms. Smilovic’s wardrobe—but she finds them a tad flimsy underfoot.
baseline
punkt odniesienia …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The car companies know this, which is why they do it. Amping up the baseline tension of a drive makes their software’s screw‑ups seem like less of an outlier, and the successes all the more remarkable.
poważać, szanować
to honor …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Indigenous chefs are gaining national attention—and acclaim—for their takes on heritage-honoring dishes.
problem lub potrzeba jaką dana firma ma zamiar rozwiązać
pain point …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Meta’s researchers found that, though many of Horizon’s early creators became unengaged, they could be won back. “Many say they would return if pain points are fixed,” read one memo about creation attrition.
mdłości, nudności
nausea …..…………………………………..…………………………………… A night out in VR lacks some of the atmosphere of a real bar, though it does cause authentic dizziness and nausea.
od stóp do głów
head-to-toe …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “It’s a misconception that people in the fashion industry are wearing head-to-toe designer—that’s absolutely not the case,” said Alexa Chung, the British designer and model. “They’re thrifty as [expletive].”
chojrak; ryzykant; śmiałek
daredevil …..…………………………………..…………………………………… But it’s the same exact trip every time, with no edge cases—no rush hour, no school crossings, no daredevil scooter drivers—and instead of executing an awkward multipoint turn before dumping their loads, the robot trucks back up the hill in reverse, speeding each truck’s reloading.
rich pickings
obfite łupy //
good things that you get very easily …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Buyers hesitate amid uncertainty while wealthy foreigners enjoy rich pickings.
to bring something to the table
wnosić coś korzystnego, oferować coś przydatnego …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Ghesquière revels in the expertise with which he is now surrounded. He adores working with the petites mains and developing new techniques with them. He’s also learnt to delegate more and be less didactic. “I say ‘no’ far less than before,” he explains, “and ‘yes’ much more. It makes me happy. At a certain time in your career, it’s normal to be very directional. And I still am, but today I welcome ideas. People bring things to the table that are surprising,” he grins. “And I like them.”
libel
zniesławienie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… On Thursday, Mr. Niemann filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Mr. Carlsen, the platform Chess.com and others for slander, libel and colluding to blacklist him. Mr. Niemann in the suit alleges that tournament organizers have shunned him after allegations of cheating surfaced.
to cramp somebody’s style
przeszkadzać komuś, ograniczać kogoś (np. w zachowywaniu się na swój sposób) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Soon after, the deal his new company, Pronto.ai, had been negotiating with a truck manufacturer—to try out Pronto’s more modest driver‑assist feature for trucks—fell apart. “It turns out a federal indictment does cramp your style,” he says.
storied
legendarny …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Two highlights from his trajectory: Mr. Ghesquière first interned for Paris designer Jean Paul Gaultier and later helmed Balenciaga, a storied fashion house he helped put back on the map after a trio of sleepy decades.
sklecić
to rig up …..…………………………………..…………………………………… To Levandowski, who rigged up his first self‑driving vehicle in 2004, the most advanced driverless‑car companies are all still running what amount to very sophisticated demos. And demos, as he well knows, are misleading by design.
vanity case
kosmetyczka (torebka/kuferek na kosmetyki) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
zgadzać się z czymś, popierać coś
to subscribe to …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “Terence’s view — one I subscribe to — was that one of [the UK’s] tragedies is that we don’t make things,” says Marlow as we sit in his office (sleek, low-key, orderly). “We lost the manufacturing that emphasised the importance of design, and how and why it matters.”
fashion plate
osoba jak z żurnala (lubiąca nosić bardzo modne ubrania) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Things don’t always go to plan. Last Christmas she was browsing in & Other Stories, an H&M-owned brand, when a stranger confronted her. The woman, perplexed that a famous fashion plate would be in such a place, blurted, “What are you doing here?” To which Ms. Chung replied: “What are you doing? I’m shopping!”
powierzchowny
facile …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Never mind that this doesn’t comport with the data (a September study by TransUnion showed that BNPL users possess more credit cards than the general “credit-active” population), the narrative has been repeated so many times it’s become practically gospel. But a deeper look into the pay-in-four model suggests some less facile explanations.
hem
margines; rąbek, brzeg (ubrania, tkaniny) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… New York stylist Michael Fisher feels the same way about his no-frills Dickies painter’s pants. At just $30 from Lowe’s, they’re as inexpensive as they are sturdy. And once a pair is well-worn, Mr. Fisher will often take scissors to the hems to “give them a new life” as cropped pants.
być wyrzuconym na pysk (np. z pracy)
out on his ear …..…………………………………..…………………………………… It wasn’t, because shortly before the performance started, a bombshell landed. Its hospitality tent at the stadium was convulsed by the news that Bob Iger, the Walt Disney Company’s own Rocket Man, was coming out of semi-retirement, aged 71, to retake control of the firm he left only 11 months previously, leaving Bob Chapek, his handpicked successor, out on his ear.
to set in stone
ustalony na stałe, pewny …..…………………………………..…………………………………… After all, as Jeffrey Cole, a communications expert at USC Annenberg puts it, “Disney has had a 40-year succession problem”. During his decade-and-a-half as CEO, Mr Iger postponed his retirement four times, elevating and nixing potential successors. His predecessor, Michael Eisner, expensively jettisoned possible replacements twice during his 21-year reign, before finally settling on Mr Iger. Disney’s board has now given Mr Iger two years—a deadline unlikely to be set in stone—to have another go at finding a suitable heir.
diner
gość, osoba jedząca (np. w restauracji) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Want to try the oldest cuisine in America? Expect to wait. At least that’s the case at Owamni in Minneapolis, where diners have to book seven weeks ahead. The year-old dining room was popular even before it was named best new restaurant at the James Beard Awards in June.
to tire of
nużyć się czymś …..…………………………………..…………………………………… And to avoid impulse buys you’ll quickly tire of, remember your style codes when faced with a bargain, said Ms. Smilovic.
stay
odroczenie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “The most cynical view would be that Musk is trying to make a strong play publicly to get Twitter to agree to a stay, after which he will nonetheless not go through with it or find some new excuse, and then we’ll be back to square one,” Ladig says. The judge hasn’t yet granted a stay on the case, and—as with other sagas in Musk’s world—it’s best to keep in mind a range of potential outcomes.
vertigo
zawroty głowy …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Across the rich world, house prices are now starting to fall after years of vertiginous growth.
to give somebody a wide berth
trzymać się z daleka, nie zbliżać się, omijać szerokim łukiem …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Levandowski was aware of how controlled the environment was: The car was given a wide berth on public streets as it made its way from downtown San Francisco across the Bay Bridge and onto Treasure Island, because there was a 16‑vehicle motorcade protecting it from other cars and vice versa.
decisive
ostateczny (np. o decyzji, zwycięstwie, walce) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Hanging around for a tournament promotion, they played on a board in the sand, watched by only a handful of people, including Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri. The games were casual, but the results were decisive.
halo effect
the tendency for an impression created in one area to influence opinion in another area …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
zawiesić, odroczyć (spotkanie, posiedzenie)
to adjourn …..…………………………………..…………………………………… His surprise return to the original deal terms came with a provision that the Delaware Chancery court “enter an immediate stay” of Twitter’s suit “and adjourn the trial and all other proceedings related” to the case.
o sokolim wzroku
eagle-eyed …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Mass-market brands known for basics are often unwilling to take chances on design because their wares must have broad appeal, said Ms. Chung. That means for a small price, you can find spartan items that go with anything. And eagle-eyed fashionistas can spot the unassuming gems worth snapping up.
cut
krój, fason (ubrania) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Sexton’s product is now available at various price points but, ultimately, it will remain niche. You can’t really do anything similar, on the cheap, with Sexton’s kind of cut.
być na wznoszącej (np. interes)
on the up …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “I’ve got a dozen bars on my doorstep and I feel like the area is on the up. I like the lack of snobbery,” says Rowe, who works in marketing. “I only intended staying in Paris for a year but can’t imagine leaving now. I think I can have a much higher living standard here than in London.”
wnosić coś korzystnego, oferować coś przydatnego
to bring something to the table …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Ghesquière revels in the expertise with which he is now surrounded. He adores working with the petites mains and developing new techniques with them. He’s also learnt to delegate more and be less didactic. “I say ‘no’ far less than before,” he explains, “and ‘yes’ much more. It makes me happy. At a certain time in your career, it’s normal to be very directional. And I still am, but today I welcome ideas. People bring things to the table that are surprising,” he grins. “And I like them.”
nieposłuszny, oporny
refractory …..…………………………………..…………………………………… We know now that Mr. Xi’s own answer was to develop a social credit system, which uses information technology to control the actions of refractory Chinese nationals—preventing them from taking high-speed trains or traveling abroad, for instance.
eagle-eyed
o sokolim wzroku …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Mass-market brands known for basics are often unwilling to take chances on design because their wares must have broad appeal, said Ms. Chung. That means for a small price, you can find spartan items that go with anything. And eagle-eyed fashionistas can spot the unassuming gems worth snapping up.
late fee
opłata za zwłokę …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The arrangement is like layaway, but in reverse. Make your payments on time, and the pay-in-four model is all upside: You’ve borrowed money free of any interest. But fall behind on your payments, and you might get hit with late fees from the BNPL provider.
chancery court
sąd powszechny …..…………………………………..…………………………………… His surprise return to the original deal terms came with a provision that the Delaware Chancery court “enter an immediate stay” of Twitter’s suit “and adjourn the trial and all other proceedings related” to the case.
przesadny
effusive …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Each country was held up as a shining example to other crisis-stricken places, their officials effusively praised.
używka, której zażywanie prowadzi do sięgnięcia po silniejszy środek odurzający (np. heroinę)
gateway drug …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Lauded as a much needed alternative (and threat) to credit cards and predatory lenders and criticized as a gateway drug to debt for the young and inexperienced, BNPL represents one of the biggest and fastest changes to consumer credit in decades.
pokrywać się z (np. faktami)
to comport with …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Never mind that this doesn’t comport with the data (a September study by TransUnion showed that BNPL users possess more credit cards than the general “credit-active” population), the narrative has been repeated so many times it’s become practically gospel. But a deeper look into the pay-in-four model suggests some less facile explanations.
to go gaga over something
dostać bzika na punkcie czegoś …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The devil can’t resist a pack of six-for-$19 Hanes ribbed tank tops. The devil goes gaga for a bargain.
to adjourn
zawiesić, odroczyć (spotkanie, posiedzenie) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… His surprise return to the original deal terms came with a provision that the Delaware Chancery court “enter an immediate stay” of Twitter’s suit “and adjourn the trial and all other proceedings related” to the case.
to speak up for somebody
ująć się za kimś …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Levandowski says that he and Thiel have some mutual friends who spoke up for him but that they never talked until after the pardon was announced. He says he doesn’t know why Thiel took up his cause, but Thiel’s antipathy for Google is legendary, and pardoning Levandowski would’ve been an opportunity to stick a thumb in the company’s eye.
zrównoważony, opanowany
levelheaded …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Eventually Google dispatched Susan Wojcicki, an early Google employee who had earned the trust of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. While Mr. Bergen portrays her as a competent and levelheaded executive, her management style at YouTube proved too plodding to deal nimbly with the frequent crises over content that erupted on the platform.
rdzenny
indigenous …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Indigenous chefs are gaining national attention—and acclaim—for their takes on heritage-honoring dishes.
sold on something
być przekonanym (np. żeby coś zrobić); lubić coś …..…………………………………..…………………………………… If you’re not sold on high fidelity, you will be after trying Focal’s new $5,000 headphones.
eyeballs
osoby oglądające daną reklamę, widzowie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… It also functions as something more clever: an online shopping mall, where you can browse the wares of brands that have formed partnerships to accept that BNPL provider as a form of payment. Copious eyeballs, dollars, and data flow as a result.
pamiątka rodowa
heirloom …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Many fashionistas spoke about their basics in heartfelt terms more typically associated with pricey heirlooms.
consignment
wysyłka, partia towaru, przesyłka …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Sotheby’s lands $100mn consignment.
to extend credit
udzielić kredytu …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Particularly in the US, BNPL companies haven’t been subject to much of the regulatory oversight normally applicable to entities extending credit. Take the Truth in Lending Act, a landmark law enacted in 1968 and amended many times since, which requires extensive disclosures for unsecured consumer loans split into payments of five or more.
krzątać się, obijać się, pałętać się
to putter …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Autonomous driving, they say, needs a fundamental breakthrough that allows computers to quickly use humanlike intuition rather than learning solely by rote. That is to say, Google engineers might spend the rest of their lives puttering around San Francisco and Phoenix without showing that their technology is safer than driving the old‑fashioned way.
istnieć (używane, gdy jest to zaskakujące)
to be a thing …..…………………………………..…………………………………… King lives on a dead‑end street at the edge of the Presidio, a 1,500‑acre park in San Francisco where through traffic isn’t a thing. Outside she saw a white Jaguar SUV backing out of her driveway. It had what looked like a giant fan on its roof—a laser sensor—and bore the logo of Google’s driver less car division, Waymo.
czas transportu, czas wykonania (czegoś)
turnaround …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Ku started the auction platform with business partner Justin Gruenberg during Covid and describes it as a more efficient way of selling watches compared with traditional auction houses, where the process can take from six months to a year. Loupe This charges a flat seller fee of $500, a 10 per cent buyer fee and counts its turnaround in weeks rather than months.
no-frills
podstawowy, uproszczony (np. podejście) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… New York stylist Michael Fisher feels the same way about his no-frills Dickies painter’s pants. At just $30 from Lowe’s, they’re as inexpensive as they are sturdy. And once a pair is well-worn, Mr. Fisher will often take scissors to the hems to “give them a new life” as cropped pants.
gość, osoba jedząca (np. w restauracji)
diner …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Want to try the oldest cuisine in America? Expect to wait. At least that’s the case at Owamni in Minneapolis, where diners have to book seven weeks ahead. The year-old dining room was popular even before it was named best new restaurant at the James Beard Awards in June.
thick and fast
nieprzerwanym ciągiem …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Consignments are coming in thick and fast for New York’s auction season in November. The latest collection to hit the block comes from the late David Solinger, a media and art lawyer who was president of the board of New York’s Whitney Museum and who died in 1996.
head-to-toe
od stóp do głów …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “It’s a misconception that people in the fashion industry are wearing head-to-toe designer—that’s absolutely not the case,” said Alexa Chung, the British designer and model. “They’re thrifty as [expletive].”
osoba przechodząca przez jezdnię w niedozwolonym miejscu
jaywalker …..…………………………………..…………………………………… On the display, little red or green boxes hover perfectly over every car, bike, jaywalker, stoplight, etc. you pass. All this input feels subliminal when you’re driving your own car, but on a readout that looks like a mix between the POVs of the Terminator and the Predator, it’s overwhelming.
blatantly
jawnie, otwarcie …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Unions want to arm-wrestle value from capital and force higher wage payouts than is economically sound. This blatantly disregards human capital—what workers learn on the job is theirs to keep. We increase productivity and wealth by having workers figure out how to do more with less from the bottom up.
ustalony na stałe, pewny
to set in stone …..…………………………………..…………………………………… After all, as Jeffrey Cole, a communications expert at USC Annenberg puts it, “Disney has had a 40-year succession problem”. During his decade-and-a-half as CEO, Mr Iger postponed his retirement four times, elevating and nixing potential successors. His predecessor, Michael Eisner, expensively jettisoned possible replacements twice during his 21-year reign, before finally settling on Mr Iger. Disney’s board has now given Mr Iger two years—a deadline unlikely to be set in stone—to have another go at finding a suitable heir.
to gentrify
uszlachetniać, podnosić status …..…………………………………..…………………………………… There’s also been a shift away from the classic established areas of the 6th, 7th and 8th arrondissements and the Marais — towards the gentrifying 10th, 12th arrondissements and parts of the 20th, such as Belleville, where buyers are hoping to benefit from greater price growth.
expansive
rozległy (np. o obszarze) …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The restaurant, on the upper level of a park pavilion by the ruins of an old mill, has large windows that offer an expansive view of the Mississippi River. Pennsylvania sedge and other native plants surround the patio.
to disregard
lekceważyć …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Unions want to arm-wrestle value from capital and force higher wage payouts than is economically sound. This blatantly disregards human capital—what workers learn on the job is theirs to keep. We increase productivity and wealth by having workers figure out how to do more with less from the bottom up.
to dispute
kwestionować …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Waymo disputes that its tech failed and said in a statement that its vehicles had been “obeying the same road rules that any car is required to follow.” The company, like its peers in Silicon Valley and Detroit, has characterized incidents like this as isolated, potholes on the road to a steering‑wheel‑free future.
nie lada wyczyn
no mean feat …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Meta executives compare the company’s predicament now to ten years ago, when it was managing the transition of its social network to mobile. Shifting a billion Facebook users from desktop to phone was no mean feat, made harder by the fact that Mr Zuckerberg was late to spot the importance of mobile.
negligent homicide
nieumyślne spowodowanie śmierci …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The idea that the secret to self‑driving was hidden on Levandowski’s laptop has come to seem less credible over time. A year after Uber fired him, one of its self‑driving cars killed a pedestrian in Phoenix. (The safety driver was charged with negligent homicide and has pleaded not guilty; Uber suspended testing on public roads and added additional safety measures before resuming testing. The company was never charged.)
levelheaded
zrównoważony, opanowany …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Eventually Google dispatched Susan Wojcicki, an early Google employee who had earned the trust of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. While Mr. Bergen portrays her as a competent and levelheaded executive, her management style at YouTube proved too plodding to deal nimbly with the frequent crises over content that erupted on the platform.
to take something lying down
siedzieć z założonymi rękoma // accept an insult, setback, or rebuke without protest …..…………………………………..…………………………………… At a Shanghai convention later that month, Mr. Ma delivered an astonishingly ill-judged speech in which he extolled financial innovation and criticized the stifling effect of financial regulation. His argument may have been sound, but Beijing didn’t take the challenge lying down. Ant’s IPO was canceled, new regulations were imposed and Mr. Ma briefly disappeared from public view. His “aura of untouchability crumbled,”.
dostać bzika na punkcie czegoś
to go gaga over something …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The devil can’t resist a pack of six-for-$19 Hanes ribbed tank tops. The devil goes gaga for a bargain.
trifling
nieistotny (np. problem); błahy …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In the US it took root in 2018 as a way to buy clothing, cosmetics, and other discretionary items and exploded in popularity amid the pandemic. You can buy now and pay later for just about anything, including aspirational bigticket items, like Pelotons and designer couches; trifling and small things, like socks and underwear; and dire necessities, like groceries and gas.
zawalczyć o coś
to go for …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In May Mr Zuckerberg admitted as much when he told Protocol, a news site: “If people invest in our company, we want to be profitable for them…But I also feel a responsibility to go for it…[Meta] is a controlled company, so I can make more of these decisions than most companies would.”
z kimś, na doczepkę, w towarzystwie
in tow …..…………………………………..…………………………………… PARIS FASHION WEEK just wrapped—and if you saw any snaps of A-listers, editors and stylists sitting front row, you may have noticed they were invariably wrapped in luxurious coats, calfskin handbags in tow.
to call somebody’s bluff
zmusić kogoś do pokazania kart …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Was pay-in-four even credit? New services can be hard to categorize, and, just as deferred-presentment providers (aka payday lenders) did back in the 1990s, BNPL companies took semantic liberties. Afterpay referred to itself as a “budgeting tool.” Klarna called itself a “global payments and shopping service.” As time passed, people called their bluff.
zmieniać; poprawiać, korygować
to revise …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Meta initially set a goal of reaching 500,000 monthly active users for Horizon Worlds by the end of this year, but in recent weeks revised that figure to 280,000.
wesoły, frywolny, energiczny
jaunty …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
dire
tu: pilny …..…………………………………..…………………………………… In the US it took root in 2018 as a way to buy clothing, cosmetics, and other discretionary items and exploded in popularity amid the pandemic. You can buy now and pay later for just about anything, including aspirational bigticket items, like Pelotons and designer couches; trifling and small things, like socks and underwear; and dire necessities, like groceries and gas.
the tendency for an impression created in one area to influence opinion in another area
halo effect …..…………………………………..…………………………………… For a brand that depends so heavily on its accessories, the success of a high-fashion bag that has moved from catwalk to shop so seamlessly is reassuring. Ghesquière’s contributions may only account for a proportion of total sales, but his new handbag lines, like the Triangle bag (£2,660), the Alma (£1,500) with its jaunty new logo, or the Boîte Promenade (£27,000), a sci-fi-esque vanity case, have helped create a halo effect for the entire brand.
posuwać się z trudem, wlec się
to plod …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Eventually Google dispatched Susan Wojcicki, an early Google employee who had earned the trust of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. While Mr. Bergen portrays her as a competent and levelheaded executive, her management style at YouTube proved too plodding to deal nimbly with the frequent crises over content that erupted on the platform.
pokonać kogoś z łatwością
to wipe up the floor with somebody …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Mr. Carlsen, the five-time world champion from Norway and the highest-rated player of all time, wiped the beach with Mr. Niemann, according to Mr. Giri.
layaway
przedpłata, depozyt …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The arrangement is like layaway, but in reverse. Make your payments on time, and the pay-in-four model is all upside: You’ve borrowed money free of any interest. But fall behind on your payments, and you might get hit with late fees from the BNPL provider.
the turn of the year
przełom roku …..…………………………………..…………………………………… High levels of immigration in all three countries mean that, since the turn of the millennium, population growth has exceeded the average in the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries.
pod samym nosem, bardzo blisko
on one’s doorstep …..…………………………………..…………………………………… “I’ve got a dozen bars on my doorstep and I feel like the area is on the up. I like the lack of snobbery,” says Rowe, who works in marketing. “I only intended staying in Paris for a year but can’t imagine leaving now. I think I can have a much higher living standard here than in London.”
to putter
krzątać się, obijać się, pałętać się …..…………………………………..…………………………………… Autonomous driving, they say, needs a fundamental breakthrough that allows computers to quickly use humanlike intuition rather than learning solely by rote. That is to say, Google engineers might spend the rest of their lives puttering around San Francisco and Phoenix without showing that their technology is safer than driving the old‑fashioned way.
zwiększyć
to amp up …..…………………………………..…………………………………… The car companies know this, which is why they do it. Amping up the baseline tension of a drive makes their software’s screw‑ups seem like less of an outlier, and the successes all the more remarkable.
