Deck no. 45 Flashcards
to-and-fro
wte i wewte; kręcenie się …..…………………………………..………………………….. The to-and-fro of Goldman’s postfinancial crisis strategy has a long history. Goldman initially didn’t want to develop into a big retail or commercial bank, but executives started to explore a shift when its trading revenues declined.
run-of-the-mill
zwyczajny, szablonowy, sztampowy, przeciętny …..…………………………………..………………………….. Goldman emerged from the financial crisis transformed into a run-of-the-mill deposit-taking bank, a status regulators insisted on so it income could access emergency funds from the Federal Reserve. It has spent the last 15 years trying to figure out how to be one.
go home
zrezygnować …..…………………………………..………………………….. Yet Goldman can’t go home again. The archetypical Wall Street trading powerhouse and investment bank—famously dubbed a vampire squid by Rolling Stone more than a decade ago—doesn’t exist anymore.
to snarl
wstrzymać (ruch uliczny), zablokować (ruch uliczny) …..…………………………………..………………………….. When the pandemic hit, supplychain snarls and rising prices during the pandemic fueled an uptick in commodities trading. The Federal Reserve’s moves to fight inflation reinvigorated the moribund business of trading around interest rates. The endof free money has made financing trading clients harder, but also quite lucrative for the remaining players.
the third time’s the charm
do trzech razy sztuka …..…………………………………..………………………….. Time to dust off that deck, Marc. That day is now. And who knows, another co-CEO may be in the offing, as well. Third time’s a charm, right?
to drop the ball
spieprzyć, zawalić …..…………………………………..………………………….. Shiv is my favourite sartorial conundrum. Every time I think I’ve got her number, she confounds me with another maddening choice. She’s either the manifestation of the most brilliantly devious wardrobe mistress or the result of a costumier who very often drops the ball.
to have (got) someone’s number
to understand someone or realize the true purpose of their actions …..…………………………………..………………………….. Shiv is my favourite sartorial conundrum. Every time I think I’ve got her number, she confounds me with another maddening choice. She’s either the manifestation of the most brilliantly devious wardrobe mistress or the result of a costumier who very often drops the ball.
to madden
irytować …..…………………………………..………………………….. Shiv is my favourite sartorial conundrum. Every time I think I’ve got her number, she confounds me with another maddening choice. She’s either the manifestation of the most brilliantly devious wardrobe mistress or the result of a costumier who very often drops the ball.
devious
przebiegły, nieszczery (o osobie) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Shiv is my favourite sartorial conundrum. Every time I think I’ve got her number, she confounds me with another maddening choice. She’s either the manifestation of the most brilliantly devious wardrobe mistress or the result of a costumier who very often drops the ball.
restitution
rekompensata …..…………………………………..………………………….. Her clothes are a costume for a character who can’t reveal herself completely or simply doesn’t know herself at all. Maybe that’s a good thing. She drives me bloody mad. But maybe out of chaos will come restitution. Maybe she will ultimately come good.
to come good
wyjść na prostą
to recover and perform well after a bad start or setback …..…………………………………..………………………….. Her clothes are a costume for a character who can’t reveal herself completely or simply doesn’t know herself at all. Maybe that’s a good thing. She drives me bloody mad. But maybe out of chaos will come restitution. Maybe she will ultimately come good.
clout
znaczenie (np. polityczne), siła przebicia, duże wpływy …..…………………………………..………………………….. ‘Yellowstone’ creator has clout.
pushback
niechęć, sprzeciw …..…………………………………..………………………….. The actor-turned-writer and ranch owner dictates where and how his shows are filmed with little pushback, according to executives and crew workers. Among his favorite locations are his own Texas ranches, where he can charge Paramount as much as $50,000 a week.
going
robienie określonej czynności …..…………………………………..………………………….. Speaking earlier this year at a convention for cattle owners, Mr. Sheridan said, “There’s nothing better than a movie company showing up and filming for about a month and paying you a bunch of money and leaving. It’s about the greatest deal going.”
on the back of something
w następstwie czegoś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Its service Paramount+ added nearly 10 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2022 on the back of Mr. Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” prequels “1883” and “1923.” On Thursday, the company said it added about 4.1 million subscribers in the first quarter, bringing total subscribers to more than 60 million.
wrangler
kowboj …..…………………………………..………………………….. “Are you kidding me? We can’t find a local person?” asked David Glasser, the head of 101 Studios, in an email to several production staffers reviewed by the Journal. “Taylor only uses these people to do his horses,” responded Bobby Lovgren, the show’s head animal wrangler.
receptive
otwarty (na pomysły, sugestie) …..…………………………………..………………………….. After Ms. Stuart, the Texas horse wrangler, submitted time cards, Mr. Glasser called Mr. Sheridan to discuss the personal employees who were billing the productions, according to emails. “He is now completely aware of the problem and was pretty [receptive] in trying to fix it,” Mr. Glasser wrote to some production officers.
to lock horns with somebody
wdawać się z kimś w kłótnię …..…………………………………..………………………….. “He is not writing ‘shoot at my ranch’ in the script. Those demands are never made.When the [line producer] or I go to Taylor and ask him to cut a day out of the schedule for budget purposes, he is more than willing to accommodate,” said Mr. Glasser. “However, when a line producer comes in and says, ‘Why don’t you cut the river crossing sequence out of the show on “1883,”’ that for sure will be something he is prepared to lock horns over.”
sake
powód, cel (dla którego coś się robi), wzgląd (na coś, kogoś) // wyrażenia tego najczęściej nie tłumaczy się dosłownie - występuje ono w konstrukcjach for somebody’s sake, for the sake of something …..…………………………………..………………………….. A keep-dry-sake.
to get the ball rolling
rozpoczynać coś, zacząć coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. The age of generative artificial intelligence has well and truly arrived. Open AI’s chatbots, which use large language model (LLM) technology, got the ball rolling in November.
in a timely manner
na czas; terminowo …..…………………………………..………………………….. AI also cannot do anything about the biggest thing holding back rich world productivity growth: misfiring planning systems. When the size of cities is constrained and housing costs are high, people cannot live and work where they are most efficient. No matter how many brilliant new ideas your society may have, they are functionally useless if you cannot build them in a timely manner.
to slack off
lenić się …..…………………………………..………………………….. A paper in 2016 by researchers at the University of California at Irvine, Microsoft Research and mit found that “the longer daily time spent on email, the lower was perceived productivity”. Some bosses now believe that working from home, once seen as a productivity booster, gives too many people the excuse to slack off.
godsend
ratunek, wybawienie; dar niebios …..…………………………………..………………………….. Generative AI itself could act as a drain on productivity. What happens, for instance, if AI can create entertainment perfectly tailored to your every desire? Moreover, few people have thought through the implications of a system that can generate vast amounts of text instantly. GPT4 is a godsend for a NIMBY facing a planning application.
to spruce-up
wystroić się; poprawić wygląd …..…………………………………..………………………….. After a four-year spruce-up Tiffany & Co, an upmarket American jeweller, reopened the doors of its flagship store on New York’s Fifth Avenue to the public on April 28th. At first glance the grand unveiling seems conspicuously ill timed. Hours earlier the Bureau of Economic Analysis had reported that nominal consumer spending in America barely grew in March, amid stubbornly high inflation and a slowing job market.
throng
tłum …..…………………………………..………………………….. Yet the throng of well-heeled New Yorkers who queued up on opening day to enter what Tiffany has modestly rechristened “The Landmark” hints at a more nuanced story.
footwork
manewry, manipulacje …..…………………………………..………………………….. After interviewing for a few weeks, Matt found a promising J2: data engineering at a startup. He suspected that demands on his time would be as low as they were at his first job. He was mostly right, though striking a balance required some footwork.
to reappropriate
adaptować (dostosowywać coś do użytku innego niż pierwotne przeznaczenie) …..…………………………………..………………………….. To deal with the “scale problem”, Marino has used art as interventions. There are more than 40 artworks (a mixture of newly commissioned and LVMH-owned pieces) throughout the Tiffany Landmark store on 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, including Jean-Michel Basquiat’s joyous 1982 Equals Pi (which appeared in the Jay-Z and Beyoncé About Love campaign), pieces by Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Hans Hartung, Daniel Arsham and a series of reappropriated Tiffany advertising campaigns by Richard Prince.
upstate
w północnej części stanu …..…………………………………..………………………….. We called him and went to his studio in upstate NYC and I grabbed as many as I could… and said, they are mine!” says Marino of the haul.
proverbial
słynny, legendarny; przysłowiowy …..…………………………………..………………………….. The café, first rolled out as a pop-up experiment in 2017, is now a permanent fixture, with Daniel Boulud overseeing the menu (including the proverbial Breakfast) in the blue-accented dining space.
bashful
nieśmiały …..…………………………………..………………………….. “It is the most extraordinary project in my professional lifetime,” says Anthony Ledru, Tiffany president and CEO. “It is the renovation of the century and I believe the largest for any luxury brand in terms of size and probably investment.” He’s more bashful, however, about putting a figure on it: “The first renovation cost $1mn and it is a little more today,” he says.
open-and-shut case
oczywista sprawa …..…………………………………..………………………….. Loma needs Haney as much as Haney needs him, though for different reasons. Should he win and win well against a boxer deemed younger and quicker, Lomachenko’s case for true greatness becomes open and shut. For Haney, victory over an older and slower rival will only strengthen his reputation in the here and now. For both, however, anything less than a triumph could be seen as a disaster.
emphatic
wyraźny; zdecydowany …..…………………………………..………………………….. Vasiliy returned in June 2021 with an emphatic ninth round stoppage of Masayoshi Nakatani, followed six months later with a lopsided 12-round points win over Richard Commey and, most recently, in October 2022, a more competitive distance win over the talented but unproven Jamaine Ortiz.
lopsided
nierówna (walka) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Vasiliy returned in June 2021 with an emphatic ninth round stoppage of Masayoshi Nakatani, followed six months later with a lopsided 12-round points win over Richard Commey and, most recently, in October 2022, a more competitive distance win over the talented but unproven Jamaine Ortiz.
shutout
wygrać do zera; mecz, w którym przeciwnicy nie zdobył żadnych punktów (one of the teams wins and prevents the opposing team from scoring) …..…………………………………..………………………….. That’s not to say that Haney is the pick to win a shutout. Even if the fight is slipping away, expect Lomachenko to have success. Though his best years are behind him, the feeling here is that he will be buoyed by the occasion and a desire to prove his doubters wrong.
abandon
żywiołowość; pasja …..…………………………………..………………………….. If Lomachenko is to win, one senses he’ll have to do so from the front, make Haney miss early and regularly, and take control from the start. But if Haney bosses the opening three rounds, for example, Lomachenko – even with his wise old head – could be forced to take chances, the kind that Haney can exploit, just to play catchup. And though the younger man, the American does not fight with abandon of youth.
showpiece
eksponat, rzecz warta zobaczenia …..…………………………………..………………………….. It’s what the greatest boxers can do. As they get older, and when they need it most, some can deliver a majestic showpiece that strengthens their legacy.
buoyed
wzmocniony; napędzany przez …..…………………………………..………………………….. That’s not to say that Haney is the pick to win a shutout. Even if the fight is slipping away, expect Lomachenko to have success. Though his best years are behind him, the feeling here is that he will be buoyed by the occasion and a desire to prove his doubters wrong.
target practice
ćwiczenia na strzelnicy …..…………………………………..………………………….. In 10-rounders, Californian lightweight starlet Raymond Muratalla, 17-0 (14), could be taught a thing or two by the robust but likely rusty Namibian Jeremia Nakathila, 23-2 (19), while Mexico’s Oscar Valdez, 30-1 (23), fights for the first time since losing to Shakur Stevenson 13 months ago. Glendale’s Adam Lopez, 16-4 (6), provides the target practice.
truncated
okrojony; skrócony …..…………………………………..………………………….. The circle of life, particularly in its truncated boxing form, is agonisingly cruel. No sooner have all the hours in the gym paid off, when everything is flowing beautifully, the shots crack and the target unmissable than the trigger gets jammed, the bullets fall short and the ability to withstand or avoid any return fire diminishes. It’s a familiar story with an inevitable end.
run-off
druga tura wyborów …..…………………………………..………………………….. Recep Tayyip Erdogan fails to win Turkey’s presidential election outright, but heads confidently into the run-off.
marksman
snajper …..…………………………………..………………………….. The world lightweight champion is unbeaten in 29 fights (14 inside) and since he stepped up to outclass an ageing Yuriorkis Gamboa in November 2019, he’s been harvesting a reputation as a premier – if slightly risk averse – marksman.
by virtue of
z racji czegoś, ze względu na coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. But if you’re going to follow the logic that Lopez beat Lomachenko, as he did in 2020,therefore Kambosos must be better than Lomachenko by virtue of his victory over Teofimo, you could – just about – argue that Haney is about to hand the Ukrainian his most comprehensive loss since his amateur days.
vest
to: podkoszulka …..…………………………………..………………………….. Lomachenko, the two-time Olympic and three-time World champion in the vest, blamed injuries for his loss to Lopez. Though wide on the cards (116-112, 119-109 and 117-111), plenty felt that Lomachenko had hacked away at an early deficit and was only pipped by a round or two at the contest’s conclusion. Whatever the reasons for the defeat, or the margins of it, it was the latest encounter that seemed to confirm Loma was fading.
to pip
pokonać …..…………………………………..………………………….. Lomachenko, the two-time Olympic and three-time World champion in the vest, blamed injuries for his loss to Lopez. Though wide on the cards (116-112, 119-109 and 117-111), plenty felt that Lomachenko had hacked away at an early deficit and was only pipped by a round or two at the contest’s conclusion. Whatever the reasons for the defeat, or the margins of it, it was the latest encounter that seemed to confirm Loma was fading.
deficit
różnica (punktów) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Lomachenko, the two-time Olympic and three-time World champion in the vest, blamed injuries for his loss to Lopez. Though wide on the cards (116-112, 119-109 and 117-111), plenty felt that Lomachenko had hacked away at an early deficit and was only pipped by a round or two at the contest’s conclusion. Whatever the reasons for the defeat, or the margins of it, it was the latest encounter that seemed to confirm Loma was fading.
to hack away at something
redukować, obcinać coś (np. koszty) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Lomachenko, the two-time Olympic and three-time World champion in the vest, blamed injuries for his loss to Lopez. Though wide on the cards (116-112, 119-109 and 117-111), plenty felt that Lomachenko had hacked away at an early deficit and was only pipped by a round or two at the contest’s conclusion. Whatever the reasons for the defeat, or the margins of it, it was the latest encounter that seemed to confirm Loma was fading.
to change beyond recognition
zmienić się nie do poznania …..…………………………………..………………………….. Over the past two decades the ways people pay, receive and transfer money have changed beyond recognition. The revolution began in 2007 when m-pesa made it possible for Kenyans to make payments with a text message. In 2011 Alipay launched payment by QR code in China, a system that has all but replaced cash in cities.
all but
prawie, całkiem, niemalże (przymiotnik)
wszystko/wszyscy oprócz (rzeczownik) ………………………………………………………………..
all but zmienia swoje znaczenie w zależności od części mowy, którą poprzedza …..…………………………………..………………………….. Over the past two decades the ways people pay, receive and transfer money have changed beyond recognition. The revolution began in 2007 when m-pesa made it possible for Kenyans to make payments with a text message. In 2011 Alipay launched payment by QR code in China, a system that has all but replaced cash in cities.
to duke it out
walczyć, bić się (szczególnie na pięści) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Having transformed how people use money at home, the race to transform payments is now going global. Crossborder retail spending (including tourism) and remittances will hit $5trn this year; business-to-business payments are worth eight times that. Three big players are duking it out to process these vast flows of funds.
merchant
sprzedawca; handlowiec …..…………………………………..………………………….. The competition among the three blocs is heating up fast. Alipay is now accepted by 2.5m merchants overseas.
to be overdue
spóźniać się …..…………………………………..………………………….. The average cost of a remittance has been cut by a third in the past decade partly because of new fintechs. The Western card networks are overdue a shake-up.
to cook up
zmyślać, preparować …..…………………………………..………………………….. The food industry—by recruiting compliant scientists, funding studies, pushing clever marketing and influencing policy—has been able to cook up a self-serving narrative that shifts the blame for theharm their products cause.
guilt trip
wyrzuty sumienia …..…………………………………..………………………….. Get ahead of the autumn accessories trend with earth tones and gold accents. Guilt trip.
is on borrowed time
jego dni są policzone …..…………………………………..………………………….. Premier League’s pay TV model is on borrowed time
escape artist
uciekinier // someone (such as a performer or criminal) unusually adept at escaping from confinement …..…………………………………..………………………….. The great escape artists.
brownstone
kamienica (w NY) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Lily Allen lives in Brooklyn, New York, these days, in an elegant Carroll Gardens brownstone, with her husband since 2020, the actor David Harbour, and her daughters from her first marriage, Ethel, 11, and Marnie, 10. Now 38, the millennial pop sensation and perennial tabloid magnet has become a svelte and sober star of stage and screen, comfortably domiciled in the land of the oat-matcha-latte slurpers, where the hysterical notoriety she first attracted in her 20s does not pursue her with anything like the doggedness it does elsewhere.
in spitting range
bardzo blisko (very close proximity or distance) …..…………………………………..………………………….. The stock had more than doubled for the year up to that point, so the additional lift has been especially noteworthy. It also has put the company’s market value in spitting range of $1 trillion: The stock has breached that level a couple of times since on an intraday basis but has yet to close above it.
skittish
słowo, które odnosi się do stanu niepokoju, nerwowości lub ostrożności u inwestorów lub uczestników rynku finansowego. Może oznaczać, że inwestorzy są bardziej ostrożni i niepewni co do dalszego kierunku wartości akcji lub rynku …..…………………………………..………………………….. But investors are evidently growing more skittish; Nvidia’s shares are down nearly 2% since peaking on May 30.
high priest
autorytet (metaforyczne określenie używane do opisania osoby uznawanej za prominentną i wpływową postać w określonej dziedzinie) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Back then, Guardiola was viewed as the high priest of a style of play perfected by his mentor, the Dutch master Johan Cruyff. It required technical mastery and an urge to protect the ball at all costs.
to woo
przyciągać, zachęcać lub uwodzić …..…………………………………..………………………….. Elon Musk hated advertising. She has built a career wooing big brands. He teased her arrival before she had a contract. And Linda Yaccarino hasn’t even gotten to the hard part yet.
hard sell
nachalna sprzedaż …..…………………………………..………………………….. Musk has long harbored a disdain for the hard sell, preferring that products sell themselves.
time-honored
istnieje od dawna, jest szanowana i uznawana za tradycyjną …..…………………………………..………………………….. She has spent more than three decades in the television industry perfecting the time-honored art of schmoozing ad buyers and brand leaders — spending big on events and doling out thoughtful gifts. Her effort has won her a reputation throughout the industry as someone who works hard to win over clients and build a business.
to burn
tu: rozczarować; zawieść …..…………………………………..………………………….. “Product matters incredibly because, if you’re going to recommend something to somebody, you’ve got to really love the product experience,” he said in 2003 at a Stanford University event. “Otherwise, you’re not going to recommend it because you don’t want to burn your friend.”
scrappy
zdeterminowany, pomysłowy i wytrwały, zwłaszcza w obliczu trudności lub ograniczonych zasobów …..…………………………………..………………………….. It was just one of the unorthodox efforts he made in the past roughly two decades to build Tesla from a scrappy startup into a consistently profitable car company. Along the way, he needed every dollar to keep the company afloat and has often touted sleeping on the factory floor while dealing with various crises.
swag bag
torba z upominkami …..…………………………………..………………………….. Guests at the all-expenses paid retreats were often greeted with swag bags in their rooms that included goodies such as Lululemon workout gear.
to schmooze
umiejętne nawiązywanie relacji, budowanie kontaktów towarzyskich i przekonywanie innych ludzi do swojej osoby lub pomysłów. W praktyce oznacza to przyjemne rozmowy, nawiązywanie luźnych więzi, zadbanie o dobre wrażenie i utrzymanie pozytywnych relacji biznesowych lub społecznych …..…………………………………..………………………….. She has spent more than three decades in the television industry perfecting the time-honored art of schmoozing ad buyers and brand leaders — spending big on events and doling out thoughtful gifts. Her effort has won her a reputation throughout the industry as someone who works hard to win over clients and build a business.
to come through
spełnić oczekiwania …..…………………………………..………………………….. In those hectic periods, Musk would swoop in, helping deliver cars himself, or, in an especially dire time, ask customers for help on Twitter. And if the fate of the company wasn’t enough of a motivator, Musk was known to threaten people’s jobs if they didn’t come through or, in a fit of pique, oust them outright in what’s been dubbed by outside observers as “rage firings.”
in a fit of pique
w przypływie gniewu …..…………………………………..………………………….. In those hectic periods, Musk would swoop in, helping deliver cars himself, or, in an especially dire time, ask customers for help on Twitter. And if the fate of the company wasn’t enough of a motivator, Musk was known to threaten people’s jobs if they didn’t come through or, in a fit of pique, oust them outright in what’s been dubbed by outside observers as “rage firings.”
tell-tale sign
sygnał ostrzegawczy …..…………………………………..………………………….. Its net debt is now more than four times its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (a figure above three is considered risky). Indeed, the firm’s debts now exceed the book value of its assets, leaving it with negative shareholder equity on its balancesheet, a telltale sign of dangerously high leverage.
to the tune of something
na kwotę (do jakiejś kwoty) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Olaf Scholz’s centreleft coalition government has agreed to prop up Intel’s megasite in Magdeburg to the tune of €6.8bn ($7.4bn), a big chunk of Intel’s €17bn investment in the east German town.
the purse strings
kasa; budżet (pieniądze np. rodziny, organizacji) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Christian Lindner, Germany’s promarket finance minister, recently said there was no money in the budget to meet Intel’s demands for an extra €3bn or so in state aid to close a “cost gap” caused by the higher prices of energy and construction. Yet the Social Democratic chancellor appears open to loosening the purse strings, provided that Intel expands its project.
to beaver away
ciężko pracować …..…………………………………..………………………….. According to sources close to the government, he is expected to meet Mr Scholz in Berlin on June 19th to make his case. The talks could seal the fate of the giant endeavour, which would be the biggest foreign direct investment in German history. He will also visit Magdeburg, where 30 Intel employees, including Bernd Holthaus, head of personnel in Germany, are already beavering away.
to make his case
przedstawić swoje argumenty …..…………………………………..………………………….. According to sources close to the government, he is expected to meet Mr Scholz in Berlin on June 19th to make his case. The talks could seal the fate of the giant endeavour, which would be the biggest foreign direct investment in German history. He will also visit Magdeburg, where 30 Intel employees, including Bernd Holthaus, head of personnel in Germany, are already beavering away.
pushy
natrętny; arogancki; bezczelny …..…………………………………..………………………….. Moreover, its advocates argue, the chip plant will help to reach the EU’s goal of increasing the bloc’s share of global chip production from around 10% today to 20% by 2030. This would reduce Europe’s dependence on suppliers in Taiwan, South Korea and other countries in the backyard of an increasingly pushy China.
fillip
zachęta, bodziec …..…………………………………..………………………….. The firm needs a fillip. In recent years it has fallen behind rivals such as TSMC of Taiwan and Samsung of South Korea in cutting-edge technology. In April it reported a quarterly net loss of $2.8bn, its steepest ever, as global demand for many types of chip cooled.
stodgy
nudny (np. o sztuce), drętwy (np. o atmosferze) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Zuckerberg and other executives have called AI a third leg to Meta’s stool, believing it essential to the company’s long-term growth and relevance, alongside global connectivity and virtual and augmented reality. Lagging behind in AI threatens to make Meta appear stodgy and slow, instead of the nimble, aggressive upstart that coined the phrase “move fast and break things” and set the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley.
to take turns in doing something
zmieniać się; dokonowyć zmian w robieniu czegoś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Meta has taken sharp turns before at moments when it has appeared behind, such as when it transitioned Facebook from a desktop to a mobile-first ads business or in 2016, when it launched its Stories feature on Instagram to lure people away from Snapchat, which had introduced a similar feature a decade ago.
to relinquish
rezygnować z czegoś; oddawać coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Meta divvied up hardware into small pools across each project: Some researchers, given more computer chips than they needed, would tie them up in unnecessary tasks to avoid relinquishing them, some of the people said.
creepy
odrażający …..…………………………………..………………………….. The concern around public scrutiny was also on display when Meta released its BlenderBot 3 chatbot in August 2022. Within a week of launching, BlenderBot 3 was panned for making false statements, offensive remarks and racist comments. The system also called Zuckerberg “creepy and manipulative.”
to stop somebody in their tracks
stanąć jak wryty (bardzo kogoś zaskoczyć) …..…………………………………..………………………….. And while all the hallmarks of what makes a great Extreme song — high-energy, rock-solid riffs and rhythms; sticky hooks and choruses; a forceful and expressive Gary Cherone vocal — are present and intact, it was Nuno’s guitar solo that stopped fans, peers, industry pros and even guitar legends in their tracks.
to name-check
wymienić z nazwiska …..…………………………………..………………………….. Howard Stern namechecked him on his SiriusXM show. Popular YouTuber Rick Beato released a fawning instructional video titled “The Nuno Bettencourt Solo Everyone Is Talking About” that racked up more than a million views in its first week.
to fawn
płaszczyć się, nadskakiwać komuś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Howard Stern namechecked him on his SiriusXM show. Popular YouTuber Rick Beato released a fawning instructional video titled “The Nuno Bettencourt Solo Everyone Is Talking About” that racked up more than a million views in its first week.
to strike a nerve
trafić w czuły punkt …..…………………………………..………………………….. What’s happening is that Bettencourt has struck a nerve like few guitarists of late. As for why? In his humble estimation, Bettencourt believes that people have connected to not just the playing on “Rise,” but also the passion that is evident in the performance itself.
as for why
Jeśli chodzi o to, dlaczego …..…………………………………..………………………….. What’s happening is that Bettencourt has struck a nerve like few guitarists of late. As for why? In his humble estimation, Bettencourt believes that people have connected to not just the playing on “Rise,” but also the passion that is evident in the performance itself.
broadly speaking
ogólnie mówiąc …..…………………………………..………………………….. Broadly speaking, what was your approach on Six from a guitar perspective?
to go for blood
pójść na całość (to go all out, to put in maximum effort, or to be extremely aggressive or competitive in pursuing a goal or achieving success) …..…………………………………..………………………….. As I was doing the album I was re-inspired to kind of go for blood again. I basically said, “I want to bring guitar playing back.” But I didn’t mean it in an innovative, I’m-gonna-change-the-game sort of way. I just wanted to make it fun again — what’s fun for me.
to latch onto
natknąć się na coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Because when it’s fast, I don’t hear those things. And I’ve never played it slow once. I never broke it down. It’s just something I latched onto when I was playing it.
to comp
komponować …..…………………………………..………………………….. I wanna really go on instinct and see what I would do if I didn’t have anything worked out.” I’ll do a few passes, and then I listen back and I go, “That’s cool. And that’s cool.” And I might comp the solo, but at least I know it was played live in the sense of, I was feeling whatever the band was giving me and whatever I was doing. It’s way more exciting for me that way.
palpable
wyraźny, wyczuwalny (np. napięcie, różnica) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Let’s talk about your tone on Six. It’s so full and present, with tons of bite and definition. To borrow a word from Steve Vai, it’s “palpable.” What was your setup in the studio?
for one
na przykład …..…………………………………..………………………….. If some fans believe it to be a strange place for one of hard rock’s most lauded six-string shredders to end up, well, there’s precedent (Eddie Van Halen’s star turn with Michael Jackson on “Beat It,” for one; Bettencourt’s guest appearance on Janet Jackson’s radio edit of “Black Cat,” for another).
in the first place
przede wszystkim; po pierwsze …..…………………………………..………………………….. Indeed, as much as Bettencourt is known for his amped-up and advanced rock chops, he is also recognized as one of the genre’s most versatile, not to mention funkiest, players. All of which no doubt contributed to his being tapped for the Rihanna position in the first place.
on tap
w zanadrzu …..…………………………………..………………………….. Despite the various styles on tap, the good news was that Bettencourt was also told, “ ‘You can be you and you can do you,’ ” he says. “Which was a nice thing to hear. Because I was like, ‘Why do you need me? There’s no guitar.’ And Tony goes, ‘Exactly. She wants to rock out the show.’ ”
for fuck’s sake
do kurwy nędzy …..…………………………………..………………………….. “And then I’m playing with some of the greatest musicians I’ve ever played with. These were player’s players — our drummer did a Stevie Wonder tour, for fuck’s sake. It was like having the R&B version of Neil Peart next to me. The fusion and the jazz and all the jams that were going on, it was beyond belief.”
beyond belief
nie do wiary …..…………………………………..………………………….. “And then I’m playing with some of the greatest musicians I’ve ever played with. These were player’s players — our drummer did a Stevie Wonder tour, for fuck’s sake. It was like having the R&B version of Neil Peart next to me. The fusion and the jazz and all the jams that were going on, it was beyond belief.”
to wear many hats
mieć wiele ról (np. prac) …..…………………………………..………………………….. Bettencourt points to one Rihanna song, “Where Have You Been,” as a standout. “That’s a synth riff on the album version,” he says. “But onstage we were replacing it with a live band and crazy playing. It was all fast funk, really clean. You had to wear five hats to be able to do that.
meet-and-greet
spotkanie gwiazdy z fanami …..…………………………………..………………………….. While we were on tour and doing meet-and-greets, kids would come in with an N4 and they’d go, “Sign my guitar.” And you could see it was dusty, that they didn’t play it anymore. So I’d be like, “What year is this?”
tune
melodia …..…………………………………..………………………….. In general, I think Nuno’s just a glorious player. He’s so colorful, and obviously his dexterity is extraordinary. There’s plenty of fast, accurate guitarists, but what he brings to it is this amazing spirit. It’s energetic and it’s lyrical, and he doesn’t lose sight of the fact that there are tunes. I don’t know where that stuff comes from. It makes my jaw drop, in a very good way.
live wire
pełen życia (energiczna osoba) …..…………………………………..………………………….. He’s a live wire. You can see why he plays the way he can play. There’s a visceral approach that’s just very different from guys that are sitting in their rooms gathering tremendous amounts of chops. Nuno’s a rockstar.
visceral
instynktowny, ekspresywny …..…………………………………..………………………….. He’s a live wire. You can see why he plays the way he can play. There’s a visceral approach that’s just very different from guys that are sitting in their rooms gathering tremendous amounts of chops. Nuno’s a rockstar.
to be head and shoulders above somebody
być dużo lepszym niż ktoś inny …..…………………………………..………………………….. Then I would also point to ‘Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee,’ of course, which is on my ‘Guitars Rule the World’ playlist. That is a standalone sort of exercise in awesomeness that really sets him head and shoulders above the pack.
to cut to the chase
przejść do rzeczy, przejść do sedna …..…………………………………..………………………….. Then let’s cut to the present with ‘Rise,’ and the guitar solo that everyone’s talking about. It’s been a long time since people have been talking about a guitar solo, frankly.
gunslinger
rewolwerowiec …..…………………………………..………………………….. The thing about Nuno is that, from day one, he had the chops of all those folks in the upper echelon of that gunslinging era. But there’s also a playfulness. There’s an emotional content.
angst
niepokój; obawa …..…………………………………..………………………….. It made me realize people are starved for this kind of music: not just the guitar playing, but with the angst and intensity someone like Edward played with. I told the band, “I want to make a rock album and bring guitar into it in a joyful, fiery, passionate and emotional way.
to be there for somebody
być dla kogoś wsparciem …..…………………………………..………………………….. “Man, no matter what the song is, the guitar stays in the culture and stays in the wheelhouse of what the melody and the lyrics are feeding you. Whatever the song needed, the guitar was there for it.”
swinging-dick
ważniak …..…………………………………..………………………….. If it looks like Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life playing Lukas Matsson, the swinging-dick tech mogul trying like hell to outmaneuver the Roy boys — while rocking a gold jacket and limited-edition kicks, no less — in Succession, it’s because he very much is.
humdrum
przeciętny; zwyczajny; nudny …..…………………………………..………………………….. A surge in the S&P 500 is dominated by tech stocks, masking humdrum performances for the vast majority. Some warn the concentration is unsustainable or a sign of treacherous conditions ahead.
to rock
być w czymś bardzo dobrym lub w czymś dobrze wyglądać …..…………………………………..………………………….. If it looks like Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life playing Lukas Matsson, the swinging-dick tech mogul trying like hell to outmaneuver the Roy boys — while rocking a gold jacket and limited-edition kicks, no less — in Succession, it’s because he very much is.
no less
nie mniej ni więcej …..…………………………………..………………………….. If it looks like Alexander Skarsgård is having the time of his life playing Lukas Matsson, the swinging-dick tech mogul trying like hell to outmaneuver the Roy boys — while rocking a gold jacket and limited-edition kicks, no less — in Succession, it’s because he very much is.
screwball
zwariowany // w kinie screwball comedy to gatunek komedii romantycznej, charakteryzujący się absurdalnym humorem i konfliktami między bohaterami …..…………………………………..………………………….. Though the 46-year-old actor had already embodied memorable characters in a trio of other critically-acclaimed HBO series — sexy vampire Eric in True Blood; an abusive husband in Big Little Lies; a Marine sergeant in Generation Kill — his winning streak continues in Jesse Armstrong’s Shakespearean screwball about three adult children that go to war over their family’s right-wing media empire when the King Lear of it all, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), falls ill.
to fall ill
zachorować …..…………………………………..………………………….. Though the 46-year-old actor had already embodied memorable characters in a trio of other critically-acclaimed HBO series — sexy vampire Eric in True Blood; an abusive husband in Big Little Lies; a Marine sergeant in Generation Kill — his winning streak continues in Jesse Armstrong’s Shakespearean screwball about three adult children that go to war over their family’s right-wing media empire when the King Lear of it all, Logan Roy (Brian Cox), falls ill.
penultimate
przedostatni …..…………………………………..………………………….. Naturally, comparisons have been made between Matsson and Elon Musk. He appears to have a special connection with Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook), and, at the conclusion of Succession’s penultimate episode, which is mostly set at Logan’s funeral, promises her the position of U.S. CEO should the acquisition go through.
to go through
dojść do skutku …..…………………………………..………………………….. Naturally, comparisons have been made between Matsson and Elon Musk. He appears to have a special connection with Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook), and, at the conclusion of Succession’s penultimate episode, which is mostly set at Logan’s funeral, promises her the position of U.S. CEO should the acquisition go through.
to tussle
bić się …..…………………………………..………………………….. He’s not only one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, but a massive Swedish troll who, when he’s not tweeting out crazy Holocaust memes or harassing his communications director, seems to relish tussling with the Roys over control of their inheritance, and whose personal motto is, “Privacy, pussy, pasta.”
treat
1. niespodzianka
2. przyjemność, rozrywka, urozmaicenie
3. smakołyk …..…………………………………..………………………….. I’m havin’ a blast. Every single day was such a treat to work on that show.
to swing your dick around
very confident and arrogant, and that he does whatever he wants without caring about the consequences …..…………………………………..………………………….. You’re in those track suits just swinging your dick around, basically.
offbeat
niekonwencjonalny, nietypowy …..…………………………………..………………………….. It gives you such a rush of adrenaline when you step onto that set because it’s so forceful, fun, and collaborative, and it gives you the opportunity to work with some of the finest actors and writers out there. The material is so deliciously wonderful, offbeat, and weird.
to be after something
chcieć czegoś …..…………………………………..………………………….. But it was basically the introduction to the character — the first time you meet Lukas at Kendall’s weird birthday party, and he’s really bored, and he’s surrounded by sycophants that he finds incredibly boring. All he wants is to sit in the corner, eat pasta, and find some pussy. That’s kind of what he’s after there.
gamesmanship
wybieg (coś, co ma na celu zmylenie przeciwnika) // the art of winning games by using various ploys and tactics to gain a psychological advantage - nieczysta gra …..…………………………………..………………………….. I think there are a couple of different factors that come into play. He loves a good deal. He loves to win. The gamesmanship.
to take somebody down
nauczyć kogoś pokory, utrzeć komuś nosa …..…………………………………..………………………….. The fact that he can take them down and be the bigger shark is very exciting for him. It’s not so much about saving GoJo or making more money, because he’s beyond wealthy. It’s about making the deal, doing something people didn’t think was possible, and walking away victorious.
on the nose
dosłownie; dokładnie …..…………………………………..………………………….. We wanted to leave it open to interpretation from the audience as to whether it’s a sexual connection, whether they’re playing each other, whether he’s manipulating her or testing her. The writing is so spectacular that it’s never on the nose.
