Deck no. 51 Flashcards
1
Q
to channel
A
to adopt a certain trait of a person or thing
Przyjąć pewną cechę osoby lub rzeczy
…..…………………………………..………………………….. She claims she can channel Marilyn Monroe.
2
Q
short of something
A
bez zrobienia czegoś, nie robiąc czegoś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Short of a miracle, we’re certain to lose.
3
Q
to max out
A
osiągnąć limit …..…………………………………..………………………….. She maxed out my credit card!
4
Q
to go around
A
wystarczać dla wszystkich w grupie …..…………………………………..………………………….. I hope there is enough men to go around.
5
Q
to like
A
obstawiać; mój wybór to …..…………………………………..………………………….. Theoretically the way to beat Canelo at this point is to outbox him from range the way Bivol did, but Charlo’s really not that guy – stylistically or temperamentally. He can box and he’ll do well in spots, especially early, but he just doesn’t have the tools to do it over 12 rounds with Canelo launching hooks at him all the while. I like Canelo on points.
6
Q
impervious to something
A
odporny na coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Why America’s corporate giants are surprisingly impervious to disruption.
7
Q
unencumbered by something
A
nieobciążony czymś …..…………………………………..………………………….. “The Innovator’s Dilemma”, a seminal book from 1997 by Clayton Christensen, a management guru, observed that incumbents hesitate to pursue radical innovations that would make their products or services cheaper or more convenient, for fear of denting the profitability of their existing businesses. In the midst of technological upheaval, that creates an opening for upstarts unencumbered by such considerations.
8
Q
to predate
A
poprzedzać (np. w czasie, w historii) …..…………………………………..………………………….. We found that only 52 of the 500 were born after 1990, our yardstick for the internet era. That includes Alphabet, Amazon and Meta, but misses Apple and Microsoft, the middle-aged tech titans. Only seven of the 500 were created after Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, while 280 predate America’s entry into the second world war.
9
Q
to look to something
A
liczyć na coś …..…………………………………..………………………….. The chip designer looks to its AI future, not its smartphone past.
10
Q
to file for
A
złożyć wniosek o coś (bankructwo); zarejestrować się (jako bezrobotny); złożyć pozew (o rozwód) …..…………………………………..………………………….. On August 21st Arm, a chipmaker whose designs power most of the world’s smartphones, filed for an initial public offering that could turn out to be the largest of the year.
11
Q
drop-off
A
(1) spadek
(2) działanie polegające na dostarczeniu czegoś lub kogoś na miejsce …..…………………………………..………………………….. Qualcomm, an American chipmaker that specialises in smartphone processors, recently reported a 23% drop in sales in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier. It expects the downturn to drag on until at least the end of the year. The forecast for automotive chips is similarly gloomy. Expanding demand from AI will not be enough to offset a drop-off in Arm’s core products.
12
Q
enough is enough
A
dosyć tego …..…………………………………..………………………….. We had to say, enough is enough,” Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey said Thursday at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. Winfrey said Disney’s negotiating stance amounts to letting its “linear programming house burn to the ground.
13
Q
to burn to the ground
A
całkowicie zniszczyć …..…………………………………..………………………….. We had to say, enough is enough,” Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey said Thursday at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. Winfrey said Disney’s negotiating stance amounts to letting its “linear programming house burn to the ground.
14
Q
to weaponize something against something
A
wykorzystywanie czegoś jako narzędzia lub broni przeciwko czemuś lub komuś …..…………………………………..………………………….. Top pay-TV executives say their companies are effectively subsidizing a new business, streaming, that is eating cable TV. “Taking our money and weaponizing it against us is a problem,” said Rob Thun, chief content officer at DirecTV, another major pay-TV provider.
15
Q
endgame
A
tu: schyłek; zmierzch; faza końcowa …..…………………………………..………………………….. The endgame for cable TV has arrived. The decadeslong alliance between programmers and distributors that has been the foundation of the roughly $200 billion TV industry is starting to crumble as each side looks to protect its interests in a media landscape centered on streaming.
16
Q
standoff
A
sytuacja patowa, niezgoda , impas …..…………………………………..………………………….. Charter, which has almost as many pay-TV subscribers as No. 1 Comcast, faces the risk that its customers around the country—with a big portion in New York and Los Angeles— will walk away during the Disney standoff and not come back.
17
Q
imprint
A
piętno; ślad …..…………………………………..………………………….. The imprint of cable’s slowmotion collapse can also be found in Hollywood, where actors and writers are on strike. The considerable profits of the cable-TV industry haven’t just gone to programmers and distributors, but have also flowed down to talent, in many cases, through royalties and profitsharing arrangements.
18
Q
timely
A
(wydarzający się) w porę, (wydarzający się) w odpowiednim momencie …..…………………………………..………………………….. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a timely fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will get beyond this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the terms of engagement for distributors and programmers in the future.
19
Q
to get beyond
A
przezwyciężyć lub wyjść poza jakąś sytuację lub problem …..…………………………………..………………………….. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a timely fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will get beyond this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the terms of engagement for distributors and programmers in the future.
20
Q
terms of engagement
A
zasady współpracy …..…………………………………..………………………….. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a timely fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will get beyond this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the terms of engagement for distributors and programmers in the future.
21
Q
jitters
A
uczucie niepokoju, nerwowości lub tremy …..…………………………………..………………………….. Other distributors are watching the fight closely and are preparing for their own similar battles with programmers. Investors in Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount showed jitters, with the companies’ shares dropping by 12% and 9.5%, respectively, on the day Charter signaled it would demand similar terms from other media companies.
22
Q
to come to fruition
A
urzeczywistniać się, ziścić się …..…………………………………..………………………….. “The game of musical chairs has come to fruition,” DirecTV’s Thun said. “The music has stopped, and the programmers are left standing.”
23
Q
mantle
A
obowiązki …..…………………………………..………………………….. Nvidia envisioned Haas running its Arm business following the deal, and he began to prepare to take the mantle.
24
Q
to unravel [anrewel]
A
rozpaść się, zakończyć się (np. o systemie, układzie) …..…………………………………..………………………….. The deal started to unravel at the end of 2021, however, amid concerns from regulators and some customers that Arm’s neutrality as a supplier to the chip industry could be compromised if it were owned by a chip maker.
25
to play up
**podkreślać; akcentować** …..…......................................…............................. In meetings with investors, Haas has also been **playing up** the chip industry’s growing geopolitical importance, recommending that prospective investors and advisers on the IPO read “Chip War,” a recent book that outlines how chip-making has become critical to countries’ technological advancement.
26
caustic
**żrący (np. chemikalia)** …..…......................................…............................. Musk’s post followed weeks of criticism of his **caustic** management of one of the world’s top social media sites. More than six months had passed since he’d bought Twitter, later renamed X, for $44bn.
27
galling
**irytujący, wkurzający** …..…......................................…............................. His grip on the company complicates Yaccarino’s leadership and risks undermining or embarrassing her. Big announcements, such as the X rebrand or the August proposal to scrap the site’s blocking feature have come from Musk, not Yaccarino. Marketers find some of his tweets **galling**.
28
to confer
**nadawać, przyznawać (np. tytuł, status)** …..…......................................…............................. A major biography written by journalist Walter Isaacson and a number of in-depth investigations have generated ceaseless headlines about everything from the geopolitical clout **conferred** upon Musk by his Starlink internet satellites to the Kardashian-level complexity of his romantic entanglements.
29
baptism of fire
**chrzest bojowy** …..…......................................…............................. She sat down for four exclusive interviews over the course of several weeks to reflect on her first 100 days in the job. It has been a **baptism of fire** by many accounts, including hers.
30
in flux
**w ciągłych zmianach** …..…......................................…............................. The walls and pillars are plastered with screens beaming out the new X logo. Despite Musk’s recent decision to do away with the Twitter name and emblem, remnants of the old branding remain. Corporate security staff still have the little blue bird sewn on to their black polo shirts; the guest WiFi password is avian adjacent. Like the platform, this is a site **in flux**.
31
homing pigeon
**gołąb pocztowy** …..…......................................…............................. There are those close to Yaccarino who believe she had her eye on X’s CEO job from the moment Musk took over. In her telling, she sought Musk out after the deal closed, pressing him to meet and discuss how she could make NBCUniversal a bigger media partner “via email, text, I may have been considering a **homing pigeon**”. She agreed to interview him at a marketing conference in Miami in April, the two of them building a rapport on stage before hosting a dinner with ad industry executives afterwards.
32
level-headed
**trzeźwo myślący; opanowany** …..…......................................…............................. According to those familiar with the matter, Musk sees his relationship with Yaccarino as mirroring that of another longtime ally: Gwynne Shotwell, the **level-headed** chief operating officer and president of SpaceX, and one of the few women to work for Musk at the executive level.
33
unawares
**niespodziewanie, znienacka** …..…......................................…............................. Yaccarino declines to share many details of Musk’s working style. She seems caught **unawares** by the line of questioning. “Maybe I should take a note of what you’ve just said!” she says, laughing, when I ask about his mobile phone-first approach to communicating with staff.
34
to rail against something
**uskarżać się na coś** …..…......................................…............................. Musk has not been shy about sharing sometimes fringe viewpoints and baseless conspiracy theories, **railing against** “woke culture”. Recently, he tweeted that he supported British comedian Russell Brand, who is facing rape and sexual assault allegations.
35
to sell somebody on something
**przekonać kogoś do czegoś** …..…......................................…............................. The leaps are a testament to the ambition of two executives. Founder Wang Chuanfu, 57, born to rice-farmer parents, was orphaned as a child and became an expert battery engineer. His longtime partner, Stella Li, 53, helped **sell Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on** the idea that an obscure Chinese company could grow into a global auto giant.
36
vigilante
**samozwańczy stróż prawa** …..…......................................…............................. The worst Treasuries selloff since 1787 marks the return of the bond **vigilantes**.
37
to go somebody's way
**pójść po czyjejś myśli** …..…......................................…............................. Disney’s long-standing CEO came out of retirement to save the company—right in time for its 100th birthday. Nothing **has gone his way**.
38
scrunchie
**gumka do włosów** …..…......................................…............................. “We love quality make, we love quality fabrics,” continues Ashley, the more formal-looking of the sisters. She recalls a hipster Joan Didion, hair parted dead-centre in two long curtains, a **scrunchie** on her wrist.
39
preternaturally
**nadnaturalnie** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, **preternaturally** youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow.
40
fraternal
**braterski, bratni** …..…......................................…............................. Such is an exchange with the Olsens, **fraternal** twins whose careers – and conversations – have been entwined since babehood when they were first cast (aged nine months) to play, alternately, Michelle Tanner, in Full House, a US family comedy that ran from 1987 until 1995.
41
to recall
**przypominać (kogoś, coś)** …..…......................................…............................. “We love quality make, we love quality fabrics,” continues Ashley, the more formal-looking of the sisters. She **recalls** a hipster Joan Didion, hair parted dead-centre in two long curtains, a scrunchie on her wrist.
42
topknot
**kok (z włosów)** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, preternaturally youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow. On her right hand she wears a ring on which is set a chunky diamond. As she speaks she winds her hair up, down, and then back up into a **topknot**, before eventually plaiting it in long Pocahontas-style braids.
43
to plait
**zaplatać (warkocz)** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, preternaturally youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow. On her right hand she wears a ring on which is set a chunky diamond. As she speaks she winds her hair up, down, and then back up into a topknot, before eventually **plaiting** it in long Pocahontas-style braids.
44
stealth wealth
**nie manifestowanie bogactwa w sposób jawny** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of **stealth wealth**, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, artisanal and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally considered in their design.
45
artisan
**rzemieślnik** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of stealth wealth, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, **artisanal** and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally considered in their design.
46
considered
**przemyślany, rozważony (np. opinia, czyn)** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of stealth wealth, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, artisanal and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally **considered** in their design.
47
fanfare
**pompa (zamieszanie)** …..…......................................…............................. They were also style icons, obsessively documented for looks that put together an early-’90s, grunge-girl, vintage chic. Ashley conceived The Row while studying in New York: the result of a quest to find the perfect T-shirt, or so goes the story. The first collection was established in 2006 with almost zero **fanfare**. The sisters were still only 20 years old.
48
misapprehension
**nieporozumienie** …..…......................................…............................. She’s also spicier in conversation, quick to correct the **misapprehension**, for example, that The Row might have a demographic – “we’re ageless, and we always have been” – and to nod to other labels who might have appropriated their ideas.
49
private person / people
**osoba prywatna**
**osoba ceniąca sobie prywatność**
…..…......................................…............................. Anonymity is certainly the brand’s modus operandi. Was it a strategic choice? “We’re just **private people**,” shrugs Mary-Kate. “We’ve done interviews our whole life and, no offence, but I don’t know how this conversation is going to go. So after years of that, you just choose to stop talking to people if it’s not going to translate.”
50
to translate
**przekładać się; przynosić korzyści** …..…......................................…............................. Anonymity is certainly the brand’s modus operandi. Was it a strategic choice? “We’re just private people,” shrugs Mary-Kate. “We’ve done interviews our whole life and, no offence, but I don’t know how this conversation is going to go. So after years of that, you just choose to stop talking to people if it’s not going to **translate**.”
51
to go by something
**postępować według czegoś** …..…......................................…............................. Early on, the critics were dismissive of two celebrity teenagers deigning to create a high-fashion line. Do they feel vindicated? “You know what?” says Mary-Kate. “Everyone has an opinion and that’s OK. And for us, the only thing that matters is if the clients like it, if it sells through. And that’s what we’ve **gone by** from day one.”
52
to vindicate
**usprawiedliwić** …..…......................................…............................. Early on, the critics were dismissive of two celebrity teenagers deigning to create a high-fashion line. Do they feel **vindicated**? “You know what?” says Mary-Kate. “Everyone has an opinion and that’s OK. And for us, the only thing that matters is if the clients like it, if it sells through. And that’s what we’ve gone by from day one.”
53
to save the day
**uratować sytuację** …..…......................................…............................. “As soon as he’s aware of a problem, he really wants to solve it,” says his fiancé Mulherin, an Australian software engineer turned investor. Or as Altman puts it, “Stuff only gets better because people show up and work. No one else is coming to **save the day**. You’ve just got to do it.”
54
just about
**prawie** …..…......................................…............................. OpenAI researchers began to train the 'rst models in their GPT (generative pre trained transformer) series. With each iteration, the models improved dramatically. GPT-1, trained on the text of some 7,000 books, could **just about** string sentences together. GPT-2, trained on 8 million web pages, could just about answer questions. GPT-3, trained on hundreds of billions of words from the internet, books, and Wikipedia, could just about write poetry.
55
it's all about..
głównym tematem, najważniejszym aspektem lub głównym celem jest…
56
rightfully so
zasłużenie; słusznie
57
care to do something?
masz ochotę coś zrobić?; czy chciałbyś coś zrobić?
58
we are off
rozpoczynamy
59
in the can
film gotowy do pokazu
60
to be golden
być bardzo zadowolonym
61
to bring back something
przypominać coś, przywodzić coś na pamięć (np. czas, okazję)
62
to buckle up
wziąć się do roboty
63
vibes on vibes
pozytywne wrażenia się kumulują; pozytywna energia się mnoży
64
softly
cicho (mówić)
65
call time on something
zakończyć coś
66
a lot of moving parts
odnosi się do sytuacji, w której wiele zmiennych jest aktywnych i musi być uwzględnionych w procesie podejmowania decyzji lub rozwiązania problemu
67
to have a dog in the fight
mieć w czymś interes
mieć coś do zyskania
być zainteresowanym wynikiem
68
sweats
dresy, spodnie dresowe
69
to pass on something
odmówić czemuś; zrezygnować z czegoś
70
against the grain
pod prąd (przeciwnie do powszechnego zwyczaju)
71
Appreciated.
Dziękuję.
72
cliff notes
notatki lub streszczenie
73
to bounce something off someone
porozmawiać o czymś, żeby uzyskać opinię
74
to disengage
rozłączyć się (zakończyć rozmowę telefoniczną)
75
to pace oneself
wyznaczać sobie tempo, rytm (np. pracy)
76
riveting
interesujący; pasjonujący
77
to come around
zmienić zdanie
78
all set
gotowy
79
sitting duck
łatwy cel
80
to start off on the wrong foot
źle coś rozpocząć (np. znajomość)
81
re-up
ponowne zaopatrzenie się w towar, zwłaszcza w kontekście narkotyków
82
it's not my first rodeo
nie jestem nowicjuszem
83
to press the issue
domagać się rozstrzygnięcia (jakieś kwestii lub problemu)
84
bummer
(1) pech, wtopa
(2) zawód, rozczarowanie
(3) nierób
85
to come after somebody
chcieć kogoś dorwać
86
to butt into something
wtrącać się do czegoś
87
racket
branża, biznes (slang)
88
bylaw
regulamin
89
moth
ćma; mól
90
to stir up shit
robić zamieszanie; wprowadzać zamęt
91
reshuffle
zmiany personalne
92
to poke around
węszyć (starać się czegoś dowiedzieć)
93
precarious
niebezpieczny, ryzykowny
94
mortified
zawstydzony
95
scruples
skrupuły, wątpliwości
96
to have somebody by the balls
mieć kogoś w garści
97
to beat up somebody
pobić kogoś
98
in no time
w okamgnieniu
99
to straighten up
uporządkować
100
to let on to somebody
wygadać się komuś
101
spill it
powiedz to; wyrzuć to z siebie
102
crumb
okruch; odrobina
103
antsy
podenerwowany
104
to bum
wyprosić (np. papierosy od kogoś), wyżebrać
105
other than
oprócz; poza; za wyjątkiem
106
slacks
luźne spodnie
107
derogatory
poniżający
108
shebang
**całość**
(1) burdel (dom publiczny);
(2) chałupa;
(3) cela więzienna
109
buzz-saw
piła tarczowa
110
unsavory
(1) podejrzany (np. interes)
(2) nieprzyjemny, niesmaczny
111
sleazy
(1) obleśny
(2) nieuczciwy
(3) wyzywający
112
payoff
łapówka
113
to short somebody
oszukać kogoś; zawieść kogoś; spławić kogoś
**To określenie oznacza działanie w taki sposób, który nie spełnia oczekiwań lub umów, zazwyczaj w kontekście nieuczciwego lub niezgodnego z umową postępowania**
***He tried to short me on the payment for the services rendered***
*On próbował mnie oszukać w sprawie zapłaty za wykonane usługi.*
114
to wring
skręcić (np. kark)
115
pastry
ciasto; ciastko
116
nice touch
miły akcent
117
to hold a grudge against somebody
żywić do kogoś urazę
118
spread too thin
mieć zbyt wiele obowiązków
ktoś kto ma zbyt wiele obowiązków lub zadań do wykonania, co może negatywnie wpływać na jakość i efektywność pracy
119
fellow traveller
sympatyk, zwolennik
*nie jest oficjalnie członkiem danej partii lub ruchu politycznego, ale wspiera go*
120
for parts unknown
w nieznane (podróż)
121
own it
(1) Decyzje życiowe: Kiedy ktoś podjęłaby trudną decyzję, mówiąc mu Own it sugeruje, żeby **stanął za swoją decyzją i nie unikał jej konsekwencji.**
(2) Postawa i pewność siebie: W kontekście pewności siebie, Own it może zachęcać do **przejęcia kontroli nad swoim życiem i byciem pewnym siebie.**
(3) Akceptacja samego siebie: Wezwanie Own it może także sugerować, aby **zaakceptować siebie, swoje cechy i być autentycznym.**
122
to spoil
rozpieszczać
123
whirlwind
wicher, trąba powietrzna
124
bigger person
osoba o wyższych zasadach, osoba o większej dojrzałości emocjonalnej; osoba postępująca mądrzej
125
thick as thieves
znać się jak łyse konie, być z kimś za pan brat
126
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
mieć serce na dłoni
127
we'll go from there
zobaczymy, jak się potoczy; będziemy podejmować decyzje w miarę rozwoju sytuacji
128
downside scenario
negatywny scenariusz (w planowaniu finansowym)
129
to settle up
uregulować rachunek
130
to dig in
zabrać się za coś (zacząć coś robić)
131
rug burn
(1) otarcie skóry o twardą powierzchnię, taką jak dywan (seks, sport)
(2) nieprzyjemna sytuacja
132
to sit well with somebody
odpowiadać komuś, pasować komuś
133
to get something off one's chest
wyrzucić coś z siebie, wyżalić się
134
to cover for somebody
kryć kogoś
135
under the weather
chory
136
play-by-play
dokładny opis krok po kroku
137
stash
zapasy na czarną godzinę
138
to lam
uciec (z więzienia), zbiec
139
I am turned around
zagubiony; zdezorientowany
140
drop it
(1) przestań
(2) odpuść ten temat
141
to set off bells and whistles
przyciągać uwagę; wywołać entuzjazm
142
drop it to second
wrzuć drugi bieg; przyśpieszyć, zwiększyć tempo
143
booger
babol (w nosie)
144
to sit on one's hands
siedzieć z założonymi rękami, nic nie robić
145
dibs
pierwszeństwo
146
rampage
szaleństwo; atak szału
147
to let somebody in on something
wtajemniczyć kogoś w coś
148
in the thick of something
w trakcie czegoś
149
on speaking terms
rozmawiać z kimś ( znać kogoś na tyle, żeby z nim rozmawiać lub być z kimś w dobrych stosunkach, na tyle, żeby z kimś rozmawiać)
150
to swing by
wpaść do kogoś, odwiedzić kogoś
151
to adopt a certain trait of a person or thing
**to channel** …..…......................................…............................. She claims she can **channel** Marilyn Monroe.
152
bez zrobienia czegoś, nie robiąc czegoś
**short of something** …..…......................................…............................. **Short of** a miracle, we're certain to lose.
153
osiągnąć limit
**to max out** …..…......................................…............................. She **maxed out** my credit card!
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wystarczać dla wszystkich w grupie
**to go around** …..…......................................…............................. I hope there is enough men to **go around**.
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obstawiać; mój wybór to
**to like** …..…......................................…............................. Theoretically the way to beat Canelo at this point is to outbox him from range the way Bivol did, but Charlo’s really not that guy – stylistically or temperamentally. He can box and he’ll do well in spots, especially early, but he just doesn’t have the tools to do it over 12 rounds with Canelo launching hooks at him all the while. **I like** Canelo on points.
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odporny na coś
**impervious to something** …..…......................................…............................. Why America’s corporate giants are surprisingly **impervious to** disruption.
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nieobciążony czymś
**unencumbered by something** …..…......................................…............................. “The Innovator’s Dilemma”, a seminal book from 1997 by Clayton Christensen, a management guru, observed that incumbents hesitate to pursue radical innovations that would make their products or services cheaper or more convenient, for fear of denting the profitability of their existing businesses. In the midst of technological upheaval, that creates an opening for upstarts **unencumbered by** such considerations.
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poprzedzać (np. w czasie, w historii)
**to predate** …..…......................................…............................. We found that only 52 of the 500 were born after 1990, our yardstick for the internet era. That includes Alphabet, Amazon and Meta, but misses Apple and Microsoft, the middle-aged tech titans. Only seven of the 500 were created after Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, while 280 **predate** America’s entry into the second world war.
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liczyć na coś
**to look to something** …..…......................................…............................. The chip designer **looks to** its AI future, not its smartphone past.
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złożyć wniosek o coś (bankructwo); zarejestrować się (jako bezrobotny); złożyć pozew (o rozwód)
**to file for** …..…......................................…............................. On August 21st Arm, a chipmaker whose designs power most of the world’s smartphones, **filed for** an initial public offering that could turn out to be the largest of the year.
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(1) spadek
(2) działanie polegające na dostarczeniu czegoś lub kogoś na miejsce
**drop-off** …..…......................................…............................. Qualcomm, an American chipmaker that specialises in smartphone processors, recently reported a 23% drop in sales in the latest quarter compared with a year earlier. It expects the downturn to drag on until at least the end of the year. The forecast for automotive chips is similarly gloomy. Expanding demand from AI will not be enough to offset a **drop-off** in Arm’s core products.
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dosyć tego
**enough is enough** …..…......................................…............................. We had to say, **enough is enough**,” Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey said Thursday at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. Winfrey said Disney’s negotiating stance amounts to letting its “linear programming house burn to the ground.
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całkowicie zniszczyć
**to burn to the ground** …..…......................................…............................. We had to say, enough is enough,” Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey said Thursday at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. Winfrey said Disney’s negotiating stance amounts to letting its “linear programming house **burn to the ground**.
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wykorzystywanie czegoś jako narzędzia lub broni przeciwko czemuś lub komuś
**to weaponize something against something** …..…......................................…............................. Top pay-TV executives say their companies are effectively subsidizing a new business, streaming, that is eating cable TV. “Taking our money and **weaponizing it against us** is a problem,” said Rob Thun, chief content officer at DirecTV, another major pay-TV provider.
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tu: schyłek; zmierzch; faza końcowa
**endgame** …..…......................................…............................. The **endgame** for cable TV has arrived. The decadeslong alliance between programmers and distributors that has been the foundation of the roughly $200 billion TV industry is starting to crumble as each side looks to protect its interests in a media landscape centered on streaming.
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sytuacja patowa, niezgoda, impas
**standoff** …..…......................................…............................. Charter, which has almost as many pay-TV subscribers as No. 1 Comcast, faces the risk that its customers around the country—with a big portion in New York and Los Angeles— will walk away during the Disney **standoff** and not come back.
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piętno; ślad
**imprint** …..…......................................…............................. The **imprint** of cable’s slowmotion collapse can also be found in Hollywood, where actors and writers are on strike. The considerable profits of the cable-TV industry haven’t just gone to programmers and distributors, but have also flowed down to talent, in many cases, through royalties and profitsharing arrangements.
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(wydarzający się) w porę, (wydarzający się) w odpowiednim momencie
**timely** …..…......................................…............................. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a **timely** fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will get beyond this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the terms of engagement for distributors and programmers in the future.
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przezwyciężyć lub wyjść poza jakąś sytuację lub problem
**to get beyond** …..…......................................…............................. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a timely fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will **get beyond** this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the terms of engagement for distributors and programmers in the future.
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zasady współpracy
**terms of engagement** …..…......................................…............................. Disputes between programmers and distributors usually get resolved in a timely fashion, and it’s possible Disney and Charter will get beyond this impasse. But any new deal will markedly change the **terms of engagement** for distributors and programmers in the future.
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uczucie niepokoju, nerwowości lub tremy
**jitters** …..…......................................…............................. Other distributors are watching the fight closely and are preparing for their own similar battles with programmers. Investors in Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount showed **jitters**, with the companies’ shares dropping by 12% and 9.5%, respectively, on the day Charter signaled it would demand similar terms from other media companies.
172
urzeczywistniać się, ziścić się
**to come to fruition** …..…......................................…............................. “The game of musical chairs has **come to fruition**,” DirecTV’s Thun said. “The music has stopped, and the programmers are left standing.”
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obowiązki
**mantle** …..…......................................…............................. Nvidia envisioned Haas running its Arm business following the deal, and he began to prepare to take the **mantle**.
174
rozpaść się, zakończyć się (np. o systemie, układzie)
**to unravel** [anrevel]
…..…......................................…............................. The deal started to **unravel** at the end of 2021, however, amid concerns from regulators and some customers that Arm’s neutrality as a supplier to the chip industry could be compromised if it were owned by a chip maker.
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podkreślać; akcentować
**to play up** …..…......................................…............................. In meetings with investors, Haas has also been **playing up** the chip industry’s growing geopolitical importance, recommending that prospective investors and advisers on the IPO read “Chip War,” a recent book that outlines how chip-making has become critical to countries’ technological advancement.
176
żrący (np. chemikalia)
**caustic** …..…......................................…............................. Musk’s post followed weeks of criticism of his **caustic** management of one of the world’s top social media sites. More than six months had passed since he’d bought Twitter, later renamed X, for $44bn.
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irytujący, wkurzający
**galling** …..…......................................…............................. His grip on the company complicates Yaccarino’s leadership and risks undermining or embarrassing her. Big announcements, such as the X rebrand or the August proposal to scrap the site’s blocking feature have come from Musk, not Yaccarino. Marketers find some of his tweets **galling**.
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nadawać, przyznawać (np. tytuł, status)
**to confer** …..…......................................…............................. A major biography written by journalist Walter Isaacson and a number of in-depth investigations have generated ceaseless headlines about everything from the geopolitical clout **conferred** upon Musk by his Starlink internet satellites to the Kardashian-level complexity of his romantic entanglements.
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chrzest bojowy
**baptism of fire** …..…......................................…............................. She sat down for four exclusive interviews over the course of several weeks to reflect on her first 100 days in the job. It has been a **baptism of fire** by many accounts, including hers.
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w ciągłych zmianach
**in flux** …..…......................................…............................. The walls and pillars are plastered with screens beaming out the new X logo. Despite Musk’s recent decision to do away with the Twitter name and emblem, remnants of the old branding remain. Corporate security staff still have the little blue bird sewn on to their black polo shirts; the guest WiFi password is avian adjacent. Like the platform, this is a site **in flux**.
181
gołąb pocztowy
**homing pigeon** …..…......................................…............................. There are those close to Yaccarino who believe she had her eye on X’s CEO job from the moment Musk took over. In her telling, she sought Musk out after the deal closed, pressing him to meet and discuss how she could make NBCUniversal a bigger media partner “via email, text, I may have been considering a **homing pigeon**”. She agreed to interview him at a marketing conference in Miami in April, the two of them building a rapport on stage before hosting a dinner with ad industry executives afterwards.
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trzeźwo myślący; opanowany
**level-headed** …..…......................................…............................. According to those familiar with the matter, Musk sees his relationship with Yaccarino as mirroring that of another longtime ally: Gwynne Shotwell, the **level-headed** chief operating officer and president of SpaceX, and one of the few women to work for Musk at the executive level.
183
niespodziewanie, znienacka
**unawares** …..…......................................…............................. Yaccarino declines to share many details of Musk’s working style. She seems caught **unawares** by the line of questioning. “Maybe I should take a note of what you’ve just said!” she says, laughing, when I ask about his mobile phone-first approach to communicating with staff.
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uskarżać się na coś
**to rail against something** …..…......................................…............................. Musk has not been shy about sharing sometimes fringe viewpoints and baseless conspiracy theories, **railing against** “woke culture”. Recently, he tweeted that he supported British comedian Russell Brand, who is facing rape and sexual assault allegations.
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przekonać kogoś do czegoś
**to sell somebody on something** …..…......................................…............................. The leaps are a testament to the ambition of two executives. Founder Wang Chuanfu, 57, born to rice-farmer parents, was orphaned as a child and became an expert battery engineer. His longtime partner, Stella Li, 53, helped **sell Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on** the idea that an obscure Chinese company could grow into a global auto giant.
186
samozwańczy stróż prawa
**vigilante** …..…......................................…............................. The worst Treasuries selloff since 1787 marks the return of the bond **vigilantes**.
187
pójść po czyjejś myśli
**to go somebody's way** …..…......................................…............................. Disney’s long-standing CEO came out of retirement to save the company—right in time for its 100th birthday. Nothing **has gone his way**.
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gumka do włosów
**scrunchie** …..…......................................…............................. “We love quality make, we love quality fabrics,” continues Ashley, the more formal-looking of the sisters. She recalls a hipster Joan Didion, hair parted dead-centre in two long curtains, a **scrunchie** on her wrist.
189
nadnaturalnie
**preternaturally** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, **preternaturally** youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow.
190
braterski, bratni
**fraternal** …..…......................................…............................. Such is an exchange with the Olsens, **fraternal** twins whose careers – and conversations – have been entwined since babehood when they were first cast (aged nine months) to play, alternately, Michelle Tanner, in Full House, a US family comedy that ran from 1987 until 1995.
191
przypominać (kogoś, coś)
**to recall** …..…......................................…............................. “We love quality make, we love quality fabrics,” continues Ashley, the more formal-looking of the sisters. She **recalls** a hipster Joan Didion, hair parted dead-centre in two long curtains, a scrunchie on her wrist.
192
kok (z włosów)
**topknot** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, preternaturally youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow. On her right hand she wears a ring on which is set a chunky diamond. As she speaks she winds her hair up, down, and then back up into a **topknot**, before eventually plaiting it in long Pocahontas-style braids.
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zaplatać (warkocz)
**to plait** …..…......................................…............................. “It’s not a new concept at all,” counters Mary-Kate, who looks, like Ashley, preternaturally youthful, but is the more bohemian of the pair. She wears beads around her neck and wrists and what seems like a vintage flightsuit in pale yellow. On her right hand she wears a ring on which is set a chunky diamond. As she speaks she winds her hair up, down, and then back up into a topknot, before eventually **plaiting** it in long Pocahontas-style braids.
194
nie manifestowanie bogactwa w sposób jawny
**stealth wealth** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of **stealth wealth**, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, artisanal and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally considered in their design.
195
rzemieślnik
**artisan** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of stealth wealth, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, **artisan**al and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally considered in their design.
196
przemyślany, rozważony (np. opinia, czyn)
**considered** …..…......................................…............................. And so I tell them: whenever I think of stealth wealth, or quiet luxury, or any other buzzwords that mean wearing things that are immaculately expensive, the first brand that comes to mind is theirs. And also Loro Piana, or Hermès (although the branding isn’t very stealthy). And there are also other brands that are craft-based, artisanal and fabulously expensive, and brands that are equally **considered** in their design.
197
pompa (zamieszanie)
**fanfare** …..…......................................…............................. They were also style icons, obsessively documented for looks that put together an early-’90s, grunge-girl, vintage chic. Ashley conceived The Row while studying in New York: the result of a quest to find the perfect T-shirt, or so goes the story. The first collection was established in 2006 with almost zero **fanfare**. The sisters were still only 20 years old.
198
nieporozumienie
**misapprehension** …..…......................................…............................. She’s also spicier in conversation, quick to correct the **misapprehension**, for example, that The Row might have a demographic – “we’re ageless, and we always have been” – and to nod to other labels who might have appropriated their ideas.
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osoba prywatna
osoba ceniąca sobie prywatność
**private person / people** …..…......................................…............................. Anonymity is certainly the brand’s modus operandi. Was it a strategic choice? “We’re just **private people**,” shrugs Mary-Kate. “We’ve done interviews our whole life and, no offence, but I don’t know how this conversation is going to go. So after years of that, you just choose to stop talking to people if it’s not going to translate.”
200
przekładać się; przynosić korzyści
**to translate** …..…......................................…............................. Anonymity is certainly the brand’s modus operandi. Was it a strategic choice? “We’re just private people,” shrugs Mary-Kate. “We’ve done interviews our whole life and, no offence, but I don’t know how this conversation is going to go. So after years of that, you just choose to stop talking to people if it’s not going to **translate**.”
201
postępować według czegoś
**to go by something** …..…......................................…............................. Early on, the critics were dismissive of two celebrity teenagers deigning to create a high-fashion line. Do they feel vindicated? “You know what?” says Mary-Kate. “Everyone has an opinion and that’s OK. And for us, the only thing that matters is if the clients like it, if it sells through. And that’s what we’ve **gone by** from day one.”
202
usprawiedliwić
**to vindicate** …..…......................................…............................. Early on, the critics were dismissive of two celebrity teenagers deigning to create a high-fashion line. Do they feel **vindicated**? “You know what?” says Mary-Kate. “Everyone has an opinion and that’s OK. And for us, the only thing that matters is if the clients like it, if it sells through. And that’s what we’ve gone by from day one.”
203
uratować sytuację
**to save the day** …..…......................................…............................. “As soon as he’s aware of a problem, he really wants to solve it,” says his fiancé Mulherin, an Australian software engineer turned investor. Or as Altman puts it, “Stuff only gets better because people show up and work. No one else is coming to **save the day**. You’ve just got to do it.”
204
prawie
**just about** …..…......................................…............................. OpenAI researchers began to train the 'rst models in their GPT (generative pre trained transformer) series. With each iteration, the models improved dramatically. GPT-1, trained on the text of some 7,000 books, could **just about** string sentences together. GPT-2, trained on 8 million web pages, could just about answer questions. GPT-3, trained on hundreds of billions of words from the internet, books, and Wikipedia, could just about write poetry.
205
głównym tematem, najważniejszym aspektem lub głównym celem jest…
it's all about…
206
zasłużenie; słusznie
rightfully so
207
masz ochotę coś zrobić?; czy chciałbyś coś zrobić?
care to do something?
208
rozpoczynamy
we are off
209
film gotowy do pokazu
in the can
210
być bardzo zadowolonym
to be golden
211
przypominać coś, przywodzić coś na pamięć (np. czas, okazję)
to bring back something
212
wziąć się do roboty
to buckle up
213
pozytywne wrażenia się kumulują; pozytywna energia się mnoży
vibes on vibes
214
cicho (mówić)
softly
215
zakończyć coś
call time on something
216
odnosi się do sytuacji, w której wiele zmiennych jest aktywnych i musi być uwzględnionych w procesie podejmowania decyzji lub rozwiązania problemu
a lot of moving parts
217
mieć w czymś interes
mieć coś do zyskania
być zainteresowanym wynikiem
to have a dog in the fight
218
dresy, spodnie dresowe
sweats
219
odmówić czemuś; zrezygnować z czegoś
to pass on something
220
pod prąd (przeciwnie do powszechnego zwyczaju)
against the grain
221
Dziękuję.
Appreciated.
222
notatki lub streszczenie
cliff notes
223
porozmawiać o czymś, żeby uzyskać opinię
to bounce something off someone
224
rozłączyć się (zakończyć rozmowę telefoniczną)
to disengage
225
wyznaczać sobie tempo, rytm (np. pracy)
to pace oneself
226
interesujący; pasjonujący
riveting [riwitin]
227
zmienić zdanie
to come around
228
gotowy
all set
229
łatwy cel
sitting duck
230
źle coś rozpocząć (np. znajomość)
to start off on the wrong foot
231
ponowne zaopatrzenie się w towar, zwłaszcza w kontekście narkotyków
re-up
232
nie jestem nowicjuszem
it's not his first rodeo
233
domagać się rozstrzygnięcia (jakieś kwestii lub problemu)
to press the issue
234
pech, wtopa
zawód, rozczarowanie
nierób
bummer
235
chcieć kogoś dorwać
to come after somebody
236
wtrącać się do czegoś
to butt into something
237
branża, biznes (slang)
racket
238
regulamin
bylaw
239
ćma; mól
moth
240
robić zamieszanie; wprowadzać zamęt
to stir up shit
241
zmiany personalne
reshuffle
242
węszyć (starać się czegoś dowiedzieć)
to poke around
243
niebezpieczny, ryzykowny
precarious
244
zawstydzony
mortified
245
skrupuły, wątpliwości
scruples
246
mieć kogoś w garści
to have somebody by the balls
247
pobić kogoś
to beat up somebody
248
w okamgnieniu
in no time
249
uporządkować
to straighten up
250
wygadać się komuś
to let on to somebody
251
powiedz to; wyrzuć to z siebie
spill it
252
okruch; odrobina
crumb
253
podenerwowany
antsy
254
wyprosić (np. papierosy od kogoś), wyżebrać
to bum
255
oprócz; poza; za wyjątkiem
other than
256
luźne spodnie
slacks
257
poniżający
derogatory
258
(1) burdel (dom publiczny)
(2) chałupa
(3) cela więzienna
shebang
259
piła tarczowa
buzz-saw
260
(1) podejrzany (np. interes)
(2) nieprzyjemny, niesmaczny
unsavory
261
(1) obleśny
(2) nieuczciwy
(3) wyzywający
sleazy
262
łapówka
payoff
263
oszukać kogoś; zawieść kogoś lub spławić kogoś
to short somebody
264
skręcić (np. kark)
to wring
265
ciasto; ciastko
pastry
266
miły akcent
nice touch
267
żywić do kogoś urazę
to hold a grudge against somebody
268
mieć zbyt wiele obowiązków
ktoś kto ma zbyt wiele obowiązków lub zadań do wykonania, co może negatywnie wpływać na jakość i efektywność pracy
spread too thin
269
sympatyk, zwolennik
*nie jest oficjalnie członkiem danej partii lub ruchu politycznego, ale wspiera go*
fellow traveller
270
w nieznane (podróż)
for parts unknown
271
(1) stań za swoją decyzją i nie unikaj jej konsekwencji
(2) przejmij kontrolę nad swoim życiem i bądź pewnym siebie
(3) zaakceptuj siebie
own it
272
rozpieszczać
to spoil
273
wicher, trąba powietrzna
whirlwind
274
osoba o wyższych zasadach, osoba o większej dojrzałości emocjonalnej; osoba postępująca mądrzej
bigger person
275
znać się jak łyse konie, być z kimś za pan brat
thick as thieves
276
mieć serce na dłoni
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
277
zobaczymy, jak się potoczy; będziemy podejmować decyzje w miarę rozwoju sytuacji
we'll go from there
278
negatywny scenariusz (w planowaniu finansowym)
downside scenario
279
uregulować rachunek
to settle up
280
zabrać się za coś (zacząć coś robić)
to dig in
281
(1) otarcie skóry o twardą powierzchnię, taką jak dywan (seks, sport)
(2) nieprzyjemna sytuacja
rug burn
282
odpowiadać komuś, pasować komuś
to sit well with somebody
283
wyrzucić coś z siebie, wyżalić się
to get something off one's chest
284
kryć kogoś
to cover for somebody
285
chory
under the weather
286
dokładny opis krok po kroku
play-by-play
287
zapasy na czarną godzinę
stash
288
uciec (z więzienia), zbiec
to lam
289
zagubiony; zdezorientowany
I am turned around
290
(1) przestań
(2) odpuść ten temat
drop it
291
przyciągać uwagę; wywołać entuzjazm
to set off bells and whistles
292
wrzuć drugi bieg; przyśpieszyć, zwiększyć tempo
drop it to second
293
babol (w nosie)
booger
294
siedzieć z założonymi rękami, nic nie robić
to sit on one's hands
295
pierwszeństwo
dibs
296
szaleństwo; atak szału
rampage
297
wtajemniczyć kogoś w coś
to let somebody in on something
298
w trakcie czegoś
in the thick of something
299
rozmawiać z kimś (znać kogoś na tyle, żeby z nim rozmawiać lub być z kimś w dobrych stosunkach, na tyle, żeby z kimś rozmawiać)
on speaking terms
300
wpaść do kogoś, odwiedzić kogoś
to swing by
