Great Employees Flashcards

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noun :

işleri aşağı çeken/yavaşlatan/engelleyen kimse,

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  • deadweight
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noun : ​DEMAND

​a demand that something must be done or that you must have a particular thing

diretme, ısrar

*Clare’s ——— on a vegetarian diet caused arguments with her mother.*

SAYING SOMETHING IS TRUE : the act of saying firmly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you

inat, diretme, ısrar

*Jane was in trouble despite her —— that she had done nothing wrong.*

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  • insistence
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noun : NO NAME

​used to talk about someone or something without saying a particular name

falanca filanca, falan filan; bilmem kim

*It was the usual village news - so-and-so got married to –_—_– , and –_—_– ‘s having a baby.*

BAD PERSON : someone who you do not like

ismi lâzım değil; hınzır; Allah’ın cezası

*He’s a lazy –_—_– .*

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  • so-and-so
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noun : the quality of not being proud or not thinking that you are better than other people

alçakgönüllülük, tevazu

*She knows more about that than I do” has the —— to put the larger goals of the team and the company first.*

*Human characteristic of being humble, thinking of others before yourself.*

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  • humility
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noun : a strong difference of opinion on a particular subject, especially about an official suggestion or plan or a popular belief:

muhafelet, karşıt fikir

*When the time came to approve the proposal, there were one or two voices of ——.*

Synonym : disagreement

Compare : assent noun​

in sports such as football and rugby, the offence of disagreeing with a decision made by a referee :

*Rooney was booked for —— after the referee failed to award United a penalty.*

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  • dissent
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noun : extreme danger

büyük tehlike

*A shortage of firefighters is putting lives in —–.*

*His book describes the —–s of war.*

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  • peril
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noun : someone who has left a school, college, or university after finishing their studies there:

mezun

*Several famous —— have agreed to help raise money for the school’s restoration fund.*

Compare : grad mainly us informal

graduate noun

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  • alumnus
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noun : ​a mistake or bad characteristic that stops someone or something from being perfect

zaaf, zayıflık, kusur, hata

*There’s a —- in your reasoning.*

—–ed adjective

hatalı

*a ——ed argument*

*Although the best employees are the ones who will point out in private when a plan is —–ed, they support decisions publicly once they are made.*

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  • flaw
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