Matura 6 Flashcards

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People who have a wide scope of abilities and experience; with many different skills

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flexible workforce

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A body of experts providing advice on specific problems

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thinktank

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2
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Sb who travels to and from work everyday

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Commuter

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3
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Hierarchy in the company

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The corporate ladder

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4
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The strongest company gets the biggest share of the market

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Pecking order

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5
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A person who works from home

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Tele- worker

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To use specific skills and abilities to solve a particular problem

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To be deployed

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7
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A person who helps you to choose your future job in highschool

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career adviser

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8
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Certain number of hours you spend at work; zmiana

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shift at work

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9
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A stressful job where your employer demands a lot from you

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High- pressure job

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10
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Dziobac

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To peck

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11
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To start taking part in a course

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To enroll on a course

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12
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Seniors; people who will graduate or have just graduated school

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School leavers

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13
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To work as a volunteer for free

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Charity work

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14
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Amount of work to do

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Workload (heavy/ little/ small)

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15
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You are forced to work for free

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Social work

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16
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To change your job, to start to do sth diefferent than before

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A career switch

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17
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To work for yourself f.ex. when you are an owner of a company or is a freelancer

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Self- employment

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18
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Big company, corporation

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Enterprise

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19
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Remove from the centre of activity or attention; place in a less influential position

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To be sidelined

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To start being legally binding; successfully complete a process of legislation

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To come into force (about a bill)

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21
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A process of hiring people

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Recruitment

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22
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Join

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To be eligible for

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23
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To have right to

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To be entitled to

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24
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Open to discussion

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Negotiable

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25
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To wear smart clothes

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Smartly dressed

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26
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A day on which you usually work

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Working day

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27
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Begin

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Commence

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28
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To get paid for extra work

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Overtime payment

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29
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A paper written by a doctor

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Doctor’s notice/ note / certificate

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30
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Zerwany

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To be termined

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31
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In advance

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X month’s notice

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32
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Pracowac po godzinach

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To work overtime

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33
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Very hard work

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Sheer hard labour

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34
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One of the best agencies

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Leading agency

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35
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Mozliwosci zatrudnienia

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Employment opportunities

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36
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A job you do because you feel it is your purpose in life and for which you have special skills

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Vocation

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37
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Look for a new rank or status in an organization

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Look for a new position

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38
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Stala, bezpieczna praca

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Steady job

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39
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Zlozyc rezygnacje

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Hand in sb’s resignation

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40
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Special skill or knowledge that you get from experience, traning or study

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Expertise

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41
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To go on a strike

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To take industrial action

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42
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Oszczedzac

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To economise

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43
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To improve a business by making it more modern or simple

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To streamline

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44
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A senior manager

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Executive

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45
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A man who is in charge of a team or workers

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Foreman

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46
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A person or a company that manufactures a product

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Manufacturer

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47
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Praktykant

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Trainee

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48
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A person or a company that buys and selle a particular product

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Dealer

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49
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Someone who owns and manages a large and important industrial company

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Industrialist

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50
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The company that sells the same goods as another company

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Competitor

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51
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A person who works physically

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Labourer

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52
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Salesman

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Agent

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53
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To try to persuade someone to leave their job and go to work for another company

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Headhunt

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54
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To run out of patience

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To be at the end of one’s tether

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55
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To be dismissed

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To be given the sack

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56
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To work very hard

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To have one’s nose to the grindstone

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57
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To receive a cash bonus on leaving job

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To be given a golden handshake

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58
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To give sb a job

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To take on a new worker

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59
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To be always busy

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To be on the go all day

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60
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Not to be promoted

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To be overlooked

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61
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To become successful

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To make good

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62
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Not to have a chance to become complacent (spelnic sie)

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To keep sb on one’s toes

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63
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To manage to find a lot of money for sth

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Dig deep in your pocket

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64
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A way of beahving that does not honestly express your real feelings

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Pretence

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65
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The use of tricks to get what you want

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Trickery

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66
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Dishonest behaviour to trick someone

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Deceit

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67
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Kieszonkowe

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Pocket money

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68
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Skarbonka

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Money- box

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69
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Sth makes short knocking sounds as it shakes

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To rattle

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70
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Completely (negative)

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Downright

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71
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Czysta przyjemnosc

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Sheer pleasure

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72
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Sila nabywcza

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Spending power

73
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Rush

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Haste

74
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Persuade sb to join, agree

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To win sb over

75
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Mysteriously transfer itself

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Magically spirit

76
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In one way or another

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Either way

77
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Very distant

A

Far- flung

78
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Recover sth with difficulty

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Claw back

79
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Fight back against someone using their own methods

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Play sb at his own game

80
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A job with low wages and no chance of progress

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Dead- end job

81
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Extraordinary

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To be outstanding

82
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Peleryna

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Cloak

83
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Keep a certain distance; not to trust

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To be wary

84
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Avoid

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Run shy of

85
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Osoba posredniczaca

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Go- between

86
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Pochlebstwo

A

flattery

87
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Bledne kolo

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Vicious circle

88
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Certain to succed

A

Sure- fire solution

89
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Poczatkowe problemy

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Teething problems

90
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Very few people at work

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Skeleton stuff

91
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Lekko liczac

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At a rough guess

92
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Quick decision, without thinking

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To take a snap decision

93
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A result that you can be cartain about before it happens

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Foregone conclusion

94
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Niezapowiedziana wizyta

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Flying visit (spot check)

95
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Pracownik tygodnia

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Star performer this week

96
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Impossible

A

Tall order

97
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Fair (bezstronny)

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Unbiased

98
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Nie byc bezinteresownym

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To have a vested interest

99
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Give an idea of the basis

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Show sb the ropes

100
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Miec dlugi

A

To be in the red

101
Q

To have money in the bank

A

To be in the black

102
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Start talks

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Enter into negotiations

103
Q

To be in a position from which one can progress upwards through the company

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Get a foot on the ladder

104
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To be / not to be connected with the job’s area

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Be within/ outside one’s field

105
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Start a new job

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Take up a new post

106
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To do all the jobs nobody else wants to do (byc popychadlem)

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To be a dogsbody

107
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To be ignored and not given the position

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Pass sb over for promotion

108
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Not to comply with what was originally agreed (niedotrzymanie warunkow umowy)

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A breach of contract

109
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To use one’s authority unfairly

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Pull rank

110
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Primitive plaster (do unieruchamiania konczyn)

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Splints

111
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Temblak

A

Sling

112
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Sztaluga

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Easel

113
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Nosze

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Stretcher

114
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Penseta

A

Tweezers

115
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Kroplowka

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Drip

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Dozylnie

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IV

117
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Probowka

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Test-tube

118
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Kolba

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Flask

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Dluto

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Chisel

120
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Pedzel do malowania scian

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Roller

121
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Palnik benzynowy

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Bunsen burner

122
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Trojnog (fotografia)

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Tripod

123
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Papier scierny

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Sandpaper

124
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Lakier

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Varnish

125
Q

Substancja wywabiajaca farbe z mebli

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Paint stripper

126
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Kit

A

Putty

127
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Zakretka

A

Nut

128
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Srubokret

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Screwdriver

129
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Wiertarka

A

Drill

130
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Sruba

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Bolt

131
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Sredniowieczna maszyna torur

A

Thumbscrew

132
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Klucz francuski

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Wrench

133
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Stapler

A

Zszywacz

134
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Dziurkacz

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Hole- puncher

135
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Szpilka

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Drawing pin

136
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Zakreslacz

A

Highlighter

137
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Spinacz

A

Paperclip

138
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Zaleglosci

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Backlog

139
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Drobne

A

Petty cash

140
Q

Zasilek dla bezrobotnych

A

Dole

141
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Podbierac

A

Pilfer

142
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Throw

A

toss

143
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Make up, come up with the idea

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Dream up the idea

144
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Potknac sie

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To trip over oneself

145
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Podstawic komus noge

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To trip sb

146
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Like a palace

A

Palatial

147
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Very nice

A

Exceedingly nice

148
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Rozbrajajacy

A

Disarmingly

149
Q

Poluje na wazne osoby

A

Hunt City scalps

City London

150
Q

Skora glowy

A

Scalp

151
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To hunt a deer (stop playing a game)

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Stalk a deer

152
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Duty connected with the job

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To go with the territory

153
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To research

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To dig around

154
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Story (journalist)/ possible person to employ (employer)/ trop (policja)

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leads

155
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Check

A

Sound out

156
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Co- workers (higher level)

A

Associates

157
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To earn

A

To pocket

158
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Sekretarz

A

Scribe

159
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Godne pozazdroszczenia

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Enviable

Jealous of people/ envious of things

160
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To make sth necessary

A

To necessitate

161
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Extremly hard/ zaangazowany

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Arduous (ardent)

162
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Complex tricks (podstep, aby cos osiagnac)

A

Stints

163
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Luksusowy hotel

A

Haunt

164
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Knajpka

A

Joint

165
Q

Sprawiaja,z e potrzebne sa bardzo skomplikowane podstepy

A

Necessitating arduos stints

166
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Soczyste, owocne tropy

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Juicy leads

167
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Kupowanie domu w kilka osob i dzielenie sie czasem

A

Timeshare

168
Q

Podwojna szyba w oknie

A

Double- glazing windows

169
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To call/ text sb without knowing them

A

Cold calling/ writing

170
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Tor receive calls

A

To field calls

171
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Grzyb

A

Fungus

172
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Successful deal

A

Hit

173
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Strzal w 10

A

Bull’s eye

174
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Stala stawka (it won’t change)

A

A flat flee (rate)

175
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Najlepsi

A

The big guns

176
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Obvious

A

Clear- cut

177
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Celowac

A

Snip

178
Q

Bez zobowiazan

A

No strings attached

179
Q

Sadzac tylek (zajmowac pozycje, stanowisko)

A

Put bums on seats

180
Q

Ten sie smieje kto sie smieje ostatni

A

The joke could well be on you