People In Business 9-14

Question 0

Sb who takes adventage of others

Answer 0

Freeloader

Question 1

Anything that is a failure or malfunctions; in business: an undertaking or a businessman which or who is a failure

Answer 1

Lame duck

Question 2

To support oneself from (byc utrzymywanym)

Answer 2

To live off (the land/ an unemployment benenefit)

Question 3

To take financial adventage of sb

Answer 3

Sponge on sb

Question 4

A trader in illegal items

Answer 4

Bootlegger

Question 5

Big shot, big wheel, kingpin

Answer 5

Bigwig

Question 6

Usually a World Bank banker specializing in an extensive lending to the Third World countries

Answer 6

Debtnocrat

Question 7

A device which gives a parental control of the content

Answer 7

V-chip (violence-chip)

Question 8

A successful seller of junk, things of poor quality

Answer 8

Schlockmaster

Question 9

Sb who reveals sensitive information especially the one about illegal, immoral or wrongful practices

Answer 9

Whistleblower

Question 10

Sb clever at doing business using dishonest tricks

Answer 10

Wheeler-dealer

Question 11

A person who gambles on stock markets in hope of making fast profits

Answer 11

Punter

Question 12

A small- time street seller

Answer 12

Hawker

Question 13

Zaradnosc

Answer 13

Resourcefulness

Question 14

Kombinowanie, krecenie

Answer 14

Wheeling- dealing

Question 15

Calkowity nadzor

Answer 15

Massive sureillance

Question 16

Kukla, ktos kto daje soba manipulowac

Answer 16

Dummy

Question 17

A person who obtains money from people by cheating and trickery, also by selling defective goods

Answer 17

Shylock

Question 18

A person of a lesser position in a company doing most unpleasent tasks

Answer 18

Dogsbody

Question 19

A person of great importance in business (esp executive person with a special knowledge)

Answer 19

Bigdome

Question 20

Priviliged position in a company

Answer 20

Insider

Question 21

Repetitive, borring

Answer 21

Tidious

Question 22

Derog. Sb who doesnt like or doesnt know too much about technology and computers

Answer 22

Backroom boy

Question 23

Works for financial institutions on complex financial instruments

Answer 23

Rocket scientist

Question 24

Derog. Of an accountant or other numerate specialist

Answer 24

Bean- counter

Question 25

A PR specialists who takes care of conveying favourable image of a person to the public esp. by bending and twisting facts in a subtle and clever way

Answer 25

Spin master

Question 26

A person trading on a very small scale usually in the street

Answer 26

Huckster

Question 27

A person who enjoys working hard, a workaholic

Answer 27

Glutton for work

Question 28

Very derogatory: a person who profits over sb elses misfortune especially getting a promotion or a pay rise

Answer 28

Grave-dancer

Question 29

A very important and influential business executive, manager or a boss

Answer 29

Big wheel

Question 30

A person in an organisation who keeps a low profile but though remain unseen to the public wield power and have eminance

Answer 30

Old hand

Question 31

Sb who motivates or activates others esp in a group

Answer 31

Sparkplug

Question 32

A person who follows sb elses orders completely without questioning

Answer 32

Lackey

Question 33

A loyal and dependable supporter of an idea, policy or person

Answer 33

Stalwart

Question 34

A person who continues to work while his/her fellow workers are on strike

Answer 34

Blackleg (scab)

Question 35

A person who excels at sth

Answer 35

Flash

Question 36

A person who exams money in illegal (back-door) business

Answer 36

Grifter

Question 37

Corruption

Answer 37

Grift