Sample Deck for 10/3/2019 Flashcards
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Text c
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3
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to zero in on something
A
skupić uwagę na czymś
Apple argued that while the world is zeroed in on having more bandwidth with 5G, its focus should be on images.
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psyched
A
podekscytowany
And get ready to hear about the front-facing camera’s slow-motion capability. People are already psyched to take “slowfies.”
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to vaunt
A
przechwalać się
The low price of Apple TV+ and the free trial for certain customers could detract from Apple’s vaunted profitability.
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foray
A
krok, próba sił
But the larger point remains. Entering the world of TV content could get messy. Investors should recall that Apple’s first foray into original video didn’t go well.
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to hinge on something
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całkowicie zależeć od czegoś
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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to uproot
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wykorzeniać
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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heady
A
gwałtowny, mocny
Even adjusted for heady growth, which Slack may not be able to achieve, the valuation looks high.
10
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to take a hint
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zrozumieć aluzję
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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slack
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leniwy
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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due diligence
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należyta staranność
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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to suck something dry
A
wyssać coś do ostatniej kropli; wyssać z kogoś energię
By getting their users to spend more time on their platforms, the social-media giants turn the customer into a data source to be sucked dry.
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to settle for something
A
zadowolić się czymś
Americans shouldn’t settle for this stagnation. It’s time we demanded more of Big Tech than it demands of us.
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to marshal
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wprowadzać
If those are the weapons we’ll marshal in an economic battle with Chinese high-tech manufacturing, the war is already lost.
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topsy-turvy
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pełen zamętu
Markets displayed resilience in topsy-turvy august.
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go-between
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pośrednik
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade go-between, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the on-again, off-again talks between the U.S. and China.
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skupić uwagę na czymś
A
to zero in on something
Apple argued that while the world is zeroed in on having more bandwidth with 5G, its focus should be on images.
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podekscytowany
A
psyched
And get ready to hear about the front-facing camera’s slow-motion capability. People are already psyched to take “slowfies.”
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przechwalać się
A
to vaunt
The low price of Apple TV+ and the free trial for certain customers could detract from Apple’s vaunted profitability.
21
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krok, próba sił
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foray
But the larger point remains. Entering the world of TV content could get messy. Investors should recall that Apple’s first foray into original video didn’t go well.
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całkowicie zależeć od czegoś
A
to hinge on something
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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wykorzeniać
A
to uproot
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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gwałtowny, mocny
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heady
Even adjusted for heady growth, which Slack may not be able to achieve, the valuation looks high.
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zrozumieć aluzję
to take a hint
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to **take a hint**.
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leniwy
slack
According to Webster’s Dictionary, **slack** means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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należyta staranność
due diligence
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using **due diligence**, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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wyssać coś do ostatniej kropli; wyssać z kogoś energię
to suck something dry
By getting their users to spend more time on their platforms, the social-media giants turn the customer into a data source to be **sucked dry**.
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zadowolić się czymś
to settle for something
Americans shouldn’t **settle for** this stagnation. It’s time we demanded more of Big Tech than it demands of us.
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wprowadzać
to marshal
If those are the weapons we’ll **marshal** in an economic battle with Chinese high-tech manufacturing, the war is already lost.
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pełen zamętu
topsy-turvy
Markets displayed resilience in **topsy-turvy** august.
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pośrednik
go-between
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade **go-between**, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the on-again, off-again talks between the U.S. and China.
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on-again, off-again
nieprzewidywalny, burzliwy
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade go-between, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the **on-again, off-again** talks between the U.S. and China.
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dry goods store
pasmanteria
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a **dry-goods store**, and wends its way to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
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to wend one's way
zmierzać ku czemuś
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a dry-goods store, and **wends its way** to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
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chieftain
wódz
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate **chieftains** that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly disbanded after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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to disband
rozwiązywać (np. organizację)
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate chieftains that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly **disbanded** after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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have no qualms about something
nie mieć żadnych skrupułów w związku z czymś
From a young age, he has had few **qualms about** approaching authority figures—including the colonel in charge of his Army Reserve unit and the dean of Harvard Business School—and pointing out problems at their organizations.
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to recline
wyciągnąć (się), leżeć, odpoczywać
It’s more helpful if you can point it out and have a solution, Mr. Schwarzman says, now **reclining** with his feet up on the chair next to him.
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to pin somebody down
przypierać kogoś do muru
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to **pin down**, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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in somebody's day
w swoich czasach
**In her day** Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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detractor
krytyk
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her **detractors** nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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wholeheartedly
z całego serca, całkowicie (np. popierać coś)
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor **wholeheartedly** embraced by her friends.
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to embrace
zostać zwolennikiem
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly **embraced** by her friends.
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to run into something
wpadać w coś (np. w kłopoty)
But the provider of shared workspace has **run into** challenges, including lowerpriced competition and a cooling Chinese economy.
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to scrap
odwoływać (np. plany), zrywać (np. umowę), odrzucać (pomysł)
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s scuttled initial public offering, We is **scrapping** its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
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to scuttle
niweczyć (czyjeś plany)
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s **scuttled** initial public offering, We is scrapping its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
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nieprzewidywalny, burzliwy
on-again, off-again
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade go-between, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the **on-again, off-again** talks between the U.S. and China.
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pasmanteria
dry goods store
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a **dry-goods store**, and wends its way to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
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zmierzać ku czemuś
to wend one's way
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a dry-goods store, and **wends its way** to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
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wódz
chieftain
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate **chieftains** that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly disbanded after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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rozwiązywać (np. organizację)
to disband
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate chieftains that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly **disbanded** after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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nie mieć żadnych skrupułów w związku z czymś
have no qualms about something
From a young age, he has had few **qualms about** approaching authority figures—including the colonel in charge of his Army Reserve unit and the dean of Harvard Business School—and pointing out problems at their organizations.
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wyciągnąć (się), leżeć, odpoczywać
to recline
It’s more helpful if you can point it out and have a solution, Mr. Schwarzman says, now **reclining** with his feet up on the chair next to him.
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przypierać kogoś do muru
to pin somebody down
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to **pin down**, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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w swoich czasach
in somebody's day
**In her day** Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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krytyk
detractor
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her **detractors** nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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z całego serca, całkowicie (np. popierać coś)
wholeheartedly
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor **wholeheartedly** embraced by her friends.
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zostać zwolennikiem
to embrace
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly **embraced** by her friends.
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wpadać w coś (np. w kłopoty)
to run into something
But the provider of shared workspace has **run into** challenges, including lowerpriced competition and a cooling Chinese economy.
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odwoływać (np. plany), zrywać (np. umowę), odrzucać (pomysł)
to scrap
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s scuttled initial public offering, We is **scrapping** its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
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niweczyć (czyjeś plany)
to scuttle
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s **scuttled** initial public offering, We is scrapping its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
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to pull back
rezygnować
That means **pulling back** on ventures in China and other less-profitable overseas markets, say real-estate executives and people close to the company.
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fickle
kapryśny, zmienny
Much of Chinese demand for workspace comes from startups that tend to be more sensitive to prices; and WeWork soon found itself in rate wars with local operators and landlords seeking tenants. A slowing Chinese economy also makes startup leasing **fickle**.
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high point
szczyt, apogeum
The Avedon photo shows Sontag in her mid-40s, during one of the many **high points** of her celebrity.
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to convey
oddawać, wyrażać, przekazywać (np. emocje, treść)
To those who were not around during Sontag’s extended heyday—she died in 2004, at age 71—it’s hard to **convey** just how colossally famous she was.
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to espouse
opowiedzieć się za czymś
Her image popped up on magazine covers and in Page Six; in Poland denouncing the Communism she had once fiercely **espoused**; in Seoul arguing on behalf of persecuted South Korean writers; in Berlin when the wall came down; in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.
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luminary
osoba znana i podziwiana
She dominated New York literary life, presiding over PEN lectures and Town Hall events, rallying other **luminaries** at the opera and the latest night spots.
69
credentials
kwalifikacje; referencje
Moser’s **credentials** are solid: a former books columnist for Harper’s, he is the author of a 2009 biography of the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector called "Why This World" as well as a translator of her books from the Portuguese.
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haphazard
przypadkowy
More valuable is the ability to mold a readable narrative from the shapelessness of a life and the often-**haphazard** course of a life’s work.
71
to lay the blame on somebody
obciążać kogoś winą
The market for initial public offerings has taken a hit, and it would be easy to **lay the blame** on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
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to take a hit
zostać boleśnie dotkniętym
The market for initial public offerings has **taken a hit**, and it would be easy to lay the blame on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
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far-flung
odległy
The U.S. carrier is gambling that it has a better way to link **far-flung** markets than SkyTeam.
74
outlay
wydatek
For Delta, meanwhile, the **outlay** is close to its entire free cash flow for the year through June.
75
with an eye to something
mając coś na uwadze
Many airlines have invested in Latin America **with an eye on** its strong passenger growth, but low-cost competition and currency crises made it the least profitable market per passenger last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.
76
flagging
podupadły; słabnący
Delta’s traffic and money also should help to reinvigorate Latam’s **flagging** hubs in the Andes.
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poisoned chalice
zatruty kielich, nagroda lub zaszczyt, które zwykle są później źródłem kłopotów
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a **poisoned chalice** for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
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rezygnować
to pull back
That means **pulling back** on ventures in China and other less-profitable overseas markets, say real-estate executives and people close to the company.
79
kapryśny, zmienny
fickle
Much of Chinese demand for workspace comes from startups that tend to be more sensitive to prices; and WeWork soon found itself in rate wars with local operators and landlords seeking tenants. A slowing Chinese economy also makes startup leasing **fickle**.
80
szczyt, apogeum
high point
The Avedon photo shows Sontag in her mid-40s, during one of the many **high points** of her celebrity.
81
oddawać, wyrażać, przekazywać (np. emocje, treść)
to convey
To those who were not around during Sontag’s extended heyday—she died in 2004, at age 71—it’s hard to **convey** just how colossally famous she was.
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opowiedzieć się za czymś
to espouse
Her image popped up on magazine covers and in Page Six; in Poland denouncing the Communism she had once fiercely **espoused**; in Seoul arguing on behalf of persecuted South Korean writers; in Berlin when the wall came down; in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.
83
osoba znana i podziwiana
luminary
She dominated New York literary life, presiding over PEN lectures and Town Hall events, rallying other **luminaries** at the opera and the latest night spots.
84
kwalifikacje; referencje
credentials
Moser’s **credentials** are solid: a former books columnist for Harper’s, he is the author of a 2009 biography of the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector called "Why This World" as well as a translator of her books from the Portuguese.
85
przypadkowy
haphazard
More valuable is the ability to mold a readable narrative from the shapelessness of a life and the often-**haphazard** course of a life’s work.
86
obciążać kogoś winą
to lay the blame on somebody
The market for initial public offerings has taken a hit, and it would be easy to **lay the blame** on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
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zostać boleśnie dotkniętym
to take a hit
The market for initial public offerings has **taken a hit**, and it would be easy to lay the blame on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
88
odległy
far-flung
The U.S. carrier is gambling that it has a better way to link **far-flung** markets than SkyTeam.
89
wydatek
outlay
For Delta, meanwhile, the **outlay** is close to its entire free cash flow for the year through June.
90
mając coś na uwadze
with an eye to something
Many airlines have invested in Latin America **with an eye on** its strong passenger growth, but low-cost competition and currency crises made it the least profitable market per passenger last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.
91
podupadły; słabnący
flagging
Delta’s traffic and money also should help to reinvigorate Latam’s **flagging** hubs in the Andes.
92
zatruty kielich, nagroda lub zaszczyt, które zwykle są później źródłem kłopotów
poisoned chalice
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a **poisoned chalice** for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
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to reconcile something with something
pogodzić (dwie sytuacje, pomysły, fakty)
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a poisoned chalice for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have **reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks** by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
94
to be on the same page
mieć takie samo zdanie, zgadzać się
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get **on the same page**, this time in the face of an impeachment inquiry launched by congressional Democrats last week.
95
inquiry
dochodzenie, śledztwo
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get on the same page, this time in the face of an impeachment **inquiry** launched by congressional Democrats last week.
96
to scramble for something
usilnie zabiegać o coś
Their reluctance has Facebook **scrambling** to keep Libra on track.
97
on track
w toku
Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra **on track**.
98
to slate
planować
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are **slated** to meet in Geneva to review a charter for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
99
charter
statut (np. firmy, organizacji)
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are slated to meet in Geneva to review a **charter** for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
100
to defect
uciec
Major **defections** could imperil Libra, Facebook’s attempt to persuade consumers to swap their national currencies for a digital coin that could be used to pay for goods and services on the internet.
101
long-shot
ryzykowny
The project’s backers saw the payments-network effort as a **long-shot** way to profit on Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly active users.
102
remittance
przekaz (pieniężny), przelew (bankowy), wpłata, płatność
In announcing the project in June, the company said it hoped to provide basic financial services to people around the world who lack bank accounts and to save some of the $25 billion lost by migrants every year through **remittance** fees.
103
tongue-lashing
ochrzan
David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of the project, endured two days of **tongue-lashings** from members of Congress over the summer for the lack of details about how the new cryptocurrency would work as well as Facebook’s past missteps on data privacy.
104
legitimate
uzasadniony
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the **legitimate** concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
105
to work through
radzić sobie
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently **working through** the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
106
to bring to the forefront
wysunąć na pierwszy plan
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by **bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront**, he said.
107
to phase something in
wprowadzać stopniowo
After the latest regulatory boost for expanded commercial drone services, the company also intends to **phase in** routine night flights and heavier cargo limits—areas now generally off limits to most operators.
108
pogodzić (dwie sytuacje, pomysły, fakty)
to reconcile something with something
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a poisoned chalice for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have **reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks** by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
109
mieć takie samo zdanie, zgadzać się
to be on the same page
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get **on the same page**, this time in the face of an impeachment inquiry launched by congressional Democrats last week.
110
dochodzenie, śledztwo
inquiry
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get on the same page, this time in the face of an impeachment **inquiry** launched by congressional Democrats last week.
111
usilnie zabiegać o coś
to scramble for something
Their reluctance has Facebook **scrambling** to keep Libra on track.
112
w toku
on track
Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra **on track**.
113
planować
to slate
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are **slated** to meet in Geneva to review a charter for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
114
statut (np. firmy, organizacji)
charter
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are slated to meet in Geneva to review a **charter** for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
115
uciec
to defect
Major **defections** could imperil Libra, Facebook’s attempt to persuade consumers to swap their national currencies for a digital coin that could be used to pay for goods and services on the internet.
116
ryzykowny
long-shot
The project’s backers saw the payments-network effort as a **long-shot** way to profit on Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly active users.
117
przekaz (pieniężny), przelew (bankowy), wpłata, płatność
remittance
In announcing the project in June, the company said it hoped to provide basic financial services to people around the world who lack bank accounts and to save some of the $25 billion lost by migrants every year through **remittance** fees.
118
ochrzan
tongue-lashing
David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of the project, endured two days of **tongue-lashings** from members of Congress over the summer for the lack of details about how the new cryptocurrency would work as well as Facebook’s past missteps on data privacy.
119
uzasadniony
legitimate
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the **legitimate** concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
120
radzić sobie
to work through
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently **working through** the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
121
wysunąć na pierwszy plan
to bring to the forefront
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by **bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront**, he said.
122
wprowadzać stopniowo
to phase something in
After the latest regulatory boost for expanded commercial drone services, the company also intends to **phase in** routine night flights and heavier cargo limits—areas now generally off limits to most operators.
123
to subvert
obalać (rząd)
It would mean the president had **subverted** the national interest to pursue a political vendetta.
124
make-believe
na niby, wymyślony, pozorny
Some venture capitalists are living in a world of **make-believe**. Thank goodness for stockmarkets.
125
to toil away
ciężko pracować, harować
Until recently the image of an entrepreneur was of a thrifty workaholic **toiling away** in a garage.
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to epitomise
być uosobieniem, być typowym przykładem, stanowić przejaw
Then came the "founder", as **epitomised** by the flowing-haired Adam Neumann of WeWork, an office-subleasing firm dressed up as a tech giant.
127
to trip over something
potknąć się o coś
Like other charismatic founders, such as Travis Kalanick, co-creator of Uber, a ride-hailing service, he **tripped over** his own billion-dollar ego.
128
invariably
niezmiennie, zawsze
In such cases, attention **invariably** focuses on the founders’ hubris.
129
hubris
pycha
In such cases, attention invariably focuses on the founders’ **hubris**.
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to yarn
opowiadać bajki; inne: przędza
But it is the venture-capital industry that helps spin the invisible **yarn** that creates the legends. Some of its biggest names, such as SoftBank, have been peddling valuations of companies like WeWork that border on the absurd.
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thrall
niewola
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in **thrall** to founders’ excesses, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
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excess
wybryki
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in thrall to founders’ **excesses**, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
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to boot
na dodatek
That is more than ten times the market capitalisation of IWG, a rival with bigger sales—and a profit **to boot**.
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to jostle
rywalizować; rozpychać się
When venture capitalists **jostle** with each other to write cheques of $100m or more on a daily basis, it goes to a founder’s head.
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to entrench
umocnić
The mountain of venture money available, including from mutual funds, enabled his firm to stay private for nine years, almost three times longer than the average tech startup in 2001. It **entrenched** bad habits.
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to go ahead with something
zacząć coś robić
When the firm tried to **go ahead with** an IPO, it ignored the implicit bargain of the stockmarket: that investors give companies capital in exchange for some influence.
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overlord
władca
Rather than buying into a company run by a messianic **overlord** with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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obalać (rząd)
to subvert
It would mean the president had **subverted** the national interest to pursue a political vendetta.
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na niby, wymyślony, pozorny
make-believe
Some venture capitalists are living in a world of **make-believe**. Thank goodness for stockmarkets.
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ciężko pracować, harować
to toil away
Until recently the image of an entrepreneur was of a thrifty workaholic **toiling away** in a garage.
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być uosobieniem, być typowym przykładem, stanowić przejaw
to epitomise
Then came the "founder", as **epitomised** by the flowing-haired Adam Neumann of WeWork, an office-subleasing firm dressed up as a tech giant.
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potknąć się o coś
to trip over something
Like other charismatic founders, such as Travis Kalanick, co-creator of Uber, a ride-hailing service, he **tripped over** his own billion-dollar ego.
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niezmiennie, zawsze
invariably
In such cases, attention **invariably** focuses on the founders’ hubris.
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pycha
hubris
In such cases, attention invariably focuses on the founders’ **hubris**.
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opowiadać bajki; inne: przędza
to yarn
But it is the venture-capital industry that helps spin the invisible **yarn** that creates the legends. Some of its biggest names, such as SoftBank, have been peddling valuations of companies like WeWork that border on the absurd.
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niewola
thrall
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in **thrall** to founders’ excesses, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
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wybryki
excess
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in thrall to founders’ **excesses**, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
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na dodatek
to boot
That is more than ten times the market capitalisation of IWG, a rival with bigger sales—and a profit **to boot**.
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rywalizować; rozpychać się
to jostle
When venture capitalists **jostle** with each other to write cheques of $100m or more on a daily basis, it goes to a founder’s head.
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umocnić
to entrench
The mountain of venture money available, including from mutual funds, enabled his firm to stay private for nine years, almost three times longer than the average tech startup in 2001. It **entrenched** bad habits.
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zacząć coś robić
to go ahead with something
When the firm tried to **go ahead with** an IPO, it ignored the implicit bargain of the stockmarket: that investors give companies capital in exchange for some influence.
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władca
overlord
Rather than buying into a company run by a messianic **overlord** with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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rather than
zamiast
**Rather than** buying into a company run by a messianic overlord with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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to have a ripple effect on something
odbić się na czymś
The saga will **have three ripple effects**: on fundraising, governance and the wider economy.
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to sell off
wyprzedawać
California’s recent efforts to categorise drivers for gig-economy firms as employees rather than contractors has added to the post-ipo **sell-off** of Uber and its rival, Lyft.
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to dry up
wyczerpywać się (np. zapasy)
Second, as money **dries up**, the balance of power may shift from the founders to investors, reducing the tolerance for supervoting shares and crony boards.
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at large
w ogólnym ujęciu
Lastly, business **at large** will feel the impact. It may doom Softbank’s efforts to raise a second $100bn-plus Vision Fund to replicate its earlier one, which invested in companies like Uber and We-Work.
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to crank out something
produkować coś
Shares of newly listed software firms that **crank out** at least some cash, such as Zoom Video Communications and Datadog, have rocketed this year.
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lodging
kwatera
Airbnb, a **lodging** site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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salutary
pożyteczny
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The **salutary** lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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to swoon
wpadać w zachwyt
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors **swoon**. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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infallible
nieomylny
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as **infallible** arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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to cast somebody as something
uważać kogoś za jakąś osobę
After years in which venture capitalists have **cast themselves as** infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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chutzpah
bezczelność, tupet
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his **chutzpah**, has no clothes.
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for all something
pomimo czegoś
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, **for all** his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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to rapture
zrywać (stosunki)
America’s economic relationship with China is **rupturing**. Tariffs now cover around two-thirds of the countries’ bilateral trade in goods, and will include almost all of it from December 15th.
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to contend
twierdzić
China hawks **contend** that America should have blocked China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (wto) in 2001.
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zamiast
rather than
**Rather than** buying into a company run by a messianic overlord with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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odbić się na czymś
to have a ripple effect on something
The saga will **have three ripple effects**: on fundraising, governance and the wider economy.
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wyprzedawać
to sell off
California’s recent efforts to categorise drivers for gig-economy firms as employees rather than contractors has added to the post-ipo **sell-off** of Uber and its rival, Lyft.
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wyczerpywać się (np. zapasy)
to dry up
Second, as money **dries up**, the balance of power may shift from the founders to investors, reducing the tolerance for supervoting shares and crony boards.
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w ogólnym ujęciu
at large
Lastly, business **at large** will feel the impact. It may doom Softbank’s efforts to raise a second $100bn-plus Vision Fund to replicate its earlier one, which invested in companies like Uber and We-Work.
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produkować coś
to crank out something
Shares of newly listed software firms that **crank out** at least some cash, such as Zoom Video Communications and Datadog, have rocketed this year.
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kwatera
lodging
Airbnb, a **lodging** site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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pożyteczny
salutary
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The **salutary** lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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wpadać w zachwyt
to swoon
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors **swoon**. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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nieomylny
infallible
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as **infallible** arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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uważać kogoś za jakąś osobę
to cast somebody as something
After years in which venture capitalists have **cast themselves as** infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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bezczelność, tupet
chutzpah
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his **chutzpah**, has no clothes.
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pomimo czegoś
for all something
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, **for all** his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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zrywać (stosunki)
to rapture
America’s economic relationship with China is **rupturing**. Tariffs now cover around two-thirds of the countries’ bilateral trade in goods, and will include almost all of it from December 15th.
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twierdzić
to contend
China hawks **contend** that America should have blocked China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (wto) in 2001.
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to embrace
przyjmować (np. ofertę, możliwość)
Even then, they reckon, it was obvious China would never **embrace** the Western economic model.
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to impair
zaszkodzić, wpływać ujemnie
Mr. Kushner arranged a call between Mr. Cook and his father-in-law, President Trump, people familiar with the call said, giving the Apple chief a chance to explain how tariffs would increase iPhone prices and **impair** Apple’s ability to compete against rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co.
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to exempt
zwolnić (nie musieć czegoś robić)
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to **exempt** a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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to scale back
redukować; obniżać
Within days, the Trump administration **scaled back** its tariff plan to exempt a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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swath
duża część czegoś
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to exempt a **swath** of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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to encapsulate
podsumować; streszczać
The events **encapsulated** Mr. Cook’s diplomacy in the Trump era. To protect his company’s interests, people close to the company and administration said, the Apple CEO has cultivated a relationship with the president and his family, an unlikely alliance given their contrasting personalities and divergent views on many issues.
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to steer clear of something
trzymać się od czegoś z daleka
Mr. Cook is expected to continue to engage on issues related to the company’s business while **steering clear** of politics and pushing back on social issues.
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chops
umiejętności; zdolności
Mr. Cook serves as an adviser to the administration’s workforce policy board, and the two have dined together the past two summers at Mr. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Mr. Trump refers to theApple CEO as friend and lauds his business **chops**.
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focal point
centralny punkt
He said those relationships tend to focus more on administration priorities such as trade and tariffs than the broader economy, a **focal point** of past administrations.
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outlays
wydatki
Mr. Cook’s personal diplomacy stands out among tech giants. Others have sharply increased their **outlays** on lobbying in recent years but haven’t forged close ties to the administration.
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to aim at
mający na celu
Uber Technologies Inc. Has launched an app **aimed** at pairing businesses with temporary workers in an effort to bring in more revenue as the company struggles to turn a profit.
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opening
wakat (wolne stanowisko)
The Uber Works app, which made its debut in Chicago on Thursday, is designed to match workers such as chefs and cleaners with companies looking to fill a temporary **opening**.
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to sift through
przeczesywać (np. dokumenty); dokładnie badać (fakty)
The app enables users to **sift through** jobs by location, pay and skills, Uber said, adding that it spent the past year testing it.
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to hail
przywołać (taksówkę, portiera)
Similar to its ride-**hailing** service, Uber will use an algorithm to set the wages for jobs that employers list on its app, instead of the employers doing it.
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mainstay
podstawa, ostoja, podpora
Uber’s move to offer a service to gig workers, rather than employ them directly, comes as its **mainstay** business is under financial and regulatory pressure.
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przyjmować (np. ofertę, możliwość)
to embrace
Even then, they reckon, it was obvious China would never **embrace** the Western economic model.
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zaszkodzić, wpływać ujemnie
to impair
Mr. Kushner arranged a call between Mr. Cook and his father-in-law, President Trump, people familiar with the call said, giving the Apple chief a chance to explain how tariffs would increase iPhone prices and **impair** Apple’s ability to compete against rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co.
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zwolnić (nie musieć czegoś robić)
to exempt
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to **exempt** a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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redukować; obniżać
to scale back
Within days, the Trump administration **scaled back** its tariff plan to exempt a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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duża część czegoś
swath
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to exempt a **swath** of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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podsumować; streszczać
to encapsulate
The events **encapsulated** Mr. Cook’s diplomacy in the Trump era. To protect his company’s interests, people close to the company and administration said, the Apple CEO has cultivated a relationship with the president and his family, an unlikely alliance given their contrasting personalities and divergent views on many issues.
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trzymać się od czegoś z daleka
to steer clear of something
Mr. Cook is expected to continue to engage on issues related to the company’s business while **steering clear** of politics and pushing back on social issues.
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umiejętności; zdolności
chops
Mr. Cook serves as an adviser to the administration’s workforce policy board, and the two have dined together the past two summers at Mr. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Mr. Trump refers to theApple CEO as friend and lauds his business **chops**.
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centralny punkt
focal point
He said those relationships tend to focus more on administration priorities such as trade and tariffs than the broader economy, a **focal point** of past administrations.
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wydatki
outlays
Mr. Cook’s personal diplomacy stands out among tech giants. Others have sharply increased their **outlays** on lobbying in recent years but haven’t forged close ties to the administration.
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mający na celu
to aim at
Uber Technologies Inc. Has launched an app **aimed** at pairing businesses with temporary workers in an effort to bring in more revenue as the company struggles to turn a profit.
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wakat (wolne stanowisko)
opening
The Uber Works app, which made its debut in Chicago on Thursday, is designed to match workers such as chefs and cleaners with companies looking to fill a temporary **opening**.
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przeczesywać (np. dokumenty); dokładnie badać (fakty)
to sift through
The app enables users to **sift through** jobs by location, pay and skills, Uber said, adding that it spent the past year testing it.
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przywołać (taksówkę, portiera)
to hail
Similar to its ride-**hailing** service, Uber will use an algorithm to set the wages for jobs that employers list on its app, instead of the employers doing it.
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podstawa, ostoja, podpora
mainstay
Uber’s move to offer a service to gig workers, rather than employ them directly, comes as its **mainstay** business is under financial and regulatory pressure.
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arrangements
plany, przygotowania, ustalenia
Uber and rival Lyft Inc. have opposed the measure, arguing that it would introduce new costs and hurt their drivers who prefer flexible work **arrangements**.
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to erode
źle wpływać na coś
The law threatens to upend Uber’s business model, which relies on gig workers such as drivers, and to further **erode** its bottom line.
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to weigh down
obciążać; przytłaczać
The company in August posted its largest quarterly loss, **weighed down** by competition in growth markets such as Latin America, slowing growth in its core ride-hailing business and onetime expenses related to its initial public offering.
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to tap into
wykorzystać; podłączyć się
Uber wants to **tap into** a lucrative market with its new app.
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to draw
przyciągać
That business model, though, could put Uber at risk of **drawing** more government scrutiny, said Sanjukta Paul, a law professor at Wayne State University.
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statutory
podlegający ustawie, kontrolowany przez ustawę
Traditionally, staffing firms have been classified as **statutory** employers, she said, and they share some responsibility with employers in ensuring that workers are compensated fairly.
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to air
wypowiadać publicznie
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would **air** grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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to skip
darować sobie; pominąć
Apple executives debated **skipping** the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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grievances
pretensje
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air **grievances** about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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to come away with something
odjeżdżać z czymś (wrażeniem, uczuciem)
Mr. Cook **came away from the meeting with** a sense that Mr Trump listened and that they could work together, one of the people familiar with the company said.
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to stage a walkout
wyjść z sali na znak protestu
The order disrupted airports and triggered protests at Google, where thousands of people **staged a walkout**.
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standing
reputacja
Mr. Cook has said he relies on a simple formula before weighing in, asking himself: Does Apple have a right to talk about this? Do we have **standing**?
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to hold one's tongue
trzymać język za zębami
At other times, Mr. Cook **holds his tongue**. When the president told the Journal in July 2017 that Mr. Cook promised to build "three big plants, beautiful plants" in the U.S., the company declined to comment, pointing to past statements about its reliance on U.S. suppliers for components.
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sticking point
kwestia sporna
Trade remained a major **sticking point**.
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to ward something off
zapobiegać czemuś
To **ward off** criticism of its overseas manufacturing, Apple rebranded commitments to U.S. manufacturing as spending from an "Advanced Manufacturing Fund" program, one of the people close to the company said.
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plany, przygotowania, ustalenia
arrangements
Uber and rival Lyft Inc. have opposed the measure, arguing that it would introduce new costs and hurt their drivers who prefer flexible work **arrangements**.
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źle wpływać na coś
to erode
The law threatens to upend Uber’s business model, which relies on gig workers such as drivers, and to further **erode** its bottom line.
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obciążać; przytłaczać
to weigh down
The company in August posted its largest quarterly loss, **weighed down** by competition in growth markets such as Latin America, slowing growth in its core ride-hailing business and onetime expenses related to its initial public offering.
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wykorzystać; podłączyć się
to tap into
Uber wants to **tap into** a lucrative market with its new app.
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przyciągać
to draw
That business model, though, could put Uber at risk of **drawing** more government scrutiny, said Sanjukta Paul, a law professor at Wayne State University.
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podlegający ustawie, kontrolowany przez ustawę
statutory
Traditionally, staffing firms have been classified as **statutory** employers, she said, and they share some responsibility with employers in ensuring that workers are compensated fairly.
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wypowiadać publicznie
to air
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would **air** grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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darować sobie; pominąć
to skip
Apple executives debated **skipping** the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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pretensje
grievances
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air **grievances** about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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odjeżdżać z czymś (wrażeniem, uczuciem)
to come away with something
Mr. Cook **came away from the meeting with** a sense that Mr Trump listened and that they could work together, one of the people familiar with the company said.
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wyjść z sali na znak protestu
to stage a walkout
The order disrupted airports and triggered protests at Google, where thousands of people **staged a walkout**.
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reputacja
standing
Mr. Cook has said he relies on a simple formula before weighing in, asking himself: Does Apple have a right to talk about this? Do we have **standing**?
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trzymać język za zębami
to hold one's tongue
At other times, Mr. Cook **holds his tongue**. When the president told the Journal in July 2017 that Mr. Cook promised to build "three big plants, beautiful plants" in the U.S., the company declined to comment, pointing to past statements about its reliance on U.S. suppliers for components.
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kwestia sporna
sticking point
Trade remained a major **sticking point**.
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zapobiegać czemuś
to ward something off
To **ward off** criticism of its overseas manufacturing, Apple rebranded commitments to U.S. manufacturing as spending from an "Advanced Manufacturing Fund" program, one of the people close to the company said.
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cold shoulder
chłodne traktowanie
Investors are increasingly turning a **cold shoulder** to upstart companies that look less likely to go the distance, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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to go the distance
przetrwać
Investors are increasingly turning a cold shoulder to upstart companies that look less likely to **go the distance**, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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to discriminate
rozróżniać
The bad news: A number of high-profile debuts have been disappointing. The good news: Investors have become more **discriminating**.
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to see
doświadczać
After a remarkable first half that **saw** newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has set in.
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to set in
nastać, zapanować
After a remarkable first half that saw newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has **set in**.
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hullabaloo
harmider, rwetes, zgiełk
Lately, there’s been lots of noise and fireworks, and **hullabaloo** about direct listings.
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darned
cholerny
Institutional investors are pretty **darned** smart when looking at IPOs, regardless of structure and buzz.
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customer-facing
bezpośrednia obsługa klienta
The trouble for money-losing **customer-facing** companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which sport hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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to sport something
wyróżniać się czymś; prezentować coś
The trouble for money-losing customer-facing companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which **sport** hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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to revamp
poprawiać; ulepszać
WeWork is now **revamping** its approach to corporate governance and co-founder Adam Neumann stepped down as chief executive.
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unbounded
nieograniczony; bezkresny
WeWork will have an impact on companies assuming losses can be **unbounded** or that governance does not matter, she says. Companies need a credible path to profitability.
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to knock out
zniszczyć
Attackers using low-flying drones and cruise missiles **knocked out** 5.7 million barrels worth of production, or about 60% of what Saudi Arabia currently produces.
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aftermath
następstwo, wynik (np. wojny, klęski żywiołowej)
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their **aftermath**: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term bump of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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to bump
podskakiwać
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their aftermath: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term **bump** of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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for the most part
w przeważającej części
**For the most part**, investors continue to favor stocks they liked before the attacks—companies with low leverage and strong cash return policies.
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chłodne traktowanie
cold shoulder
Investors are increasingly turning a **cold shoulder** to upstart companies that look less likely to go the distance, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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przetrwać
to go the distance
Investors are increasingly turning a cold shoulder to upstart companies that look less likely to **go the distance**, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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rozróżniać
to discriminate
The bad news: A number of high-profile debuts have been disappointing. The good news: Investors have become more **discriminating**.
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doświadczać
to see
After a remarkable first half that **saw** newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has set in.
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nastać, zapanować
to set in
After a remarkable first half that saw newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has **set in**.
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harmider, rwetes, zgiełk
hullabaloo
Lately, there’s been lots of noise and fireworks, and **hullabaloo** about direct listings.
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cholerny
darned
Institutional investors are pretty **darned** smart when looking at IPOs, regardless of structure and buzz.
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bezpośrednia obsługa klienta
customer-facing
The trouble for money-losing **customer-facing** companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which sport hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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wyróżniać się czymś; prezentować coś
to sport something
The trouble for money-losing customer-facing companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which **sport** hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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poprawiać; ulepszać
to revamp
WeWork is now **revamping** its approach to corporate governance and co-founder Adam Neumann stepped down as chief executive.
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nieograniczony; bezkresny
unbounded
WeWork will have an impact on companies assuming losses can be **unbounded** or that governance does not matter, she says. Companies need a credible path to profitability.
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zniszczyć
to knock out
Attackers using low-flying drones and cruise missiles **knocked out** 5.7 million barrels worth of production, or about 60% of what Saudi Arabia currently produces.
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następstwo, wynik (np. wojny, klęski żywiołowej)
aftermath
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their **aftermath**: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term bump of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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podskakiwać
to bump
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their aftermath: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term **bump** of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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w przeważającej części
for the most part
**For the most part**, investors continue to favor stocks they liked before the attacks—companies with low leverage and strong cash return policies.
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to play something out
zrealizować coś
His hypothesis was that highly levered oil names would outperform companies with low leverage during a shock. That phenomenon did **play out**—but just for a day.
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to deal a blow to somebody
zadać komuś cios
PayPal Holdings Inc. is withdrawing from the group of companies Facebook Inc. assembled to launch a global cryptocurrency-based payments network, **dealing a blow to** the social-media giant’s ambitions to transform financial services.
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to see something through
doprowadzić coś do końca
Each organization that started this journey will have to make its own assessment of risks and rewards of being committed to **seeing through** the change that Libra promises.
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to be better off
być w lepszej sytuacji
We**’re better off** knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a subsequent email.
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subsequent
późniejszy; kolejny; dalszy
We’re better off knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a **subsequent** email.
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to underpin
wspierać, podpierać (konstrukcję)
In 2018, he formed a team within the social-media company to explore applications of blockchain, the technology that **underpins** bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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to sign on
zgłosić się; zapisać się
The number of people that use Facebook every month is around 10 times the number of people that use PayPal every year, and the opportunity to deliver financial services to them motivated PayPal to **sign on** to Libra early.
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beyond
po
The empire lasted only a few decades **beyond** his death, but the institutions and cultural processes he promoted have marked Western Europe until today.
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to capture
uchwycić, oddawać
For over a millennium, a mythic Charlemagne **captured** the dreams of Europeans and inspired or challenged their political leaders.
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to grasp
pojmować, rozumieć
But how to **grasp** the person that was Charles?
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to jot
zapisywać, notować
He can be glimpsed only from a handful of letters dictated to staff, a few oral comments **jot**ted into the margins of texts, the formal documents issued in his name, an assortment of anonymously authored annals and, later, laudatory biographies.
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oomph
ikra, energia życiowa
Elizabeth Warren saw in the faces of supporters at her earliest presidential campaign events that her wealth-tax pitch needed more **oomph**.
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to buy in
zaakceptować, zgodzić się, poprzeć
So she paid extra attention to making sure her supporters **bought in**.
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requisite
warunek; rzecz niezbędna
Effective communication, of course, is a **requisite** in politics.
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to sway
wywierać wpływ (na kogoś)
Swaths of voters, particularly if she makes it to a general election, won’t be **swayed** by the 70-year-old former Harvard law professor’s liberal arguments, no matter how they are packaged, and some of Ms. Warren’s supporters worry she isn’t street-fighter tough enough to take on Mr. Trump.
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zrealizować coś
to play something out
His hypothesis was that highly levered oil names would outperform companies with low leverage during a shock. That phenomenon did **play out**—but just for a day.
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zadać komuś cios
to deal a blow to somebody
PayPal Holdings Inc. is withdrawing from the group of companies Facebook Inc. assembled to launch a global cryptocurrency-based payments network, **dealing a blow to** the social-media giant’s ambitions to transform financial services.
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doprowadzić coś do końca
to see something through
Each organization that started this journey will have to make its own assessment of risks and rewards of being committed to **seeing through** the change that Libra promises.
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być w lepszej sytuacji
to be better off
We**’re better off** knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a subsequent email.
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późniejszy; kolejny; dalszy
subsequent
We’re better off knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a **subsequent** email.
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wspierać, podpierać (konstrukcję)
to underpin
In 2018, he formed a team within the social-media company to explore applications of blockchain, the technology that **underpins** bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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zgłosić się; zapisać się
to sign on
The number of people that use Facebook every month is around 10 times the number of people that use PayPal every year, and the opportunity to deliver financial services to them motivated PayPal to **sign on** to Libra early.
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po
beyond
The empire lasted only a few decades **beyond** his death, but the institutions and cultural processes he promoted have marked Western Europe until today.
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uchwycić, oddawać
to capture
For over a millennium, a mythic Charlemagne **captured** the dreams of Europeans and inspired or challenged their political leaders.
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pojmować, rozumieć
to grasp
But how to **grasp** the person that was Charles?
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zapisywać, notować
to jot
He can be glimpsed only from a handful of letters dictated to staff, a few oral comments **jot**ted into the margins of texts, the formal documents issued in his name, an assortment of anonymously authored annals and, later, laudatory biographies.
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ikra, energia życiowa
oomph
Elizabeth Warren saw in the faces of supporters at her earliest presidential campaign events that her wealth-tax pitch needed more **oomph**.
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zaakceptować, zgodzić się, poprzeć
to buy in
So she paid extra attention to making sure her supporters **bought in**.
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warunek; rzecz niezbędna
requisite
Effective communication, of course, is a **requisite** in politics.
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wywierać wpływ (na kogoś)
to sway
Swaths of voters, particularly if she makes it to a general election, won’t be **swayed** by the 70-year-old former Harvard law professor’s liberal arguments, no matter how they are packaged, and some of Ms. Warren’s supporters worry she isn’t street-fighter tough enough to take on Mr. Trump.
