santander academy business english course Flashcards
HIPOs
High Potential Employees
BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS
don’t hurt the person who you depend on.
A DOG-EAT-DOG
agressive, competitive world
HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST
you stand out. You are significantly bigger or better than the people around you.
electronic turnstiles
Elektroniczne bramki obrotowe
rode it up
jechał w górę
tucked under
schowany pod
ruthless
without pity or showing no remorse for your actions
GET ON /OFF
THE TRAIN,HORSE,BICYCLE,PLANE, SHIP, BUS ( WSZYSTKIE DO KTORYCH WSIADAMY NA STOJĄCO) THEN - I AM ON…
GET INTO
CAR,TAXI, KAYAK, SPACE CAPTURE (THEN - I AM IN…)
RAINMAKER
Rainmakers are the people who magically generate revenue, ensuring prosperity not just for themselves, not just for their team, but for the entire organization
BURN YOUR BOATS
This means that there is no possibility of turning back.
STRETCH TARGETS
are not just challenging goals. They are impossible goals given current practices, skills and knowledge
“to beat your budget”.
you exceed financial objectives. You make more revenues or more profits than expected. And everyone is happy.
I’d shake your hand if it weren’t invisible.
Uścisnąłbym ci dłoń, gdyby nie była niewidzialna.
To pull some strings
you are secretly using your power and influence to manipulate a situation.
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RUN THROUGH
to review or rehearse the details of a process or a sequence
serial killers
These are people who carry out a series of individual murders
CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.
entrepreneur
They are the owner or manager of a business enterprise, who, by risk and initiative, attempt to make profits.
GO OFF
these are the machines that are set to do something. And when that thing occurs, they go off.
a round peg in a square hole
in a business context, you use it to describe someone who doesn’t fit into a corporate culture.
To challenge the status quo.
The status quo is how things are, what has been established.
DISTINCTIVE
characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others.
Swept under the carpet
zamiecione pod dywan
OPERATING IN A VACUUM
it operates with total separation, negative one, without interaction with other elements
OFFICE POLITICS.
actions and behaviour involving competition for status or power in a workplace.
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
to operate since first moment, as soon as you arrived, needs to be ready since beginning
stake
when you have a personal interest or involvement in something
well connected
someone who has important or influential relatives or friends
MIND GOES BLANK
YOU HAVE NOTHING IN YOUR MIND
TO END UP
to reach a particular destination, and it implies that your final situation is unexpected or unanticipated
TO THROW UP
to vomit
TO DAWN ON
it is the slow but inevitable realization of the truth
P.O.C
Proof Of Concept - an exercise to determine whether an idea can be turned into reality. (is set up a small and simple version of the systems)
freak
Someone or something that is very strange or unusual.
geek
someone who was intelligent, but not at all fashionable and probably not very popular either
Get across. Get along. Get around. Get out. Get away. Get away with. Get by. Get down. Get down to. Get up. Get up to. Get on. Get off. Get out. Get on with. Get out of. Get over. Get through to, and Get rid of.
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ON THE LINE
it means that it is at risk.
COME TOGETHER
zjednoczyć się
INSIDE OUT
all the internal workings of that person or that company are visible and knowable to you.
UNLEASH
to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled:
vulnerability
the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
FIND MYSELF IN SUCH SITUATION
ZNALEZC SIE W TAKIEJ SYTUACJI
SHOT DOWN
it means to cease an operation or to cease a business. ( MORE COMPLICATED THAN SWITCH OFF)
interrogative
a word or sentence used when asking a question: “Who” and “why” are interrogatives.
TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES.
a ransom
OKUP
ransomware
enters your computer system as a virus, and then it stops your software from operating
HIDDEN AGENDA
a situation where someone secretly tries to achieve a particular goal while they appear to be doing something else.
LIVING BEYOND THEIR MEANS
FISH OUT OF WATER
you do not feel comfortable or relaxed because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation.
Meltdown. Panic attack. Nervous breakdown
The inability to control ourselves in a situation of stress or discomfort.
stigmatized
it is considered to be a mark of disgrace in modern society
HOSTILE AUDIENCE
YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SUCH AUDIENCE AND PRACTISE, EMPETHISE WITH THIS AUDIENCE
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Very important and sometimes controversial issue that everybody knows about but nobody wants to talk abouT
AN INSIDE JOB
a crime committed by or with the assistance of a person living or working on the premises where it occurred.
unprecedented times
bezprecedensowe czasy
prevail
przeważać
alliteration
The repetition of the K sound is a form of
