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1
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HIPOs

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High Potential Employees

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BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS

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don’t hurt the person who you depend on.

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A DOG-EAT-DOG

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agressive, competitive world

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HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST

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you stand out. You are significantly bigger or better than the people around you.

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electronic turnstiles

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Elektroniczne bramki obrotowe

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rode it up

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jechał w górę

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tucked under

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schowany pod

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ruthless

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without pity or showing no remorse for your actions

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9
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GET ON /OFF

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THE TRAIN,HORSE,BICYCLE,PLANE, SHIP, BUS ( WSZYSTKIE DO KTORYCH WSIADAMY NA STOJĄCO) THEN - I AM ON…

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GET INTO

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CAR,TAXI, KAYAK, SPACE CAPTURE (THEN - I AM IN…)

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RAINMAKER

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Rainmakers are the people who magically generate revenue, ensuring prosperity not just for themselves, not just for their team, but for the entire organization

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12
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BURN YOUR BOATS

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This means that there is no possibility of turning back.

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13
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STRETCH TARGETS

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are not just challenging goals. They are impossible goals given current practices, skills and knowledge

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“to beat your budget”.

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you exceed financial objectives. You make more revenues or more profits than expected. And everyone is happy.

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I’d shake your hand if it weren’t invisible.

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Uścisnąłbym ci dłoń, gdyby nie była niewidzialna.

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To pull some strings

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you are secretly using your power and influence to manipulate a situation.

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17
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ally

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18
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RUN THROUGH

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to review or rehearse the details of a process or a sequence

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19
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serial killers

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These are people who carry out a series of individual murders

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CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.

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entrepreneur

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They are the owner or manager of a business enterprise, who, by risk and initiative, attempt to make profits.

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GO OFF

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these are the machines that are set to do something. And when that thing occurs, they go off.

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24
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a round peg in a square hole

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in a business context, you use it to describe someone who doesn’t fit into a corporate culture.

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To challenge the status quo.

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The status quo is how things are, what has been established.

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DISTINCTIVE

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characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others.

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Swept under the carpet

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zamiecione pod dywan

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OPERATING IN A VACUUM

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it operates with total separation, negative one, without interaction with other elements

29
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OFFICE POLITICS.

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actions and behaviour involving competition for status or power in a workplace.

30
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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

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to operate since first moment, as soon as you arrived, needs to be ready since beginning

31
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stake

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when you have a personal interest or involvement in something

32
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well connected

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someone who has important or influential relatives or friends

33
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MIND GOES BLANK

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YOU HAVE NOTHING IN YOUR MIND

34
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TO END UP

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to reach a particular destination, and it implies that your final situation is unexpected or unanticipated

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TO THROW UP

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to vomit

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TO DAWN ON

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it is the slow but inevitable realization of the truth

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P.O.C

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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)

38
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freak

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Someone or something that is very strange or unusual.

39
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geek

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someone who was intelligent, but not at all fashionable and probably not very popular either

40
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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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:)

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ON THE LINE

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it means that it is at risk.

42
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COME TOGETHER

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zjednoczyć się

43
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INSIDE OUT

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all the internal workings of that person or that company are visible and knowable to you.

44
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UNLEASH

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to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled:

45
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vulnerability

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the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

46
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FIND MYSELF IN SUCH SITUATION

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ZNALEZC SIE W TAKIEJ SYTUACJI

47
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SHOT DOWN

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it means to cease an operation or to cease a business. ( MORE COMPLICATED THAN SWITCH OFF)

48
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interrogative

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a word or sentence used when asking a question: “Who” and “why” are interrogatives.

49
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TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES.

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50
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a ransom

A

OKUP

51
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ransomware

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enters your computer system as a virus, and then it stops your software from operating

52
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HIDDEN AGENDA

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a situation where someone secretly tries to achieve a particular goal while they appear to be doing something else.

53
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LIVING BEYOND THEIR MEANS

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54
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FISH OUT OF WATER

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you do not feel comfortable or relaxed because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation.

55
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Meltdown. Panic attack. Nervous breakdown

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The inability to control ourselves in a situation of stress or discomfort.

56
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stigmatized

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it is considered to be a mark of disgrace in modern society

57
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HOSTILE AUDIENCE

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YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SUCH AUDIENCE AND PRACTISE, EMPETHISE WITH THIS AUDIENCE

58
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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

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Very important and sometimes controversial issue that everybody knows about but nobody wants to talk abouT

59
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AN INSIDE JOB

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a crime committed by or with the assistance of a person living or working on the premises where it occurred.

60
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unprecedented times

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bezprecedensowe czasy

61
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prevail

A

przeważać

62
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alliteration

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The repetition of the K sound is a form of

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