Week 4 Flashcards
when you’re so comfortable by doing sth you love
To be (completely) IN one’s element
être couché confortablement pendant que tu lis un livre
To curl UP with a good book
when people are always watching because you’re famous
To be in the public eye
to fix
To mend
to tolerate
To put up with
punish (often unnecessarily) yourself because you fail to do sth
To beat oneself UP (ABOUT sth)
Many people beat themselves up short about falling short of not fulfilling their expectations
(usually expectations, targets, aims, goals) almost but not quite (met your expectation)
To fall short OF sth/ - ing form
Many people beat themselves up about falling short of not fulfilling their expectations
to have persistence
To have self-belief
will reward you in the future
Persistence pays dividends
someone who takes risks
A risk-taker
sb who is very successful and leads an executive life
Spend time with high flyers (n,p)
Recover
Overcome setbacks
Get your ideas
Find inspiration
Grasp (every opportunity)
Take advantage of
Want to be liked
Seek popularity
When people say they are good
To accept praise
I’m not sure that I am able
I doubt my ability
En raison de
On the grounds of
“I’m in the right job. There is no point pushing for promotion because I’d be out of my depth”
Fixed mindset
“I’ve never tackled anything like that before but I guess I can learn as I go along”
Growth mindset
Consequences
Ramifications
Capability
Potential
Philosophy
Ethos
Personal stories
Anecdotes
Understanding
Insight
Achievement
Attainment
To arrange FOR sb to do sth
To arrange FOR sb to do sth
do you have the right skills, traits, qualifications, experience to do sth
Do you have what it takes to
- how much money you make in one year
- refers to employees
Turnover (N)
(High) turnover (negative) : employees constantly change
money you receive, pay when sb uses your intellectual property
To be paid/to receive royalties FOR sth
part or % ownership in a company
Equity (N, unc)
To lose people’s faith, trust in you
To lose credibility
to be confused, bewildered by a claim
To be bemused BY a claim
An initial requirement
An initial requirement
to reveal a disastrous miscalculation
to expose a disastrous miscalculation
A competitive market
The smartphone is quite competitive
A competitive market
The smartphone is quite competitive
a total, complete shot in the dark (guess, no ideas)
A complete punt
equity of a business
A large slice of a business
A large scale business
A large scale business
let me get to the main point
So without further adieu /ado/
to start selling a product
To launch a product
sth is likely to fail, be unsuccessful
Sth is doomed
to understand, comprehend the fact
To grasp the fact that + clause
Adj for creates a feeling of sadness
Poignant (adj)
-> moment, story, ending
randomly
Haphazardly (adv)
passing quickly, cannot be caught or held
Fleeting (adj)
-> moment, idea, thought
Cf: to get, catch a glimpse OF sth
was there but now gone
To get, catch a glimpse OF sth
Cf : fleeting
to get a quick smell of sth
To get a whiff OF sth
in an unplanned way, without judgment and without thinking (negative)
Indiscriminately (adj)
unwillingness
Aversion
To have an aversion TO / TOWARDS sth
Aversive behaviour : nonconformist behavior
To be averse TO sth
100 % likely to happen, ie very certain that sth will happen BUT you don’t know WHEN
Sth is bound to fail
Être bon en qqch
To be good at doing
Prendre des décisions rapides
To make quick decisions
Repousser des choses à plus tard
To put things off
to make perfect or complete/to improve a work
Polish a work
to divide a task into smaller, simpler parts
Break a task down
Cannot deny, cannot argue against
Undeniable
To reduce, ignore the importance, significance of sth
To undermine sth
To give the ability
To enable sb to do sth
Faire usage de qqch
To make use OF sth
To choose
To opt FOR sth
Expression used to say how, the method
BY doing sth
To have 0% chance
To have, stand no chance OF doing sth
To invent
To come UP WITH sth
Devise a way, calculate
To work sth OUT
To work
Travailler sur qqch
To work ON sth
Flower arranging
Flower arranging
Prendre, saisir l’opportunité
Take, grab, seize, grasp the opportunity
Prendre le pouvoir
Take, seize, grab power
Prendre le contrôle de qqch
Take, seize control of sth
Prendre, saisir la chance
Take, seize, grab the chance
Flower arranging
Flower arranging
Prévenir qqn de (faire) qqch
Prevent sb FROM -ing verb
Rendre illégal de faire qqch
Rendre qqch illégal
To make it illegal to do sth
To make sth illegal
Laisser qqn faire qqch
To let sb do sth
Une hausse de: taxes, unemployment, sales
An increase, rise IN sth
Une hausse de # (20%, $2,000)
An increase OF
Sth doesn’t make a difference to sb, sth
Sth is of no consequence TO sth, sb
Encounter
Receive
Suffer
-> A setback
Encounter
Receive
Suffer
-> A setback
Get
Gain
Receive
-> Inspiration
Get
Gain
Receive
-> Inspiration
Trust
Doubt
Follow
Rely on
-> Your intuition
Trust
Doubt
Follow
Rely on
-> Your intuition
Have
Exceed
Fulfill
-> An expectation
Have
Exceed
Fulfill
-> An expectation
Get
Gain
Receive
-> Exposure
Get
Gain
Receive
-> Exposure
Achieve
Fulfill
Realise
-> An ambition
Achieve
Fulfill
Realise
-> An ambition
