Words Flashcards
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(give) input on
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offer suggestions or opinions about the topic
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finger-pointing
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a situation in which someone is blamed for something that goes wrong
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let (someone) off the hook
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to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished
ex. If you ask me, they let him off the hook too easily
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accountable
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in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
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Across the board=in all aspects
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Involving everyone or everything in a place or situation.
Synonyms - everything and including everithing
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defuse
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- to make a situation more relaxed by making people feel less angry or less worried
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approach
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подходить, приближаться
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as yet
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so far (до сих пор, пока, до настоящего времени)
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attempt
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пытаться, стараться, стремиться, прилагать усилия, пробовать, делать попытку
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Aware of
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Knowing about a situation or a fact
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be aligned on
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be on the same page
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Be falling throught the cracks
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Something is overlooked, unnoticed, left undone
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be in great groove with
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be in productive process of
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be looped in
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be kept informed/updated
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be on the same wavelength
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to understand the way that another person thinks because you often have the same ideas and opinions as they do
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be up to date on
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have relevant information about
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bear (someone or something) in mind
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To remember, think about, or consider someone or something (in regard to something else)
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beating
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an act of hitting someone repeatedly and hard
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Beyond
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Past a place or outside an area
Ex. Is there something beyond your scope of responsibility that you’d like to try to do?
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boxed out of
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to exclude someone from a situation, especially through deceit or manipulation
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boxed out of
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marginalized, redundant
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buy into
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swallow the bait, agree to accept
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catch up on
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learn or do something later
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Catch up with someone
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- To find and arrest someone who has committed a crime after searching for them
- To begin to have an effect on someone (the lack of sleep caught up with her, and she began to doze off)
- To meet up with; used in journalism to introduce an interview with someone
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click with someone
1. нравиться, ладить
| 2. точно соответствовать, подходить
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Come under something
1. To be forced to experience something unpleasant
Come under scrutiny/suspicion
Come under pressure: we have all come under significant pressure due to…
2. (Come under someone/something) to be the responsibility of a particular person, organization etc
3. To belong to a particular group or class
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come up with
находить решение
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correlate
if two things correlate, or are correlated, they are connected, and affect each other:
correlate to sth
At this point, the advertising hasn't correlated to an increase in sales.
correlate (sth) with sth
Oil sales are closely correlated with economic growth.
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course of action
план действий
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cover
explain, talk about
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crop up
неожиданно обнаруживаться; возникать
делать ошибку
= crop out выходить на поверхность
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ditch
scrap, get rid of
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Drop someone a line/note
To write a short letter to say thanks
Synonyms. To write something
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Drown out
To stop, or to reduce
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drown out
make imperceptible (сделать незаметным)
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due too
because of something
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excessive
much more than is reasonable or necessary
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expectations
miscalibrated/high/unrealistic
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fall behind with
to fail to do something or pay something at the time that you should
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falter
спотыкаться
идти неровной походкой, ковылять
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feasible
viable, worth doing
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bring up
to start discussing a subject
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fell down
To feel depressed or unhappy
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fill in with
correspond
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get rid of
избавляться
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get the picture
to understand something, especially something that someone tells you indirectly
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give thought to (something)
To consider, reflect upon, or think hard about something. Often used with modifiers such as "any," "some," "a little," etc.
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go ahead on
begin to do smith
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go belly-up
falter, go out of business
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grasp the importance of
понять важность, осознать значение
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hardship
трудность, трудности, неприятность, неприятности
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Hectic
Full of busy activity
Ex. Things have been hectic over the last six month
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in keeping with
in line with, in accordance with
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in/out of the loop
belonging or not belonging to a group that has information and makes decisions about something
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It is my firm conviction that
я твердо убежден что
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judge too harshly
судить слишком строго
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keep (my) head down
be focused and work hard
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keep the team afloat
держать команду на плаву
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laterally
со стороны, сбоку
в сторону, вбок
боком
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lay off
отложить, перестать носить (одежду)
перестать нанимать на работу, временно уволить
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let down
разочаровывать, подводить
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let off the hook
having avoided a duty, an unpleasant situation, or a punishment
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look into
investigate
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make sense
иметь смысл
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marginalize
1. to make someone or something seem not important or relevant
2. to prevent someone from having power or influence
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Maybe
Might
| He might not feel satisfied with
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might be yearning for
стремиться к чему-то
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move on
go on to do something else
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mutual
взаимный, обоюдный
соответственный
общий, совместный, принадлежащий обеим сторонам
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on the flip side
Looking at a different or opposite aspect, possibility, or result (associated with something)
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opt out (of)
decide not to do/avoid doing
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Overwhelming
Much lager, stronger, more important etc than anything else in a situation
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particularly
1. very, or very much
2. used for emphasizing that something refers especially to one specific person, thing, or situation
3. in a clear and specific way
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perspective of ...
a picture or view of something
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put a pin in it
to leave an argument, point or plan in order to return to it later
I’ll put a pin in my current plans for 36 hours
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reach out
добиваться (чего-л.)
| reach out to) обращаться к (кому-л.); держать связь с (кем-л.
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reach out to
1. (reach out to someone) to offer help to someone
| 2. (reach out to someone) to ask someone for help
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reassurance
уверение, заверение, подтверждение
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redundant
1. if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed
2. not needed
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rely
полагаться, надеяться; доверять; быть уверенным (в чём-л.)
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resolve
to solve a problem, or to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a disagreement
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route to go down
a course of action
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run over
take up more time than necessary or planned, drag on
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Run up
1. To make something very quickly, especially something that you sew
2. To rise a flag to the top of a pole
3. If you run up debts, you get into debt and allow the amount to increase
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Scope of responsibility
Зона ответственности
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set aside
откладывать на время, прерывать
прекращать, приостанавливать (что-л.); положить конец (чему-л.)
= set apart 1) откладывать, приберегать (деньги) ; оставлять (время)
отвергать, оставлять без внимания, не учитывать
юр. отменять, аннулировать
(set aside for) предназначать, выделять (для чего-л.)
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snowed under
with too much work to deal with
Ex. … has kept us all snowed under
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Squeeze in
To be able to do something, even though you do not have much time
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stalling
if a process stalls, or if someone stalls it, it stops making progress
something is stalling work
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stem from
to be caused by something
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stem from
(stem from something) to be caused by something
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strike out
come up with, draw up
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swallow the bait
If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, especially an offer that is a trick or way of getting something from you.
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Take on
1. To start to employ someone
2. (Take on something) to develop a particular character or appearance
3. To accept some work or responsibility
4. Fight or compete against someone
5. Decide to do something
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take the long view
look ahead, think laterally
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take the long view (of something)
to think about the effects that something will have in the future rather than worrying about the present situation
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talk smth out
разг обговорить (что-л.), дойти до сути
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throw/shed/cast light on something
to provide new information that helps you understand something
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try your hand at
get a shot at, attempt
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tune in
connect
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viable
жизнеспособный
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workload
объём работы
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wrap (things) up
sum up
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zero in on
1. to start to give all your attention to a particular person or thing
2. to aim at someone or something with a gun or camera
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прибыльный
profitable, lucrative
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bring up
to start discussing a subject
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non(-)existent
несуществующий
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withstand
устоять (перед чем-л.), выдержать (что-л.); противостоять, не поддаваться (чему-л.)
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withhold
воздерживаться (от чего-л.)отказывать (в чём-л.)
останавливать, сдерживать, удерживать
утаивать, скрывать
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retain
to keep someone or something
to remember ideas or information
to employ a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor by paying an amount of money called a retainer before the work is done
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inventive
изобретательный; находчивый
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do damage
причинить урон
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in fact
фактически, на самом деле, в действительности; по сути, в сущности; на поверку
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in effect
в действительности, в сущности, на самом деле
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on the whole
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