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‘I Must Simply Face up to it: The Big Time is not for me’ commencer à apprendre
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to accept and deal with a difficult fact or problem is to _____. Opposite to ‘burying your head in the sand’
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It happened at precisely 10.18 am commencer à apprendre
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A polite man came to my door commencer à apprendre
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behaving or speaking in a way that is correct for the social situation you are in; Pol. grzeczny
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he had been sent to confiscate my wristwatch. commencer à apprendre
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a watch that you wear on your wrist
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he represented the Epsilon Suave Watch Company commencer à apprendre
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someone who is ____ is polite, confident, and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way; Pol. układny, uprzejmy, gładki w obyciu.
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Dashing Senior Executive model commencer à apprendre
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a man who is _____ wears nice clothes and is very attractive and confident; Pol. dziarksi, żwawy, szykowny
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Dashing Senior Executive model commencer à apprendre
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a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions
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commencer à apprendre
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watch with the alligator-style strap commencer à apprendre
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Pol. skórzany pasek (od zegarka)
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watch with the state-of-the-art movement commencer à apprendre
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the most recent and therefore considered the best; using the most modern and recently developed methods, materials, or knowledge
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watch with the state-of-the-art movement commencer à apprendre
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the moving parts of a piece of machinery, especially a clock or watch; Pol. mechanizm
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watch with distinguished dial commencer à apprendre
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the round part of a clock, watch, machine etc that has numbers that show you the time or a measurement
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the distinguished dial with Roman numerals, commencer à apprendre
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successful, respected, and admired
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the day-of-the-month facility. commencer à apprendre
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a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do something
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The feeling at boardroom-level, commencer à apprendre
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a room where the directors of a company have meetings
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commencer à apprendre
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someone who is _____ is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin
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To give up my Epsilon Suave Watch in exchange for being called a "waif" seemed a bargain. commencer à apprendre
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someone, especially a child, who is pale and thin and looks as if they do not have a home; Pol. wykolejeniec, rozbitek życiowy.
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To give up my Epsilon Suave Watch in exchange for being called a "waif" seemed a bargain commencer à apprendre
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an agreement, made between two people or groups to do something in return for something else
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"The company was prepared to overlook the fact that my day-of-the-month facility was registering the 17th of April. commencer à apprendre
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to forgive someone's mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action
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my day-of-the-month facility was registering the 17th of April. commencer à apprendre
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if an instrument ______s an amount or if something _____s on it, the instrument shows that amount; Pol. pokazywać
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In view of the difficulties over Leap Year, commencer à apprendre
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a year, which happens every fourth year, when February has 29 days instead of 28
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an amnesty had been declared, commencer à apprendre
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a period of time when you can admit to doing something illegal without being punished
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customers were not being penalised for this commencer à apprendre
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to punish someone or treat them unfairly
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we got down to the nitty-gritty. commencer à apprendre
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the basic and practical facts of a subject or activity; the core
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The problem, it turned out, was my chronic promptness. commencer à apprendre
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a ____problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved
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The problem, it turned out, was my chronic promptness. commencer à apprendre
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A ____ action is done without delay. If you are ____ to do sth, you do it without dealy.
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"It could be a sign that the watch does not keep good time, commencer à apprendre
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an indication; Pol. znak.
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it means the wearer is obsessive commencer à apprendre
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thinking or worrying about something all the time, so that you do not think about other things enough
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the wearer is prone to anxiety commencer à apprendre
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likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful; Pol. podatny na
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the wearer is prone to anxiety commencer à apprendre
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the feeling of being very worried about sth [= concern]; Pol. niepokój, obawa
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They were never flustered. commencer à apprendre
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confused and nervous; Pol. podenerwowany, wytrącony z równowagi
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They had a very slim briefcase and carried an uncreased raincoat over their arm. commencer à apprendre
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a line on a piece of cloth, paper etc where it has been folded, crushed, or pressed
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They looked at their watches now and then only to make sure that Greenwich had got it right. commencer à apprendre
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sometimes, but not often or regularly
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That was another thing which disqualified me. commencer à apprendre
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to exclude; Pol. zdyskwalifikować
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Company was considering suing you for defamation. commencer à apprendre
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to think about something carefully, especially before making a choice or decision; Pol. zastanawiać się
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Company was considering suing you for defamation. commencer à apprendre
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to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way; Pol. pozwać (do sądu)
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Company was considering suing you for defamation. commencer à apprendre
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the act of defaming someone; Pol. zniesławienie
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We had taken counsel's opinion commencer à apprendre
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uncountable a type of lawyer who represents you in court (Pol. adwokat)
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he said your behaviour was casting serious doubt on the reliability of the product. commencer à apprendre
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he said your behaviour was casting serious doubt on the reliability of the product. commencer à apprendre
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he said your behaviour was casting serious doubt on the reliability of the product. commencer à apprendre
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Pol. rzucać wątpliwość na; poddawać w wątpliwość
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he said your behaviour was casting serious doubt on the reliability of the product. commencer à apprendre
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someone or something that is _____ can be trusted or depended on
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The offence is aggravated by the way you sigh in a theatrical manner commencer à apprendre
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an illegal action or a crime; Pol. przestępstwo, obraza
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The offence is aggravated by the way you sigh in a theatrical manner commencer à apprendre
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to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse; Pol. pogorszyć
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the way you sigh in a theatrical manner commencer à apprendre
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the way you sigh in a theatrical manner commencer à apprendre
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behaving in a loud or very noticeable way that is intended to get people's attention
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the way you sigh in a theatrical manner commencer à apprendre
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the way in which sb behaves towards or talks to other people; Pol. sposób, maniera
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the company was prepared to forget the whole matter if I returned my watch and undertook never to buy another one. commencer à apprendre
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to promise or agree to do something; Pol. przedsięwziąć, podjąć się
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the UK brand director of Omega had recently threatened to stop advertising in Vogue commencer à apprendre
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someone in the company responsible for developing and selling one particular brand of product
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