Business as Usual

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business as usual
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zwykły, normalny bieg spraw (np. w urzędzie, w firmie), wszystko po staremu", "nic się nie zmienia
gleaming
Sth shining (like metal, water, or teeth) and figurative brightness (like joy or pride in someone’s eyes)
The gleaming Bombardier that was standing on the airport tarmac reflected the lights above.
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lśniące
Lśniący Bombardier, który stał na płycie lotniska, odbijał światła z góry.
hi-vis vest
You must put on a high-visibility vest
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kamizelka odblaskowa
Musisz włożyć kamizelkę odblaskową
light hearted
cheerful, carefree, and not serious
The meeting ended on a light-hearted note with everyone laughing
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1. beztroski 2. radosny, żartobliwy
Preflight flows
They are called flows because pilots usually move their hands in a set pattern across panels, switches, and controls (e.g., left to right, top to bottom), covering all necessary systems.
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schematy czynności wykonywanych przed startem
bustle
to move quickly and busily, often with energy or in a hurry
Flight attendants bustled about the cabin before takeoff
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rozgardiasz, krzątanina, gwar
back over
to drive a vehicle backward over something or someone or to drive a vehicle backward over something or someone
Let’s back over the safety procedures one more time.
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wstecz
dash
They caught us stealing, so we dashed
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1. sprint (wyścig na krótki dystans) 2. rzucić się (np. do ucieczki)
Oni złapali nas na kradzieży, więc rzuciliśmy się do ucieczki
sunk cost fallacy
is the tendency to continue with a course of action, even if it's no longer the best decision, simply because of the resources already invested
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efekt utopionych kosztów
reposition
to move something (or someone) into a new place, position, or situation
The airline had to reposition the aircraft to Warsaw for the next flight
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przemieszczenie
Engine run-up
a test of aircraft engines on the ground before flight, usually at high power settings, to check performance and systems
The pilot performed an engine run-up before takeoff
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Rozruch silnika
pull out
To start moving (takeoff context):
After refueling, the aircraft pulled out from the parking stand
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wyjeżdżać (z miejsca postoju), wjeżdżać na drogę, włączać się do ruchu
scramble
To move or climb quickly, often with effort / To launch military aircraft quickly in response to an alert
The soldiers scrambled at the sound of the alarm. Fighter jets scrambled after radar detected an unknown aircraft approaching
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podrywać się (na nogi),
suit up
to put on special clothing or equipment, usually for work or a specific activity
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wkładać mundur
Intermittent
adjective meaning occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
Communication with the drone was intermittent due to signal interference
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Przerywany
all the while
during the entire time; continuously while something else happens
She pretended to be asleep, but all the while she was watching him. The passengers remained calm all the while the aircraft encountered turbulence
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przez cały czas (gdy coś innego się dzieje)
Ona udawała, że śpi, ale przez cały czas go obserwowała
everything's peachy
everything is going well; all is fine.
After the successful landing, the captain announced that everything’s peachy on board
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wszystko jest brzoskwiniowe
gush
flow out suddenly and in large amounts, or to speak with great enthusiasm.
The aviation blogger gushed over the new aircraft’s innovative design. Water gushed from the burst pipe
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przesadnie się czymś entuzjazmować
It's not the case
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Nie o to chodzi.
on account of something
because of; due to
The flight was delayed on account of bad weather
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z powodu czegoś
rough somebody up
physically assault or handle someone roughly
Security reported that a passenger was roughed up after refusing to comply with safety instructions
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zepsuć kogoś
buss
The couple bussed goodbye before one of them boarded the flight.
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serdeczne ucałowanie (kogoś)
disjointed
lacking a coherent sequence or connection; not well organized; disconnected
The pilot’s report was disjointed, making it hard for the control tower to follow the situation
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chaotyczny
flinch
to make a sudden, involuntary movement out of fear, pain, or surprise
The trainee pilot didn’t flinch when the simulator triggered an engine failure
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wzdrygnąć się
pull something off
to succeed in doing something difficult
I can't believe you pulled that off. The pilot pulled off a tricky maneuver to avoid severe turbulence
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osiągać coś, dokonywać czegoś
call it a night
to stop working or end an activity for the evening
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kończyć pracę w nocy, iść spać
incredulous
unwilling or unable to believe something
The passengers were incredulous when they learned the flight had been delayed for six hours.
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niedowierzający
mountain ridge
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grzbiet górski
deflection
the act of changing direction or being turned aside; in aviation, it often refers to the movement of flight controls or redirection of forces
Wind gusts caused deflection of the aircraft from its intended flight path
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ugięcie
sideslip
an aeronautical maneuver in which an aircraft moves sideways relative to its forward motion, usually to lose altitude without gaining speed or to correct for crosswinds
A sideslip was used to quickly descend without increasing airspeed
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ześlizg
concurrent
happening at the same time; simultaneous
The airport handled two concurrent arrivals on parallel runways
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równoczesny, jednoczesny, towarzyszący
In the days that followed
during the period of time after a particular event
In the days that followed the storm, airports worked to clear debris from runways
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W następnych dniach
hindsight
Such an examination, with the benefit of hindsight, is very instructive
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analiza zdarzenia post factum, perspektywa czasowa
Takie spojrzenie z perspektywy czasu jest bardzo pouczające
20/20 hindsight
the full knowledge and complete understanding that one has about an event only after it has happened
With 20/20 hindsight we now see where our strategy went wrong
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mądrość po szkodzie
affable exterior
a friendly, pleasant, and approachable outward appearance or demeano
Despite his affable exterior, Beebo Russell stole a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport and end up alone in a cockpit.
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uprzejma powierzchowność
scoff
Despite the scoffs of his colleagues, his plan was successful.
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szydzić
avenue
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droga (sposób osiągnięcia czegoś), możliwość
deprecate
I deprecate such a course of action
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potępiać, być przeciw (czemuś), dezaprobować (oficjalnie)
estem przeciw takiemu sposobowi postępowania
silhouetted
Then he saw the mountains silhouetted against the morning sky
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sylwetki, zarysowany, rysujący się
Wtedy zobaczył góry rysujące się na tle porannego nieba
jetty
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przystań
exemplify
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ilustrować, stanowić przykład, obrazować
palpate
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dotknąć, macać
keep tabs on something
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mieć na coś oko
pecking order
a hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens.
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hierarchia ważności

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