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wiązać się z czymś, pociągać za sobą (np. wydatki, skutki)
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entail
It would be good if this positive step did not entail new administrative burdens.
cały (np. cały dzień), całkowity, kompletny
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entire
Their entire conversation was recorded. / It looks like the entire world came here today.
uległy, ulegający wpływom
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malleable
But I think his heart is in the right place and he's very malleable.
uległy, posłuszny, otwarty na cos
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amenable
The girl seemed amenable, though her father and I have never been friends.
niezadowolony, rozczarowany, zawiedziony
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disgruntled
He was obviously quite disgruntled, but trying not to let it show. / The girls will probably run into their share of disgruntled employees.
porzucać, opuszczać
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to abandon
He abandoned his wife and children.
obalenie (teorii), udowodnienie fałszywości (np. twierdzenia)
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rebuttal
On the other hand, he did not seem to have a rebuttal. / The rebuttal is that in effect each of them started a war situation.
ustępstwo (kompromis)
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concession
Maybe we can negotiate a concession regarding the deal.
skończony
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finite
Some scientists say that the universe is finite in size
zawrotny, olbrzymi
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tremendous
He has a tremendous wealth, but lives very modestly./ It was a tremendous mistake.
ograniczenia, ramy
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confines
Do we have any police officers at all outside the confines of this building?
pewny siebie, pyszałkowaty, zarozumiały, próżny
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cocky
And we felt they were getting a little bit cocky.
bystry (umysłowo), dowcipny, błyskotliwy
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witty
You have such a witty child/ He thinks that he's witty but nobody ever laughs
wspominanie (czegoś), wracanie pamięcią (do czegoś)
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reminiscing
And later, perhaps, he and Andrew could do some more reminiscing. / Dislike I understand but not this constant reminiscing of old stuff.
odwoływać, uchylać, unieważniać, anulować (np. decyzję)
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rescind
However, after a couple of months, he rescinded his contract. / This party has the right to have the contract rescinded.
wyczerpujący, wymagający wysiłk, ponad siły
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gruelling
It seemed like a good idea to us, but made for an extremely gruelling day. / The experience was gruelling, far more so than I'd expected.
uczucie zrozumienia i uznania dla kogoś lub czegoś
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affinity
She displayed a great level of affinity towards the poor.
potoczyć się, ułożyć się, układać się
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pan out
They should be good for a long time if these young kids will pan out. / We do not know at this moment how other countries will pan out.
antagonistyczny, przeciwny
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adversarial
But what about when the adversarial relationship comes from government itself? / As a result, they soon find themselves in an adversarial situation with teachers.
wpływ, zdolność wywierania nacisku
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leverage
You've learned how to get leverage over someone, haven't you?
drażliwy (temat), trudny (problem)
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thorny
This was the thorny sort of issue still to be worked out, he said. This was the thorny sort of issue still to be worked out, he said.
poświadczenie, kwalifikacje
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credential
Some in the West may still question her credentials, however. / I think all three of us have got good credentials.
negocjacje, pertraktacje
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bargaining
There are no hidden agreements or secret bargaining. / She could not use her find as any bargaining point.
oburzenie (na kogoś lub coś), wzburzenie
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indignation (at someone or something), indignation
I do not feel indignation at anything they may say. / The next day found public indignation right up the scale again.
radzić sobie z nagłymi problemami (np. w pracy)
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put out fires
"They need a comprehensive plan instead of putting out fires constantly," he said. At some point perhaps they'll be putting out fires.
mądrze, rozsądnie
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wisely
At the least, the money has not been used wisely. / You get knowledge of how to deal with problems more wisely.
umniejszać (komuś, coś)
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belittle (someone, something)
It sounds as if you are trying to belittle others' achievements.
prosperować (o przedsiębiorstwie), odnosić sukcesy (o osobie), cieszyć się powodzeniem (w życiu)
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thrive
Their company is thriving.
zasłużony
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well-deserved
And then I returned to my room for a well-deserved rest./ The company has a well-deserved reputation for having a fierce legal department.
strój, ubiór
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attire
He donned his formal attire and went to the conference. On the first job, some people learn about proper attire.
wstrętny, okropny, ohydny, nieznośny, odpychający
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obnoxious
His behaviour was obnoxious today! / What an obnoxious smell!
wilgotny
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humid
The air was so humid that it was hard to breathe.
poradzić sobie z czymś bez problemu, dać sobie z czymś świetnie radę
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ace something
I have some tips how to ace a job interview.
rywalizacja, współzawodnictwo
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rivalry
I'm an only child and I'm curious about sibling rivalry / Their rivarly started when they were children.
łączyć (np. siły), sojusznik
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ally
I decided to ally forces with James and do the project together.
niezaspokojony, niespełniony
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unmet
One group says the state has a lot of unmet needs.
na pełnym gazie (szybko)
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flat out
I am sure that his services are working flat out.
wartościowy, opłacalny
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worthwhile
Once in a very great while, something worthwhile would be found. / And right now he could not think of a single worthwhile idea.
przerzucać coś na kogoś
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devolve
Official business was not the only labour that devolved upon me. / No decision has yet been made on whether to devolve corporation tax.
podzielić, dokonać podziału, rozłamu na zwalczające się grupy
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polarize
The states are less polarized this year than they were before. / The city is polarized because people continue to live in days gone by.
protekcjonalny
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condescending
Why did he have to say such condescending words to her? / She gave the two old men a condescending sort of smile.
wypowiadać się autorytatywnie o czymś/kimś
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pontificate
As the men listened to him pontificating on the best way to bring up children he felt all powerful. / "Would I love to be able to pontificate again."
wprost przeciwnie, wręcz przeciwnie
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to the contrary
On the contrary, people feel more free to move around.
wyliczać, wyliczyć, wymienić, wymieniać, policzyć
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enumerate
The point is you could enumerate, and they will, new evidence.
namówić kogoś do czegoś
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talk somebody into something
He talked me into drinking
przeciwności losu, komplikacje
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headwinds
But after being on the rise, the company has now hit strong headwinds. / In this economic crisis, Obama will face the same headwinds.
coś trudnego do zaakceptowania, coś z czym się trudno pogodzić
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hard pill to swallow
Their breakup was a hard pill to swallow.
przerwać, zaprzestać, przestać, zaniechać
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cease
Cease trying to do more than you can. / According to their orders, we must cease construction of the project immediately.
wprost przeciwnie, wręcz przeciwnie
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to the contrary
On the contrary I believe we can do a great deal. / On the contrary, he said, those seem certain to end for good now.
lojalność, wierność, przywiązanie
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allegiance
Your allegiance to the law is well known / Never in my whole life did I swear allegiance to him.
zmuszać / wzbudzać (np. szacunek, uwagę)
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compel
I felt compelled to tell her the truth. / She didn't want to help them but conscience compelled her to./ Your father compels respect.
przemyśleć, rozmyślać
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ruminate
Now the star has had time to ruminate on what went wrong. / And I did a lot of ruminating about the past year.
nakręcać, pozyskiwać (np. zainteresowanie)
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drum up
wykrawać, wygospodarować
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set aside
Time is regularly set aside at the highest level to decide how best to do it
rotacja, płynność kadr
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staff turnover
Each year for the past two years, this branch has experienced a 40% turnover in staff
uzdolnienie, zdolność, predyspozycja
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aptitude
The level of aptitude and performance on test is very low.
kandydat, adept (np. do zawodu)
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entrant
I can never believe how young some of the entrants are.
dawny, były, niegdysiejszy
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former
This country was a former Spanish colony.
absolwent, wychowanek (szkoły, uniwersytetu)
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alumnus, alumni
zaakceptować, zgodzić się, poprzeć
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buy in
zmniejszyć
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diminish
krzyżować (np. czyjeś plany), psuć (szyki), udaremniać, nie dopuszczać do realizacji
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thwart
A lot of things had to go wrong for the Project to be thwarted. / I still tried to think well of him, you see, even though he had thwarted my will before.
odizolować, chronić (np. od złych doświadczeń, od recesji)
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isolate, protect (e.g. from bad experiences, recession)
bardzo zajęty, zawalony robotą, po uszy w robocie
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swamped
I can't help you today. I'm swamped.
rozeznawać się, dostrzegać, rozróżnić
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discern
How do you discern the other person's point of view? / The relationship between the President and the military is more difficult to discern.
wiercić dziurę w brzuchu, zasypywać pytaniami, uporczywie nakłaniać kogoś do czegoś, zamęczać prośbami
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badger
Stop badgering me. / I badgered my wife into buying a new TV.
relaks, czas odpoczynku
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downtime
Now I'll have something to work on during the down time / Right now, I just think we do with a little down time.
surowy, stanowczy
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firm
He's a firm man who never changes his mind. / She loved her children, but she decided to be firm.
pochlebiać komuś
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flatter somebody
szybki, o szybkim tempie
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fast-paced
przystopować, zatrzymać się, dać sobie na wstrzymanie
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take a beat
umyślnie, celowo, rozmyślnie, specjalnie
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deliberately
He hadn't done it deliberately./ She has deliberately ignored my note
być w sam raz dla kogoś
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be up somebody's street
That hoodie was up Ben's street.
urażony, obrażony
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offended
Some people think cancel culture has gone too far because now people are offended by anything and everything. Society has become far too sensitive about the words we use.
wycofanie
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withdrawing
withdrawing support for public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive
nie na miejscu, budzący sprzeciw, nie do przyjęcia, niedopuszczalny
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objectionable
odpowiedzialny (gdy ktoś przyjmuje odpowiedzialność za coś i jest gotów na przyjęcie krytyki)
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accountable
He says some system is needed to hold schools accountable.
pozornie świadomy, cząstkowo doinformowany (na temat spraw związanych z niesprawiedliwością społeczną)
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woke
poprawność polityczna
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political correctness
This report has taken political correctness to a whole new level.
podzielić (się), rozdzielić (się)
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split
dręczenie
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harassing
zszokować kogoś, zelektryzować kogoś
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galvanizes
The words galvanized the men into action, and they turned to face him.
autentycznie, rzeczywiście
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genuinely
She seems to be genuinely honest. / We genuinely believed in him
odpowiednik, ekwiwalent, równowartość
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equivalent
Every year, this amounts to 40 million, equivalent to the population of a large European country.
niewykluczajacy, globalny
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inclusive
All students have the right to an education that is inclusive.
bezkarność
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impunity
metalność grupy
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mob mentality
zagwozdka, zagadka
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a conundrum
Another conundrum is why women have less body hair than men
dokładnie analizować, analizować wnikliwie
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dissect
"Are you going to dissect every word of that phone call?"
rozpieścić, holubić
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coddle
I'm not going to coddle him, I can tell you that.
przedsiębiorca
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entrepreneur
próbny, przygotowawczy
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probationary
ścigać kogoś, ruszać w pogoń za kimś
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go after
If a journalist wants to go after a celebrity for sexual harassment, they had better make sure they have evidence.
gwałtowna reakcja (przeciwko czemuś), ostry sprzeciw
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backlash
It could cause a popular backlash in Russia and bring down the government. (To może wywołać powszechną reakcję w Rosji
runąć, spadać, obniżać się (o wartości, cenie)
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plummet
spadać gwaltownie
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plunge
sfałszowanie (np danych liczbowych, wyników sprzedazowych)
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distorting
surowe ciasto
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dough
Could you give me the recipe for that dough?
wyczerpujący (o pracy), wytężony (o wysiłku), intensywny
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strenuous
She does not do anything more strenuous than changing the channels on TV.
taśmociąg, przenośnik taśmowy
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conveyor belt
magazyn, skład
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warehouse
He saw the warehouse ahead./ A clerk took us back to the warehouse.
bezwzględny, podly
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vicious
These vicious rumours aren't true! / Their words were so vicious that she cried.
przyczepa
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trailer
I can't use my trailer to transport this furniture because it's too small.
wysyłać (np. depeszę), ekspediować (kogoś gdzieś)
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dispatch
When will you be able to dispatch the order?
obniżać się
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abate
Police officials said the problem abated quickly after the program began.
oczerniać, szkalować
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villainize
Movies usually villainize parents who skip out on their emotional responsibilities.
pewniak. rzecz pewna
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certainty
Apart from death and taxes, birth is the only certainty in life.
niektórzy, pewni
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certain
For certain reasons I don't want to go there./ The scientist contested his theory.
zakwestionowac, podwazyc waznosc
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contest
How can you contest the words of your professor? /
ten drugi, ten ostatni (np. z wymienionych osób), to drugie, to ostatnie
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the latter
We have elected the new president and prime minister, the latter being a subordinate of the former.
spolka zarejestrowana w tzw raju podatkowym
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offshore
śmiertelność, umieralność (liczba zgonów)
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mortality
The mortality rate is constantly increasing because of the ongoing war
dziedzina (np. wiedzy), zakres (np. możliwości), sfera (np. polityki)
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realm
We will slowly move from the realm of theory into the sphere of practice.
ograniczenie, przymus
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constraints
The difference between our legal systems, including their procedures, is clearly still a constraint.
omylny, zawodny (np. o pamięci)
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fallible
I am a human being, and a very fallible one.
zycie pozagrobowe
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afterlife
You should be concerned with your after-life, not this life.
wieczny, wiekuisty
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eternal
Perhaps he would do better with eternal life than she had.
ukryty, niejawny
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implicit
More important are some of the problems implicit in it
sobowtór (duch-bliźniak)
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doppelganger
Half an hour until he was to meet the doppelganger. / And they still had no idea if their doppelgangers would be there to meet them.
nawiedzony (przez duchy)
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spooky
But he has yet to find a reason to feel his house is spooky.
wznaczyć ścieżke
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chart a course for
It's important for company to chart a course for the long-term success in competitive market.
wybierać pomiędzy
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make a trade-off beetwen
Sometimes companies have to make a trade-off beetwen quality and value.
starać się byc lepszym (o firmie)
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strive to outperform rivarls
This company all the time try to be the best and strive to outperform rivals.
zbierać plony
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reap the benefits
After one year of hard-work company finally can reap the benefits
dążyć do wyróżnienia się
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pursue differentation
In competitive market companies have to find someting unique and pursue differentiation
niejasność
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obscurity
He spent the rest of his life living in obscurity.
wynaleźć
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to invent
The steam engine was invented by James Watt. Who invented the phone?
bodziec, motywacja, zachęta
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incentive
Instead of money bonuses, more and more companies decide to use electronic gadgets as incentives for the best workers.
toczyć się (o akcji), rozwijać się (o fabule)
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unfold
The action of the movie unfolds in Madrid/The plot unfolds too slow in this book.
dziedziczyć, przejmować w spadku (np. własność, tytuł)
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inherit
I inherited an apartment from my grandmother
minione, zamierzchłe czasy
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yore
przedstawienie, zobrazowanie, obraz
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depiction
It's a classic depiction of good versus evil. (
wyzysk
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exploitation
Their exploitation of the native population needs to stop.
dziko, gwałtownie
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fiercely
Not always certain with his mother who was fiercely well read.
szczegółowo badać, analizować
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scrutinize
I have to scrutinize the data. / She scrutinized the document and claimed that it was a fake.
blystawiczyny, gwałtowny
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meteoric
But they still expect a meteoric rise in federal debt.
irytujący, wkurzający
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galling
It is galling to be held in place against your will. / But that does not make the situation any less galling.
werwa, entuzjazm, zapał
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gusto
Oh, how many times had she seen him do it, but never with such gusto.
as, mistrzu
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hotshot
So I called in a couple of hotshot young graduate students and let them work on the problem.
stara gwaria sprzeciwiająca się zmianom
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the old guard
The old guard may say that it's not important, but young people know it is.
osoba która uzyskuje to o co walczy
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go getter
nerwowy, podenerwowant
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antsy
If the kids are antsy - not another art museum!
kusić, skusić, nęcić
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allure
It is but natural that when the world which they represented no longer allured her, its ambassadors should be discredited.
duma i pycha
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hubris
"But I also think there's a little hubris at work here."
rozpowszechniony
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endemic
Things are moved around or changed a little, for change is endemic.
wysoka pozycja, prymat
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pre-eminence
szpanować, popisywać się
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showboat
pochlebstwo
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flattery
Little bit of flattery was now in order, I thought.
nawias, traktować razem, zaliczać do grupy
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bracket
szacować przewidywać
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extrapolate
How do you extrapolate from the specific to the general here?
wykręcać się, uchylać od obowiązków
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shirk
Before, he had always shirked work when it was possible.
dręczyć się
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plague
My conscience plagues me
wyluzować się, zrelaksować, odpuścić sobie
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let your hair down
pielęgnować, rozwijać, wspierać
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foster
My parents never fostered my decisions / We are trying to foster his talents.
powściągliwy
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aloof
The girl seemed nice and polite, but a little bit aloof.
pociągający, kuszący
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appealing
That quality in him made him appealing./ Does that sound like an appealing idea to you?
psuć, zakłócać przebieg czegoś
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derail
This incident derailed our research.
strofować, skrytykować
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berate
pielęgnowanie, wychowywanie
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nurture
So, in your opinion, doctor, were my actions triggered by nature or nurture?
nieodzowny, niezbędny, konieczny, niezastąpiony
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indispensable
The police department is an indispensable part of our society.
szkodliwy, krzywdzący
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detrimental
This, however, could be detrimental to the national public environmental interest.
winowajca, sprawca
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culprit
mierzyć, szacować, oceniać
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gauge
kompromitować, narażać na szwank
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compromise
She doesn't like me and she wants to compromise my and my business...
piętno, znamie czegoś
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stigma
The world is a cruel place for a child who has a stigma. / Being unmarried isn't a stigma to men.
kluczowy, znaczący
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pivotal
He would play a pivotal role in the company's development.
czynnik, aspekt
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dimension
First, let's analyze the historical dimension of this case. / One of the dimensions was not taken into account
włączenie, zawieranie
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inclusion
The inclusion of all social classes is important in this debate.
spełniający wymagania, spełniający niezbędne warunki, uprawniony
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eligible
Is he eligible to work here? / I was eligible for two weeks paternity leave, but I only ended up taking a week.
napięcie (napięta atmosfera)
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tension
Someone told a joke and broke the tension. / I couldn't stand the tension, I wanted to scream.
sprzeczny z intuicją
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counterintuitive
wzrost (np. cen, zainteresowania)
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surge
There was a surge of activity in this area.
tarcia, napięcie
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friction
There is strong friction here in the relationship between the European and national levels
narażony, skłonny, podatny
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liable
New hires may be increasingly liable to boomerang back to their previous organizations.
broń obosieczna (coś, co ma dobre i złe strony)
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double-edged sword
Being a recognizable person is a kind of double-edged weapon.
łagodzić, uspokajać (np. konflikt), zmniejszyć (ciężar, wagę), zmniejszać
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mitigate
We have to mitigate the conflict between these two groups / How can employers capitalize on the opportunities for recruitment while mitigating the risks for retention?
wyjawiać, ujawniać
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reveal
Our analyses revealed some variance across industries,
kusić, skusić, nęcić, znęcić, zwabić, przywabić
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entice
Organizations often try to entice former employees to return by offering them higher-paying roles with management responsibilities.
rzucać światło
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shed light
Our quantitative analysis about boomerang employees shed light on some important factors.
uchylanie się od płacenia podatków
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tax evasion
Another is to press on with a limited tax evasion case against him
defraudacja, sprzeniewierzenie, malwersacja
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embezzlement
A theft of assets is a form of embezzlement.
szpiegostwo przemysłowe
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industrial espionage
She thought they were probably used for industrial espionage, where the return could be very high.
piractwo medialne, naruszenie prawa autorskiego
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copyright infringement
But I think this is copyright infringement, and a school should not be involved in such things.
oklamywać, oszukiwać
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deceive
I was deceived by my closest friend.
rozpustny, rozwiazły
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dissipated

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