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to start doing something when you have already decided what you want to achieve commencer à apprendre
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She set out to start her own business.
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commencer à apprendre
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She puts her success down to hard work. I put his irritability down to tiredness.
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to get money from someone who has died commencer à apprendre
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Just after I left university, I came into a bit of money. He came into a fortune after his uncle died.
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żyć z czegoś, żyć na czyjś koszt, być na czyimś utrzymaniu to use someone or something to provide the money or food that you need to live commencer à apprendre
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She lives off the money she gets from selling her books. All his life he had lived off his father. They had learned to live off the land (= grow or find their own food).
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to pay all of the money that you owe commencer à apprendre
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I'm planning to pay off my bank loan in five years. It would take him 3 years to pay off all his debts.
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to increase or make progress at the same speed as something or someone else commencer à apprendre
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My salary doesn't keep up with the constantly increasing cost of living. Prices have been rising very fast and wages haven't kept up.
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zdawać się na kogoś/coś, uciekać się do czegoś to use someone or something when other things have failed, or when there are no other choices commencer à apprendre
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We've been saving up the past few years, to have something to fall back on. If I ever get into financial difficulties I know I can fall back on my brother.
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przetrwać, dać sobie radę to manage to survive (on sth) despite difficulties commencer à apprendre
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Many pensioners have to get by on very little money. I don't know how he gets by on so little money.
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put aside, to save an amount of money to use later commencer à apprendre
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She accumulated a great deal of money by putting by a little every week. I try to put by a few pounds every week.
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to have just enough money to live on and nothing extra,. commencer à apprendre
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have difficulties making ends meet My father earned very little and there were four kids, so we lived from hand to mouth
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pieniądze nie rosną na drzewach commencer à apprendre
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money doesn't grow on trees
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stracić pozycje, zejść na psy <idiom> o lose the money and high social rank that you had in the past: commencer à apprendre
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Fancy her taking a job like that - she's certainly come down in the world!
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szastać pieniędzmi, wydawać pieniądze szybko i bez zastanowienia to spend money freel y as if it were in endless supply commencer à apprendre
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for a time when you might need money commencer à apprendre
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She had saved some money for a rainy day.
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wynagrodzenie uzależnione od wyników commencer à apprendre
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performance related pay (PRP)
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prezenty uzależnione od wyników commencer à apprendre
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performance related gifts (PRG)
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obligacje oszczędnościowe commencer à apprendre
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much too high (about costs) commencer à apprendre
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It meant borrowing money at an exorbitant rate of interest. exorbitant wage demands
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dotowany, subwencjonowany sponsored, financed commencer à apprendre
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subsidised lunches at work; Subsidized canteen and interest free season-ticket loans are additional benefits. a subsidized company/industry
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commencer à apprendre
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Promotion is done strictly on the basis of seniority.
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to look unhappy and not speak to anyone because you are angry about something commencer à apprendre
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He's upstairs sulking in his bedroom.
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an extra amount of money that you earn in your job every time you sell a product or get a new customer commencer à apprendre
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The staff receive 5% commission on everything that they sell. Many salesmen work on commission.
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expert and highly trained commencer à apprendre
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zainwestować w coś dużo pieniędzy to invest a lot of money in something in order to improve it or make it successful commencer à apprendre
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Last year the government ploughed more than £80 million into road repairs.
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something that encourages you to act in a particular way commencer à apprendre
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[+ to do sth ] People had little incentive to save. The government should provide incentives for young people to stay in school.
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akceptować, przyjmować (nowe idee, metody, etc, to accept new ideas, beliefs, methods, etc with enthusiasm commencer à apprendre
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We are always eager to embrace the latest technology.
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centrala, siedziba, kwatera główna the main office of a company or organisation Nasza centrala jest położona w centrum Nowego Jorku. commencer à apprendre
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Our headquarters is located in the centre of New York. police headquarters
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rozdawać coś (grupie osób), wydzielać, rozdawać to give out sth, such as food or money, to a number of ppl in a group commencer à apprendre
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The government has agreed to dole out an additional £5 million to schools.
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pleasant and friendly commencer à apprendre
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an affable smile; Beneath his affable manner lies a very tough businessman.
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być na debecie, z ujemnym saldem with more money being spent than there is available commencer à apprendre
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My bank account is constantly in the red. Their bank account was in the red again.
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odszkodowanie (za poniesione szkody) money that a court orders you to pay someone because you have harmed them or their property Odszkodowanie przyznane za utratę przyszłych dochodów może być spore. commencer à apprendre
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Damages awarded for loss of future earnings can be substantial. She was awarded £400 in damages.
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rekompensata, odszkodowanie money you pay to make up for some loss commencer à apprendre
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Most of the workers have won compensation for losing their jobs. Victims of the world’s largest industrial accident were paid $470 million compensation. She was awarded £2,000 compensation for her injuries.
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recesja, kryszys ekonomiczny, spadek koniunktury period of economic decline (3 words) commencer à apprendre
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recession, slump, downturn
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econmic situation where baks stop lending money commencer à apprendre
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a situation where the value of sth suddenly dicreases commencer à apprendre
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He lost a lot of money in the stock market crash of 1929.
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increase in prices leading to an increase in the cost of living commencer à apprendre
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go down in value (3 words) commencer à apprendre
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become nervous commencer à apprendre
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Some of our friends are already getting jumpy.
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kontynuować spłacanie rat continue paying off a loan commencer à apprendre
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keep up their mortgage repayments
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control sth tightly commencer à apprendre
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keep a check on something We keep a check on our spending.
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rosnąć w zastraszającym tempie increas at a worrying speed commencer à apprendre
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go up at an alarming rate College fees are going up at an alarming way
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dotknąć, uderzyć najmocniej most seriously affected commencer à apprendre
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What's hit my family the hardest...
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niekontroloway spadek (np. cen, gospodarki) worsening uncontrollably commencer à apprendre
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With econmy in free fall anything can happen
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płacić za coś zaporzyczając się pay for sth by borrowing money commencer à apprendre
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Ppl finance their college fees through debt
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posuwać się stopniowo naprzód increase slowly commencer à apprendre
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mieć najgorsze za sobą, wychodzić na prostą not having a problem or difficulty any longer: commencer à apprendre
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It's too soon to say if either airline is out of the woods yet.
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zredukować coś do absolutnego minimum np. wydatki, nagrody, przywileje; reduce expenditure to a minimum commencer à apprendre
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Most ppl have already cut their spending to the bone
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oszczędnie czymś gospodarować make sth last longer, to use something slowly or carefully because you only have a small amount of it commencer à apprendre
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eke out a living/an existence: The family barely manages to eke out a living from their small farm. They try to eke out their earnings this holiday season
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broń obosieczna (coś, co ma dobre i złe strony) a situation or decision that has both positive and negative aspect Bycie rozpoznawalnym to pewnego rodzaju broń obosieczna. commencer à apprendre
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Being a recognizable person is a kind of double-edged weapon.
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