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no longer used, and left empty commencer à apprendre
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The fire started in an abandoned warehouse.
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the character and atmosphere of a place atmosfera, nastrój commencer à apprendre
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The city has a very relaxed ambience.
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suitable, acceptable, or correct for the particular circumstances odpowiedni, stosowny commencer à apprendre
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Jeans are not appropriate for a formal occasion.
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to think that sth is true without having been told it is true przypuszczać, zakładać, przyjmować commencer à apprendre
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He assumed they would be meeting at the usual time.
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to believe that sth is the result of a particular thing przypisywać coś czemuś commencer à apprendre
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She attributes her success to hard work.
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to develop friendly and successful ways of dealing with other people or companies budować relacje commencer à apprendre
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We have built good relationships with our suppliers over time.
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to develop or improve your abilities at work commencer à apprendre
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This is an opportunity for you to build your management skills.
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full of people moving around in a busy way commencer à apprendre
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Their premises are on a bustling shopping street.
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full of excitement and activity tętniący życiem commencer à apprendre
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The city is buzzing from dawn to dusk.
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a person or thing with a chance of winning or being chosen for sth kandydat, faworyt commencer à apprendre
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This restaurant is a serious contender for the best in town.
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sensible and practical, in a way that is helpful and friendly przyziemny, praktyczny, twardo stąpający po ziemi commencer à apprendre
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She’s extremely intelligent, but also very down-to-earth.
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relaxed and happy to accept things without worrying or getting angry commencer à apprendre
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Our boss is pretty easy-going about occasional lateness.
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to decide what you think of sth/sb wyrobić sobie zdanie commencer à apprendre
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I didn’t really see enough of the town to form an opinion about it.
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to understand from what you hear that sth is the case wywnioskować commencer à apprendre
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I gathered that he was somebody fairly senior.
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to manage to deal with things you have to do commencer à apprendre
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It's taken me a few hours to get on top of things this morning.
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to help you understand what sth is like dać wyobrażenie o czymś commencer à apprendre
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The trip gave me a great insight into life in Australia.
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the basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example buildings, transport, water, and power supplies commencer à apprendre
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To attract more investment the city has to improve its infrastructure.
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początkowy commencer à apprendre
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We require an initial payment of £50 plus ten further instalments.
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very interesting because of being unusual intrygujący commencer à apprendre
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Her idea sounded intriguing.
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to get rid of or reject sth that is no longer useful porzucić, odrzucić commencer à apprendre
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They quickly jettisoned the plan.
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to be willing to accept new ideas or change your opinion commencer à apprendre
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I’m keeping an open mind until I’ve met all the candidates.
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to be quick to notice things mieć oczy (szeroko) otwarte commencer à apprendre
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Keep your eyes open for any interesting new ingredients.
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cheerful or amusing rather than serious commencer à apprendre
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We exchanged a few light-hearted remarks.
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relaxed and calm rather than exciting and busy dyskretny, kameralny commencer à apprendre
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Their meeting was a very low-key affair.
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to deal with situations when not all the facts are known commencer à apprendre
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Your job as project manager is partly to manage unknowns.
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a situation in which large numbers of different people, ideas, etc. are mixed together miejsce wielokulturowe, tygiel commencer à apprendre
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American society is a vast melting-pot.
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willing to listen to, think about, or accept different ideas otwarty, wolny od uprzedzeń commencer à apprendre
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Try to remain open-minded about your colleagues’ suggestions.
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not close to other places or towns oddalony, na uboczu commencer à apprendre
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The restaurant is on a little out-of-the-way suburban street.
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saying exactly what you think, even if this shocks or offends people mówiący bez ogródek, szczery do bólu commencer à apprendre
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She was outspoken in her criticism of the plan.
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behaving in a serious, formal way that suggests you think you are more important than other people napuszony, pompatyczny commencer à apprendre
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His speech sounded very pompous and self-congratulatory.
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to arrive somewhere continuously in large amounts napływać (np. o funduszach, ludności) commencer à apprendre
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Donations poured in from all over the world.
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the quality of being exact, accurate, and careful precyzja commencer à apprendre
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Her work is imaginative but lacks precision.
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to deal with information so that you understand it or can use it commencer à apprendre
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It took me some time to process this information.
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to understand what is happening and how people are really feeling, even when this is not expressed in words commencer à apprendre
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She’s very good at reading a situation.
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hesitating before you do sth because you do not want to do it or are not sure that it is right niechętny commencer à apprendre
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He was reluctant to sign the deal without consulting his boss.
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ordinary, with no special or interesting features przeciętny commencer à apprendre
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It’s just a run-of-the-mill office block.
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having a lot of confidence in yourself and your abilities pewny siebie commencer à apprendre
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She was a very self-assured young woman.
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to read sth quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points commencer à apprendre
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I skimmed through the report looking for the sales figures.
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to consider particular facts, circumstances, etc. when making a decision or judgement wziąć coś pod uwagę, uwzględnić coś commencer à apprendre
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We have to take environmental issues into account.
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to take as much time as you need without hurrying commencer à apprendre
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He likes to take his time and get the job done thoroughly.
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not interesting and taking too long nużący commencer à apprendre
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We had to listen to all the tedious details.
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czasochłonny commencer à apprendre
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It’s a difficult and time-consuming process.
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surprising you because you were not expecting it niespodziewany, nieoczekiwany commencer à apprendre
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Her resignation was completely unexpected.
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new and becoming successful dobrze się zapowiadający commencer à apprendre
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They are an up-and-coming young company.
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full of life, activity and energy tętniący życiem, tryskający energią commencer à apprendre
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Bangkok is a vibrant city.
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to consider the advantages and disadvantages of sth rozważyć wszystkie za i przeciw commencer à apprendre
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weigh up the pros and cons Before taking the job, she weighed up the pros and cons very carefully.
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to be true for both of two possible situations or for both of two people działać w obie strony commencer à apprendre
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A good partnership has to work both ways.
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