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not planned or arranged in advance okolicznościowy, doraźny, tymczasowy commencer à apprendre
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We held an ad-hoc meeting to discuss the problem.
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empty, with nothing written or printed on it commencer à apprendre
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I found myself staring at a blank screen.
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to increase a company’s profits zwiększyć zyski commencer à apprendre
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The company aims to boost earnings by 18%.
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to discuss ideas with other people in order to find out what they think commencer à apprendre
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We sat there bouncing ideas around for a while.
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to make a number of people feel excited, angry, or shocked wywołać poruszenie commencer à apprendre
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Her resignation caused quite a stir in the company.
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to have a successful result ziścić się, zostać zrealizowanym commencer à apprendre
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After months of hard work, our plans finally came to fruition.
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different from sth or against sth wbrew (czemuś) commencer à apprendre
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Contrary to expectations, we had fine weather for the conference.
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to prevent costs from increasing beyond a certain point commencer à apprendre
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We have to do more to control costs.
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to reduce the amount of profit made commencer à apprendre
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Increased costs will inevitably cut into the bottom line.
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to make it necessary for people to be exact, accurate, and careful commencer à apprendre
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This kind of task demands precision.
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rough and not yet in its final form commencer à apprendre
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He let me see a draft copy of the speech.
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the group of people with the most power or influence, eg. because they have the most knowledge or money elita commencer à apprendre
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She is undoubtedly a member of the business elite.
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to examine an idea carefully in order to find out more about it commencer à apprendre
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These concepts will be explored in more detail in Chapter 5.
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to fail or be unable to make progress poddawać się, nie dawać sobie rady, odpaść commencer à apprendre
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The proposals fell by the wayside due to lack of support.
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to think about how you can resolve something commencer à apprendre
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We need to figure out a cheap way of doing this.
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to start progressing in the right way again after a mistake or failure commencer à apprendre
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With Liz in charge, the project soon got back on track.
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Without funding, our plans will never get off the ground.
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to help new ideas to start developing in people’s minds commencer à apprendre
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get the creative juices flowing We had a brain-storming session to get the creative juices flowing.
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making new discoveries or using new methods commencer à apprendre
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This piece of research was ground-breaking.
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that cannot be changed in any circumstances niezmienny, ściśle określony commencer à apprendre
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There are no hard and fast rules for doing this.
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to think of good ideas suddenly or by chance wpadać na pomysły commencer à apprendre
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He hit on an idea for a new type of vacuum cleaner.
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to tell people that they must achieve certain results commencer à apprendre
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He imposed tough new sales targets on the department.
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wzbudzić gniew commencer à apprendre
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They incurred the wrath of customers by cancelling services.
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to make sb feel frightened or threatened commencer à apprendre
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Successful women sometimes intimidate men.
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make sth more organized or successful nauczyć kogoś porządku commencer à apprendre
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It shouldn’t take long for her to knock the team into shape.
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to think about things that are more advanced or more unusual commencer à apprendre
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We need to look beyond conventional ideas of what a travel company should be.
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no longer growing very quickly, and difficult for new companies to enter dojrzały commencer à apprendre
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Software today is a mature, multi-billion-dollar industry.
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to change into sth completely different przemienić się w coś, przechodzić metamorfozę commencer à apprendre
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His company had metamorphosed into a very different organization.
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a quality of being mysterious or secret that makes sb/sth seem interesting or attractive mistyka, aura tajemniczości commencer à apprendre
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We want to create a sense of mystique about our beauty products.
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an opportunity to sell a particular product to a particular group of people luka rynkowa, nisza commencer à apprendre
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They spotted a niche in the market.
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travelling around from place to place koczowniczy, nomadyczny commencer à apprendre
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As a sales rep he lives a rather nomadic life.
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no longer used because sth new has been invented przestarzały commencer à apprendre
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New technology very quickly becomes obsolete.
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to achieve better results than other companies or people you are competing against przewyższać konkurencję commencer à apprendre
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outperform the competition The company has consistently outperformed the competition.
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to obtain a patent for sth (the official right to be the only person to make, use, or sell it) opatentować commencer à apprendre
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He patented a revolutionary air-purifying device.
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boring work that involves a lot of writing papierkowa robota commencer à apprendre
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I would hate to be stuck in an office doing pen pushing all day.
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to continue to discuss or find out more about ideas rozwijać pomysły commencer à apprendre
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A progressive company has to be willing to pursue new ideas.
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the place or situation in which sb/sth originally started korzenie commencer à apprendre
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He has never forgotten his roots as a small trader.
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to start to experience difficulties wpadać w problemy, napotykać trudności commencer à apprendre
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We ran into problems with the test phase of the project.
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to change so that more importance is given to sth and less to sth else przenieść nacisk (z czegoś na coś) commencer à apprendre
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We have shifted the emphasis from manufacturing to services.
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careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, in order to reach the correct decision or solution zastanowienie commencer à apprendre
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After much soul-searching, he decided to resign.
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only occasionally or at intervals that are not regular sporadyczny commencer à apprendre
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There had been sporadic outbreaks of violence in the area.
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to be prepared for changes before they happen, so that you can act more quickly than other people commencer à apprendre
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The company has somehow always managed to stay ahead of the game.
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to prevent new ideas from being developed or expressed tłumić kreatywność commencer à apprendre
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They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
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not very sure or confident niepewny, nieśmiały commencer à apprendre
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Her English is correct but tentative.
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to think about sth in a new or different way myśleć twórczo, kreatywnie commencer à apprendre
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Many problems can be solved by thinking outside the box.
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to allow people to make mistakes without getting angry or punishing them commencer à apprendre
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If we don’t tolerate mistakes, we will never develop anything new.
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to test or use sth in order to see how good or effective it is commencer à apprendre
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We tried out some of the new products.
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to experience a situation where things change commencer à apprendre
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The company has undergone a major change.
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unlike other things or people; very special or unusual wyjątkowy, jedyny w swoim rodzaju commencer à apprendre
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We offer a unique blend of technical and interpersonal skills training.
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He was a bit vague about the details of the ad campaign.
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the buying and selling of goods in large quantities by businesses, in order to sell them to customers to make a profit sprzedaż hurtowa, hurt commencer à apprendre
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The company has changed its focus from wholesale to retail.
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