Content | The subject of matter of the book, speech, programme |
Ahead of the curve | Ahead of current thinking or trends |
Powerhouse | A person or thing of great energy, strength, power |
Allude to | Suggest or call attention to indirectly, nawiązać do |
Revenue | Income |
Rental | Available to rent |
Tap into | To take or use what is needwd from energy suply or amount of money |
Lodging | A place to stay |
Tailor | To make sth so that is exactly right for someone’s needs |
Stunning | Very attractive, surprising |
Dedicate | Made for or used onlybfor one particular purpose |
Decency | Behaviour that is good and moral |
Box office | The number of tickets sold for film, a measure how popular and succesfull it was |
Top-grossing | A product or service especially a film that earns more money than others |
Depict | Represent, show sth in picture, film |
Trope | Idea, phrase, image which is often used in particular artist works |
Objectify | Treat sb like a toy or object |
Agency | Ability to take action or to choose what action to take |
Voxels | Small boxes which build 3D model |
Heuristics | Approach to problem solving based on scientific research |
Participant | Volunteer in scientific study |
Samples | Smaller parts of sth |
Superficial | Shallow, trivial, pointless |
Repressed | Sth we deny, we don’t want to admit to ourselves |
Exaggerated | False, hyperbolised |
Ubiquitus | Present everywhere and everytime (ponadczasowy) |
Incite | Encourage sb to do or feel sth unpleasant or violent |
Hit close to home | To affect deeply because sb can relate with it |
Roll out | To make new product available for the first time |
Abuzz | Filled with noise and activity |
Prompt | To make sth happen |
Spur | Make sth happen faster |
Commit sth to memory | Make sure that you remember sth |
Denialism | Practice of rejecting propositions which are supported by scientific or historical evidence |
Greenwashing | Activities which make people believe that a company is doing more to protect environment than it is |
Brief | Short, quick |
To commute | Make the same journey regulary between work and home |
To tackle | Try to deal with sth or sb |
Stake | A part of business that you own or amount of money you invested |
Nautical | Relating to boats and sailing |
Cornerstone | Sth very important that sth else depends on |
To keep pace with | To go as fast as |
Beverage | A drink |
Hospitality | A friendly welcomw for guests |
Surplus | An amount of money that is left over |
Budget | The amount of money you plan to spend |
Debt | An amount of money that you owe |
Gross domestic product | A yearly value of goods and services in a country |
Return | A profit on money that you invested |
Exceeded | Was greater that a number or amount |
Pageant | Contest |
Melting-pot | A place where many different cultures and people exist together mixing |
Indigenous | Relating to people who originaly lived in the place rather than people who moved there |
Dwindling | Getting smaller |
Coercion | Use force to make sb do sth they don’t want to |
Unviable | Unable to succed, unable to work as intended |
Impeccable | Accurate, right, perfect |
Slate | List of candidates |
Box office grosses | Income from tickets |
Haul | The biggest money maker |
Obscurity | Unclear, unknown |
Quip | Funny remark, fast reaction |
Rudimentary | Simple, basic, old |
By implication | Suggestion indirect |
Rants | Speak about sth in negative way |
Home decor | A style or scheme of interior decoration |
Eviction | The act or process of officially forcing sb to leave a house or piece of land |
Destitution | The state of having no money or possessions |
Coda | A separate passage at the end of film book or speech that finishes it off |
Formulaic | Not original |
Inception | The start of an institution or activity |
Upt | Appropriate, timely, right, seemly |
Vicarious moment | Experienced by reading or watching about others experience rather that by doing it yourself |
Susceptibility | Podatność |
Fit the bill | Suitable, right for the position |
Wrap up | End, finish |
Hard-baked | Typical for |
Veil of silence | Always quiet, never communicates |
Lost in translation | Difficult to express in different language |
Poped out | Decide not to take part in |
Spike | Rise, growth |
Trending | Be changing into, be moving toward |
Boost | improve, increase |
Incur | Cause |
Confer | Bring |
Obscure | ambiguous, dwuznaczny, niejasny |
draughtsman | a person who draws |
contradictory | Conflicting, paradoxical |
juxtapose | to pair; to set side by side |
oeuvre | an artist’s whole body of work |
To boast | To show off |
heliotype | a photomechanically produced plate for pictures or type by exposing a gelatin film under |
to permeate | to pervade; to penetrate |
teeter | stagger; to stumble; to balance (Chwiać się?) |
on the brink | On the edge, na skraju |
walk the talk | acting in a way that agrees with the things person says |
Blacksmith | person who makes and repairs iron objects and horseshoes |
sustainability | the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able continue long time |
anvil | heavy block of iron on which heated pieces of metal are made into a particular shape with a hamer |
insulation | material that is used to stop heat, sound, or electricity from escaping or entering |
yield | supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information |
grassroots | the ordinary people in a society, movement, or organization |
versatile | able to change easily from one activity to another or able to be used for many different Purposes |