a violation | the act of doing sth that is not allowed by law or rule (naruszenie) |
a cornerstone | sth of basic importance (podstawa) |
an inferior | a person of law rank or status |
a wet blanket | a person who makes it difficult for other people to enjoy themselves ny complaining, showing no enth |
insurance | odszkodowanie |
a bead | koralik |
downsizing | a reduction in the number of |
a solicitor | a person whose job involves talking to many people and trying to persuade them to buy things |
an inconvenience | sth that causes trouble or problems (niedogodność) |
a perpetrator | someone who has committed a crime |
a morale booster | something that increases the feelings of enthusiasm and loyalty that a person or group has about a t |
a lid | wieczko |
immune system | the system that protects your body from diseases and infections |
a bunch | a group of people or things that are together or are associated with each other in some way |
a connotation | an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning (skojarzenie) |
a go-to guy/person | someone who is always helpful |
a one-night stand | a situation in which you have sex with someone once and you do not continue in a relationship afterw |
a privilege | a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others |
a branch | a local office of a company or organization |
a sequin | a small piece of shiny metal or plastic that is sewn onto clothes as a decoration |
decisiveness | the ability to make choices quickly and confidently |
ignorance | a lack of knowledge, understanding, or education (niewiedza) |
confidentiality | the quality or state of being private |
a fiance | a man that a woman is engaged to be married to |
an accomplice | a person who works with or helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal |
a fraction | ułamek |
superior | a person of high quality, or better than others |
hilarious | very funny |
vulnerable | easily hurt or harmed (narażony) |
swamped | having to deal with a very large amount of things or people at the same time |
sizeable | spory |
sharp | used to refer to an exact time |
intolerant of | not willing to allow or accept something |
ASAP | as soon as possible |
offensive | rude or insulting |
anonymous | made or done by someone unknown |
high-end | higher in price and of better quality than most others |
how come | (informal) used to ask why something has happened, is true |
chummy | (informal) very friendly |
illuminating | giving you new information about a subject or making it easier to understand |
confidential | secret or private (poufne) |
to downsize | to make a company smaller and more efficient by reducing the number of workers |
to bail on sb | (informal) to leave someone when the situation gets difficult |
to submit | to give (a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc.) to someone so that it can be considered or |
to arise | to begin to occur or to exist (pojawiać się) |
to smack sb | to slap or hit (someone or something) hard |
to thrive on sth | to do well in a situation (służyć komuś) |
to come up | to occur in usually a sudden or unexpected way |
to steer away from | to keep away from someone or something completely |
to subscribe | to pay money to get a publication or service regularly |
to coddle | (disapproving) to treat someone with too much care or kindness |
to inconvenience | to cause trouble or problems for someone |
to indicate | to show something (wskazywać) |
to poke | to make a hole in something by pushing something sharp or pointed through or into it |
to gamble | to risk losing something valuable or important in order to do or achieve something (zaryzykować) |
to bother sb | to cause someone to feel troubled |
to pierce | to make a hole in or through something |
to groom sb | to prepare someone for a particular job or position (przygotować) |
to incorporate | to include something as part of something else |
to forfeit | to lose or give up something as a punishment or because of a rule or law |
to be in on sth | to have knowledge about something or to be involved in it |
to donate to sth | to give money, food, clothes, etc. in order to help a person or organization |
to butcher sth | (informal) to do something very badly : to make a mess of something |
to step away from | to leave something |
to overlap | to lie over the edge of something OR to happen at the same time as something else (nakładają się) |
to get the axe | to be fired from your job OR to be stopped from happening |
to set the bar high | to establish a high standard |
in the wild | not in captivity(niewola) but in the natural habitat |
to garner respect | to receive respect |
at will | when you want |
out of sb's hands | used to say that you cannot control something |
to flip a coin | podrzucać monetę |
to put sb at a disadvantage | to make it harder for someone to succeed |
to make yourself at home | to feel relaxed and comfortable |
to let sb go | to officially make someone leave a job |
to cut sth to the bone | to reduce costs / prices as much as possible |
to form an alliance | to create a relationship between people, groups, countries. in which they agree to work together |
up to your ears | deeply involved in something |
to lose sight of sth | to forget about an important idea or fact because you are thinking too much about other things |
to keep a lid on sth | to keep something secret |
to bring sth to sb's attention | to make someone aware of something (zwrócić czyjąś uwagę na) |
to file a complaint | to complain officially to someone (złożyć skargę) |
to have a stroke of genius | to have a sudden brilliant idea |