assessment | estimation | |
dumb down | to make or become less intellecutally demanding or sophisticated | |
whiz-kid | skilled or successful young person | |
high-flier | very successful in job or at school | |
dark horse | is quiet but who surprises with their hidden talents | |
know-all | behaves as if they know everything | |
team player | works well in a group especially in business/at work | |
all-rounder | has many different skills and abilities | |
rote learning | memorization by repetition | |
chime | to be similar to or agree with someone else's ideas, plans, feelings etc. | |
immersion | the state of something that has been put in a liquid and is surrounded or covered by it | |
internship/practicum | staż | |
brothel | place with hookers | |
hooters | boobs | |
passionate | passion ->adj | |
allergic | allergy ->adj | |
powerful | power ->adj | |
successful | success ->adj | |
persuasive | persuasion ->adj | |
superstitious | superstition ->adj (irrational belief) | |
fictional | fiction ->adj | |
psychological | psychology ->adj | |
educational | education ->adj | |
affective | affection ->adj | |
speculative | speculation ->adj | |
logical | logic ->adj | |
ambitious | ambition ->adj | |
fictional | fiction ->adj | |
empathic | empathy ->adj | |
Master of Business Administration | MBA | |
Business English Certificate | BEC | |
International English Language Testing System | IELTS | |
Master of Science | MSc | |
Bachelor of Arts | BA | |
University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate | UCLES | |
Test of English as a Foreign Language | TOEFL | |
Doctor of Philosophy | PhD | |
concise | precise, without flower 'language' | |
let one's hair down | to relax, behave informally | |
soak up | enjoy the atmosphere | |
get back | return | |
live sth up | to have an exciting time | |
go off the beaten track | to choose uncommon way | |
clear up | to explain, solve | |
lounge around | rest, do actually nothing | |
rip off | demand to big price | |
take in the sights | to be a tourist | |
to sprawl | to spread out in disordered fashion | |
get away | to escape | |