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 |