phony | not rea or true; false and trying to trick people |
dough | money (informal) |
to snub | to insult sb, especially by ignoring |
dopey | rather stupid |
fiend | a person who is very interested in sth |
to chatter | to talk quickly and continuously, especially about things that are not important (Denis?) |
jerk | a stupid person who often says or does the wrong thing |
to horse about | to play in a way that is noisy and not very careful |
snotty | treating people as if they were not as important and good as you |
cockeyed | not level or straight (e.g. position) |
to hinge on | to depend on sb or sth |
to be in the grip of sth | to be experiencing something unpleasant that you have no control over |
to hobble | to walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty |
haltingly | stopping and staring as if uncertain |
chime | a single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock |
in the nick of time | just in time, at the last possible instant; just before it's too late |
numbly | emotionally unresponsive, indifferent |
self-efficacy | the measure of the belief in one's own ability to complete tasks and reach goals |
subsidiary | a company that is owned or controlled by another larger company |
to equip | to provide sb/sth with the things that are needed to do sth particular |
multifaceted | having many parts or sides |
interdependent | depending on or necessary to each other |
acumen | the ability to think quickly and make good judgments |
glocalization | the global distribution of a product or service that is tailored to local markets |
homogeneous | consisting of people or things that are all of the same type |
power distance | the extent to which an unequal distribution of power is accepted by members of a society |
global mindset | set of attitudes that allow to effectively function in a different culture |
stock market | the business of buying and selling stocks and shares |
inventory | a list of all the things in a place |
quantum leap | a very large and important development or improvement |
divergent | differing from sth given and growing further apart |
ethnocentric | based on the idea that your own race, nation, etc is better than any other |
to annihilate | to destroy, to reduce, to cancel |
jaundice | hepatitis (żółtaczka) |
brisk | active, lively, quick |
belligerent | connected to war, militant, aggressive |
to demean | to lower in dignity, honour, to debase |
to rumple | to ruffle, tousle, to crumple into wrinkles |
podgy | short and fat or thick |
frenzied | violently agitated, frantic, wild |
to trudge | to walk laboriously or weariliy (chodzić ociężale) |
blasphemy | impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things |
foul | repulsive |
clipped | szorstki |
effervescent | active, lively |
to plunge | gwałtownie popchnąć, wepchnąć |
swampy | bagnisty |
gnarled | powykręcany, sękaty |
drizzly | dżdżysty |