| 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 |