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My brother is my opposite number in a company that competes with mine // Phillip is my opposite number in the company's New York office start learning
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odpowiednik, odpowiedniczka (osoba zajmująca to samo stanowisko w innej firmie lub organizacji)
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I am looking forward to good collaboration in the future. // He thanked his co-workers for a fruitful collaboration start learning
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This company is our counterpart in Sweden // My counterpart in their company earns more money // the same as opposite number, but more formal start learning
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My friend plans to establish a company // If I won one million pounds, I would establish my own company. // I feel like I'm ready to establish my own family start learning
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zakładać, tworzyć, ustanawiać, nawiązywać (np. biznes, rząd, kontakty)
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I've got a good rapport with her. // She has a good rapport with her boss // As a salesperson, you should build rapport with customers. start learning
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bliski kontakt (z kimś); dobre stosunki, relacje
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We can help with such a deal, but you're going to have to take the initiative. // As a result, some local people took the initiative to start a school. start learning
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The two men have made much of their close working relationship. // He is a great friend and we have a very good working relationship. start learning
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stosunki na stopie zawodowej, stosunki w miejscu pracy
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The company is very hierarchical start learning
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In their eyes they are at the top of any pecking order. // A family name alone was enough to place someone in the pecking order. start learning
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hierarchia ważności // porządek dziobania (hierarchia w obrębie grupy)
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My wife doesn't like it when I go to the pub with my colleagues // I never saw my workmates as true friends. start learning
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They had a business meeting and were talking shop. // I socialise with my workmates outside of work, but we try not to talk shop on those occasions start learning
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rozmawiać o sprawach zawodowych, rozmawiać o sprawach służbowych
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As lives change, even the most mundane things become an issue. // I do fairly mundane tasks // Talking about mundane things such as what happened at work. start learning
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przyziemny, prozaiczny, nieciekawy, nudny
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Our team didn't meet the deadline, so our promotion was suspended. start learning
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dotrzymywać terminu, zmieścić się w terminie, zdążyć przed ostatecznym terminem
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He found the university to be a very stimulating environment. // My job is very rewarding and stimulating start learning
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stymulujący / pobudzający
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There's a lot of pressure to give yourself a heavy workload. // His letters of the time report an extremely heavy workload. start learning
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Being a chef is one of the most repetitive jobs on earth // The job is mechanical and repetitive start learning
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The job is mechanical and repetitive start learning
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I'm knocking off in two hours, then we can go on a date // I could wait until we knocked off in the middle of the day. start learning
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These jobs are glamorous and some have very high pay, so many people want them. start learning
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I'm a pilot, so my job is glamorous, but the hours are irregular and anti-social start learning
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nieregularne godziny pracy
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anti-social working hours Unsocial working hours, also called anti-social hours, generally refer to any period an employee works outside of conventional working hours. start learning
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antyspołeczne godziny pracy
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Long-haul flights can be a bit mind-numbing, as most of the time the plane just flies itself. start learning
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otępiający / bardzo nudny
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Since we're on a tight schedule, we could only spend a few minutes down there. // They're run on a tight schedule, and they get nervous. start learning
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be stuck in a rut / get into a rut Dave is stuck in a rut and has to decide what to do with his life. start learning
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Being a factory worker is a dead-end job start learning
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They also got some money to pay for retraining and going back to school. // And the people are going to have to be retrained. start learning
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I went in with my friends and we formed our own software company as a start-up in 2009. start learning
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przyłączać się do kogoś (np. żeby założyć biznes)
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He told me the average assembly-line worker earns $18 an hour. start learning
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pracownik linii produkcyjnej
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refuse collector / garbage man start learning
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It is just over 140 years old and has a varied history // I have had quite a varied career, mainly in the area of sales and marketing start learning
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różnorodny, rozmaity, urozmaicony
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I think it's better to have a monotonous job than to be jobless. start learning
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