Business writing - English

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to stand by
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to be alert
być w stanie oczekiwania
shake-out
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deep reform, turnaround
przewrót
to spring up
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to appear
pojawić się
hiring freeze
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a stop in recruitment
zamrożenie przyjęć
to atrophy
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to disappear
zaniknąć
to hunt for
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to look for
polować na
trade schools
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vocational schools
szkoły zawodowe
construction
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building
revival
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resumption of growth
ożywienie
faults
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defects
rote learning
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learning by heart
slots
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miejsca
to shy away
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to be afraid of / to run away from
bać się, uciekać od
to work one's way through
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to filter through
przeniknąć do
to take a toll on
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to have a negative influence
zebrać żniwo
to weed out
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to eliminate / to eradicate / to get rid of (informal)
wyplenić
decent reputation
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uczciwa, porządna reputacja
failry reputation
degree mills
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fabryki dyplomów
to tackle education
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to address a problem / to try to solve a problem
zająć się problemem edukacji
severity
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harshness
surowość
to dry up
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to stop
mighty
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powerful
grunts
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young, fresh employees, who do the basic job
private equity
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a company that invests in new businesses (usually risky)
to frown upon sth
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to disapprove
patrzeć krzywo na coś, nie pochwalać czegoś
the bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble
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the beginning of the crisis
to dissolve
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to close, to liquidate
patchy
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incomplete
niepełny, niejednolity
to shrink
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to get smaller
to hold back
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to stop
attrition rates
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natural loss of employees
boutique company
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small and specialised company
countercyclical activities
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unusuall (when we face downturn, those activities are in demand)
antycykliczne działania
to fare better
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to do better
lepiej się powodzić
legal-process outsourcing
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outsourcing of legal activities
to parcel out
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to distribute
nascent market
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rising, emerging market
rodzący się, powstający rynek
to be risk-averse
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to be afraid of risk
to raise the bar
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to raise the requirements / to make sth more difficult
podnieść poprzeczkę
record
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history
the quango
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an institution, which is affiliated to do special job
to oversee
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to supervise
to undergo profound structural changes
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to be affected by deep changes
ulegać głębokim zmianom strukturalnym
great budgetary pressure
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very little money in the budget
wielka presja budżetowa
billable hour
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the hours of work that are paid for
rozliczane godziny
to go public
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to be listed on the stock exchange
to follow in the footsteps of
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to go to the same direction
pójść w ślady
at one’s fingertips
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readily available
empowering
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the employees is given a power to make decisions
consensual
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based on agreement
overbearing
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unpleasantly overwhelming
coercive
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using force and threats
rule-bound style
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management style based on rules
to bode well for
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to give good signs
discretionary effort
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voluntary
self-reinforcing
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strengthen
samonapędzający, wzmacniający
self-defeating
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destroying itself
autodestrukcyjny
retention of staff
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keeping employees in the company
browbeating
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a lot of terror, bullying
robust
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strong
bottom-line results
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final results
from shop floor to top floor
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across the organizational structure
the last gasp of a played out system
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obsolete, outdated
przestarzały
foregone conclusion
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obvious
when push comes to shove
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when the situation becomes critical

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