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procrastination
An example of procrastination is not working on a project at all until the day before it is due.
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odkładanie spraw na później
due
An example of procrastination is not working on a project at all until the day before it is due.
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należny
procrastinate
An example of procrastinate is having two weeks to work on a paper and waiting until the night before it's due to work on it.
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odkładać, odwlekać (zrobienie czegoś)
put off
procrastinate = To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
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odkładać
postpone
procrastinate = To postpone or delay needlessly.
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odraczać
knuckle down
You should knuckle down and do your homework!
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brać się do pracy
tedious
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nudny
temptation
I couldn't resist the temptation to buy it.
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pokusa
bundle up
To bundle is defined as to tie or wrap together, or to dress warmly
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opatulać
temptation bundling
temptation bundling = doing two activities together: one you should do but are avoiding, and one that you love doing but isn't productive
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pokusa pakietowa (?)
bundling
When Bullet shows up, make sure he gets that bundle.
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paczka, zawiniątko
bundling
A bundle of cinnamon sticks.
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paczka, zawiniątko
fallacy
fallacy = a mistaken belief or idea
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błędne przekonanie
spin
An example of fallacy is the idea that the sun spins around the earth.
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obracać się
get around to sth
But Sunday night came around so quickly, and I just – you know – I didn't get round to it.
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w końcu coś zrobić
come around
But Sunday night came around so quickly
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nadejść /odzyskać przytomność
get around to sth
I intended to tidy the flat at the weekend, but I didn't get round to it.
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w końcu coś zrobić
get around to do something
Did you get round to doing the shopping?
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w końcu coś zrobić
came around
When I came round I didn't know what happened
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nadejść /odzyskać przytomność
come AROUND
I will surprise you sometime, I'll come around when you're down
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przyjść, wpaść (do kogoś z wizytą)
procrastination
Well, perhaps I should say at this point that today's show is about procrastination, which means not doing something you're supposed to do.
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odkładanie spraw na później
sort out
For example, when you're young, sorting out a pension plan doesn't feel like a priority
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uporządkować (sprawy), rozwiązać (problem)
urgent
That does sound more urgent, when you put it like that.
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pilny
knuckle down
Turn off your tech and knuckle down to your tasks
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brać się do pracy
estimate
we often underestimate how long things will take us
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oszacowanie
fallacy
There's this thing called the planning fallacy.
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błędne przekonanie
fallacy
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błędne przekonanie
freemason
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wolnomularz
statesman
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