Sharing economy

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driveway
A driveway – so you mean a parking space off the road at my house? Not exactly a driveway, but yes I do have a parking space, yes.
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podjazd
capacity
do you have a spare room in your house? Absolutely not. We're full to capacity in our house.
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pojemność
Feeling the pinch
Feeling the pinch – you mean feeling poor. Yes, I'm always feeling the pinch. So come on Finn, tell us how we can make some money.
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czuc sie biednie
pinch
Somebody pinched his arm. Add a pinch of salt to the soup.
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szczypta / szczypać
make a few pennies
to make a few pennies – to make a bit of extra money
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zrobić kilka groszy
operate
Airbnb say they operate in 34,000 cities and have 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. In fact, we could say they're the market-leader in this industry – the main, most successful company
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działać
listings
Airbnb say they operate in 34,000 cities and have 800,000 listings of rooms and apartments. In fact, we could say they're the market-leader in this industry – the main, most successful company
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ofert
announcement
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zapowiedź/ ogłoszenie, zawiadomienie
public announcement
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publiczne ogłoszenie
advert
It's a colourful advertisement. Have a look at that big film advertisement over there. I saw an advertisement for a car I like.
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ogłoszenie
advertising
Have they been advertising it in the paper or anything? I used to work in a large advertising agency.
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reklama
rent out a DVD
It's a British business that lets you rent out your driveway or parking space.
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wynajmę DVD
spotted
When I had the original idea, I spotted a driveway close to a sports stadium. It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in a commercial car park.
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zauważyć
spotted by police
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zauważony przez policję
set up a business
So he set up this site. And around 20,000 people have put their spaces on the site, and he says around half a million drivers use it.
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założyć firmę
rent out
Interestingly, a church near Kings Cross in central London has apparently made over £200,000 by renting out space in its yard to travellers!
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wynająć
one for a rainy day
That sounds like one for a rainy day. One for a rainy day – an idea to store away until you need it.
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gromadzić na złe dni
one for a rainy day
I've saved a little money for a rainy day.
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gromadzić na złe dni
allowance
Keep some extra allowance for a rainy day. Why do you call it my allowance, and never let me spend it
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dodatek zasiłek / kieszonkowe
out of pocket
What about the people who run things like traditional B and Bs, or commercial car parks – or taxi services – things like that? Won't they be out of pocket?
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stratni
thriving
Six months later, she had a new house and a thriving business. He left a thriving business to his wife and son. There is already a thriving design and new media industry in the city.
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prosperujący, kwitnący
folding
The bird folded its wings.
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składany
Ptak złożył swoje skrzydła.

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