Unit 4

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to back a project
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to support someone or something, especially by giving them money
to fuel your motivation
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to increase your motivation
to pursue an ambition
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dążyć za ambicją
to satisfy your curiosity
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to find out something that you want to know
to serve science
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to be useful or helpful for science
blindingly obvious
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very or extremely obvious
gravely mistaken
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very much mistaken
immediately important
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important and needing attention now
infinitely preferable
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very much better or more suitable
ludicrously high
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much higher than is reasonable/normal
vehemently opposed
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to strongly disagree with a plan or idea
wildly inaccurate
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extremely inaccurate
to face the day
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to deal with what you have to do in the day
to have a knock-on effect
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to start a domino effect
a helping hand
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help and support
to make ends meet
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to have just enough money to buy the things you need
aloof
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unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
compassionate
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feeling sympathy
conscientious
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careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do
enterprising
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having an ability to think of new activities or ideas and make them work
intuitive
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and intuitive idea is based on a feeling rather than on knowledge or facts
resourceful
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good at finding ways of dealing with practical problems
aligning incentives
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to arrange/organise incentives so that they work effictively, are in line
a business model
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a plan for a successful business
collaborative consumption
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the shared use of goods or services by a group
to drive customer loyalty
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to increase the loyalty of customers or encourage their loyalty
finite resources
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resources that have an end or a limit
investment opportunities
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opportunities to make financial investments
on-demand access
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providing access whenever someone asks
sharing economy
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an economy where people rent or borrow goods rather than buy or own them
zero waste
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a situation which produces no waste
at an unprecedented rate
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at a speed that has never happened before
global assessment
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an assessment of the situation affecting the whole world
grave impacts
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very bad/serious effects
to pool evidence together
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to combine/gather evidence
seemingly infinity
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appearing to b e without a limit
to set to disappear
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to start disappearing
to take immediate action
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to act immediately
the brink of extinction
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when a particular type of animal or plan will soon cease to exist

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