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musujący, pieniący się; żywiołowy, tryskający życiem
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effervescent
His effervescent personality faded a little when he was asked about the future.
pojawić się nagle i osiągnąć wielki sukces
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burst onto sth
This writer has burst onto the literary scene.
dusić
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suffocate
Over a period of 48 hours she suffocated to death.
przelewający się
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overflowing
Every table in the room was overflowing with toys and games.
wywyższać się, iść dumnym krokiem
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swagger
He fired up another cigarette and swaggered out of the office.
oddanie starego towaru w rozliczeniu za nowy
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trade-in
We do accept trade-ins, and you can receive some money for the game you purchased.
zorganizować coś tak, aby uniknąć problemów
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work around something
One musy find a way to work around these complaints, as their solutions aren't as clear-cut as those of traditional order issues.
osiągnąć coś, dokonać czegoś
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pull sth off
Resolving serious customer complaints is challenging, but true business aficionados can pull it off.
dotyczyć czegoś, odnosić się do czegoś
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pertain
Generally, serious customer complaints pertain to issues that can not quickly be fixed.
zakończyć
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wind up
Let's wind this meeting up and go for a drink.
oszałamiający, oślepiający
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dazzling
Wow! You look dazzling, girl.
lista płac
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payroll
The company has more than 200 people on the payroll.
dofinansowanie, subwencja
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bailout
Are we sure that the Irish bailout does not violate the Treaty of Maastricht?
obskurny, zaniedbany
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shabby
The tenements in Naples were so shabby.
rozmrożony, rozmrażać/ odszraniać (np. szyby)
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defrosted
Defrost the chicken before putting it in the oven.
uprząż
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harness
You cannot climb here without a harness. She put a harness on the horse before leading it out of the stable.
wędzony
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smoked
My grandfather always smokes fish.
nad morzem
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seaside
She felt there would be too many families at the seaside and not enough single men.
miłośnik, wielbiciel
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aficionado
Resolving serious customer complaints is challenging, but true business aficionados can pull it off
wyraźny, jednoznaczny
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clear-cut
Their solutions aren't as clear-cut as those traditional order issues
daleko idący (o zmianach), ogromny (sukces)
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sweeping
This was a sweeping change in the city's infrastructure
najważniejszy, nadrzędny
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paramount
The best interest of the child is always to be paramount.
zwracać się (inwestycja), procentować czymś, przynosić (dochód), dawać, skutkować (wynik, odpowiedź)
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yield
Yielding a revenue of $150 000. I hope that this latest improvement will help us yield better results.
przyjęcie (ideologii)
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embrace
He embraced the socialist ideology with enthusiasm.
wywyższanie się, starania aby być lepszym od rywala
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one-upping
Don't waste time one-upping your rivals.
przedsięwzięcie, interes
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venture
It has served as the most important principle behind all of Amazon's ventures.
głośne domaganie się czegoś, głośne żądanie czegoś (podwyżek płac)
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clamor
Find ways to make your customers excited and clamor for more.
bosko, cudownie
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divinely
One thing I love about customers is that they are divinely discontent.
w szybkim tempie, dynamiczny
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fast-paced
In the fast-paced, cutthroat world of business, it's hard to know which opportunities are the right ones to leave behind.
ostry, bezwzględny (o konkurencji)
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cutthroat
In the fast-paced, cutthroat world of business, it's hard to know which opportunities are the right ones to leave behind.
podświadomy, podprogowy
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subliminal
subliminal touching
przeszukać (dokument), przetrząsnąć (miejsce)
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scour
We scoured the psychological research on the science of attraction to find strategies to get people like you.
naśladowanie
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mimicking
The strategy is called mirroring, and it involves subtly mimicking the other person's behaviour.
sprzymierzeniec/wspólnik
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confederate
Researchers had 78 men and woman work on a task with a partner, who was really a confederate working for the researchers.
pełnoprawny
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full-fledged
Under certain circumstances, those interactions can develop into full-fledged friendships.
bliskość, uczucie zrozumienia, pokrewieństwo
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affinity
Men demonstrated a greater affinity for the woman they'd seen more often in class - even thought they hadn't interacted with any of them.
stały, regularny, ciągły
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steady
Even if you don't live near your friends, try stickia steady routine with them, such as going out for coffee every week.
zakażenie, zaraza
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contagion
Emotional contagion describes what happens when people are strongly influenced by the moods of other people.

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