deck no. 06 Flashcards
(300 cards)
1
Q
zmniejszać, obcinać (np. wydatki)
A
to pare
Much of this culture has been pared back as the company has matured.
2
Q
wydzielony kawałek terenu, działka (np. pod zabudowę lub uprawę)
A
plot of land
Outside the stadium, there are currently vast and largely empty plots of land.
3
Q
to run through something
A
zużywać w szybkim tempie duże ilości czegoś
The company burned through more than $2 billion in 2018 and analysts have projected that on its current path We will run through what it has on hand sometime next year.
4
Q
oszczędnie
A
sparingly
It uses this power sparingly, in part because investors in those companies tend to be big and sophisticated, lawyers say.
5
Q
sprawiedliwy
A
equitable
We executives have said the buyback price couldn’t be higher for tax reasons. More recent stock sales have been more equitable.
6
Q
stalwart
A
zwolennik;
podpora (osoba stanowiąca wsparcie np. organizacji)
AT&T stalwarts disagree, saying key people continue to work at both units.
7
Q
to come out
A
okazać się
Yet the costs come out about the same, he has found, because flexible space is more efficient and the co-working firm, not the tenant, spends the money to outfit and design the space.
8
Q
przewracać do góry nogami
A
to upend
The future of money might be a digital version of the cash that’s already in people’s wallets—potentially upending the currency system that the world has known for many decades.
9
Q
tu run down
A
wyładować się (o baterii, akumulatorze)
But even with the expansion of range, potential customers are still afraid of running down the battery on a longer journey and not having a place to plug in.
10
Q
wiggle room
A
pole manerwru
In most cases, landlords still negotiate with their tenants, who sign rental agreements of 10 to 15 years that offer little wiggle room.
11
Q
to cut a deal
A
robić interesy
It began cutting deals with large corporations too, making it a threat to Hines’s core business.
12
Q
celować w coś
A
to take aim at something
Apple takes aim at rivals.
13
Q
okazać się
A
to come out
Yet the costs come out about the same, he has found, because flexible space is more efficient and the co-working firm, not the tenant, spends the money to outfit and design the space.
14
Q
zredukować coś
A
to dial something back
Gucci dialed back U.S. marketing last quarter rather than draw more attention to itself in the middle of the blackface maelstrom, Jean-Marc Duplaix, chief financial officer at Kering, said in July.
15
Q
to usher in
A
zapoczątkować (coś)
The speech also was the most pointed sign yet that the revolution ushered in by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is taking root.
16
Q
transportować
A
to haul
They hauled out eight million cubic yards of earth, creating a bathtub of sorts for the stadium to settle into.
17
Q
to be set to do something
A
mieć coś zrobić (np. zwiększyć się, zmienić się)
Because 5G is set to be embedded in so many fields of endeavor, the country that dominates the technology is likely to reap outsize profits, attract top-tier engineering talent and seize an edge in other critical future technologies, including weaponry.
18
Q
zaskoczyć kogoś
A
to catch somebody off guard
When Mr. Neumann announced in July 2018 via video call from Israel that the company was banning meat, executives in New York were caught off guard.
19
Q
close shave
A
mało brakowało; ledwie uniknąć nieszczęścia
Men pick up grandpa’s razor for a close shave—too close.
20
Q
to eradicate
A
pozbyć się; zwalczyć
One day, he proposed, the company could solve the problem of children without parents, and from there go onto other causes such as eradicating world hunger.
21
Q
zmniejszanie się składu osobowego w firmie
A
attrition
He previously has instructed staff to fire 20% of employees a year, bemoaning the number of “B” players hired amid rapid growth. Managers were unable to hit the target even when they included attrition.
22
Q
w gruncie rzeczy
A
in essence
Central banks such as the Federal Reserve in essence already issue digital money, via the commercial banks that have accounts with them.
23
Q
zamieszanie
A
maelstrom
Gucci dialed back U.S. marketing last quarter rather than draw more attention to itself in the middle of the blackface maelstrom, Jean-Marc Duplaix, chief financial officer at Kering, said in July.
24
Q
rura wydechowa
A
tailpipe
European auto makers have plowed tens of billions of dollars into developing electric cars and hybrids to comply with stricter restrictions on tailpipe emissions.
25
cordial
serdeczny
The call was brief and **cordial**, but behind it was a stinging rebuke of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
26
na początku
early on
**Early on**, Mr. Neumann painted a picture of how WeWork was connecting entrepreneurs and others who in the past would have worked from home or in coffee shops; how the company would bring a new way of working to a changing world.
27
to draw up a contract
sporządzić umowę
Traditional landlords have long required most tenants to make some of the capital commitments to outfit the bare space, **drawing up** leases so detailed they could take six months to negotiate.
28
to be susceptible to something
być podatnym na coś
Gucci, which sells products such as $300 wallets, $1,590 sneakers and $5,000 dresses, is particularly **susceptible to** social-media highs and lows because of its large base of younger customers.
29
retreat
wyjazd rekreacyjny
Executive **retreats** sport numerous cases of Don Julio 1942, with a retail price of more than $110 a bottle, and pours sometimes start in the morning.
30
niedwuznaczny
pointed
The speech also was the most **pointed** sign yet that the revolution ushered in by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is taking root.
31
hałaśliwy
rowdy
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He pushed for **rowdy** parties in the early days.
32
eye-popping
zaskakujacy
Although co-working makes up only a tiny share of all office space, it has increased about 23% annually and could account for an **eye-popping** 30% of the office market by 2030, according to Jones Lang La-Salle Inc., a provider of commercial real-estate services that does business as JLL.
33
to be a tough sell
trudno sprzedać
The company is making just a handful of shows available for the TV+ debut in November, so the service will be a **tough sell** against the deeper programming catalogs offered by streaming rivals Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co.
34
pod czyimś pantoflem, pod czyjąś kontrolą, pod czyimś wpływem
under somebody's thumb
For the Chinese, digitizing the renminbi is a way to get out from **under the U.S.’s thumb**, says Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University and former head of the IMF’s China Division.
35
pozbyć się; zwalczyć
to eradicate
One day, he proposed, the company could solve the problem of children without parents, and from there go onto other causes such as **eradicating** world hunger.
36
zapoczątkować (coś)
to usher in
The speech also was the most pointed sign yet that the revolution **ushered in** by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is taking root.
37
gorący, silny
torrid
That would allow him to stay at the company he built into one of the country’s most valuable startups, but inject new leadership to pursue an IPO that would bring We the cash it needs to keep up its **torrid** growth.
38
to take root
zakorzeniać się (zacząć być akceptowanym, utrwalać się)
The speech also was the most pointed sign yet that the revolution ushered in by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is **taking root**.
39
dziwak
oddball
China’s online insurance industry is booming, thanks to a proliferation of **oddball** policies that capitalize on people’s worries about unlikely events like ineffective vaccinations, and common mishaps like e-commerce shipping delays and broken smartphone screens.
40
napadać (na kogoś)
to assail
Elliott **assailed** AT&T management for its nearly $50 billion purchase of DirecTV in 2015 and said it remains cautious about last year’s roughly $80 billion purchase of Time Warner.
41
zwołać naradę
to call a huddle
With little explanation from Mr. Neumann, a group **huddled** to determine a rationale—they settled on sustainability— and the mechanics of what would be banned and how.
42
lump sum payment
wypłata jednorazowa; płatność ryczałtowa
For about $70 a year, one of China’s largest internetonly insurers will make a **lump-sum** payout to parents if their child goes missing.
43
wmieszać się w tłum w celu nawiązania rozmowy (np. na bankiecie); socjalizować się; obracać się w towarzystwie
to mingle
Chickens and cats **mingle** on the road.
44
to settle on something
zdecydować się na coś
With little explanation from Mr. Neumann, a group huddled to determine a rationale—they **settled on** sustainability— and the mechanics of what would be banned and how.
45
bratnia dusza
kindred spirit
Ultimately he found a **kindred spirit** in Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., who, like Mr. Neumann, is a risk-taker who respects giant bets.
46
to pin one's hopes on something
pokładać w czymś nadzieję
Such a future, of course, might be a disappointment to many libertarians and tech-savvy investors who are **pinning their hopes** (and in some cases their money) on private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
47
animated
ożywiony (np. dyskusja, konwersacja)
Past funders and employees tell stories of how an **animated** Mr. Neumann convinced them within minutes to believe in the company’s epic future.
48
to rally
iść w górę (o akcjach), zwyżkować
AT&T shares, which have lagged behind the broader market and some of its peers over the past five years, have **rallied** in recent months after starting the year around $30.
49
contribution margin
marża brutto po odjęciu kosztów zmiennych
The filing included a chart of **contribution margin** that showed a positive $340 million in the first half of the year, though the number excludes almost $200 million in lease costs and more than $1.5 billion of other charges covering everything from pre-opening location expenses —refurbishing buildings before renting them out—to new market development.
50
być obiektem czyichś żartów
to be the butt of somebody's jokes
Instead, after the IPO prospectus was released in mid-August, the company became **the butt of jokes** in Silicon Valley and among Wall Street crowds.
51
oddball
dziwak
China’s online insurance industry is booming, thanks to a proliferation of **oddball** policies that capitalize on people’s worries about unlikely events like ineffective vaccinations, and common mishaps like e-commerce shipping delays and broken smartphone screens.
52
miejsce kultu (kapliczka, sanktuarium, świątynia)
shrine
That is what L.A. Rams owner Stan Kroenke is doing with Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the extravagant attempt to create a West Coast **shrine** for the NFL that is under construction here.
53
advance notice
powiadomienie z wyprzedzeniem
AT&T wasn’t given much **advance notice** of Elliott’s plan, and Mr. Stephenson had yet to meet with its portfolio managers early Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
54
to decimate
zdziesiątkować
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the backdrop was economic upheaval and a world war that **decimated** Europe.
55
to dub
nazywać, przezywać
Facebook’s proposal for a cryptocurrency, **dubbed** Libra, underscores how Silicon Valley is pressuring central banks to adapt.
56
to dovetail with something
dostosować do czegoś
The increasing interest in national digital currencies **dovetails with** a changing marketplace.
57
zapobiegać
to forestall
The moves raise two big uncertainties in the real-estate world, critical to investors and tenants alike: Whether large officebuilding owners can **forestall** an Uber-like undermining of their business—and whether the flexible-space, co-working startups can outflank a well-funded counterattack.
58
popełnić błąd
to blunder
And the sight of all of this going up is striking to anybody even vaguely familiar with the NFL’s **blundering** history here.
59
wysilać się, dokładać starań
to hustle
He has created a distinct culture in his mold. T-shirts and signs sport slogans such as **hustle** harder and Thank God it’s Monday.
60
dręczyć, nie dawać żyć
to plague
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been **plagued** by tepid investor demand.
61
audacity
śmiałość; bezczelność
This is the **audacity** of Beijing’s plan to roll out the next-generation wireless technology, which government leaders around the world say could spark the next industrial revolution.
62
somber
ponury
A few weeks after Mr. Neumann fired 7% of the staff in 2016, he **somberly** addressed the issue at an evening all-hands meeting at headquarters, telling attendees the move was tough but necessary to cut costs, and the company would be better because of it.
63
to call on somebody
wezwać kogoś (do zrobienia czegoś)
In addition to asset sales, Elliott **called on** AT&T to boost its profit margins by cutting at least $5 billion in costs, including outsourcing some functions, consolidating offices and trimming its retail footprint.
64
to shell out
wybulić
Have you ever faced the prospect of spending $1 billion, maybe $2 billion on something — and then decided to **shell out** $5 billion instead?
65
osłabić
to blunt
In addition to faster and cheaper money transfers across borders, a survey conducted by the International Monetary Fund found that central banks are looking at benefits like lower costs, more efficient monetary policy, **blunting** competition from bitcoin and its peers, and offering a risk-free payment network to the public.
66
stinging
uszczypliwy
The call was brief and cordial, but behind it was a **stinging** rebuke of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
67
to percolate
rozchodzić się (np. o wiadomościach)
Investor Jesse Cohn told Mr. Stephenson the hedge fund had concerns about AT&T’s strategy and execution, reflecting worries **percolating** around the company, said people familiar with the matter.
68
upheaval
przewrót, zamieszanie
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the backdrop was economic **upheaval** and a world war that decimated Europe.
69
najwyższej klasy
top-tier
Because 5G is set to be embedded in so many fields of endeavor, the country that dominates the technology is likely to reap outsize profits, attract **top-tier** engineering talent and seize an edge in other critical future technologies, including weaponry.
70
prowincja, zaścianek, dziura (o małej miejscowości)
backwater
But this southwestern Chinese **backwater** has seen a glimpse of the future that even major U.S. cities such as Boston and Philadelphia still haven’t experienced.
71
środek zaradczy
countermeasure
One **countermeasure** to that dynamic could be a synthetic hegemonic currency, as Mr. Carney called it, a fancier term for a global public cryptocurrency.
72
odnosić sukces
to make one's way
The electric car will not **make its way** naturally. Incentives will play a huge role, Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said.
73
wybulić
to shell out
Have you ever faced the prospect of spending $1 billion, maybe $2 billion on something — and then decided to **shell out** $5 billion instead?
74
torrid
gorący, silny
That would allow him to stay at the company he built into one of the country’s most valuable startups, but inject new leadership to pursue an IPO that would bring We the cash it needs to keep up its **torrid** growth.
75
orać; przedzierać się
to plow
But the choosing of a listing venue—earlier reported by the Journal—together with the expected valuation cut and governance overhaul, show that it has decided to **plow** forward, even if that means raising less than it had originally hoped.
76
of sorts
coś jakby, pewnego rodzaju
They hauled out eight million cubic yards of earth, creating a bathtub **of sorts** for the stadium to settle into.
77
udogodnienie
amenity
We said in its IPO filing that 40% of WeWork’s business now seeks to sign up larger enterprises, rather than the smaller entrepreneurs the firm initially targeted with deals offering flexible lease lengths and **amenity**-filled work spaces.
78
impending
zbliżający się, nadciągający
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s **impending** IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been plagued by tepid investor demand.
79
lukewarm
słaby (np. popyt)
However, with prices still high and consumer demand **lukewarm** for electrics, the industry is calling on European governments for assistance, asking for tax subsidies and regulatory incentives to make the cars more affordable and appealing to buyers.
80
to relinquish
zrezygnować
A group including officials tied to SoftBank Group Corp., the company’s largest investor, wants Mr. Neumann to **relinquish** his title of CEO of We Co., the parent of the officesharing company, people familiar with the matter said.
81
śmiałość; bezczelność
audacity
This is the **audacity** of Beijing’s plan to roll out the next-generation wireless technology, which government leaders around the world say could spark the next industrial revolution.
82
plot of land
wydzielony kawałek terenu, działka (np. pod zabudowę lub uprawę)
Outside the stadium, there are currently vast and largely empty **plots of land**.
83
to flip something on
włączyć coś
As part of a publicity stunt two years ago, a government-owned wireless carrier briefly **flipped on** a superfast 5G cellular network to broadcast a song-and-dance performance from members of the Dong ethnic minority.
84
to upset
zachwiać (np. równowagę)
That wouldn’t be good for banks, Mr. Powell said in his news conference this month, underscoring how nervous the Fed is about **upsetting** the balance between the central bank and private business.
85
for one thing
ponieważ; między innymi dlatego, że
*used when mentioning one reason for something as an example, when there are several reasons*
A lot of people don’t take the time to read contracts. **For one thing**, they’re often in very tiny print.
86
mający się wkrótce wydarzyć
on the way
Executives said more hybrid and plug-in models were **on the way**, part of a push to electrify large parts of their lineups.
87
exertion
wysiłek
In an earlier office, he blared songs by pop-star Rihanna while a trainer held a punching bag for him, and then walked around afterward while still sweaty from the **exertion**.
88
cena sugerowana przez producenta
sticker price
It is now expecting an IPO valuation as low as a third of the $47 billion **sticker price** it garnered in a January funding round.
89
shrine
miejsce kultu (kapliczka, sanktuarium, świątynia)
That is what L.A. Rams owner Stan Kroenke is doing with Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the extravagant attempt to create a West Coast **shrine** for the NFL that is under construction here.
90
mieć coś zrobić (np. zwiększyć się, zmienić się)
to be set to do something
Because 5G **is set to** be embedded in so many fields of endeavor, the country that dominates the technology is likely to reap outsize profits, attract top-tier engineering talent and seize an edge in other critical future technologies, including weaponry.
91
pokładać w czymś nadzieję
to pin one's hopes on something
Such a future, of course, might be a disappointment to many libertarians and tech-savvy investors who are **pinning their hopes** (and in some cases their money) on private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
92
głośno grać
to blare
In an earlier office, he **blared** songs by pop-star Rihanna while a trainer held a punching bag for him, and then walked around afterward while still sweaty from the exertion.
93
minus, negatywna strona
downside
The co-founder and CEO fostered breakneck growth, but now investors are balking at the **downsides**; tequila, weed and Run-DMC.
94
pędzić
to zip
And Mr. Neumann was **zipping** across the Atlantic Ocean in a Gulfstream G650 private jet with friends last summer, smoking marijuana.
95
tymczasowy
makeshift
The breadth of the project is captured by the **makeshift** village that has been constructed to carry out a vision that’s far bigger than a home for some football games.
96
zależeć od czegoś / opierać się na czymś
to be predicated on
How do you solve the NFL in Los Angeles? It was always **predicated** on getting the right location, the right stadium, the right teams and the right development.
97
tło; horyzont
backdrop
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the **backdrop** was economic upheaval and a world war that decimated Europe.
98
myriad
niezliczona ilość, ogrom
The benefits of digitization could be **myriad**.
99
rowdy
hałaśliwy
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He pushed for **rowdy** parties in the early days.
100
znieść presję
to take the heat
If Amazon can not **take the heat** then it should stay out of the kitchen.
101
showcase
pokaz
Apple Inc.’s iPhone is expected to remain the star of the company’s annual publicity **showcase** this week, as it has been for the past dozen years.
102
to strip out
usunąć
Contribution, the company says, is a measure of gross profit that **strips out** some charges from the cost of sales.
103
zaskakujacy
eye-popping
Although co-working makes up only a tiny share of all office space, it has increased about 23% annually and could account for an **eye-popping** 30% of the office market by 2030, according to Jones Lang La-Salle Inc., a provider of commercial real-estate services that does business as JLL.
104
konkurent
suitor
This week, Mr. Stankey secured a content partnership with Hollywood director and producer J.J. Abrams, who signed with WarnerMedia over other **suitors**, a person familiar with the deal said.
105
the final straw
kropla przepełniająca czarę goryczy
*(the straw that broke the camel's back)*
Dispute with hawkish top security adviser over Afghanistan talks was **the final straw**.
106
konserwatywny, tradycyjny
old-line
WeWork’s **old-line** rivals prepare for a fight.
107
coś jakby, pewnego rodzaju
of sorts
They hauled out eight million cubic yards of earth, creating a bathtub **of sorts** for the stadium to settle into.
108
uregulować płatność
to settle payment
For instance, right now, most financial transactions—whether paying a credit-card bill or mortgage, sending money to a relative, or buying something online— involve **settling payments** over a patchwork of systems, meaning money can take two or three days to move between accounts.
109
postanowienie, klauzula (w umowie)
provision
The company eliminated a **provision** in which his wife, Rebekah Neumann—also a We co-founder—would play a key role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he dies or is permanently disabled in the next 10 years.
110
to call a huddle
zwołać naradę
With little explanation from Mr. Neumann, a group **huddled** to determine a rationale—they settled on sustainability— and the mechanics of what would be banned and how.
111
the unvarnished truth
naga prawda
To get an **unvarnished view**, Mr. Greiwe said he would drop in anonymously on those firms’ locations.
*(unvarnished = nieupiększony)*
112
przygotowywać
to ready
We wanted to assess the evolution of the U.S. market, the reaction of the consumers after the issue we had in the U.S., Mr. Duplaix said, adding that Gucci is **readying** a marketing push in the U.S. later this year.
113
pokonać kogoś
to outflank
The moves raise two big uncertainties in the real-estate world, critical to investors and tenants alike: Whether large officebuilding owners can forestall an Uber-like undermining of their business—and whether the flexible-space, co-working startups can **outflank** a well-funded counterattack.
114
windowpane
szyba
On either side of the brown river running through this misty mountain village, residents live in wooden huts without **windowpanes**.
115
racjonalne uzasadnienie; przesłanki
rationale
The investor added that the company has yet to articulate a clear strategic **rationale** for why AT&T needs to own Time Warner.
116
to glean
gromadzić, zdobywać (np. informacje)
The company emphasized its data and how it was using artificial intelligence to **glean** insights about buildings.
117
wezwać kogoś (do zrobienia czegoś)
to call on somebody
In addition to asset sales, Elliott **called on** AT&T to boost its profit margins by cutting at least $5 billion in costs, including outsourcing some functions, consolidating offices and trimming its retail footprint.
118
dostosować do czegoś
to dovetail with something
The increasing interest in national digital currencies **dovetails with** a changing marketplace.
119
top-tier
najwyższej klasy
Because 5G is set to be embedded in so many fields of endeavor, the country that dominates the technology is likely to reap outsize profits, attract **top-tier** engineering talent and seize an edge in other critical future technologies, including weaponry.
120
zdecydować się na coś
to settle on something
With little explanation from Mr. Neumann, a group huddled to determine a rationale—they **settled on** sustainability— and the mechanics of what would be banned and how.
121
to forestall
zapobiegać
The moves raise two big uncertainties in the real-estate world, critical to investors and tenants alike: Whether large officebuilding owners can **forestall** an Uber-like undermining of their business—and whether the flexible-space, co-working startups can outflank a well-funded counterattack.
122
używać dużo czegoś (np. paliwa)
to be heavy on something
Partying has long been a feature of his work life, **heavy on** the tequila.
123
to hustle
wysilać się, dokładać starań
He has created a distinct culture in his mold. T-shirts and signs sport slogans such as **hustle** harder and Thank God it’s Monday.
124
wkładać dużo wysiłku w celu osiągnięcia czegoś
to push for something
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He **pushed for** rowdy parties in the early days.
125
szeroko znany
high-profile
Like some **high-profile** CEOs in tech, he hopes to live forever, according to three people who heard him say this, and has invested in life-extension startup Life Biosciences LLC.
126
legal tender
legalny środek płatniczy
Instead of working only through commercial banks, central banks might issue digital currency directly to the public that could be used as **legal tender** in the same way cash is today.
127
wyposażyć
to outfit
Traditional landlords have long required most tenants to make some of the capital commitments to **outfit** the bare space, drawing up leases so detailed they could take six months to negotiate.
128
hasty
pochopny
It viewed his promotion to oversee both media and companywide operations as **hasty**, the people said.
129
uszczypliwy
stinging
The call was brief and cordial, but behind it was a **stinging** rebuke of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
130
włączyć coś
to flip something on
As part of a publicity stunt two years ago, a government-owned wireless carrier briefly **flipped on** a superfast 5G cellular network to broadcast a song-and-dance performance from members of the Dong ethnic minority.
131
marża brutto po odjęciu kosztów zmiennych
contribution margin
The filing included a chart of **contribution margin** that showed a positive $340 million in the first half of the year, though the number excludes almost $200 million in lease costs and more than $1.5 billion of other charges covering everything from pre-opening location expenses —refurbishing buildings before renting them out—to new market development.
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zmniejszać stopniowo
to ratchet back
We Co-founder and Chief Executive Adam Neumann also **ratcheted back** the potency of his voting rights to 10 votes per share from 20, reversing a recent enhancement to their power.
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przedstawić coś
to lay something out
AT&T said it was already pursuing some actions **laid out** in Elliott’s report.
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to catch somebody off guard
zaskoczyć kogoś
When Mr. Neumann announced in July 2018 via video call from Israel that the company was banning meat, executives in New York were **caught off guard**.
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przewrót, zamieszanie
upheaval
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the backdrop was economic **upheaval** and a world war that decimated Europe.
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long-time
długoletni
Chanel benefited from the social-media buzz surrounding the death in February of its **longtime** designer, Karl Lagerfeld.
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makeshift
tymczasowy
The breadth of the project is captured by the **makeshift** village that has been constructed to carry out a vision that’s far bigger than a home for some football games.
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między innymi dlatego, że
for one thing
*used when mentioning one reason for something as an example, when there are several reasons*
A lot of people don’t take the time to read contracts. **For one thing**, they’re often in very tiny print.
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buttoned-up
spięty, sztywny
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, **buttoned-up** CEO. He pushed for rowdy parties in the early days.
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to forgo
zrezygnować z czegoś
He **forgoes** many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He pushed for rowdy parties in the early days.
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naga prawda
the unvarnished truth
To get an **unvarnished view**, Mr. Greiwe said he would drop in anonymously on those firms’ locations.
*(unvarnished = nieupiększony)*
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wynik finansowy (to, co zostaje na czysto)
bottom line
When people say that they’re profitable, they’re talking about the **bottom line**, he said.
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to blunt
osłabić
In addition to faster and cheaper money transfers across borders, a survey conducted by the International Monetary Fund found that central banks are looking at benefits like lower costs, more efficient monetary policy, **blunting** competition from bitcoin and its peers, and offering a risk-free payment network to the public.
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air-borne
znajdujący się w powietrzu (o samolocie)
As with the Israel trip, multiple people who have been on planes with him say he often smokes while **airborne**.
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countermeasure
środek zaradczy
One **countermeasure** to that dynamic could be a synthetic hegemonic currency, as Mr. Carney called it, a fancier term for a global public cryptocurrency.
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wyjazd rekreacyjny
retreat
Executive **retreats** sport numerous cases of Don Julio 1942, with a retail price of more than $110 a bottle, and pours sometimes start in the morning.
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negatywna reakcja na coś
pushback
Ms. Neumann had been slated to play a large role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he were ever incapacitated, but was recently removed from that position amid **pushback** from investors.
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maelstrom
zamieszanie
Gucci dialed back U.S. marketing last quarter rather than draw more attention to itself in the middle of the blackface **maelstrom**, Jean-Marc Duplaix, chief financial officer at Kering, said in July.
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downside
minus, negatywna strona
The co-founder and CEO fostered breakneck growth, but now investors are balking at the **downsides**; tequila, weed and Run-DMC.
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zrezygnować z czegoś
to forgo
He **forgoes** many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He pushed for rowdy parties in the early days.
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serdeczny
cordial
The call was brief and **cordial**, but behind it was a stinging rebuke of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
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iść w górę (o akcjach), zwyżkować
to rally
AT&T shares, which have lagged behind the broader market and some of its peers over the past five years, have **rallied** in recent months after starting the year around $30.
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odpowiedzialność
liability
A spokeswoman for ADT, which paid $100,000 to settle the allegations without **admitting liability**, declined to comment.
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gotowy
poised
But while American wireless carriers are leading in early deployment of the technology, some telecom-industry leaders say Beijing is **poised** to vault ahead in coming months.
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to ready
przygotowywać
We wanted to assess the evolution of the U.S. market, the reaction of the consumers after the issue we had in the U.S., Mr. Duplaix said, adding that Gucci is **readying** a marketing push in the U.S. later this year.
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wspierać
to shore up
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to **shore up** an offering that has been plagued by tepid investor demand.
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to nab
zajmować, zaklepywać (np. miejsce, stolik)
Although **nabbing** a piece of this higher-rent action is one incentive for landlords to get in the flexible-space business, their move is mainly defensive.
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znajdujący się w powietrzu (o samolocie)
air-borne
As with the Israel trip, multiple people who have been on planes with him say he often smokes while **airborne**.
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to take the heat
znieść presję
If Amazon can not **take the heat** then it should stay out of the kitchen.
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provision
postanowienie, klauzula (w umowie)
The company eliminated a **provision** in which his wife, Rebekah Neumann—also a We co-founder—would play a key role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he dies or is permanently disabled in the next 10 years.
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wpaść do kogoś (z wizytą)
to drop in
To get an unvarnished view, Mr. Greiwe said he would **drop in** anonymously on those firms’ locations.
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usunąć
to strip out
Contribution, the company says, is a measure of gross profit that **strips out** some charges from the cost of sales.
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to vault
skoczyć
But while American wireless carriers are leading in early deployment of the technology, some telecom-industry leaders say Beijing is poised to **vault** ahead in coming months.
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to push for something
wkładać dużo wysiłku w celu osiągnięcia czegoś
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, buttoned-up CEO. He **pushed for** rowdy parties in the early days.
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sporządzić umowę
to draw up a contract
Traditional landlords have long required most tenants to make some of the capital commitments to outfit the bare space, **drawing up** leases so detailed they could take six months to negotiate.
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poised
gotowy
But while American wireless carriers are leading in early deployment of the technology, some telecom-industry leaders say Beijing is **poised** to vault ahead in coming months.
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on the way
mający się wkrótce wydarzyć (w drodze)
Executives said more hybrid and plug-in models were **on the way**, part of a push to electrify large parts of their lineups.
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to muse
rozmyślać
Mr. Neumann **muses** about the implausible: becoming leader of the world, living forever, amassing more than $1 trillion in wealth.
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to align with somebody
wchodzić w sojusz z kimś
We do want to **align with** the landlord, said WeWork’s chief real-estate development officer, Granit Gjonbalaj, earlier this year.
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pochopny
hasty
It viewed his promotion to oversee both media and companywide operations as **hasty**, the people said.
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to make one's way
odnosić sukces
The electric car will not **make its way** naturally. Incentives will play a huge role, Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said.
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żądać czegoś
to push for something
Last year, the hedge fund launched the equivalent of nearly one new public activism campaign every two weeks, **pushing for** change at companies around the world including Sempra Energy, Nielsen Holdings PLC and Pernod Ricard SA.
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dotyczący każdej osoby pracującej w firmie
all-hands
A few weeks after Mr. Neumann fired 7% of the staff in 2016, he somberly addressed the issue at an evening **all-hands** meeting at headquarters, telling attendees the move was tough but necessary to cut costs, and the company would be better because of it.
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to be long-in-the-tooth
mieć swoje lata
With sales of its **long-in-the-tooth** phones flagging, Apple is beefing up its portfolio of connected, highprice products, including the Apple Watch, AirPods and subscription services for TV shows and videogames.
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backwater
prowincja, zaścianek, dziura (o małej miejscowości)
But this southwestern Chinese **backwater** has seen a glimpse of the future that even major U.S. cities such as Boston and Philadelphia still haven’t experienced.
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wysiłek
exertion
In an earlier office, he blared songs by pop-star Rihanna while a trainer held a punching bag for him, and then walked around afterward while still sweaty from the **exertion**.
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pointed
niedwuznaczny
The speech also was the most **pointed** sign yet that the revolution ushered in by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is taking root.
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liability
odpowiedzialność
A spokeswoman for ADT, which paid $100,000 to settle the allegations without **admitting liability**, declined to comment.
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lamentować nad czymś
to bemoan
He previously has instructed staff to fire 20% of employees a year, **bemoaning** the number of "B" players hired amid rapid growth. Managers were unable to hit the target even when they included attrition.
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to push for something
żądać czegoś
Last year, the hedge fund launched the equivalent of nearly one new public activism campaign every two weeks, **pushing for** change at companies around the world including Sempra Energy, Nielsen Holdings PLC and Pernod Ricard SA.
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equitable
sprawiedliwy
We executives have said the buyback price couldn’t be higher for tax reasons. More recent stock sales have been more **equitable**.
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kłopoty
woes
Gucci sales sink amid web **woes**.
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ożywiony (np. dyskusja, konwersacja)
animated
Past funders and employees tell stories of how an **animated** Mr. Neumann convinced them within minutes to believe in the company’s epic future.
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przypaść sobie do gustu
to click
Ms. Neumann, a first cousin of actress and wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, has said she and Mr. Neumann **clicked** when they first met, when Mr. Neumann was broke and struggling to make a business.
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słaby (np. popyt)
lukewarm
However, with prices still high and consumer demand **lukewarm** for electrics, the industry is calling on European governments for assistance, asking for tax subsidies and regulatory incentives to make the cars more affordable and appealing to buyers.
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legalny środek płatniczy
legal tender
Instead of working only through commercial banks, central banks might issue digital currency directly to the public that could be used as **legal tender** in the same way cash is today.
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przekonać się do czegoś
to warm to something
Instead, central bankers and governments—the entities that cryptocurrencies’ backers hoped to render obsolete—are increasingly **warming to** the idea of "digitizing" their own national currencies.
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cut-throat
zaciekły, okrutny (np. rywalizacja)
Rick Singer told families process was **cutthroat**, but he had a fix.
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sparingly
oszczędnie
It uses this power **sparingly**, in part because investors in those companies tend to be big and sophisticated, lawyers say.
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spięty, sztywny
buttoned-up
He forgoes many conventions of the standard, **buttoned-up** CEO. He pushed for rowdy parties in the early days.
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to zip
pędzić
And Mr. Neumann was **zipping** across the Atlantic Ocean in a Gulfstream G650 private jet with friends last summer, smoking marijuana.
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wyjątek
outlier
AT&T has been an **outlier** in terms of its M&A strategy, Elliott wrote. Most companies today no longer seek to assemble conglomerates.
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to plow
orać; przedzierać się
But the choosing of a listing venue—earlier reported by the Journal—together with the expected valuation cut and governance overhaul, show that it has decided to **plow** forward, even if that means raising less than it had originally hoped.
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nazywać, przezywać
to dub
Facebook’s proposal for a cryptocurrency, **dubbed** Libra, underscores how Silicon Valley is pressuring central banks to adapt.
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to shrug off
zlekceważyć coś
Amol Sarva, CEO of another flexible-space startup, Knotel Inc., **shrugs off** the efforts of the legacy landlords, saying they have been notoriously slow to adopt new technology.
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to weigh in
wtrącić się
President Trump, a frequent critic of CNN, **weighed in** on the news, tweeting: Great news that an activist investor is now involved with AT&T.
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amenity
udogodnienie
We said in its IPO filing that 40% of WeWork’s business now seeks to sign up larger enterprises, rather than the smaller entrepreneurs the firm initially targeted with deals offering flexible lease lengths and **amenity**-filled work spaces.
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sticker price
cena sugerowana przez producenta
It is now expecting an IPO valuation as low as a third of the $47 billion **sticker price** it garnered in a January funding round.
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to blare
głośno grać
In an earlier office, he **blared** songs by pop-star Rihanna while a trainer held a punching bag for him, and then walked around afterward while still sweaty from the exertion.
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rozmyślać
to muse
Mr. Neumann **muses** about the implausible: becoming leader of the world, living forever, amassing more than $1 trillion in wealth.
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mieć swoje lata
to be long-in-the-tooth
With sales of its **long-in-the-tooth** phones flagging, Apple is beefing up its portfolio of connected, highprice products, including the Apple Watch, AirPods and subscription services for TV shows and videogames.
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zrezygnować
to relinquish
A group including officials tied to SoftBank Group Corp., the company’s largest investor, wants Mr. Neumann to **relinquish** his title of CEO of We Co., the parent of the officesharing company, people familiar with the matter said.
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to dial something back
zredukować coś
Gucci **dialed back** U.S. marketing last quarter rather than draw more attention to itself in the middle of the blackface maelstrom, Jean-Marc Duplaix, chief financial officer at Kering, said in July.
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early on
na początku
**Early on**, Mr. Neumann painted a picture of how WeWork was connecting entrepreneurs and others who in the past would have worked from home or in coffee shops; how the company would bring a new way of working to a changing world.
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rosy
obiecujący (o perspektywach, przyszłości, itp.)
While they were private, these companies could easily paint **rosy** pictures of their finances.
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outlier
wyjątek
AT&T has been an **outlier** in terms of its M&A strategy, Elliott wrote. Most companies today no longer seek to assemble conglomerates.
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wtrącić się
to weigh in
President Trump, a frequent critic of CNN, **weighed in** on the news, tweeting: Great news that an activist investor is now involved with AT&T.
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być podatnym na coś
to be susceptible to something
Gucci, which sells products such as $300 wallets, $1,590 sneakers and $5,000 dresses, is particularly **susceptible to** social-media highs and lows because of its large base of younger customers.
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krytykować
to slate
Ms. Neumann had been **slated** to play a large role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he were ever incapacitated, but was recently removed from that position amid pushback from investors.
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zauważać coś
to take notice of something
But some of the tenants that hold the long, traditional leases **took notice** and wanted the same flexible terms, in a world of accelerating changes in businesses and space needs.
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stanowczo
unambiguously
Would the Chinese like to be less vulnerable to American sanctions? Happier if they didn’t have to use the dollar for their imports and exports? The answer to that is **unambiguously** yes.
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zakorzeniać się (zacząć być akceptowanym, utrwalać się)
to take root
The speech also was the most pointed sign yet that the revolution ushered in by bitcoin nearly 11 years ago is **taking root**.
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unambiguously
stanowczo
Would the Chinese like to be less vulnerable to American sanctions? Happier if they didn’t have to use the dollar for their imports and exports? The answer to that is **unambiguously** yes.
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sąsiedni; przyległy
adjoining
At every step, they had to consider how it would work in tandem with the office buildings, retail space and more that will eventually inhabit the **adjoining** land.
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pokaz
showcase
Apple Inc.’s iPhone is expected to remain the star of the company’s annual publicity **showcase** this week, as it has been for the past dozen years.
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adjoining
sąsiedni; przyległy
At every step, they had to consider how it would work in tandem with the office buildings, retail space and more that will eventually inhabit the **adjoining** land.
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to plague
dręczyć, nie dawać żyć
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been **plagued** by tepid investor demand.
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obiecujący (o perspektywach, przyszłości, itp.)
rosy
While they were private, these companies could easily paint **rosy** pictures of their finances.
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to mingle
wmieszać się w tłum w celu nawiązania rozmowy (np. na bankiecie); socjalizować się; obracać się w towarzystwie
Chickens and cats **mingle** on the road.
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in essence
w gruncie rzeczy
Central banks such as the Federal Reserve **in essence** already issue digital money, via the commercial banks that have accounts with them.
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mało brakowało; ledwie uniknąć nieszczęścia
close shave
Men pick up grandpa’s razor for a **close shave**—too close.
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szyba
windowpane
On either side of the brown river running through this misty mountain village, residents live in wooden huts without **windowpanes**.
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reprymenda
rebuke
The call was brief and cordial, but behind it was a stinging **rebuke** of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
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kropla przepełniająca czarę goryczy
the final straw
*(the straw that broke the camel's back)*
Dispute with hawkish top security adviser over Afghanistan talks was **the final straw**.
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attrition
zmniejszanie się składu osobowego w firmie
He previously has instructed staff to fire 20% of employees a year, bemoaning the number of "B" players hired amid rapid growth. Managers were unable to hit the target even when they included **attrition**.
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mieć możliwość współdecydowania o czymś
to have a say in something
Mr. Cohn, a partner who runs U.S. equity activism at Elliott, has told other investors that he wants AT&T to explore the sale of DirecTV and other assets, as well as **have a say** in picking its next leader.
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zlekceważyć coś
to shrug off
Amol Sarva, CEO of another flexible-space startup, Knotel Inc., **shrugs off** the efforts of the legacy landlords, saying they have been notoriously slow to adopt new technology.
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backdrop
tło; horyzont
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the **backdrop** was economic upheaval and a world war that decimated Europe.
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zwolennik;
podpora (osoba stanowiąca wsparcie np. organizacji)
stalwart
AT&T **stalwarts** disagree, saying key people continue to work at both units.
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to take aim at something
celować w coś
Apple **takes aim at** rivals.
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to mount
organizować
AT&T is working with Goldman Sachs bankers, among others, to **mount** a defense against a potential proxy fight.
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old-line
konserwatywny, tradycyjny
WeWork’s **old-line** rivals prepare for a fight.
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to take notice of something
zauważać coś
But some of the tenants that hold the long, traditional leases **took notice** and wanted the same flexible terms, in a world of accelerating changes in businesses and space needs.
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zaciekły, okrutny (np. rywalizacja)
cut-throat
Rick Singer told families process was **cutthroat**, but he had a fix.
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high-profile
szeroko znany
Like some **high-profile** CEOs in tech, he hopes to live forever, according to three people who heard him say this, and has invested in life-extension startup Life Biosciences LLC.
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to haul
transportować
They **hauled** out eight million cubic yards of earth, creating a bathtub of sorts for the stadium to settle into.
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rebuke
reprymenda
The call was brief and cordial, but behind it was a stinging **rebuke** of the telecom veteran’s mission to turn the phone company into a media giant and leave a top lieutenant to finish the job.
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to counsel
doradzać
She is an important **counsel** for Mr. Neumann, and he has told staff they often make decisions together.
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wchodzić w sojusz z kimś
to align with somebody
We do want to **align with** the landlord, said WeWork’s chief real-estate development officer, Granit Gjonbalaj, earlier this year.
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nakaz zaprzestania stosowania pewnych praktyk
cease-and-desist order
The SEC last year filed a **cease-and-desist order** against ADT Inc., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based security business, for trumpeting its "adjusted Ebitda" in two earnings releases without also highlighting a higher net loss.
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skutek uboczny
spillover
U.S. developments have significant **spillovers** onto both the trade performance and financial conditions of countries with even relatively limited direct exposure to the U.S. economy.
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mishap
nieszczęśliwy wypadek
China’s online insurance industry is booming, thanks to a proliferation of oddball policies that capitalize on people’s worries about unlikely events like ineffective vaccinations, and common **mishaps** like e-commerce shipping delays and broken smartphone screens.
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to be predicated on
zależeć od czegoś / opierać się na czymś
How do you solve the NFL in Los Angeles? It was always **predicated** on getting the right location, the right stadium, the right teams and the right development.
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all-hands
dotyczący każdej osoby pracującej w firmie
A few weeks after Mr. Neumann fired 7% of the staff in 2016, he somberly addressed the issue at an evening **all-hands** meeting at headquarters, telling attendees the move was tough but necessary to cut costs, and the company would be better because of it.
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zachwiać (np. równowagę)
to upset
That wouldn’t be good for banks, Mr. Powell said in his news conference this month, underscoring how nervous the Fed is about **upsetting** the balance between the central bank and private business.
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powiadomienie z wyprzedzeniem
advance notice
AT&T wasn’t given much **advance notice** of Elliott’s plan, and Mr. Stephenson had yet to meet with its portfolio managers early Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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to drop in
wpaść do kogoś (z wizytą)
To get an unvarnished view, Mr. Greiwe said he would **drop in** anonymously on those firms’ locations.
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to bemoan
lamentować nad czymś
He previously has instructed staff to fire 20% of employees a year, **bemoaning** the number of "B" players hired amid rapid growth. Managers were unable to hit the target even when they included attrition.
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under somebody's thumb
pod czyimś pantoflem, pod czyjąś kontrolą, pod czyimś wpływem
For the Chinese, digitizing the renminbi is a way to get out from **under the U.S.’s thumb**, says Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University and former head of the IMF’s China Division.
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skoczyć
to vault
But while American wireless carriers are leading in early deployment of the technology, some telecom-industry leaders say Beijing is poised to **vault** ahead in coming months.
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trudno sprzedać
to be a tough sell
The company is making just a handful of shows available for the TV+ debut in November, so the service will be a **tough sell** against the deeper programming catalogs offered by streaming rivals Netflix Inc. and Walt Disney Co.
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gromadzić, zdobywać (np. informacje)
to glean
The company emphasized its data and how it was using artificial intelligence to **glean** insights about buildings.
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nieszczęśliwy wypadek
mishap
China’s online insurance industry is booming, thanks to a proliferation of oddball policies that capitalize on people’s worries about unlikely events like ineffective vaccinations, and common **mishaps** like e-commerce shipping delays and broken smartphone screens.
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działanie medialne, działanie dla rozgłosu, chwyt reklamowy
publicity stunt
As part of a **publicity stunt** two years ago, a government-owned wireless carrier briefly flipped on a superfast 5G cellular network to broadcast a song-and-dance performance from members of the Dong ethnic minority.
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kindred spirit
bratnia dusza
Ultimately he found a **kindred spirit** in Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., who, like Mr. Neumann, is a risk-taker who respects giant bets.
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tailpipe
rura wydechowa
European auto makers have plowed tens of billions of dollars into developing electric cars and hybrids to comply with stricter restrictions on **tailpipe** emissions.
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rationale
racjonalne uzasadnienie; przesłanki
The investor added that the company has yet to articulate a clear strategic **rationale** for why AT&T needs to own Time Warner.
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to outflank
pokonać kogoś
The moves raise two big uncertainties in the real-estate world, critical to investors and tenants alike: Whether large officebuilding owners can forestall an Uber-like undermining of their business—and whether the flexible-space, co-working startups can **outflank** a well-funded counterattack.
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to upend
przewracać do góry nogami
The future of money might be a digital version of the cash that’s already in people’s wallets—potentially **upending** the currency system that the world has known for many decades.
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to outfit
wyposażyć
Traditional landlords have long required most tenants to make some of the capital commitments to **outfit** the bare space, drawing up leases so detailed they could take six months to negotiate.
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to settle payment
uregulować płatność
For instance, right now, most financial transactions—whether paying a credit-card bill or mortgage, sending money to a relative, or buying something online— involve **settling payments** over a patchwork of systems, meaning money can take two or three days to move between accounts.
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obiecywać
to vow
As a presidential candidate in 2016, Mr. Trump **vowed** to block AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner.
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to blunder
popełnić błąd
And the sight of all of this going up is striking to anybody even vaguely familiar with the NFL’s **blundering** history here.
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to pare
zmniejszać, obcinać (np. wydatki)
Much of this culture has been **pared** back as the company has matured.
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zbliżający się, nadciągający
impending
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s **impending** IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to shore up an offering that has been plagued by tepid investor demand.
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zużywać w szybkim tempie duże ilości czegoś
to run through something
The company burned through more than $2 billion in 2018 and analysts have projected that on its current path We will **run through** what it has on hand sometime next year.
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to warm to something
przekonać się do czegoś
Instead, central bankers and governments—the entities that cryptocurrencies’ backers hoped to render obsolete—are increasingly **warming to** the idea of "digitizing" their own national currencies.
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zajmować, zaklepywać (np. miejsce, stolik)
to nab
Although **nabbing** a piece of this higher-rent action is one incentive for landlords to get in the flexible-space business, their move is mainly defensive.
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doradzać
to counsel
She is an important **counsel** for Mr. Neumann, and he has told staff they often make decisions together.
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nękany kłopotami, pod obstrzałem krytyki
beleaguered
The situation is still fluid, and there is no guarantee there will be enough overall demand to enable the company to pull off the **beleaguered** offering — or that it will achieve a valuation within the range that’s currently envisioned, some of the people said.
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gromadzić (np. kapitał, fortunę)
to amass
Mr. Neumann muses about the implausible: becoming leader of the world, living forever, **amassing** more than $1 trillion in wealth.
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organizować
to mount
AT&T is working with Goldman Sachs bankers, among others, to **mount** a defense against a potential proxy fight.
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bottom line
wynik finansowy (to, co zostaje na czysto)
When people say that they’re profitable, they’re talking about the **bottom line**, he said.
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długoletni
long-time
Chanel benefited from the social-media buzz surrounding the death in February of its **longtime** designer, Karl Lagerfeld.
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zdziesiątkować
to decimate
When the dollar overtook sterling as the world’s dominant reserve currency in the early 20th century, the backdrop was economic upheaval and a world war that **decimated** Europe.
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ponury
somber
A few weeks after Mr. Neumann fired 7% of the staff in 2016, he **somberly** addressed the issue at an evening all-hands meeting at headquarters, telling attendees the move was tough but necessary to cut costs, and the company would be better because of it.
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wypłata jednorazowa; płatność ryczałtowa
lump sum payment
For about $70 a year, one of China’s largest internetonly insurers will make a **lump-sum** payout to parents if their child goes missing.
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suitor
konkurent
This week, Mr. Stankey secured a content partnership with Hollywood director and producer J.J. Abrams, who signed with WarnerMedia over other **suitors**, a person familiar with the deal said.
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to be the butt of somebody's jokes
być obiektem czyichś żartów
Instead, after the IPO prospectus was released in mid-August, the company became **the butt of jokes** in Silicon Valley and among Wall Street crowds.
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to be heavy on something
używać dużo czegoś (np. paliwa)
Partying has long been a feature of his work life, **heavy on** the tequila.
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publicity stunt
działanie medialne, działanie dla rozgłosu, chwyt reklamowy
As part of a **publicity stunt** two years ago, a government-owned wireless carrier briefly flipped on a superfast 5G cellular network to broadcast a song-and-dance performance from members of the Dong ethnic minority.
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to have a say in something
mieć możliwość współdecydowania o czymś
Mr. Cohn, a partner who runs U.S. equity activism at Elliott, has told other investors that he wants AT&T to explore the sale of DirecTV and other assets, as well as **have a say** in picking its next leader.
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to shore up
wspierać
SoftBank Group Corp. Plans to buy at least $750 million of the shares in WeWork’s impending IPO, a move that could allow the office-sharing company to **shore up** an offering that has been plagued by tepid investor demand.
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to assail
napadać (na kogoś)
Elliott **assailed** AT&T management for its nearly $50 billion purchase of DirecTV in 2015 and said it remains cautious about last year’s roughly $80 billion purchase of Time Warner.
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cease-and-desist order
nakaz zaprzestania stosowania pewnych praktyk
The SEC last year filed a **cease-and-desist order** against ADT Inc., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based security business, for trumpeting its "adjusted Ebitda" in two earnings releases without also highlighting a higher net loss.
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to ratchet back
zmniejszać stopniowo
We Co-founder and Chief Executive Adam Neumann also **ratcheted back** the potency of his voting rights to 10 votes per share from 20, reversing a recent enhancement to their power.
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to lay something out
przedstawić coś
AT&T said it was already pursuing some actions **laid out** in Elliott’s report.
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spillover
skutek uboczny
U.S. developments have significant **spillovers** onto both the trade performance and financial conditions of countries with even relatively limited direct exposure to the U.S. economy.
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niezliczona ilość, ogrom
myriad
The benefits of digitization could be **myriad**.
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pushback
negatywna reakcja na coś
Ms. Neumann had been slated to play a large role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he were ever incapacitated, but was recently removed from that position amid **pushback** from investors.
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beleaguered
nękany kłopotami, pod obstrzałem krytyki
The situation is still fluid, and there is no guarantee there will be enough overall demand to enable the company to pull off the **beleaguered** offering — or that it will achieve a valuation within the range that’s currently envisioned, some of the people said.
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rozchodzić się (np. o wiadomościach)
to percolate
Investor Jesse Cohn told Mr. Stephenson the hedge fund had concerns about AT&T’s strategy and execution, reflecting worries **percolating** around the company, said people familiar with the matter.
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pole manerwru
wiggle room
In most cases, landlords still negotiate with their tenants, who sign rental agreements of 10 to 15 years that offer little **wiggle room**.
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to amass
gromadzić (np. kapitał, fortunę)
Mr. Neumann muses about the implausible: becoming leader of the world, living forever, **amassing** more than $1 trillion in wealth.
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to vow
obiecywać
As a presidential candidate in 2016, Mr. Trump **vowed** to block AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner.
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to click
przypaść sobie do gustu
Ms. Neumann, a first cousin of actress and wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, has said she and Mr. Neumann **clicked** when they first met, when Mr. Neumann was broke and struggling to make a business.
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wyładować się (o baterii, akumulatorze)
tu run down
But even with the expansion of range, potential customers are still afraid of **running down** the battery on a longer journey and not having a place to plug in.
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to slate
krytykować
Ms. Neumann had been **slated** to play a large role in choosing Mr. Neumann’s successor if he were ever incapacitated, but was recently removed from that position amid pushback from investors.
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robić interesy
to cut a deal
It began **cutting deals** with large corporations too, making it a threat to Hines’s core business.
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woes
kłopoty
Gucci sales sink amid web **woes**.
