deck no. 07 Flashcards
(300 cards)
1
Q
to erode
A
źle wpływać na coś
The law threatens to upend Uber’s business model, which relies on gig workers such as drivers, and to further erode its bottom line.
2
Q
skategoryzować; zdefiniować
A
to pin down
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
3
Q
niweczyć (czyjeś plany)
A
to scuttle
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s scuttled initial public offering, We is scrapping its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
4
Q
wyciągnąć (się), leżeć, odpoczywać
A
to recline
It’s more helpful if you can point it out and have a solution, Mr. Schwarzman says, now reclining with his feet up on the chair next to him.
5
Q
zostać boleśnie dotkniętym
A
to take a hit
The market for initial public offerings has taken a hit, and it would be easy to lay the blame on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
6
Q
focal point
A
centralny punkt
He said those relationships tend to focus more on administration priorities such as trade and tariffs than the broader economy, a focal point of past administrations.
7
Q
to settle for something
A
zadowolić się czymś
Americans shouldn’t settle for this stagnation. It’s time we demanded more of Big Tech than it demands of us.
8
Q
zniszczyć
A
to knock out
Attackers using low-flying drones and cruise missiles knocked out 5.7 million barrels worth of production, or about 60% of what Saudi Arabia currently produces.
9
Q
usilnie zabiegać o coś
A
to scramble for something
Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra on track.
10
Q
cholerny
A
darned
Institutional investors are pretty darned smart when looking at IPOs, regardless of structure and buzz.
11
Q
to convey
A
oddawać, wyrażać, przekazywać (np. emocje, treść)
To those who were not around during Sontag’s extended heyday—she died in 2004, at age 71—it’s hard to convey just how colossally famous she was.
12
Q
obciążać; przytłaczać
A
to weigh down
The company in August posted its largest quarterly loss, weighed down by competition in growth markets such as Latin America, slowing growth in its core ride-hailing business and onetime expenses related to its initial public offering.
13
Q
to embrace
A
przyjmować (np. ofertę, możliwość)
Even then, they reckon, it was obvious China would never embrace the Western economic model.
14
Q
swath
A
duża część czegoś
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to exempt a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
15
Q
ochrzan
A
tongue-lashing
David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of the project, endured two days of tongue-lashings from members of Congress over the summer for the lack of details about how the new cryptocurrency would work as well as Facebook’s past missteps on data privacy.
16
Q
wódz
A
chieftain
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate chieftains that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly disbanded after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
17
Q
requisite
A
warunek; rzecz niezbędna
Effective communication, of course, is a requisite in politics.
18
Q
podekscytowany
A
psyched
And get ready to hear about the front-facing camera’s slow-motion capability. People are already psyched to take “slowfies.”
19
Q
to boot
A
na dodatek
That is more than ten times the market capitalisation of IWG, a rival with bigger sales—and a profit to boot.
20
Q
to impair
A
zaszkodzić, wpływać ujemnie
Mr. Kushner arranged a call between Mr. Cook and his father-in-law, President Trump, people familiar with the call said, giving the Apple chief a chance to explain how tariffs would increase iPhone prices and impair Apple’s ability to compete against rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co.
21
Q
to wend one’s way
A
zmierzać ku czemuś
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a dry-goods store, and wends its way to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
22
Q
to hinge on something
A
całkowicie zależeć od czegoś
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
23
Q
to pull back
A
rezygnować
That means pulling back on ventures in China and other less-profitable overseas markets, say real-estate executives and people close to the company.
24
Q
podsumować; streszczać
A
to encapsulate
The events encapsulated Mr. Cook’s diplomacy in the Trump era. To protect his company’s interests, people close to the company and administration said, the Apple CEO has cultivated a relationship with the president and his family, an unlikely alliance given their contrasting personalities and divergent views on many issues.
25
vaunted
osławiony
The low price of Apple TV+ and the free trial for certain customers could detract from Apple’s **vaunted** profitability.
26
long-shot
strzał w ciemno; ryzykowny
oznacza sytuację lub przedsięwzięcie, które ma niewielkie szanse na powodzenie lub osiągnięcie celu
The project’s backers saw the payments-network effort as a **long-shot** way to profit on Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly active users.
27
wholeheartedly
z całego serca, całkowicie (np. popierać coś)
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor **wholeheartedly** embraced by her friends.
28
niezmiennie, zawsze
invariably
In such cases, attention **invariably** focuses on the founders’ hubris.
29
dry goods store
pasmanteria
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a **dry-goods store**, and wends its way to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
30
zadać komuś cios
to deal a blow to somebody
PayPal Holdings Inc. is withdrawing from the group of companies Facebook Inc. assembled to launch a global cryptocurrency-based payments network, **dealing a blow to** the social-media giant’s ambitions to transform financial services.
31
topsy-turvy
pełen zamętu
Markets displayed resilience in **topsy-turvy** August.
32
pełen zamętu
topsy-turvy
Markets displayed resilience in **topsy-turvy** August.
33
to sport something
wyróżniać się czymś; prezentować coś
The trouble for money-losing customer-facing companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which **sport** hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
34
przeczesywać (np. dokumenty); dokładnie badać (fakty)
to sift through
The app enables users to **sift through** jobs by location, pay and skills, Uber said, adding that it spent the past year testing it.
35
to disband
rozwiązywać (np. organizację)
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate chieftains that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly **disbanded** after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
36
wydatek
outlay
For Delta, meanwhile, the **outlay** is close to its entire free cash flow for the year through June.
37
potknąć się o coś
to trip over something
Like other charismatic founders, such as Travis Kalanick, co-creator of Uber, a ride-hailing service, he **tripped over** his own billion-dollar ego.
38
uzasadniony
legitimate
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the **legitimate** concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
39
on-again, off-again
prowadzone periodycznie, z przerwami i wznowieniami
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade go-between, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the **on-again, off-again** talks between the U.S. and China.
40
to run into something
wpadać w coś (np. w kłopoty)
But the provider of shared workspace has **run into** challenges, including lowerpriced competition and a cooling Chinese economy.
41
uważać kogoś za jakąś osobę
to cast somebody as something
After years in which venture capitalists have **cast themselves as** infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
42
zamiast
rather than
**Rather than** buying into a company run by a messianic overlord with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
43
produkować coś
to crank out something
Shares of newly listed software firms that **crank out** at least some cash, such as Zoom Video Communications and Datadog, have rocketed this year.
44
to take a hit
zostać boleśnie dotkniętym
The market for initial public offerings has **taken a hit**, and it would be easy to lay the blame on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
45
grievances
pretensje
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air **grievances** about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
46
to suck something dry
wyssać coś do ostatniej kropli; wyssać z kogoś energię
By getting their users to spend more time on their platforms, the social-media giants turn the customer into a data source to be **sucked dry**.
47
przekaz (pieniężny), przelew (bankowy), wpłata, płatność
remittance
In announcing the project in June, the company said it hoped to provide basic financial services to people around the world who lack bank accounts and to save some of the $25 billion lost by migrants every year through **remittance** fees.
48
niewola
thrall
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in **thrall** to founders’ excesses, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
49
subsequent
późniejszy; kolejny; dalszy
We’re better off knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a **subsequent** email.
50
zgłosić się; zapisać się
to sign on
The number of people that use Facebook every month is around 10 times the number of people that use PayPal every year, and the opportunity to deliver financial services to them motivated PayPal to **sign on** to Libra early.
51
pomimo czegoś
for all something
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, **for all** his chutzpah, has no clothes.
52
rather than
zamiast
**Rather than** buying into a company run by a messianic overlord with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
53
plany, przygotowania, ustalenia
arrangements
Uber and rival Lyft Inc. have opposed the measure, arguing that it would introduce new costs and hurt their drivers who prefer flexible work **arrangements**.
54
chłodne traktowanie
cold shoulder
Investors are increasingly turning a **cold shoulder** to upstart companies that look less likely to go the distance, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
55
twierdzić
to contend
China hawks **contend** that America should have blocked China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001.
56
detractor
krytyk
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her **detractors** nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
57
to set in
nastać, zapanować
After a remarkable first half that saw newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has **set in**.
58
statut (np. firmy, organizacji)
charter
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are slated to meet in Geneva to review a **charter** for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
59
to entrench
umocnić
The mountain of venture money available, including from mutual funds, enabled his firm to stay private for nine years, almost three times longer than the average tech startup in 2001. It **entrenched** bad habits.
60
to skip
darować sobie; pominąć
Apple executives debated **skipping** the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
61
excess
wybryki
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in thrall to founders’ **excesses**, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
62
invariably
niezmiennie, zawsze
In such cases, attention **invariably** focuses on the founders’ hubris.
63
harmider, rwetes, zgiełk
hullabaloo
Lately, there’s been lots of noise and fireworks, and **hullabaloo** about direct listings.
64
umiejętności; zdolności
chops
Mr. Cook serves as an adviser to the administration’s workforce policy board, and the two have dined together the past two summers at Mr. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Mr. Trump refers to theApple CEO as friend and lauds his business **chops**.
65
pośrednik
go-between
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade **go-between**, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the on-again, off-again talks between the U.S. and China.
66
skupić uwagę na czymś
to zero in on something
Apple argued that while the world is **zeroed in on** having more bandwidth with 5G, its focus should be on images.
67
to go ahead with something
zacząć coś robić
When the firm tried to **go ahead with** an IPO, it ignored the implicit bargain of the stockmarket: that investors give companies capital in exchange for some influence.
68
doświadczać
to see
After a remarkable first half that **saw** newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has set in.
69
overlord
władca
Rather than buying into a company run by a messianic **overlord** with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
70
psyched
podekscytowany
And get ready to hear about the front-facing camera’s slow-motion capability. People are already **psyched** to take "slowfies."
71
to discriminate
rozróżniać
The bad news: A number of high-profile debuts have been disappointing. The good news: Investors have become more **discriminating**.
72
to espouse
opowiedzieć się za czymś
Her image popped up on magazine covers and in Page Six; in Poland denouncing the Communism she had once fiercely **espoused**; in Seoul arguing on behalf of persecuted South Korean writers; in Berlin when the wall came down; in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.
73
pojmować, rozumieć
to grasp
But how to **grasp** the person that was Charles?
74
wykorzystać; zdobyć dostęp
to tap into
Uber wants to **tap into** a lucrative market with its new app.
75
strzał w ciemno; ryzykowny
long-shot
The project’s backers saw the payments-network effort as a **long-shot** way to profit on Facebook’s 2.4 billion monthly active users.
76
zatruty kielich, nagroda lub zaszczyt, które zwykle są później źródłem kłopotów
poisoned chalice
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a **poisoned chalice** for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
77
to be on the same page
rozumieć się
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get **on the same page**, this time in the face of an impeachment inquiry launched by congressional Democrats last week.
78
w ogólnym ujęciu
at large
Lastly, business **at large** will feel the impact. It may doom Softbank’s efforts to raise a second $100bn-plus Vision Fund to replicate its earlier one, which invested in companies like Uber and We-Work.
79
redukować; obniżać
to scale back
Within days, the Trump administration **scaled back** its tariff plan to exempt a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
80
kwestia sporna
sticking point
Trade remained a major **sticking point**.
81
to trip over something
potknąć się o coś
Like other charismatic founders, such as Travis Kalanick, co-creator of Uber, a ride-hailing service, he **tripped over** his own billion-dollar ego.
82
podlegający ustawie, kontrolowany przez ustawę
statutory
Traditionally, staffing firms have been classified as **statutory** employers, she said, and they share some responsibility with employers in ensuring that workers are compensated fairly.
83
to jot
zapisywać, notować
He can be glimpsed only from a handful of letters dictated to staff, a few oral comments **jotted** into the margins of texts, the formal documents issued in his name, an assortment of anonymously authored annals and, later, laudatory biographies.
84
to pin somebody down
skategoryzować
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to **pin down**, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
85
standing
reputacja
Mr. Cook has said he relies on a simple formula before weighing in, asking himself: Does Apple have a right to talk about this? Do we have **standing**?
86
to scrap
odwoływać (np. plany), zrywać (np. umowę), odrzucać (pomysł)
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s scuttled initial public offering, We is **scrapping** its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
87
źle wpływać na coś
to erode
The law threatens to upend Uber’s business model, which relies on gig workers such as drivers, and to further **erode** its bottom line.
88
kapryśny, zmienny
fickle
Much of Chinese demand for workspace comes from startups that tend to be more sensitive to prices; and WeWork soon found itself in rate wars with local operators and landlords seeking tenants. A slowing Chinese economy also makes startup leasing **fickle**.
89
to phase something in
wprowadzać stopniowo
After the latest regulatory boost for expanded commercial drone services, the company also intends to **phase in** routine night flights and heavier cargo limits—areas now generally off limits to most operators.
90
for the most part
w przeważającej części
**For the most part**, investors continue to favor stocks they liked before the attacks—companies with low leverage and strong cash return policies.
91
to go the distance
przetrwać
Investors are increasingly turning a cold shoulder to upstart companies that look less likely to **go the distance**, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
92
to subvert
osłabiać; zachwiać; obalać (rząd)
It would mean the president had **subverted** the national interest to pursue a political vendetta.
93
flagging
podupadły; słabnący
Delta’s traffic and money also should help to reinvigorate Latam’s **flagging** hubs in the Andes.
94
due diligence
należyta staranność
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using **due diligence**, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
95
zmierzać ku czemuś
to wend one's way
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a dry-goods store, and **wends its way** to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
96
odwoływać (np. plany), zrywać (np. umowę), odrzucać (pomysł)
to scrap
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s scuttled initial public offering, We is **scrapping** its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
97
to scramble for something
usilnie zabiegać o coś
Their reluctance has Facebook **scrambling** to keep Libra on track.
98
rezygnować
to pull back
That means **pulling back** on ventures in China and other less-profitable overseas markets, say real-estate executives and people close to the company.
99
nieograniczony; bezkresny
unbounded
WeWork will have an impact on companies assuming losses can be **unbounded** or that governance does not matter, she says. Companies need a credible path to profitability.
100
to grasp
pojmować, rozumieć
But how to **grasp** the person that was Charles?
101
zapisywać, notować
to jot
He can be glimpsed only from a handful of letters dictated to staff, a few oral comments **jotted** into the margins of texts, the formal documents issued in his name, an assortment of anonymously authored annals and, later, laudatory biographies.
102
to buy in
zaakceptować, zgodzić się, poprzeć
So she paid extra attention to making sure her supporters **bought in**.
103
prowadzone periodycznie, z przerwami i wznowieniami
on-again, off-again
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade go-between, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the **on-again, off-again** talks between the U.S. and China.
104
nastać, zapanować
to set in
After a remarkable first half that saw newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has **set in**.
105
mieć na celu
to aim at
Uber Technologies Inc. Has launched an app **aimed** at pairing businesses with temporary workers in an effort to bring in more revenue as the company struggles to turn a profit.
106
wyjść z sali na znak protestu; zorganizować strajk
to stage a walkout
The order disrupted airports and triggered protests at Google, where thousands of people **staged a walkout**.
107
całkowicie zależeć od czegoś
to hinge on something
But the software company’s success **hinges on** its ability to uproot current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
108
to see something through
doprowadzić coś do końca
Each organization that started this journey will have to make its own assessment of risks and rewards of being committed to **seeing through** the change that Libra promises.
109
przywołać (taksówkę, portiera)
to hail
Similar to its ride-**hailing** service, Uber will use an algorithm to set the wages for jobs that employers list on its app, instead of the employers doing it.
110
po
beyond
The empire lasted only a few decades **beyond** his death, but the institutions and cultural processes he promoted have marked Western Europe until today.
111
lodging
kwatera
Airbnb, a **lodging** site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
112
to epitomise
być uosobieniem, być typowym przykładem, stanowić przejaw
Then came the "founder", as **epitomised** by the flowing-haired Adam Neumann of WeWork, an office-subleasing firm dressed up as a tech giant.
113
at large
w ogólnym ujęciu
Lastly, business **at large** will feel the impact. It may doom Softbank’s efforts to raise a second $100bn-plus Vision Fund to replicate its earlier one, which invested in companies like Uber and We-Work.
114
duża część czegoś
swath
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to exempt a **swath** of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
115
salutary
pożyteczny
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The **salutary** lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
116
to steer clear of something
trzymać się od czegoś z daleka
Mr. Cook is expected to continue to engage on issues related to the company’s business while **steering clear** of politics and pushing back on social issues.
117
to underpin
stanowić podstawę czegoś; wspierać, podpierać (konstrukcję)
In 2018, he formed a team within the social-media company to explore applications of blockchain, the technology that **underpins** bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
118
to cast somebody as something
uważać kogoś za jakąś osobę
After years in which venture capitalists have **cast themselves as** infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
119
planować
to slate
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are **slated** to meet in Geneva to review a charter for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
120
to zero in on something
skupić uwagę na czymś
Apple argued that while the world is **zeroed in on** having more bandwidth with 5G, its focus should be on images.
121
wybryki
excess
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in thrall to founders’ **excesses**, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
122
to lay the blame on somebody
obciążać kogoś winą
The market for initial public offerings has taken a hit, and it would be easy to **lay the blame** on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
123
to work through
pracować nad czymś
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently **working through** the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
124
to reconcile something with something
pogodzić (dwie sytuacje, pomysły, fakty)
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a poisoned chalice for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have **reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks** by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
125
chutzpah
bezczelność, tupet
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his **chutzpah**, has no clothes.
126
bezpośrednia obsługa klienta
customer-facing
The trouble for money-losing **customer-facing** companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which sport hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
127
pretensje
grievances
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air **grievances** about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
128
zadowolić się czymś
to settle for something
Americans shouldn’t **settle for** this stagnation. It’s time we demanded more of Big Tech than it demands of us.
129
sticking point
kwestia sporna
Trade remained a major **sticking point**.
130
podstawa, podstawowy obszar
mainstay
Uber’s move to offer a service to gig workers, rather than employ them directly, comes as its **mainstay** business is under financial and regulatory pressure.
131
haphazard
przypadkowy
More valuable is the ability to mold a readable narrative from the shapelessness of a life and the often-**haphazard** course of a life’s work.
132
aftermath
następstwo, wynik (np. wojny, klęski żywiołowej)
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their **aftermath**: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term bump of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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chops
umiejętności; zdolności
Mr. Cook serves as an adviser to the administration’s workforce policy board, and the two have dined together the past two summers at Mr. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J. Mr. Trump refers to theApple CEO as friend and lauds his business **chops**.
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obciążać kogoś winą
to lay the blame on somebody
The market for initial public offerings has taken a hit, and it would be easy to **lay the blame** on an hyped office-sharing outfit and a maker of $2,000 exercise bikes.
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wysunąć na pierwszy plan
to bring to the forefront
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by **bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront**, he said.
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wyróżniać się czymś; prezentować coś
to sport something
The trouble for money-losing customer-facing companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which **sport** hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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for all something
pomimo czegoś
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, **for all** his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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rozwiązywać (np. organizację)
to disband
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate chieftains that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly **disbanded** after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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pasmanteria
dry goods store
The book begins with Mr. Schwarzman’s childhood in a middle-class neighborhood in Philadelphia, where his father owned a **dry-goods store**, and wends its way to the present and his role as a negotiator in the continuing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.
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osławiony
vaunted
The low price of Apple TV+ and the free trial for certain customers could detract from Apple’s **vaunted** profitability.
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to sway
wywierać wpływ (na kogoś)
Swaths of voters, particularly if she makes it to a general election, won’t be **swayed** by the 70-year-old former Harvard law professor’s liberal arguments, no matter how they are packaged, and some of Ms. Warren’s supporters worry she isn’t street-fighter tough enough to take on Mr. Trump.
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zrozumieć aluzję
to take a hint
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to **take a hint**.
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umocnić
to entrench
The mountain of venture money available, including from mutual funds, enabled his firm to stay private for nine years, almost three times longer than the average tech startup in 2001. It **entrenched** bad habits.
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to uproot
wykorzeniać
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to **uproot** current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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have no qualms about something
nie mieć żadnych oporów / obaw w związku z czymś
From a young age, he has had few **qualms about** approaching authority figures—including the colonel in charge of his Army Reserve unit and the dean of Harvard Business School—and pointing out problems at their organizations.
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to embrace
zaakceptować
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly **embraced** by her friends.
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to stage a walkout
wyjść z sali na znak protestu; zorganizować strajk
The order disrupted airports and triggered protests at Google, where thousands of people **staged a walkout**.
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kwatera
lodging
Airbnb, a **lodging** site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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to tap into
wykorzystać; podłączyć się
Uber wants to **tap into** a lucrative market with its new app.
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outlay
wydatek
For Delta, meanwhile, the **outlay** is close to its entire free cash flow for the year through June.
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mieć takie samo zdanie, zgadzać się
to be on the same page
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get **on the same page**, this time in the face of an impeachment inquiry launched by congressional Democrats last week.
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customer-facing
bezpośrednia obsługa klienta
The trouble for money-losing **customer-facing** companies like Uber Technologies (ticker: UBER), Lyft (LYFT), and Peloton Interactive (PTON) shouldn’t be confused with the strong investor interest in cloud-based enterprise software companies, which sport hypergrowth and subscription-based revenue models that make their results highly predictable.
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opening
wakat (wolne stanowisko)
The Uber Works app, which made its debut in Chicago on Thursday, is designed to match workers such as chefs and cleaners with companies looking to fill a temporary **opening**.
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to air
wypowiadać publicznie
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would **air** grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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to recline
wyciągnąć (się), leżeć, odpoczywać
It’s more helpful if you can point it out and have a solution, Mr. Schwarzman says, now **reclining** with his feet up on the chair next to him.
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zacząć coś robić
to go ahead with something
When the firm tried to **go ahead with** an IPO, it ignored the implicit bargain of the stockmarket: that investors give companies capital in exchange for some influence.
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unbounded
nieograniczony; bezkresny
WeWork will have an impact on companies assuming losses can be **unbounded** or that governance does not matter, she says. Companies need a credible path to profitability.
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pracować nad czymś
to work through
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently **working through** the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
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to have a ripple effect on something
odbić się na czymś; mieć efekt uboczny
The saga will **have three ripple effects**: on fundraising, governance and the wider economy.
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wakat (wolne stanowisko)
opening
The Uber Works app, which made its debut in Chicago on Thursday, is designed to match workers such as chefs and cleaners with companies looking to fill a temporary **opening**.
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uciec
to defect
Major **defections** could imperil Libra, Facebook’s attempt to persuade consumers to swap their national currencies for a digital coin that could be used to pay for goods and services on the internet.
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osłabiać; zachwiać; obalać (rząd)
to subvert
It would mean the president had **subverted** the national interest to pursue a political vendetta.
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doprowadzić coś do końca
to see something through
Each organization that started this journey will have to make its own assessment of risks and rewards of being committed to **seeing through** the change that Libra promises.
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in somebody's day
w swoich czasach
**In her day** Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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to toil away
ciężko pracować, harować
Until recently the image of an entrepreneur was of a thrifty workaholic **toiling away** in a garage.
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arrangements
plany, przygotowania, ustalenia
Uber and rival Lyft Inc. have opposed the measure, arguing that it would introduce new costs and hurt their drivers who prefer flexible work **arrangements**.
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wydatki
outlays
Mr. Cook’s personal diplomacy stands out among tech giants. Others have sharply increased their **outlays** on lobbying in recent years but haven’t forged close ties to the administration.
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to revamp
poprawiać; ulepszać
WeWork is now **revamping** its approach to corporate governance and co-founder Adam Neumann stepped down as chief executive.
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dochodzenie, śledztwo
inquiry
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get on the same page, this time in the face of an impeachment **inquiry** launched by congressional Democrats last week.
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podskakiwać
to bump
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their aftermath: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term **bump** of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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fickle
kapryśny, zmienny
Much of Chinese demand for workspace comes from startups that tend to be more sensitive to prices; and WeWork soon found itself in rate wars with local operators and landlords seeking tenants. A slowing Chinese economy also makes startup leasing **fickle**.
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nieomylny
infallible
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as **infallible** arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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with an eye to something
mając coś na uwadze
Many airlines have invested in Latin America **with an eye on** its strong passenger growth, but low-cost competition and currency crises made it the least profitable market per passenger last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.
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nie mieć żadnych oporów / obaw w związku z czymś
have no qualms about something
From a young age, he has had few **qualms about** approaching authority figures—including the colonel in charge of his Army Reserve unit and the dean of Harvard Business School—and pointing out problems at their organizations.
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na właściwym kursie
on track
Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra **on track**.
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statutory
podlegający ustawie, kontrolowany przez ustawę
Traditionally, staffing firms have been classified as **statutory** employers, she said, and they share some responsibility with employers in ensuring that workers are compensated fairly.
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wprowadzać stopniowo
to phase something in
After the latest regulatory boost for expanded commercial drone services, the company also intends to **phase in** routine night flights and heavier cargo limits—areas now generally off limits to most operators.
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credentials
kwalifikacje; referencje
Moser’s **credentials** are solid: a former books columnist for Harper’s, he is the author of a 2009 biography of the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector called "Why This World" as well as a translator of her books from the Portuguese.
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przetrwać
to go the distance
Investors are increasingly turning a cold shoulder to upstart companies that look less likely to **go the distance**, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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z całego serca, całkowicie (np. popierać coś)
wholeheartedly
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor **wholeheartedly** embraced by her friends.
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to knock out
zniszczyć
Attackers using low-flying drones and cruise missiles **knocked out** 5.7 million barrels worth of production, or about 60% of what Saudi Arabia currently produces.
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kwalifikacje; referencje
credentials
Moser’s **credentials** are solid: a former books columnist for Harper’s, he is the author of a 2009 biography of the Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector called "Why This World" as well as a translator of her books from the Portuguese.
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ciężko pracować, harować
to toil away
Until recently the image of an entrepreneur was of a thrifty workaholic **toiling away** in a garage.
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odjeżdżać z czymś (wrażeniem, uczuciem)
to come away with something
Mr. Cook **came away from the meeting with** a sense that Mr Trump listened and that they could work together, one of the people familiar with the company said.
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wprowadzać
to marshal
If those are the weapons we’ll **marshal** in an economic battle with Chinese high-tech manufacturing, the war is already lost.
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reputacja
standing
Mr. Cook has said he relies on a simple formula before weighing in, asking himself: Does Apple have a right to talk about this? Do we have **standing**?
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wywierać wpływ (na kogoś)
to sway
Swaths of voters, particularly if she makes it to a general election, won’t be **swayed** by the 70-year-old former Harvard law professor’s liberal arguments, no matter how they are packaged, and some of Ms. Warren’s supporters worry she isn’t street-fighter tough enough to take on Mr. Trump.
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to contend
twierdzić
China hawks **contend** that America should have blocked China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001.
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przyciągać
to draw
That business model, though, could put Uber at risk of **drawing** more government scrutiny, said Sanjukta Paul, a law professor at Wayne State University.
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rywalizować; rozpychać się
to jostle
When venture capitalists **jostle** with each other to write cheques of $100m or more on a daily basis, it goes to a founder’s head.
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oomph
ikra, energia życiowa
Elizabeth Warren saw in the faces of supporters at her earliest presidential campaign events that her wealth-tax pitch needed more **oomph**.
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władca
overlord
Rather than buying into a company run by a messianic **overlord** with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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leniwy
slack
According to Webster’s Dictionary, **slack** means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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być uosobieniem, być typowym przykładem, stanowić przejaw
to epitomise
Then came the "founder", as **epitomised** by the flowing-haired Adam Neumann of WeWork, an office-subleasing firm dressed up as a tech giant.
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thrall
niewola
In their competition to fund the biggest deals, they have been in **thrall** to founders’ excesses, rather than providing sober adult supervision.
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na niby, wymyślony, pozorny
make-believe
Some venture capitalists are living in a world of **make-believe**. Thank goodness for stockmarkets.
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to aim at
celować w
Uber Technologies Inc. Has launched an app **aimed** at pairing businesses with temporary workers in an effort to bring in more revenue as the company struggles to turn a profit.
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zapobiegać czemuś
to ward something off
To **ward off** criticism of its overseas manufacturing, Apple rebranded commitments to U.S. manufacturing as spending from an "Advanced Manufacturing Fund" program, one of the people close to the company said.
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wypowiadać publicznie
to air
Apple executives debated skipping the summit, worried Mr. Trump would **air** grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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wpadać w coś (np. w kłopoty)
to run into something
But the provider of shared workspace has **run into** challenges, including lowerpriced competition and a cooling Chinese economy.
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na dodatek
to boot
That is more than ten times the market capitalisation of IWG, a rival with bigger sales—and a profit **to boot**.
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to rupture
zrywać (stosunki)
America’s economic relationship with China is **rupturing**. Tariffs now cover around two-thirds of the countries’ bilateral trade in goods, and will include almost all of it from December 15th.
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to exempt
zwolnić (nie musieć czegoś robić)
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to **exempt** a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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mainstay
podstawowy; podstawa, ostoja, podpora
Uber’s move to offer a service to gig workers, rather than employ them directly, comes as its **mainstay** business is under financial and regulatory pressure.
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to marshal
wprowadzać
If those are the weapons we’ll **marshal** in an economic battle with Chinese high-tech manufacturing, the war is already lost.
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wyssać coś do ostatniej kropli; wyssać z kogoś energię
to suck something dry
By getting their users to spend more time on their platforms, the social-media giants turn the customer into a data source to be **sucked dry**.
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to see
doświadczać
After a remarkable first half that **saw** newly public companies raise capital at a historic rate, there are signs everywhere that a correction has set in.
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to capture
uchwycić, oddawać
For over a millennium, a mythic Charlemagne **captured** the dreams of Europeans and inspired or challenged their political leaders.
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to weigh down
obciążać; przytłaczać
The company in August posted its largest quarterly loss, **weighed down** by competition in growth markets such as Latin America, slowing growth in its core ride-hailing business and onetime expenses related to its initial public offering.
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make-believe
na niby, wymyślony, pozorny
Some venture capitalists are living in a world of **make-believe**. Thank goodness for stockmarkets.
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tongue-lashing
ochrzan
David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of the project, endured two days of **tongue-lashings** from members of Congress over the summer for the lack of details about how the new cryptocurrency would work as well as Facebook’s past missteps on data privacy.
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to crank out something
produkować coś
Shares of newly listed software firms that **crank out** at least some cash, such as Zoom Video Communications and Datadog, have rocketed this year.
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ikra, energia życiowa
oomph
Elizabeth Warren saw in the faces of supporters at her earliest presidential campaign events that her wealth-tax pitch needed more **oomph**.
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w przeważającej części
for the most part
**For the most part**, investors continue to favor stocks they liked before the attacks—companies with low leverage and strong cash return policies.
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zaakceptować
to embrace
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly **embraced** by her friends.
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zaakceptować, zgodzić się, poprzeć
to buy in
So she paid extra attention to making sure her supporters **bought in**.
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przyjmować (np. ofertę, możliwość)
to embrace
Even then, they reckon, it was obvious China would never **embrace** the Western economic model.
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outlays
wydatki
Mr. Cook’s personal diplomacy stands out among tech giants. Others have sharply increased their **outlays** on lobbying in recent years but haven’t forged close ties to the administration.
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to bump
podskakiwać
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their aftermath: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term **bump** of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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charter
statut (np. firmy, organizacji)
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are slated to meet in Geneva to review a **charter** for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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osoba znana i podziwiana
luminary
She dominated New York literary life, presiding over PEN lectures and Town Hall events, rallying other **luminaries** at the opera and the latest night spots.
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remittance
przekaz (pieniężny), przelew (bankowy), wpłata, płatność
In announcing the project in June, the company said it hoped to provide basic financial services to people around the world who lack bank accounts and to save some of the $25 billion lost by migrants every year through **remittance** fees.
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przypadkowy
haphazard
More valuable is the ability to mold a readable narrative from the shapelessness of a life and the often-**haphazard** course of a life’s work.
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wpadać w zachwyt
to swoon
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors **swoon**. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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legitimate
uzasadniony
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the **legitimate** concerns that Libra has raised by bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront, he said.
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hullabaloo
harmider, rwetes, zgiełk
Lately, there’s been lots of noise and fireworks, and **hullabaloo** about direct listings.
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infallible
nieomylny
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as **infallible** arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his chutzpah, has no clothes.
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to sift through
przeczesywać (np. dokumenty); dokładnie badać (fakty)
The app enables users to **sift through** jobs by location, pay and skills, Uber said, adding that it spent the past year testing it.
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odległy
far-flung
The U.S. carrier is gambling that it has a better way to link **far-flung** markets than SkyTeam.
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inquiry
dochodzenie, śledztwo
Five months later, Mr. Trump’s two highest-profile lawyers are again struggling to get on the same page, this time in the face of an impeachment **inquiry** launched by congressional Democrats last week.
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to ward something off
zapobiegać czemuś
To **ward off** criticism of its overseas manufacturing, Apple rebranded commitments to U.S. manufacturing as spending from an "Advanced Manufacturing Fund" program, one of the people close to the company said.
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to defect
uciec
Major **defections** could imperil Libra, Facebook’s attempt to persuade consumers to swap their national currencies for a digital coin that could be used to pay for goods and services on the internet.
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darned
cholerny
Institutional investors are pretty **darned** smart when looking at IPOs, regardless of structure and buzz.
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far-flung
odległy
The U.S. carrier is gambling that it has a better way to link **far-flung** markets than SkyTeam.
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bezczelność, tupet
chutzpah
After years in which venture capitalists have cast themselves as infallible arbiters of value, it is good to see public investors shouting when an entrepreneur, for all his **chutzpah**, has no clothes.
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on track
na dobrym torze
Their reluctance has Facebook scrambling to keep Libra **on track**.
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krok, próba sił
foray
But the larger point remains. Entering the world of TV content could get messy. Investors should recall that Apple’s first **foray** into original video didn’t go well.
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poisoned chalice
zatruty kielich
*nagroda lub zaszczyt, które zwykle są później źródłem kłopotów*
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a **poisoned chalice** for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
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następstwo, wynik (np. wojny, klęski żywiołowej)
aftermath
Investors took some lessons from the attacks and their **aftermath**: that oil infrastructure is vulnerable to new kinds of attacks; that oil should get a longer-term bump of $3 to $5 to account for new geopolitical risks; and that it will take a more fundamental shift in the markets to change recent trading patterns.
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to scuttle
niweczyć (czyjeś plany)
With the recent departure of Chief Executive Adam Neumann and the company’s **scuttled** initial public offering, We is scrapping its high-growth strategy and looking to slow its expansion and cut losses.
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slack
leniwy
According to Webster’s Dictionary, **slack** means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
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to bring to the forefront
wysunąć na pierwszy plan
I can tell you that we’re very calmly, and confidently working through the legitimate concerns that Libra has raised by **bringing conversations about the value of digital currencies to the forefront**, he said.
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gwałtowny, mocny
heady
Even adjusted for **heady** growth, which Slack may not be able to achieve, the valuation looks high.
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oddawać, wyrażać, przekazywać (np. emocje, treść)
to convey
To those who were not around during Sontag’s extended heyday—she died in 2004, at age 71—it’s hard to **convey** just how colossally famous she was.
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to scale back
redukować; obniżać
Within days, the Trump administration **scaled back** its tariff plan to exempt a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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darować sobie; pominąć
to skip
Apple executives debated **skipping** the summit, worried Mr. Trump would air grievances about manufacturing and Apple’s commitment to encrypted iPhones, according to a person familiar with the company.
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high point
szczyt, apogeum
The Avedon photo shows Sontag in her mid-40s, during one of the many **high points** of her celebrity.
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to encapsulate
podsumować; streszczać
The events **encapsulated** Mr. Cook’s diplomacy in the Trump era. To protect his company’s interests, people close to the company and administration said, the Apple CEO has cultivated a relationship with the president and his family, an unlikely alliance given their contrasting personalities and divergent views on many issues.
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mając coś na uwadze
with an eye to something
Many airlines have invested in Latin America **with an eye on** its strong passenger growth, but low-cost competition and currency crises made it the least profitable market per passenger last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.
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trzymać język za zębami
to hold one's tongue
At other times, Mr. Cook **holds his tongue**. When the president told the Journal in July 2017 that Mr. Cook promised to build "three big plants, beautiful plants" in the U.S., the company declined to comment, pointing to past statements about its reliance on U.S. suppliers for components.
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cold shoulder
chłodne traktowanie
Investors are increasingly turning a **cold shoulder** to upstart companies that look less likely to go the distance, such as Uber and Peloton, in favor of fast-growing moneymakers such as Beyond Meat.
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wyczerpywać się (np. zapasy)
to dry up
Second, as money **dries up**, the balance of power may shift from the founders to investors, reducing the tolerance for supervoting shares and crony boards.
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to sell off
wyprzedawać
California’s recent efforts to categorise drivers for gig-economy firms as employees rather than contractors has added to the post-ipo **sell-off** of Uber and its rival, Lyft.
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poprawiać; ulepszać
to revamp
WeWork is now **revamping** its approach to corporate governance and co-founder Adam Neumann stepped down as chief executive.
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krytyk
detractor
In her day Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her **detractors** nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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rozróżniać
to discriminate
The bad news: A number of high-profile debuts have been disappointing. The good news: Investors have become more **discriminating**.
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uchwycić, oddawać
to capture
For over a millennium, a mythic Charlemagne **captured** the dreams of Europeans and inspired or challenged their political leaders.
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beyond
po
The empire lasted only a few decades **beyond** his death, but the institutions and cultural processes he promoted have marked Western Europe until today.
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być w lepszej sytuacji
to be better off
We**’re better off** knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a subsequent email.
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go-between
pośrednik
Under President Trump, Mr. Schwarzman has become a trade **go-between**, helping renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico and becoming involved in the on-again, off-again talks between the U.S. and China.
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chieftain
wódz
In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum—a group of U.S. corporate **chieftains** that Mr. Schwarzman headed—was abruptly disbanded after top business leaders said Mr. Trump had failed to sufficiently condemn racism in response to the whitesupremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
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foray
krok, próba sił
But the larger point remains. Entering the world of TV content could get messy. Investors should recall that Apple’s first **foray** into original video didn’t go well.
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odbić się na czymś
to have a ripple effect on something
The saga will **have three ripple effects**: on fundraising, governance and the wider economy.
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opowiadać bajki; inne: przędza
to yarn
But it is the venture-capital industry that helps spin the invisible **yarn** that creates the legends. Some of its biggest names, such as SoftBank, have been peddling valuations of companies like WeWork that border on the absurd.
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pycha
hubris
In such cases, attention invariably focuses on the founders’ **hubris**.
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to take a hint
zrozumieć aluzję
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using due diligence, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to **take a hint**.
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to slate
planować
On Oct. 14, representatives from the companies are **slated** to meet in Geneva to review a charter for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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centralny punkt
focal point
He said those relationships tend to focus more on administration priorities such as trade and tariffs than the broader economy, a **focal point** of past administrations.
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zaszkodzić, wpływać ujemnie
to impair
Mr. Kushner arranged a call between Mr. Cook and his father-in-law, President Trump, people familiar with the call said, giving the Apple chief a chance to explain how tariffs would increase iPhone prices and **impair** Apple’s ability to compete against rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co.
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to deal a blow to somebody
zadać komuś cios
PayPal Holdings Inc. is withdrawing from the group of companies Facebook Inc. assembled to launch a global cryptocurrency-based payments network, **dealing a blow to** the social-media giant’s ambitions to transform financial services.
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późniejszy; kolejny; dalszy
subsequent
We’re better off knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a **subsequent** email.
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to be better off
być w lepszej sytuacji
We**’re better off** knowing about this lack of commitment now, rather than later, Mr. Disparte wrote in a subsequent email.
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trzymać się od czegoś z daleka
to steer clear of something
Mr. Cook is expected to continue to engage on issues related to the company’s business while **steering clear** of politics and pushing back on social issues.
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w swoich czasach
in somebody's day
**In her day** Susan Sontag was America’s most famous—and most glamorous—literary intellectual. Hard to pin down, she could neither be convincingly dismissed by her detractors nor wholeheartedly embraced by her friends.
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warunek; rzecz niezbędna
requisite
Effective communication, of course, is a **requisite** in politics.
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to yarn
opowiadać bajki; inne: przędza
But it is the venture-capital industry that helps spin the invisible **yarn** that creates the legends. Some of its biggest names, such as SoftBank, have been peddling valuations of companies like WeWork that border on the absurd.
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wykorzeniać
to uproot
But the software company’s success hinges on its ability to **uproot** current messaging technologies and replace established companies such as Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google.
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zwolnić (nie musieć czegoś robić)
to exempt
Within days, the Trump administration scaled back its tariff plan to **exempt** a swath of electronics products, including iPhones, saying it wanted to protect consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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wspierać, podpierać (konstrukcję)
to underpin
In 2018, he formed a team within the social-media company to explore applications of blockchain, the technology that **underpins** bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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luminary
osoba znana i podziwiana
She dominated New York literary life, presiding over PEN lectures and Town Hall events, rallying other **luminaries** at the opera and the latest night spots.
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podupadły; słabnący
flagging
Delta’s traffic and money also should help to reinvigorate Latam’s **flagging** hubs in the Andes.
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pożyteczny
salutary
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors swoon. The **salutary** lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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pogodzić (dwie sytuacje, pomysły, fakty)
to reconcile something with something
Expanding into new markets has often proved to be a poisoned chalice for airlines, because the industry benefits from few economies of scale. Carriers have **reconciled this problem with the need to manage large global networks** by forming alliances, which can coordinate schedules and link up different service offers through technology.
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wyprzedawać
to sell off
California’s recent efforts to categorise drivers for gig-economy firms as employees rather than contractors has added to the post-ipo **sell-off** of Uber and its rival, Lyft.
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to come away with something
odjeżdżać z czymś (wrażeniem, uczuciem)
Mr. Cook **came away from the meeting with** a sense that Mr Trump listened and that they could work together, one of the people familiar with the company said.
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zrealizować coś
to play something out
His hypothesis was that highly levered oil names would outperform companies with low leverage during a shock. That phenomenon did **play out**—but just for a day.
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to jostle
rywalizować; rozpychać się
When venture capitalists **jostle** with each other to write cheques of $100m or more on a daily basis, it goes to a founder’s head.
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to hold one's tongue
trzymać język za zębami
At other times, Mr. Cook **holds his tongue**. When the president told the Journal in July 2017 that Mr. Cook promised to build "three big plants, beautiful plants" in the U.S., the company declined to comment, pointing to past statements about its reliance on U.S. suppliers for components.
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zrywać (stosunki)
to rupture
America’s economic relationship with China is **rupturing**. Tariffs now cover around two-thirds of the countries’ bilateral trade in goods, and will include almost all of it from December 15th.
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to swoon
wpadać w zachwyt
Airbnb, a lodging site with positive ebitda, still makes investors **swoon**. The salutary lesson is that the public markets are doing their job, rewarding firms that generate cash or profits, shunning those that do not.
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opowiedzieć się za czymś
to espouse
Her image popped up on magazine covers and in Page Six; in Poland denouncing the Communism she had once fiercely **espoused**; in Seoul arguing on behalf of persecuted South Korean writers; in Berlin when the wall came down; in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.
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to hail
przywołać (taksówkę, portiera)
Similar to its ride-**hailing** service, Uber will use an algorithm to set the wages for jobs that employers list on its app, instead of the employers doing it.
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to play something out
zrealizować coś
His hypothesis was that highly levered oil names would outperform companies with low leverage during a shock. That phenomenon did **play out**—but just for a day.
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to dry up
wyczerpywać się (np. zapasy)
Second, as money **dries up**, the balance of power may shift from the founders to investors, reducing the tolerance for supervoting shares and crony boards.
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hubris
pycha
In such cases, attention invariably focuses on the founders’ **hubris**.
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to sign on
zgłosić się; zapisać się
The number of people that use Facebook every month is around 10 times the number of people that use PayPal every year, and the opportunity to deliver financial services to them motivated PayPal to **sign on** to Libra early.
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szczyt, apogeum
high point
The Avedon photo shows Sontag in her mid-40s, during one of the many **high points** of her celebrity.
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heady
gwałtowny, mocny
Even adjusted for **heady** growth, which Slack may not be able to achieve, the valuation looks high.
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to draw
przyciągać
That business model, though, could put Uber at risk of **drawing** more government scrutiny, said Sanjukta Paul, a law professor at Wayne State University.
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należyta staranność
due diligence
According to Webster’s Dictionary, slack means not using **due diligence**, care or dispatch. Investors in the company of the same name may want to take a hint.
