deck no. 08 Flashcards
(200 cards)
1
Q
niezadawalający
A
unsatisfactory
How would you grade Wall Street’s track record on diversity? There’s no way to look at it other than unsatisfactory.
2
Q
przesadnie
A
unduly
And he said he was careful not to cross lines in his dealings with Ukraine to avoid unduly favoring any businesses or mixing politics with his advice.
3
Q
be a far cry from something
A
bardzo się różnić od czegoś
The deal, which the companies announced late Tuesday, values WeWork at about $8 billion, a far cry from what it was aiming for in an initial public offering earlier this year and less than the $47 billion at which a January investment from SoftBank pegged its worth.
4
Q
odprawa (z tytułu rozwiązania stosunku pracy)
A
severance package
WeWork also is planning to cut thousands of employees, but delayed the layoffs earlier this month because it couldn’t afford the severance costs, people familiar with the matter have said.
5
Q
kawałek tortu
A
piece of the action
I’m not going to give up making the real decisions, Mr. Icahn says. I’m still in charge, but he’d get a piece of the action.
6
Q
skończyć, pożegnać się (np. w audycji radiowej)
A
to sign off
In his recent email to Mr. Musk, he signed off with an optimistic tone: “Hope to see you soon.”
7
Q
kawałek ziemi
A
piece of dirt
This is a really important piece of dirt in the grand scheme of things, Mr. Perry said. And selling American liquefied natural gas was his answer.
8
Q
usunąć siłą
A
to force out
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further sideline Adam Neumann, WeWork’s flamboyant co-founder who was recently forced out as chief executive.
9
Q
psuć, zakłócać (przebieg czegoś)
A
to derail
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have backed out of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever gets off the ground.
10
Q
muscle
A
siła; wpływ
The loss of four of the largest payments companies leaves Facebook without much of the muscle it assembled for libra, a digital currency it hoped would make it a player in e-commerce and global money transfers.
11
Q
to come into being
A
zaistnieć, powstawać
The collapsing cost of wire and pipes allowed such miracles as the telegraph, indoor plumbing and gas lighting to become commonplace. Enormous new fortunes came into being.
12
Q
zejść z linii produkcyjnej
A
to roll off the production line
Mr. Tsuga became CEO in 2012, just as the Model S was rolling off the line.
13
Q
to weigh
A
rozważać, porównywać
WeWork’s board is expected to meet Tuesday to weigh emergency-financing options including a takeover by Soft-Bank Group Corp. that would slash the co-working company’s valuation to about $8 billion and alleviate a looming cash crunch.
14
Q
stint
A
epizod; kadencja; posada
He and his team had turned Mr Yanukovych, whose nickname during his short stints in prison when young had been kham, or “thug”, from a Kremlin-backed bully into a selfmade man with blue-collar roots.
15
Q
wada
A
blemish
Blemishes in future financial results will only get more difficult to filter.
16
Q
nagle zrozumieć coś
A
the nickel has dropped for somebody
Recalling a January campaign speech at an Iowa brewery, she said, I remember delivering the line, Corruption, and we need to call it what it is, and the entire room floated. And that’s when the nickel dropped for me.
17
Q
severance package
A
odprawa (z tytułu rozwiązania stosunku pracy)
WeWork also is planning to cut thousands of employees, but delayed the layoffs earlier this month because it couldn’t afford the severance costs, people familiar with the matter have said.
18
Q
w ogólnym rozrachunku
A
in the grand scheme of things
This is a really important piece of dirt in the grand scheme of things, Mr. Perry said. And selling American liquefied natural gas was his answer.
19
Q
współpracownik, kolega (w pracy)
A
associate
Naftogaz also was a target for two associates of Mr. Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
20
Q
to raise eyebrows
A
wywołać zdziwienie
Investors balked at the company’s steep and growing losses and a tangle of business and personal dealings with Mr. Neumann, whose erratic management style and party-heavy lifestyle also raised eyebrows.
21
Q
stawać się, zaczynać, zaczynać zmieniać (np. zdanie, postawę)
A
to grow
Bill Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said Tuesday he grew concerned which the Trump administration was conducting foreign policy toward Kyiv—one through the State Department and the other involving Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer—and became even more alarmed when the president in July directed aid to Ukraine be put on hold.
22
Q
przesadzony, naciągany, wyolbrzymiony
A
over the top
There are certainly people that have moved over the top and gone back, he says. What the steady-state penetration will be, time will tell.
23
Q
co się stało? co poszło nie tak?
A
what gives?
Part of your job at Goldman has been to convince people to work here instead of going to Silicon Valley. Now you’re leaving to go to Silicon Valley. What gives?
24
Q
rave review
A
pochlebna recenzja
The car received rave reviews, and Panasonic reveled in being at the forefront of electric-car development.
25
to be fond of something
bardzo coś lubić
Where Carl is outspoken and operates on instinct, Brett is more laid-back and **fond of** spreadsheets.
26
ekstrawagancki
flamboyant
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further sideline Adam Neumann, WeWork’s **flamboyant** co-founder who was recently forced out as chief executive.
27
associate
współpracownik, kolega (w pracy)
Naftogaz also was a target for two **associates** of Mr. Giuliani, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
28
zaangażować się w coś, co kogoś przerasta
to get in over one's head
At this year’s annual meeting in June, shareholders criticized Panasonic for **getting in over its head**.
29
to roll off the production line
zejść z linii produkcyjnej
Mr. Tsuga became CEO in 2012, just as the Model S was **rolling off the line**.
30
above board
legalny; uczciwy
The election of 2010, which was pretty much **above board**, saw Mr Yanukovych become president.
31
wieloetapowe
multileg
Under the deal on the table this week, the Vision Fund would move up a $1.5 billion investment in WeWork due April 2020 that had been agreed to in 2018 and earlier this year as part of a larger, **multileg** deal.
32
powstrzymać
to rein in
When the American ambassador tried to get Mr Manafort to **rein him in**, he was rebuffed.
33
wstrzymać coś
to put on hold
The inquiry is looking at the pressure Mr. Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and administration officials put on Ukraine to launch investigations into Mr. Trump’s political opponents, just as Mr. Trump had ordered congressionally approved aid to Ukraine **put on hold**.
34
to tally
liczyć (np. głosy), zestawiać (wydatki, przychody)
But thousands of orange-clad demonstrators had subsequently taken to the streets of Kiev to protest that the **tally** had been rigged.
35
złagodzić
to alleviate
WeWork’s board is expected to meet Tuesday to weigh emergency-financing options including a takeover by Soft-Bank Group Corp. that would slash the co-working company’s valuation to about $8 billion and **alleviate** a looming cash crunch.
36
powszechny
prevailing
Before embarking on her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the **prevailing** narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to walk away from their debts.
37
dać się przekonać do czegoś
to buy into something
He **bought into** Mr. Musk’s next big bet: the Model 3, Tesla’s first car for the masses.
38
to force out
usunąć siłą
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further sideline Adam Neumann, WeWork’s flamboyant co-founder who was recently **forced out** as chief executive.
39
to back out
zrezygnować
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have **backed out** of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever gets off the ground.
40
unieważnić
to overturn
The Supreme Court ordered a recount. The result was **overturned**.
41
korzystny;
dar; skarb; dobrodziejstwo
boon
Individual investors’ steady diet of fake meat and cannabis has at least one unusual side effect: a **boon** for discount brokers.
42
uruchomić coś
to get something off the ground
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have backed out of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever **gets off the ground**.
43
napad rabunkowy
hold-up
Over the years he refined his approach and helped usher in a new form of investing known as shareholder activism, along the way drawing accusations that he was a corporate **holdup** artist.
44
siła; wpływ
muscle
The loss of four of the largest payments companies leaves Facebook without much of the **muscle** it assembled for libra, a digital currency it hoped would make it a player in e-commerce and global money transfers.
45
pochlebna recenzja
rave review
The car received **rave reviews**, and Panasonic reveled in being at the forefront of electric-car development.
46
off-putting
odpychający
While Mr. Tsuga liked the way Mr. Musk would set a difficult target and meet it—at least sometimes—other Panasonic executives and board members found the entrepreneur’s antics **off-putting**.
47
zniekształcać
to skew
So then you ask, OK, why don’t we have more women at the top of the pyramid? We do this thing called lateral recruiting [hiring senior executives from other banks], which was massively **skewing** the talent pool.
48
ustalenia, wnioski, wyniki badań
findings
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren reprised her courthouse-based work, but with a twist: She wrote up the **findings** with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
49
digs
wynajęty pokój; miejsce; kwatera
Brett already spends a lot of time there with his girlfriend—the model and culinary student Erin Christoff— and their dog and plans to buy a place nearer to the company’s new **digs**.
50
to rein in
powstrzymać
When the American ambassador tried to get Mr Manafort to **rein him in**, he was rebuffed.
51
pokrywać
to blanket
Plan for that T-shirts and signs **blanket** her rallies.
52
to see
doprowadzić do czegoś; przynosić (np. jakieś wydarzenia, nowiny) ; doświadczyć czegoś
The election of 2010, which was pretty much above board, **saw** Mr Yanukovych become president.
53
sought-after
pożądany, mający wzięcie
But the book transformed Ms. Warren into a **sought-after** financial-media source.
54
przeczuwać coś złego (pot. śmierdzieć) ; wyczuć pismo nosem
to smell a rat
Vitaly Kasko, who as head of the international department in the prosecutor’s office had been trying to help the SFO, **smelled a rat**.
55
defraudacja
embezzlement
The judge in London released the $23m on the grounds that Mr Zlochevsky was never named as a suspect for **embezzlement** or indeed any other offence, let alone one related to the exercise of improper influence in the grant of...licences.
56
praktyczny, bezpośredni
hands-on
As he has for most of his career, Mr. Icahn eschews **hands-on** analysis, preferring instead to go with his gut.
57
to sign on
zgłosić się
Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., Stripe Inc. and eBay Inc. said Friday they were withdrawing from the coalition of companies that had originally **signed on** to help launch the libra cryptocurrency, following Pay-Pal Holdings Inc., which dropped out of the Libra Association last week.
58
przekonać się do czegoś
to come around to
It is up 34% this year, because investors have **come around to** the view that broadband gains in coming years will more than offset video losses, making cable companies low-risk tech utilities.
59
deliberate
opanowany
Charismatic would have been too much to hope for, but his tailored suits, Politburo hair and **deliberate** manner gave him a plausibly presidential demeanour.
60
doprowadzić do czegoś; przynosić (np. jakieś wydarzenia, nowiny) ; doświadczyć czegoś
to see
The election of 2010, which was pretty much above board, **saw** Mr Yanukovych become president.
61
contingent on something
zależny od czegoś, uwarunkowany czymś
A top U.S.diplomat in Kyiv said President Trump made nearly $400 million in aid **contingent on** the Ukrainian president investigating Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, in prepared testimony that shed new light on the central question facing the impeachment inquiry.
62
on the matter
w tej sprawie
Mr. Perry was subpoenaed last week by several House committees seeking any documents related to his interactions **on the matter**.
63
surowo skrytykować
to blast
In April, Mr. Musk **blasted** Panasonic in a tweet, saying the Japanese company was operating at a pace that constrained Model 3 production.
64
unrivaled
bezkonkurencyjny, niezrównany
Mr. Musk wanted to create an **unrivaled** battery factory to supply the hundreds of thousands of cars Tesla planned to build.
65
rozdawać
to dispense
The publisher gave her media training and booked her on NBC’s Today show. Soon after, she became a repeat guest on CBS’s Dr. Phil, **dispensing** financial tips to audience members.
66
with a twist
z pewną różnicą
coś zostało zrobione w sposób nietypowy, zaskakujący lub oryginalny
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren reprised her courthouse-based work, but **with a twist**: She wrote up the findings with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
67
to anoint
namaścić
In 2006, Nike’s longtime leader and co-founder MrKnight handed day-to-day management to Mr. Parker, after his previously **anointed** successor, an outsider with little experience in footwear, left after 13 months.
68
pożądany, mający wzięcie
sought-after
But the book transformed Ms. Warren into a **sought-after** financial-media source.
69
dud
bubel, niewypał
No longer an iconic consumer-electronics brand in America, Panasonic recorded a $4 billion loss in the year ended March 2009—its first in six years—as bets on mobile-phone handsets and plasma flat-screen TVs were **duds**.
70
ze swojej strony
for one's part
Tesla, **for its part**, needs the Gigafactory to continuously improve efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs so it can lower its car prices, which it sees as critical to mainstream success.
71
to bank on something
liczyć na coś
Snap is **banking on** its traction in video platform Discover and on augmented reality to continue to attract users.
72
boon
korzystny;
dar; skarb; dobrodziejstwo
Individual investors’ steady diet of fake meat and cannabis has at least one unusual side effect: a **boon** for discount brokers.
73
erratic
nieodpowiedzialny
Investors balked at the company’s steep and growing losses and a tangle of business and personal dealings with Mr. Neumann, whose **erratic** management style and party-heavy lifestyle also raised eyebrows.
74
bardzo coś lubić
to be fond of something
Where Carl is outspoken and operates on instinct, Brett is more laid-back and **fond of** spreadsheets.
75
interesować, pociągać
to hold appeal
Bob Bakish, who headsViacom (VIAB), and will also run CBS (CBS) after a pending merger, says the industry is segmenting on price, but that the traditional cable bundle still **holds great appeal**.
76
to get ahead of oneself
zbytnio się z czymś pospieszyć, wyprzedzać fakty
So investors may be **getting ahead of themselves**. When the new iPhones went on sale, Apple’s share price had already jumped 38% for the year.
77
osoba pełniąca obowiązki
acting
Bill Taylor, the **acting** U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said Tuesday he grew concerned which the Trump administration was conducting foreign policy toward Kyiv—one through the State Department and the other involving Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer—and became even more alarmed when the president in July directed aid to Ukraine be put on hold.
78
wykluczyć (kogoś) z aktywnego udziału (w czymś)
to sideline
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further **sideline** Adam Neumann, WeWork’s flamboyant co-founder who was recently forced out as chief executive.
79
to stack up
wypadać w porównaniu z czymś (np. dobrze, źle)
Comcast **stacks up** better than investors might expect, in part because, for it, cord-cutting is a misnomer.
80
auspicious
pomyślny, obiecujący
The timing was **auspicious** for Panasonic. It had taken a controlling interest in Tesla battery supplier Sanyo.
81
obalić / rozwiewać (np. poglądy, wątpliwości)
to dispel
Jay Westbrook, one of her early bankruptcy-project collaborators, said their research **dispelled** that notion and changed her broader economic view.
82
to alleviate
złagodzić
WeWork’s board is expected to meet Tuesday to weigh emergency-financing options including a takeover by Soft-Bank Group Corp. that would slash the co-working company’s valuation to about $8 billion and **alleviate** a looming cash crunch.
83
to derail
psuć, zakłócać (przebieg czegoś)
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have backed out of the project, threatening to **derail** an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever gets off the ground.
84
glass works
huta szkła
Oleksandr Onishchenko, a businessman and MP who is now a fugitive abroad, says Mr Poroshenko was far from dismayed when told that Mr Zlochevsky was supplying free natural gas to a **glass works** run by his right-hand man and might be willing to do more such favours.
85
zmniejszać, obcinać (np. wydatki)
to pare
The company scrapped the public offering, Mr. Neumann resigned as chief executive and his wife, Rebekah Neumann, stepped down as We’s chief brand officer. Mr. Neumann’s influence also was **pared back**, giving him three votes per share, down from 10 and earlier, 20.
86
unduly
przesadnie
And he said he was careful not to cross lines in his dealings with Ukraine to avoid **unduly** favoring any businesses or mixing politics with his advice.
87
odrzucić (propozycję), niegrzecznie odmówić (prośbie)
to rebuff
When the American ambassador tried to get Mr Manafort to rein him in, he was **rebuffed**.
88
uproar
oburzenie
Mr. Parker approved an ad campaign in 2018 featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterbackturned-activist, that caused an **uproar** but boosted sales.
89
rozważać, porównywać
to weigh
WeWork’s board is expected to meet Tuesday to **weigh** emergency-financing options including a takeover by Soft-Bank Group Corp. that would slash the co-working company’s valuation to about $8 billion and alleviate a looming cash crunch.
90
to blast
surowo skrytykować
In April, Mr. Musk **blasted** Panasonic in a tweet, saying the Japanese company was operating at a pace that constrained Model 3 production.
91
wynajęty pokój; miejsce; kwatera
digs
Brett already spends a lot of time there with his girlfriend—the model and culinary student Erin Christoff— and their dog and plans to buy a place nearer to the company’s new **digs**.
92
być w trudnym położeniu
to be in a bind
Viktor Yanukovych, out of office, found himself **in a bind**. Having become prime minister of Ukraine in 2002, he had expected to be elected president in December 2004.
93
health scares
problemy zdrowotne; zagrożenie zdrowia;
panika wywołana obawą o własne zdrowie (często na skalę międzynarodową)
Their 1989 book, As We Forgive Our Debtors, made the case that, more often than not, filers were ill-equipped to handle unforeseen financial burdens such as **health scares** and job losses.
94
napawać się czymś
to revel in something
The car received rave reviews, and Panasonic **reveled in** being at the forefront of electric-car development.
95
acting
osoba pełniąca obowiązki
Bill Taylor, the **acting** U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said Tuesday he grew concerned which the Trump administration was conducting foreign policy toward Kyiv—one through the State Department and the other involving Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer—and became even more alarmed when the president in July directed aid to Ukraine be put on hold.
96
flamboyant
ekstrawagancki
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further sideline Adam Neumann, WeWork’s **flamboyant** co-founder who was recently forced out as chief executive.
97
what gives?
co się stało? co poszło nie tak?
Part of your job at Goldman has been to convince people to work here instead of going to Silicon Valley. Now you’re leaving to go to Silicon Valley. **What gives?**
98
błazeństwa; wygłupy
antics
While Mr. Tsuga liked the way Mr. Musk would set a difficult target and meet it—at least sometimes—other Panasonic executives and board members found the entrepreneur’s **antics** off-putting.
99
embezzlement
defraudacja
The judge in London released the $23m on the grounds that Mr Zlochevsky was never named as a suspect for **embezzlement** or indeed any other offence, let alone one related to the exercise of improper influence in the grant of...licences.
100
nieodpowiedzialny
erratic
Investors balked at the company’s steep and growing losses and a tangle of business and personal dealings with Mr. Neumann, whose **erratic** management style and party-heavy lifestyle also raised eyebrows.
101
unsatisfactory
niezadawalający
How would you grade Wall Street’s track record on diversity? There’s no way to look at it other than **unsatisfactory**.
102
to embark on something
rozpoczynać coś
Before **embarking on** her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the prevailing narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to walk away from their debts.
103
sordid
brudny (interes), nikczemny (zamiar)
The telephone call that led Congress to investigate Donald Trump was the latest link in a long, sad and **sordid** chain.
104
to smell a rat
przeczuwać coś złego (pot. śmierdzieć) ; wyczuć pismo nosem
Vitaly Kasko, who as head of the international department in the prosecutor’s office had been trying to help the SFO, **smelled a rat**.
105
ocenić coś
to size up
He used the May inauguration to press reforms in Ukraine’s energy industry and to **size up** Mr. Zelensky, who ran on an anticorruption agenda.
106
tacy jak
the likes of
The Japanese company has played a central role in several private technology firms and is raising more money from **the likes of** Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund to do more of the same.
107
huta szkła
glass works
Oleksandr Onishchenko, a businessman and MP who is now a fugitive abroad, says Mr Poroshenko was far from dismayed when told that Mr Zlochevsky was supplying free natural gas to a **glass works** run by his right-hand man and might be willing to do more such favours.
108
brudny (interes), nikczemny (zamiar)
sordid
The telephone call that led Congress to investigate Donald Trump was the latest link in a long, sad and **sordid** chain.
109
to rattle off
mówić szybko z pamięci
By most accounts, he’s still mentally sharp, able to zero in on inconsistencies in an opponent’s reasoning or **rattle off** the mechanics of a complex trade.
110
parlay something into something
obrócić (coś w coś innego)
In a little over a decade, Ms. Warren has **parlayed her policy work and ability to market it into a political career**—as Congress’s watchdog for the government’s program to save banks during the recession, as the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and as a two-term U.S. senator.
111
zakład (od: założyć się)
wager
The two for years played Sunday-evening matches, but they stopped about a year ago after Brett consistently won, at times costing his father as much as $20,000 in lost **wagers**.
112
bardzo się różnić od czegoś
be a far cry from something
The deal, which the companies announced late Tuesday, values WeWork at about $8 billion, a **far cry from** what it was aiming for in an initial public offering earlier this year and less than the $47 billion at which a January investment from SoftBank pegged its worth.
113
to skew
zniekształcać
So then you ask, OK, why don’t we have more women at the top of the pyramid? We do this thing called lateral recruiting [hiring senior executives from other banks], which was massively **skewing** the talent pool.
114
entitled
przekonany o zasługiwaniu na specjalne traktowanie
Speaking of which, millennials take a lot of flak for being **entitled** and flighty. Fair or unfair?
115
namaścić
to anoint
In 2006, Nike’s longtime leader and co-founder MrKnight handed day-to-day management to Mr. Parker, after his previously **anointed** successor, an outsider with little experience in footwear, left after 13 months.
116
to grow
stawać się, zaczynać, zaczynać zmieniać (np. zdanie, postawę)
Bill Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, said Tuesday he **grew** concerned which the Trump administration was conducting foreign policy toward Kyiv—one through the State Department and the other involving Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer—and became even more alarmed when the president in July directed aid to Ukraine be put on hold.
117
to get in over one's head
zaangażować się w coś, co kogoś przerasta
At this year’s annual meeting in June, shareholders criticized Panasonic for **getting in over its head**.
118
to throw down the gauntlet
wyzywać (kogoś na pojedynek), rzucić rękawice
And it’s really, really unsatisfactory given the tremendous amount of effort that’s been put into it. So we’ve **laid down the gauntlet**. [Earlier this year, Goldman set goals of having 50% of its junior employees in the U.S. be women, 11% black and 14% Latino.]
119
zeal
zapał
Apple investors should dial back their **zeal**.
120
spełnić żądanie; spełnić prośbę
to comply with a request
At the Friday deadline, his department sent a letter to the House committees saying it wouldn’t **comply with the request**, calling the probe invalid and further citing executive privilege and a lack of time.
121
to blanket
pokrywać
Plan for that T-shirts and signs **blanket** her rallies.
122
hands-on
praktyczny, bezpośredni
As he has for most of his career, Mr. Icahn eschews **hands-on** analysis, preferring instead to go with his gut.
123
liczyć na coś
to bank on something
Snap is **banking on** its traction in video platform Discover and on augmented reality to continue to attract users.
124
to revel in something
napawać się czymś
The car received rave reviews, and Panasonic **reveled in** being at the forefront of electric-car development.
125
in the grand scheme of things
w ogólnym rozrachunku
This is a really important piece of dirt **in the grand scheme of things**, Mr. Perry said. And selling American liquefied natural gas was his answer.
126
wyjść cało, wyjść bez szwanku (np. z wypadku)
to walk away
Before embarking on her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the prevailing narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to **walk away** from their debts.
127
to size up
ocenić coś
He used the May inauguration to press reforms in Ukraine’s energy industry and to **size up** Mr. Zelensky, who ran on an anticorruption agenda.
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to walk away
wyjść cało, wyjść bez szwanku (np. z wypadku)
Before embarking on her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the prevailing narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to **walk away** from their debts.
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legalny; uczciwy
above board
The election of 2010, which was pretty much **above board**, saw Mr Yanukovych become president.
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problemy zdrowotne; zagrożenie zdrowia;
panika wywołana obawą o własne zdrowie (często na skalę międzynarodową)
health scare
Their 1989 book, As We Forgive Our Debtors, made the case that, more often than not, filers were ill-equipped to handle unforeseen financial burdens such as **health scares** and job losses.
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laid-back
zrelaksowany
Where Carl is outspoken and operates on instinct, Brett is more **laid-back** and fond of spreadsheets.
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wycofać się
to drop out
Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., Stripe Inc. and eBay Inc. said Friday they were withdrawing from the coalition of companies that had originally signed on to help launch the libra cryptocurrency, following Pay-Pal Holdings Inc., which **dropped out** of the Libra Association last week.
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to drop out
wycofać się
Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., Stripe Inc. and eBay Inc. said Friday they were withdrawing from the coalition of companies that had originally signed on to help launch the libra cryptocurrency, following Pay-Pal Holdings Inc., which **dropped out** of the Libra Association last week.
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zgłosić się
to sign on
Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., Stripe Inc. and eBay Inc. said Friday they were withdrawing from the coalition of companies that had originally **signed on** to help launch the libra cryptocurrency, following Pay-Pal Holdings Inc., which dropped out of the Libra Association last week.
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trochę inaczej; bardziej swojsko
with a twist
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren reprised her courthouse-based work, but **with a twist**: She wrote up the findings with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
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to turn around
zmieniać się na lepsze
SoftBank expects that with new money and management blood, and a slimmed-down business focused on leasing office space, the company can **turn around** its finances, become profitable and eventually go public, according to people familiar with the deal.
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piece of the action
kawałek tortu
I’m not going to give up making the real decisions, Mr. Icahn says. I’m still in charge, but he’d get a **piece of the action**.
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the likes of
tacy jak
The Japanese company has played a central role in several private technology firms and is raising more money from **the likes of** Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund to do more of the same.
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to hold appeal
interesować, pociągać
Bob Bakish, who headsViacom (VIAB), and will also run CBS (CBS) after a pending merger, says the industry is segmenting on price, but that the traditional cable bundle still **holds great appeal**.
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to reprise
powtarzać
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren **reprised** her courthouse-based work, but with a twist: She wrote up the findings with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
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antics
błazeństwa; wygłupy
While Mr. Tsuga liked the way Mr. Musk would set a difficult target and meet it—at least sometimes—other Panasonic executives and board members found the entrepreneur’s **antics** off-putting.
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to pare
zmniejszać, obcinać (np. wydatki)
The company scrapped the public offering, Mr. Neumann resigned as chief executive and his wife, Rebekah Neumann, stepped down as We’s chief brand officer. Mr. Neumann’s influence also was **pared back**, giving him three votes per share, down from 10 and earlier, 20.
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zrelaksowany
laid-back
Where Carl is outspoken and operates on instinct, Brett is more **laid-back** and fond of spreadsheets.
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rozpoczynać coś
to embark on something
Before **embarking on** her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the prevailing narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to walk away from their debts.
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zmieniać się na lepsze
to turn around
SoftBank expects that with new money and management blood, and a slimmed-down business focused on leasing office space, the company can **turn around** its finances, become profitable and eventually go public, according to people familiar with the deal.
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obrócić (coś w coś innego)
parlay something into something
In a little over a decade, Ms. Warren has **parlayed her policy work and ability to market it into a political career**—as Congress’s watchdog for the government’s program to save banks during the recession, as the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and as a two-term U.S. senator.
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over the top
przesadzony, naciągany, wyolbrzymiony
There are certainly people that have moved **over the top** and gone back, he says. What the steady-state penetration will be, time will tell.
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to dispel
obalić; rozwiewać (np. poglądy, wątpliwości)
Jay Westbrook, one of her early bankruptcy-project collaborators, said their research **dispelled** that notion and changed her broader economic view.
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mówiący bez ogródek; szczery do bólu
outspoken
Where Carl is **outspoken** and operates on instinct, Brett is more laid-back and fond of spreadsheets.
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odpychający
off-putting
While Mr. Tsuga liked the way Mr. Musk would set a difficult target and meet it—at least sometimes—other Panasonic executives and board members found the entrepreneur’s antics **off-putting**.
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rank-and-file
szeregowy (np. pracownicy, członkowie organizacji)
Wall Street may have been lukewarm on the prospects for the iPhone 11, but Apple’s **rank-and-file** investors are excited. Perhaps a bit too excited.
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prevailing
powszechny
Before embarking on her research, she has said, she tended to agree with what she describes as the **prevailing** narrative of the time: that people who filed for bankruptcy were mainly irrational spenders looking to walk away from their debts.
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to overturn
unieważnić
The Supreme Court ordered a recount. The result was **overturned**.
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zależny od czegoś, uwarunkowany czymś
contingent on something
A top U.S.diplomat in Kyiv said President Trump made nearly $400 million in aid **contingent on** the Ukrainian president investigating Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, in prepared testimony that shed new light on the central question facing the impeachment inquiry.
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zrezygnować
to back out
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have **backed out** of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever gets off the ground.
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blemish
wada
**Blemishes** in future financial results will only get more difficult to filter.
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wypadać w porównaniu z czymś (np. dobrze, źle)
to stack up
Comcast **stacks up** better than investors might expect, in part because, for it, cord-cutting is a misnomer.
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to sideline
wykluczyć (kogoś) z aktywnego udziału (w czymś)
SoftBank’s offer, first reported earlier this month by The Wall Street Journal, would further **sideline** Adam Neumann, WeWork’s flamboyant co-founder who was recently forced out as chief executive.
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outspoken
mówiący bez ogródek; szczery do bólu
Where Carl is **outspoken** and operates on instinct, Brett is more laid-back and fond of spreadsheets.
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zaistnieć, powstawać
to come into being
The collapsing cost of wire and pipes allowed such miracles as the telegraph, indoor plumbing and gas lighting to become commonplace. Enormous new fortunes **came into being**.
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multileg
wieloetapowe
Under the deal on the table this week, the Vision Fund would move up a $1.5 billion investment in WeWork due April 2020 that had been agreed to in 2018 and earlier this year as part of a larger, **multileg** deal.
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to put on hold
wstrzymać coś
The inquiry is looking at the pressure Mr. Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and administration officials put on Ukraine to launch investigations into Mr. Trump’s political opponents, just as Mr. Trump had ordered congressionally approved aid to Ukraine **put on hold**.
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szeregowy (np. pracownicy, członkowie organizacji)
rank-and-file
Wall Street may have been lukewarm on the prospects for the iPhone 11, but Apple’s **rank-and-file** investors are excited. Perhaps a bit too excited.
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zapał
zeal
Apple investors should dial back their **zeal**.
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to get something off the ground
uruchomić coś
The biggest financial companies that Facebook Inc. recruited to launch a world-wide cryptocurrency-based payments network have backed out of the project, threatening to derail an ambitious initiative to remake global finance before it ever **gets off the ground**.
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przekonany o zasługiwaniu na specjalne traktowanie
entitled
Speaking of which, millennials take a lot of flak for being **entitled** and flighty. Fair or unfair?
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to be in a bind
być w trudnym położeniu
Viktor Yanukovych, out of office, found himself **in a bind**. Having become prime minister of Ukraine in 2002, he had expected to be elected president in December 2004.
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to comply with a request
spełnić żądanie; spełnić prośbę
At the Friday deadline, his department sent a letter to the House committees saying it wouldn’t **comply with the request**, calling the probe invalid and further citing executive privilege and a lack of time.
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mieć wygodne życie, żyć beztrosko
to have an easy time of it
He **has an easier time** than his father spending time outside of the office and is often traveling the world with his girlfriend or honing his chess game.
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bezkonkurencyjny, niezrównany
unrivaled
Mr. Musk wanted to create an **unrivaled** battery factory to supply the hundreds of thousands of cars Tesla planned to build.
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wyzywać (kogoś na pojedynek), rzucić rękawice
to throw down the gauntlet
And it’s really, really unsatisfactory given the tremendous amount of effort that’s been put into it. So we’ve **laid down the gauntlet**. [Earlier this year, Goldman set goals of having 50% of its junior employees in the U.S. be women, 11% black and 14% Latino.]
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piece of dirt
kawałek ziemi
This is a really important **piece of dirt** in the grand scheme of things, Mr. Perry said. And selling American liquefied natural gas was his answer.
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cherry-picked
wybrany wybiórczo (np. o danych lub fakcie)
Critics said the academics had **cherry-picked** data and pointed to their use of 1981, a recession year, as a flaw that made families seem worse off than they typically are.
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to dispense
rozdawać
The publisher gave her media training and booked her on NBC’s Today show. Soon after, she became a repeat guest on CBS’s Dr. Phil, **dispensing** financial tips to audience members.
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powtarzać
to reprise
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren **reprised** her courthouse-based work, but with a twist: She wrote up the findings with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
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dołożyć coś, dokładać coś (np. coś ekstra)
to throw something in
**Throw in** the financial crisis and the reputational issues that came along with it, and we had more headwinds.
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mówić szybko z pamięci
to rattle off
By most accounts, he’s still mentally sharp, able to zero in on inconsistencies in an opponent’s reasoning or **rattle off** the mechanics of a complex trade.
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findings
ustalenia, wnioski, wyniki badań
As Congress debated what was behind the rise in bankruptcy filings throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ms. Warren reprised her courthouse-based work, but with a twist: She wrote up the **findings** with her daughter, rather than fellow professors, aiming for a general audience.
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wager
zakład (od: założyć się)
The two for years played Sunday-evening matches, but they stopped about a year ago after Brett consistently won, at times costing his father as much as $20,000 in lost **wagers**.
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to throw something in
dołożyć coś, dokładać coś (np. coś ekstra)
**Throw in** the financial crisis and the reputational issues that came along with it, and we had more headwinds.
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w tej sprawie
on the matter
Mr. Perry was subpoenaed last week by several House committees seeking any documents related to his interactions **on the matter**.
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hold-up
napad rabunkowy
Over the years he refined his approach and helped usher in a new form of investing known as shareholder activism, along the way drawing accusations that he was a corporate **holdup** artist.
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oburzenie
uproar
Mr. Parker approved an ad campaign in 2018 featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL quarterbackturned-activist, that caused an **uproar** but boosted sales.
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ogrom, rozmiar, ważność, wielkość
magnitude
Change of this **magnitude** is hard. You know you’re on to something when so much pressure builds up.
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wybrany wybiórczo (np. o danych lub fakcie)
cherry-picked
Critics said the academics had **cherry-picked** data and pointed to their use of 1981, a recession year, as a flaw that made families seem worse off than they typically are.
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for one's part
ze swojej strony
Tesla, **for its part**, needs the Gigafactory to continuously improve efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs so it can lower its car prices, which it sees as critical to mainstream success.
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the nickel has dropped for somebody
nagle zrozumieć coś
Recalling a January campaign speech at an Iowa brewery, she said, I remember delivering the line, Corruption, and we need to call it what it is, and the entire room floated. And that’s when **the nickel dropped for** me.
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wywołać zdziwienie
to raise eyebrows
Investors balked at the company’s steep and growing losses and a tangle of business and personal dealings with Mr. Neumann, whose erratic management style and party-heavy lifestyle also **raised eyebrows**.
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epizod; kadencja; posada
stint
He and his team had turned Mr Yanukovych, whose nickname during his short **stints** in prison when young had been kham, or "thug", from a Kremlin-backed bully into a selfmade man with blue-collar roots.
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to buy into something
dać się przekonać do czegoś
He **bought into** Mr. Musk’s next big bet: the Model 3, Tesla’s first car for the masses.
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pomyślny, obiecujący
auspicious
The timing was **auspicious** for Panasonic. It had taken a controlling interest in Tesla battery supplier Sanyo.
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zbytnio się z czymś pospieszyć, wyprzedzać fakty
to get ahead of oneself
So investors may be **getting ahead of themselves**. When the new iPhones went on sale, Apple’s share price had already jumped 38% for the year.
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bubel, niewypał
dud
No longer an iconic consumer-electronics brand in America, Panasonic recorded a $4 billion loss in the year ended March 2009—its first in six years—as bets on mobile-phone handsets and plasma flat-screen TVs were **duds**.
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to come around to
przekonać się do czegoś
It is up 34% this year, because investors have **come around to** the view that broadband gains in coming years will more than offset video losses, making cable companies low-risk tech utilities.
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liczyć (np. głosy), zestawiać (wydatki, przychody)
to tally
But thousands of orange-clad demonstrators had subsequently taken to the streets of Kiev to protest that the **tally** had been rigged.
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to rebuff
odrzucić (propozycję), niegrzecznie odmówić (prośbie)
When the American ambassador tried to get Mr Manafort to rein him in, he was **rebuffed**.
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magnitude
ogrom, rozmiar, ważność, wielkość
Change of this **magnitude** is hard. You know you’re on to something when so much pressure builds up.
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to sign off
skończyć, pożegnać się (np. w audycji radiowej)
In his recent email to Mr. Musk, he **signed off** with an optimistic tone: "Hope to see you soon."
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to have an easy time of it
mieć wygodne życie, żyć beztrosko
He **has an easier time** than his father spending time outside of the office and is often traveling the world with his girlfriend or honing his chess game.
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opanowany
deliberate
Charismatic would have been too much to hope for, but his tailored suits, Politburo hair and **deliberate** manner gave him a plausibly presidential demeanour.
