Deck no. 20 Flashcards

Question

pójść na swoje; robić po swojemu, działać samemu

Answer 1

to go it alone In its 44-year history Apple has procured microprocessors for its desktops and laptops from mos Technology, Motorola, ibm, and finally Intel. Soon after the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, however, the firm decided to **go it alone**.

Answer 2

wiatr w plecy “Foreign exchange has always been big drag for Apple but this is one time it should be a **tailwind**,” said Mr Daryanani. “And this is the first time we’ve seen component costs come down, so that could be another nice benefit for an earnings-per-share or free cash flow perspective.”

Answer 3

to displace Retiring employees benefit in the same way and enjoy favorable tax provisions for rolling the proceeds into their retirement accounts. It’s surprising that employee stock ownership plans aren’t more widely used, but dominant models are hard to **displace**.

Answer 4

the end of the matter He knocked Rosario down in the first and sixth rounds before **ending matters** on a strange note in Round 8 with a jab to the beltline that, because of its landing angle, might have jammed Rosario’s protective cup into his private parts. As it was, Rosario lay on his back in pain and seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

Answer 5

porzucać, odcinać od świata Intel’s stumbles have left it **marooned** at 10nm— and its boss, Bob Swan, out of a job. His incoming replacement, Pat Gelsinger, will need to decide if the company, which, unlike TSMC, also designs its chips, wants to keep making them.

Answer 6

balls to the wall “I’m going to put it all out there because I know what’s at stake. [When] I’m fighting somebody else, I’m gonna do what I need to do to secure the win and be safe, because of cuts and head butts and all that type of stuff that happens in a fight. At this point, when I know I’m in there with an elite guy, everything’s on the line. I’m going to go **balls to the wall**.”

Answer 7

feedstock That said, companies, researchers and regulators should pay particular attention to the **feedstock** used in these AI systems: data.

Answer 8

kopać głębiej (sięgać po zasoby, których normalnie się nie używa) After nine rounds, Golovkin looked to be fading. Canelo’s power was influencing him more than his power was influencing Canelo. It was clear that Gennady needed another gear to win. And he **dug deep** to find it.

Answer 9

sprawczość (zdolność oddziaływania jednostki na inne jednostki) Whether it was British school students complaining about their A level grades or Stanford Medical Centre staff highlighting the unfairness of vaccination priorities, people understandably rail against the idea of faceless machines stripping humans of **agency**.

Answer 10

posterity Dee would never see the fruits of his labors. Nor would **posterity** recognize him for his achievement. Indeed, the Restoration that gave England the Masonic Lodge and the Royal Society buried Dee under a mountain of opprobrium in 1659 when Meric Casaubon published Dee's diaries along with a damning preface accusing Dee of diabolical magic.''

Answer 11

to keep somebody on one's toes Asia’s nanoscale duopoly remains fiercely competitive, as Samsung and TSMC **keep each other on their toes**.

Answer 12

toczyć się swobodnie That has been a feature, not a bug, of Andrade’s run the past few years. He will dominate his opponents early with good action, eye-appealing combinations, standout speed and power. And then, instead of ending things early, Andrade will take his foot off the gas and will be content with **coasting along**.

Answer 13

potomkowie Dee would never see the fruits of his labors. Nor would **posterity** recognize him for his achievement. Indeed, the Restoration that gave England the Masonic Lodge and the Royal Society buried Dee under a mountain of opprobrium in 1659 when Meric Casaubon published Dee's diaries along with a damning preface accusing Dee of diabolical magic.''

Answer 14

to grumble “I see people **grumbling** they aren’t pay-per-view fighters,” Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza said. “But no one is a pay-per-view fighter until they get put in a pay-per-view fight.”

Answer 15

to leave somebody to their own devices A key marker was a 1976 article published in the Journal of Financial Economics by Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling, titled “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure.” The paper argued that professional managers are imperfect agents who, if **left to their own devices**, are inclined to maximize their welfare rather than that of shareholders.

Answer 16

in the early going Golovkin looked flat **in the early going**. Or was it old? Either way, he didn’t fight the way the world is used to seeing him fight. A lot of that was due to Canelo. Looking back on their first encounter, Alvarez had realized that Golovkin was wary of his power.

Answer 17

state of affairs As things stand, however, executives’ incentives are clearly not aligned with retirement investors’ need for long-term value creation. What’s more, the investors are largely powerless to change this **state of affairs**.

Answer 18

przez cały czas (gdy coś innego się dzieje) That approach didn’t quite work for him. You don’t earn any money if you don’t fight. And **all the while**, Andrade’s co-promoters tried to repair relationships both with their fighter as well as with the sport’s powerbrokers.

Answer 19

all the while That approach didn’t quite work for him. You don’t earn any money if you don’t fight. And **all the while**, Andrade’s co-promoters tried to repair relationships both with their fighter as well as with the sport’s powerbrokers.

Answer 20

narzekać “I see people **grumbling** they aren’t pay-per-view fighters,” Showtime Sports president Stephen Espinoza said. “But no one is a pay-per-view fighter until they get put in a pay-per-view fight.”

Answer 21

zadanie, zadanie domowe How Asia’s ragtag revolutionaries turned that fierce desire for freedom into movements that could overcome European advantages in technology and organization is the story Mr. Harper wants to tell. It’s an ambitious **assignment**.

Answer 22

na początku Golovkin looked flat **in the early going**. Or was it old? Either way, he didn’t fight the way the world is used to seeing him fight. A lot of that was due to Canelo. Looking back on their first encounter, Alvarez had realized that Golovkin was wary of his power.

Answer 23

to bite the bullet “So I had my ‘**bite the bullet**,’” he said. “I fought Brian Rose. I’m not afraid to tell my numbers. 200 [thousand] I made. I should see more every time I step into the ring now.”

Answer 24

to infringe Knox felt much of the blame was ascribable to the Duke of Alba, whose troops sacked Antwerp in 1576. The people felt their national liberties and privileges had been largely **infringed** by the Duke of Alba while he was governor.

Answer 25

szara eminencja, potentat That approach didn’t quite work for him. You don’t earn any money if you don’t fight. And all the while, Andrade’s co-promoters tried to repair relationships both with their fighter as well as with the sport’s **powerbrokers**.

Answer 26

succession He was more skilled and also more athletically gifted than Derevyanchenko. A **succession** of jabs opened a cut on Sergiy’s right eyelid in Round 5. A more dangerous cut on Sergiy’s left eyelid that was partially obscured by swelling followed.

Answer 27

zostawiać kogoś samemu sobie A key marker was a 1976 article published in the Journal of Financial Economics by Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling, titled “Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure.” The paper argued that professional managers are imperfect agents who, if **left to their own devices**, are inclined to maximize their welfare rather than that of shareholders.

Answer 28

naruszyć (np. prawa, zasady) Knox felt much of the blame was ascribable to the Duke of Alba, whose troops sacked Antwerp in 1576. The people felt their national liberties and privileges had been largely **infringed** by the Duke of Alba while he was governor.

Answer 29

to dig deep After nine rounds, Golovkin looked to be fading. Canelo’s power was influencing him more than his power was influencing Canelo. It was clear that Gennady needed another gear to win. And he **dug deep** to find it.

Answer 30

agency Whether it was British school students complaining about their A level grades or Stanford Medical Centre staff highlighting the unfairness of vaccination priorities, people understandably rail against the idea of faceless machines stripping humans of **agency**.

Answer 31

widely held company A corporation is considered to be closely held if it has a small number of shareholders, or owners, as compared to a **widely held corporation**, which has a large number of shareholders.

Answer 32

tailwind “Foreign exchange has always been big drag for Apple but this is one time it should be a **tailwind**,” said Mr Daryanani. “And this is the first time we’ve seen component costs come down, so that could be another nice benefit for an earnings-per-share or free cash flow perspective.”

Answer 33

informacja When **word** came two years later that the elder Chiang had purged his former Communist allies back home in China, the younger Chiang wisely issued a statement: “Chiang Kai-Shek was my father and my revolutionary friend. He has now become my enemy.”

Answer 34

nadszedł czas Given that the structure of the universe had just changed, the **time seemed ripe** for a bold move by the Elizabethans.

Answer 35

to surmount The early arrival of the Industrial Revolution had given western nations, especially Britain, what appeared to be an **insurmountable** industrial, economic, political and military supremacy.

Answer 36

to shortcircuit The chip industry is poised for mutually assured disruption, in which America and China each have the ability to **shortcircuit** the other’s economy.

Answer 37

to be at odds To satisfy their needs, any new model must overcome the fundamental governance problem of widely held corporations: that CEOs’ incentives **are at odds** with the long-term interests of those stakeholders.

Answer 38

spowodować zwarcie The chip industry is poised for mutually assured disruption, in which America and China each have the ability to **shortcircuit** the other’s economy.

Answer 39

czuć się na siłach (by coś zrobić) It may retreat from making the most advanced chips, known as the three-nanometre generation, and outsource more production, like almost everyone else. That would leave two firms with the **stomach for** it: Samsung in South Korea and TSMC in Taiwan.

Answer 40

pójść na swoje; robić po swojemu, działać samemu In its 44-year history Apple has procured microprocessors for its desktops and laptops from mos Technology, Motorola, ibm, and finally Intel. Soon after the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, however, the firm decided to **go it alone**.

Answer 41

toe-to-toe Midway through round ten, Golovkin shook Canelo with a straight righthand and followed with a barrage of punches. Most of them missed, and Canelo regrouped to fire back. In round eleven, Gennady shook Canelo again. Round twelve saw **toe-to-toe** action as both men sensed that the outcome of the fight was in doubt.

Answer 42

koniec sprawy, sprawa zamknięta He knocked Rosario down in the first and sixth rounds before **ending matters** on a strange note in Round 8 with a jab to the beltline that, because of its landing angle, might have jammed Rosario’s protective cup into his private parts. As it was, Rosario lay on his back in pain and seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

Answer 43

standout That has been a feature, not a bug, of Andrade’s run the past few years. He will dominate his opponents early with good action, eye-appealing combinations, **standout** speed and power. And then, instead of ending things early, Andrade will take his foot off the gas and will be content with coasting along.

Answer 44

ciąg, szereg (np. wydarzeń), seria (np. zwycięstw) He was more skilled and also more athletically gifted than Derevyanchenko. A **succession** of jabs opened a cut on Sergiy’s right eyelid in Round 5. A more dangerous cut on Sergiy’s left eyelid that was partially obscured by swelling followed.

Answer 45

na całego; bez zahamowań; bez litości “I’m going to put it all out there because I know what’s at stake. [When] I’m fighting somebody else, I’m gonna do what I need to do to secure the win and be safe, because of cuts and head butts and all that type of stuff that happens in a fight. At this point, when I know I’m in there with an elite guy, everything’s on the line. I’m going to go **balls to the wall**.”

Answer 46

odwlekać na później, przekładać problem na później i mieć nadzieję, że sam się rozwiąże Traditionally that has meant returning them to the public markets, by way of either an IPO or sale to a public company. But those exit routes (especially IPOs) have become less easy to take of late, and a growing trend is PE funds’ selling companies to other PE funds. Of course, that doesn’t eliminate an eventual return to public markets—it merely **kicks the can down the road**.

Answer 47

to mend fences Whether they were **mending fences** or rebuilding bridges, Andrade was on Showtime by June 2016, looking good while stopping Willie Nelson in 12 rounds.

Answer 48

to disassociate A fighter doesn’t need cruelty to be great. Cruelty implies deriving joy from another person’s pain. Many fighters **disassociate** themselves from the pain they cause.

Answer 49

to have the stomach for something It may retreat from making the most advanced chips, known as the three-nanometre generation, and outsource more production, like almost everyone else. That would leave two firms with the **stomach for** it: Samsung in South Korea and TSMC in Taiwan.

Answer 50

choke-point In the 20th century the world’s biggest economic **choke-point** involved oil being shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Soon it will be silicon etched in a few technology parks in South Korea and Taiwan.

Answer 51

zacisnąć zęby (kontynuować działanie mimo niesprzyjających okoliczności, itp.) “So I had my ‘**bite the bullet**,’” he said. “I fought Brian Rose. I’m not afraid to tell my numbers. 200 [thousand] I made. I should see more every time I step into the ring now.”

Answer 52

trzymać kogoś w gotowości, trzymać kogoś w ciągłym napięciu Asia’s nanoscale duopoly remains fiercely competitive, as Samsung and TSMC **keep each other on their toes**.

Answer 53

z góry przesądzony rezultat Once the seminary was destroyed, she hoped to apprehend Allen, Stapleton and the other exiles and bring them to trial in England, where their fate, as the hanging of Cuthbert Mayne had shown, was a **foregone conclusion**.

Answer 54

word When **word** came two years later that the elder Chiang had purged his former Communist allies back home in China, the younger Chiang wisely issued a statement: “Chiang Kai-Shek was my father and my revolutionary friend. He has now become my enemy.”

Answer 55

to maroon Intel’s stumbles have left it **marooned** at 10nm— and its boss, Bob Swan, out of a job. His incoming replacement, Pat Gelsinger, will need to decide if the company, which, unlike TSMC, also designs its chips, wants to keep making them.

Answer 56

to coast along That has been a feature, not a bug, of Andrade’s run the past few years. He will dominate his opponents early with good action, eye-appealing combinations, standout speed and power. And then, instead of ending things early, Andrade will take his foot off the gas and will be content with **coasting along**.

Answer 57

to come to prominence It **came to prominence** in the wake of the Great Depression because it was effective at mobilizing capital from private investors—who by the 1960s held more than 80% of company stock—for productive ventures.

Answer 58

oddzielać, rozdzielać A fighter doesn’t need cruelty to be great. Cruelty implies deriving joy from another person’s pain. Many fighters **disassociate** themselves from the pain they cause.

Answer 59

być winnym pieniądze w wysokości; musieć zapłacić In fact, when the first part of the auction was concluded on December 23rd, the bids had reached a staggering $70bn. The winners will be **on the hook** for “clearing costs” of another $13bn-15bn, in part to compensate satellite firms for giving up some of their spectrum that is particularly wellsuited for 5G.

Answer 60

iffy Custom silicon was an **iffy** proposition a decade ago. General-purpose chips were getting better quickly thanks to Moore’s law, which holds that the number of components that can be crammed into a silicon chip should double every two years or so.

Answer 61

assignment How Asia’s ragtag revolutionaries turned that fierce desire for freedom into movements that could overcome European advantages in technology and organization is the story Mr. Harper wants to tell. It’s an ambitious **assignment**.

Answer 62

on the hook for In fact, when the first part of the auction was concluded on December 23rd, the bids had reached a staggering $70bn. The winners will be **on the hook** for “clearing costs” of another $13bn-15bn, in part to compensate satellite firms for giving up some of their spectrum that is particularly wellsuited for 5G.

Answer 63

zastępować, wypierać, wysiedlać Retiring employees benefit in the same way and enjoy favorable tax provisions for rolling the proceeds into their retirement accounts. It’s surprising that employee stock ownership plans aren’t more widely used, but dominant models are hard to **displace**.

Answer 64

wyjątkowo dobry, najlepszy That has been a feature, not a bug, of Andrade’s run the past few years. He will dominate his opponents early with good action, eye-appealing combinations, **standout** speed and power. And then, instead of ending things early, Andrade will take his foot off the gas and will be content with coasting along.

Answer 65

to descend Prospectors, planters, industrialists, missionaries and soldiers **descended** on traditional Asian societies and, shunting hapless native rulers aside almost everywhere, began to modernize Asia to suit western needs.

Answer 66

to kick the can down the road Traditionally that has meant returning them to the public markets, by way of either an IPO or sale to a public company. But those exit routes (especially IPOs) have become less easy to take of late, and a growing trend is PE funds’ selling companies to other PE funds. Of course, that doesn’t eliminate an eventual return to public markets—it merely **kicks the can down the road**.

Answer 67

pokonywać (trudności), przezwyciężyć (np. strach) The early arrival of the Industrial Revolution had given western nations, especially Britain, what appeared to be an **insurmountable** industrial, economic, political and military supremacy.

Answer 68

powerbrokers That approach didn’t quite work for him. You don’t earn any money if you don’t fight. And all the while, Andrade’s co-promoters tried to repair relationships both with their fighter as well as with the sport’s **powerbrokers**.

Answer 69

nadszarpywać coś, podkopywać coś, zmniejszać coś Now 30 years old, they’ve compiled a 65-1 (40 KOs) ring record between them. But they haven’t gone in as tough as boxing fans would have liked and they haven’t become stars. A September 26 doubleheader on Showtime PPV was designed to **chip away at** these issues and launch them into a higher orbit.

Answer 70

the time is ripe Given that the structure of the universe had just changed, the **time seemed ripe** for a bold move by the Elizabethans.

Answer 71

strategiczny punkt; wąskie gardło; przewężenie (zwłaszcza takie, które powoduje zator na jezdni) In the 20th century the world’s biggest economic **choke-point** involved oil being shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Soon it will be silicon etched in a few technology parks in South Korea and Taiwan.

Answer 72

potencjał wzrostu (np. wartości akcji) Meanwhile, Rosario would be well-compensated by Showtime and Premier Boxing Champions (which represents the Charlos) for bringing his IBF and WBA belts to the table. That meant the Charlos would be fighting for modest guarantees and hoping for a profitable **upside** on pay-per-view buys.

Answer 73

wellspring When a baseball player hits a home run, he doesn’t empathize with the pitcher’s pain. So cruelty isn’t necessary. But it helps for a fighter to have a **wellspring** of anger to motivate him.

Answer 74

być sprzecznym To satisfy their needs, any new model must overcome the fundamental governance problem of widely held corporations: that CEOs’ incentives **are at odds** with the long-term interests of those stakeholders.

Answer 75

źródło When a baseball player hits a home run, he doesn’t empathize with the pitcher’s pain. So cruelty isn’t necessary. But it helps for a fighter to have a **wellspring** of anger to motivate him.

Answer 76

w środku nocy / zimy Dee and Kelley's journey to Prague took almost a year. It was no mean feat to cross the northern European alluvial plain, especially **in the dead of winter**. Rivers swelled to impassability; carriages got bogged down in mud.

Deck no. 20 Flashcards

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