KOLOKWIUM I Flashcards

1
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a person with a less important position in an organization

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subordinate

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2
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a person who provides expert advice to a company

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consultant

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3
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a situation of danger or difficulty

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crisis

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4
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a new idea or method

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innovation

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5
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sth you plan to do or achieve

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objective

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6
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a plan for achieving success

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strategy

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7
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when sm is raised to a higher or more important position

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promotion

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8
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to set goals

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to set objectives

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9
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to officially give something to someone, or to decide that something can be used for a specific purpose

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to allocate resources

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10
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to manage in case of risk

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deal with crises

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11
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to complete sth

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to perform tasks

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12
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to define the quality and effectiveness of sb job

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to measure performance

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13
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to observe your employees

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to supervise subordinates

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14
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payment or other rewards that you get for your work

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remuneration

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15
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something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this

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incentive

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16
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independent and able to make their own decisions

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autonomous

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17
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to spread tasks; separate

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to delegate

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18
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someone’s job or particular responsibility

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function

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19
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] a system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group

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hierarchy or chain of command

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20
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the power to give instructions to people at the below in the chain of command

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line authority

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21
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to be responsible to someone and to take instructions from them

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to report to

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22
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a list giving details of all the things in a place; the goods in the shops

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inventory

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23
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the ability to remain steady in an upright position

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cash balance

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24
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a group of people that is officially put in charge of something or asked to find out about something

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commision

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25
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a factory working hard and maximizing profits

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a factory working at full capacity

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26
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if something bad or unpleasant is rife, there is a lot of it

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rife

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27
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to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or group

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lag

28
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of the same quality as or at the same level as

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on a par with

29
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hard work

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to sweat

30
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to move somewhere suddenly and quickly

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leap

31
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a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with

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burden

32
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unwilling to do sth

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reluctant to

33
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to have enough courige to do sth

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to blow your own trumpet

34
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lack

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scarcity

35
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problem

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hurdle

36
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a misguided idea or action is based on judgments or opinions that are wrong

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misguided

37
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a person or organization that prepares a poll

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pollster

38
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working with someone as an equal partner

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in harness

39
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to collect

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to gather

40
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all the time

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instantly

41
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firm and difficult to bend

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stiff

42
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not good enough to achieve the intended result

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feeble

43
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place or object is rather dark in an unpleasant way and often looks dirty

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dingy

44
Q

the act of giving money to a school, hospital, or other institution

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endowment

45
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zrzędliwość, gderliwość

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grumpiness

46
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to speak to someone in a loud angry way for a long time, in order to criticize them or to try to change their opinion

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harangue

47
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used for emphasizing that something is small or unimportant

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mere

48
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changing in the opposite way to something else, especially in position, size, or amount

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inverse

49
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to cheat

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bamboozle

50
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outcome

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burst

51
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inflated

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bloated

52
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a maniac

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a geek

53
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cwany jak lis

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canny as a fox

54
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do nothing; leasure

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loaf

55
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lazy

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indolent

56
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leisure; relax

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frolick

57
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the activity of watching a person or situation very carefully so that you will notice any problems or signs of danger immediately

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vigilance

58
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something you give or allow to someone in order to reach an agreement

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concession

59
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to prevent something serious, dangerous, or unpleasant from affecting you

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to keep at bay

60
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urzędnik

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civil servant

61
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to control

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to surveil

62
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quotas

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parytet

63
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everybody brings sth in; everybody contributes

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to complement eachother

64
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employed by a particular company

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on the payroll

65
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level

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layer

66
Q

podzielona na dwie

A

divided into two