Week 4 Flashcards by Raquel cerqueira

when you’re so comfortable by doing sth you love

To be (completely) IN one’s element

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être couché confortablement pendant que tu lis un livre

To curl UP with a good book

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when people are always watching because you’re famous

To be in the public eye

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to fix

To mend

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to tolerate

To put up with

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punish (often unnecessarily) yourself because you fail to do sth

To beat oneself UP (ABOUT sth)

Many people beat themselves up short about falling short of not fulfilling their expectations

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(usually expectations, targets, aims, goals) almost but not quite (met your expectation)

To fall short OF sth/ - ing form

Many people beat themselves up about falling short of not fulfilling their expectations

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to have persistence

To have self-belief

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will reward you in the future

Persistence pays dividends

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someone who takes risks

A risk-taker

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sb who is very successful and leads an executive life

Spend time with high flyers (n,p)

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Recover

Overcome setbacks

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Get your ideas

Find inspiration

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Grasp (every opportunity)

Take advantage of

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Want to be liked

Seek popularity

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When people say they are good

To accept praise

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I’m not sure that I am able

I doubt my ability

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En raison de

On the grounds of

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“I’m in the right job. There is no point pushing for promotion because I’d be out of my depth”

Fixed mindset

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“I’ve never tackled anything like that before but I guess I can learn as I go along”

Growth mindset

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Consequences

Ramifications

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Capability

Potential

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Philosophy

Ethos

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Personal stories

Anecdotes

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Understanding

Insight

Achievement

Attainment

To arrange FOR sb to do sth

do you have the right skills, traits, qualifications, experience to do sth

Do you have what it takes to

- how much money you make in one year | - refers to employees

Turnover (N) (High) turnover (negative) : employees constantly change

money you receive, pay when sb uses your intellectual property

To be paid/to receive royalties FOR sth

part or % ownership in a company

Equity (N, unc)

To lose people's faith, trust in you

To lose credibility

to be confused, bewildered by a claim

To be bemused BY a claim

An initial requirement

to reveal a disastrous miscalculation

to expose a disastrous miscalculation

A competitive market The smartphone is quite competitive

a total, complete shot in the dark (guess, no ideas)

A complete punt

equity of a business

A large slice of a business

A large scale business

let me get to the main point

So without further adieu /ado/

to start selling a product

To launch a product

sth is likely to fail, be unsuccessful

Sth is doomed

to understand, comprehend the fact

To grasp the fact that + clause

Adj for creates a feeling of sadness

Poignant (adj) -> moment, story, ending

randomly

Haphazardly (adv)

passing quickly, cannot be caught or held

Fleeting (adj) -> moment, idea, thought Cf: to get, catch a glimpse OF sth

was there but now gone

To get, catch a glimpse OF sth Cf : fleeting

to get a quick smell of sth

To get a whiff OF sth

in an unplanned way, without judgment and without thinking (negative)

Indiscriminately (adj)

unwillingness

Aversion To have an aversion TO / TOWARDS sth Aversive behaviour : nonconformist behavior To be averse TO sth

100 % likely to happen, ie very certain that sth will happen BUT you don't know WHEN

Sth is bound to fail

Être bon en qqch

To be good at doing

Prendre des décisions rapides

To make quick decisions

Repousser des choses à plus tard

To put things off

to make perfect or complete/to improve a work

Polish a work

to divide a task into smaller, simpler parts

Break a task down

Cannot deny, cannot argue against

Undeniable

To reduce, ignore the importance, significance of sth

To undermine sth

To give the ability

To enable sb to do sth

Faire usage de qqch

To make use OF sth

To choose

To opt FOR sth

Expression used to say how, the method

BY doing sth

To have 0% chance

To have, stand no chance OF doing sth

To invent

To come UP WITH sth

Devise a way, calculate

To work sth OUT

To work | Travailler sur qqch

To work ON sth

Flower arranging

Prendre, saisir l'opportunité

Take, grab, seize, grasp the opportunity

Prendre le pouvoir

Take, seize, grab power

Prendre le contrôle de qqch

Take, seize control of sth

Prendre, saisir la chance

Take, seize, grab the chance

Flower arranging

Prévenir qqn de (faire) qqch

Prevent sb FROM -ing verb

Rendre illégal de faire qqch Rendre qqch illégal

To make it illegal to do sth To make sth illegal

Laisser qqn faire qqch

To let sb do sth

Une hausse de: taxes, unemployment, sales

An increase, rise IN sth

Une hausse de # (20%, $2,000)

An increase OF

Sth doesn't make a difference to sb, sth

Sth is of no consequence TO sth, sb

Encounter Receive Suffer -> A setback

Get Gain Receive -> Inspiration

Trust Doubt Follow Rely on -> Your intuition

Have Exceed Fulfill -> An expectation

Get Gain Receive -> Exposure

Achieve Fulfill Realise -> An ambition