[3-2-Learn] - WORKATION, TO ACT UP, TO HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT

Lipiec 2023  | www.prolang.pl

Hello Gość, "Welcome to the Prolang Newsletter! You'll find three all new and useful pieces of vocabulary here. The first is a buzzword, a new, trendy word. The second is a phrasal or a prepositional phrase. The third is a business word or a business idiom."

workation

DEFINITION: a holiday spent working

TRANSLATION: wakacje spędzone na pracy

‍EXAMPLE: My last holiday was a workation, I regret taking my company laptop with me.

TRANSLATION: Moje ostatnie wakacje spędzi?�em na pracy. Za?�uję, ??e wzią?�em ze sobą s?�u??bowy laptop.

to act up

DEFINITION: not to work properly; for a machine

TRANSLATION: nie dzia?�ać odpowiednio, psuć się; o maszynie

EXAMPLE: Oh no! The coffee machine is acting up again.

TRANSLATION: O nie! Ekspres do kawy znowu się psuje.

to have your work cut out

DEFINITION: to achieve a difficult goal in a short time

TRANSLATION: zrobić co?� trudnego w kr??tkim czasie

EXAMPLE: She had her work cut out to receive an annual bonus.

TRANSLATION: Ona pracowa?�a cię??ko, ??eby dostać roczną premię.

REVISION TIME

Do you remember this word from a previous newsletter?

TO KEY IN SOMETHING

DEFINITION: to type information into an electronic device

TRANSLATION: wpisać co?� do komputera

EXAMPLE:  Have you tried keying in your email as the log-in?

TRANSLATION:  Czy pr??bowa?�a?� wpisać sw??j email, jako nazwę login?

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