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[3-2-Learn] - HUMAN CLOUD, TO BEAT SOMEONE DOWN, BY THE SKIN OF SOMEONE'S TEETH

[3-2-Learn] - HUMAN CLOUD, TO BEAT SOMEONE DOWN, BY THE SKIN OF SOMEONE'S TEETH

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Newsletter 3-2-Learn |

Lipiec 2023  | www.prolang.pl

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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."

human cloud

DEFINITION: a person who works remotely from anywhere in the world

 

TRANSLATION: cz?owiek-chmura; freelancer, kt??ry mo??e pracować zdalnie z ka??dego miejsca na ?wiece

 

EXAMPLE: I'd like to introduce you to Jack, he's our new human cloud working from Buenos Aires.

 

TRANSLATION: Chcę wam przedstawić Jacka. Jack będzie pracowa? zdalnie z Buenos Aires.

 

Article: The Financial Times

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to beat someone down

DEFINITION: to bargain in order to reduce the price

 

TRANSLATION: negocjować cenę w d???, zbić cenę

 

EXAMPLE: They quoted us $8,000 for the service but I managed to beat them down.

 

TRANSLATION: Wys?ali nam ofertę 8 tys. dolar??w na swoją us?ugę, ale uda?o mi się zbić cenę.

 

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by the skin of someone's teeth

DEFINITION: barely, by a small margin

 

TRANSLATION: ledwo

 

EXAMPLE: We've managed to outbid the competition by the skin of our teeth.

 

TRANSLATION: Ledwo uda?o nam się przelicytować konkurencję

REVISION TIME

Do you remember this word from a previous newsletter?

 

 

HURRY SICKNESS

 

DEFINITION: behaviour in which people do everything in a hurry and feel as if they never have time to do anything

 

TRANSLATION: choroba Meyera Friedmana i Raya Rosenmana – zwana chorobą po?piechu

 

EXAMPLE:  John, I think you're under a lot of pressure and may be suffering from hurry sickness.

 

TRANSLATION: John, my?lę, ??e jeste? pod du??ą presją i mo??esz cierpieć na chorobę spieszenia się.


 

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