Long robaczków 26.03

to take the mickey out of sth

nabijać się z kogoś

work one’s fingers to the bone

work very hard

a bad workman always blames his tools

złej baletnicy przeszkadza nawet rąbek u spódnicy

by the sweat of his brow

w pocie czoła

overtime/severance pay

wynagrodzenie za nadgodziny/odprawa

vicious circle

błędne koło; a situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated

circadian rhythm

rytm dobowy; relating to a period of 24 hours, used especially when talking about changes in people's bodies

fatigue

very great tiredness that last for a long time; znużenie

delude (into doing something)

to make someone believe something that is not true; zwieść; = fool/trick

frantic

rozpaczliwy, gorączkowy; extremely hurried and using a lot of energy, but not very organized

nasty

spitefull (złośliwy), malicious, dangerous, unkind, unpleasant; paskudny, wstrętny; poważny, niebezpieczny

refuse collector

śmieciarz, = a dustman

arduous

involving a lot of effort; mozolny, żmudny

numb

cierpnąć

to go numb

zdrętwieć

work-to-rule

strajk włoski

vocation

a calling, powołanie

straw

słoma

thatch, a thatched roof

strzecha

the stirrer

someone who likes to cause trouble between people by spreading false or secret information, intrygant

beaver away at something

to work very hard, pracować jak mrówka

keep one’s mind on the job

be focused on what you are doing

call the shots

to make decisions and give orders, dyktować warunki

have time on one’s hands

dysponować wolnym czasem

keep one’s nose to the grindstone

work very, very hardly, tyrać jak wół

grindstone

szlifierka

take its toll (on sth)

być tragicznym w skutkach, odcisnąć swoje piętno, dawać się we znaki, odbijać się niekorzystnie; to cause suffer and damage, to have very bad effect

to take a heavy toll

zbierać żniwo

prompted by

spowodowany czymś tam; make someone decide to do something

rigid

sztywne; very strict and difficult to change, ≠ flexible

core time/hours

godziny obowiązkowe; no matter what time you comes you have to spend a number of hours at work

meet the target

to do what you have to do, osiągnąć cel

backhanded

dwuznaczny; a backhanded remark or compliment seems to express praise or admiration but in fact is insulting; seem pleasant, have double meaning

self-rostering

when employees decide themselves what hours they come to work

stifle

dławić, tłumić, dusić, powstrzymywać; to cause someone be unable to breathe, prevent something from happening

deputy

zastępca

to hail a cab

zawołać taksówkę

contractor

wykonawca

to have no say

nie zostać dopuszczonym do głosu

tamer

poskramiacz e.g. lion tamer

to eke out a living

living and trying to make ends meet

the yield per acre

wydajność z jednego akra

dismantling

demontaż

stall

stragan

top up the battery

naładować akumulator

be at the end of one’s tether

has run out of patience, być u kresu wytrzymałości

be rushed off one’s feet

very busy; być zabieganym

explicate

objaśnić; to explain an idea in detail

freshly ground coffee

świeżo zmielona kawa

treadmill

1. kołowrót codziennych spraw, monotonna praca – tiring, repetitive, boring work 2. karuzela dla chomika 3. bieżnia

prevail

panować, przeważać, dominować; to be common among the group of people

salutary

pożyteczny, zbawienny, zbawczy; a salutary experience is unpleasant but teaches you something; causing improvement

the late manager

the manager who has died

the manager in question

the manager we’re talking about

the manager to-be

the person who is bound to become manager

the former manager

the person who was manager before the current one

the so-called manager

the person who is not suitable or deserving (tak zwany)

the present manager

so. who is currently manager (the acting manager – pełniący obowiązki)

the would-be manager

so. who would like to be a manager (potencjalny, niedoszły)

the stop-gap manager

so. who is holding the manager’s post temporarily (tymczasowy)