IS UNIT 3

drop/dump something in somebody's lap

give someone something unexpectedly to deal with / zrzucić komuś coś na głowę

keep one's CV up to date

keep one's CV current / aktualizować swoje CV

information that will warrant a second look

information worth examining again / informacje warte ponownego rozważenia

to tailor the CV to suit the job you're looking for

to adapt the CV to a specific job / dostosować CV do stanowiska

strong selling points

strong advantages / mocne strony

to play to one's strengths

to make the most of one's strengths / wykorzystywać swoje mocne strony

roles filled via networking

positions obtained through professional contacts / stanowiska zdobywane dzięki kontaktom

to badger sb for sth

to repeatedly pester sb for sth / nagabywać

to jeopardise sth by

to put sth at risk by / narażać coś poprzez

general suitability

overall appropriateness / ogólne dopasowanie

break-out rooms

smaller online meeting rooms / osobne pokoje podczas spotkania online

to tire sb out

to exhaust sb / wyczerpać

dissonance

lack of harmony or agreement / dysonans

non-verbal cues

body-language signals / sygnały niewerbalne

the tone and pitch of the voice

the quality and highness/lowness of the voice / ton i wysokość głosu

conflicting feelings

mixed or contradictory emotions / sprzeczne

strengthening bonds between sb

making relationships between people stronger / wzmacnianie więzi między kimś

to exacerbate divisions

to make divisions worse / pogłębiać podziały

relationships can become strained

relationships can become tense / relacje mogą się pogorszyć

gallery view

a view showing all participants on screen / widok galerii

to decode visuals

to interpret visual information / odczytywać

to shape views

to influence opinions / kształtować poglądy

engendered distrust

caused/created distrust / wzbudziło

to listen intently

to listen very carefully / słuchać z uwagą

to aggravate the problem

to make the problem worse / pogarszać problem

nerve-wracking

extremely stressful / stresujący

to ease those stress levels

to reduce stress levels / zmniejszać poziom stresu

to go old-school

to use traditional methods / postawić na tradycyjne metody

to arrange study calls

to organise calls for studying together / organizować rozmowy/naukę online

be down to the wire

have almost no time left / mieć bardzo mało czasu

be tempted to do sth

feel strongly inclined to do sth / mieć ochotę

end up with work spilling into their home and social lives

have work extend into personal life / skończyć z pracą wkraczającą w życie domowe i towarzyskie

to boost morale

to improve confidence and motivation / podnosić morale

to have one's workflow interrupted

to have one's work process disrupted / mieć zakłócony tok pracy

to alleviate boredom

to reduce boredom / łagodzić nudę

pick out drawbacks of sth

identify disadvantages of sth / wskazywać wady czegoś

to contribute

to help or add something / przyczyniać się

to listen to people wittering on for ages

to listen to people talking endlessly about unimportant things / słuchać

to start to lose the plot

to start to lose understanding or control of a situation / zaczynać tracić orientację

advantages outweigh the drawbacks

benefits are greater than the disadvantages / zalety przeważają nad wadami

qualifications

credentials/skills needed for a job / kwalifikacje

daunting

intimidating and difficult / onieśmielający

vital

essential / niezbędny

to convey a good image of sb

to present sb positively / przedstawiać kogoś w dobrym świetle

to address the key points

to deal with the main points / poruszyć najważniejsze kwestie

to tackle

to deal with/attempt to solve a problem / zajmować się problemem

to allocate

to distribute or assign resources / przydzielać

to bridge

to reduce the gap between two things / zmniejszać różnicę

to eliminate

to remove completely / wyeliminować

to encourage

to support or motivate / zachęcać

to stand up for sb

to defend or support sb / bronić kogoś

to tackle

to deal with a difficult problem / stawiać czoła

to enforce

to make sure a law/rule is obeyed / egzekwować

to shape

to influence the development of sth / kształtować

your screen freezes

your screen stops responding / ekran się zawiesza

keep your head above water

manage to cope with difficulties / radzić sobie mimo trudności

trickle down

gradually reach people at lower levels / stopniowo docierać do niższych szczebli

water down your language

make your language less strong/offensive / łagodzić język

wet blankets

boring people who spoil other people's enjoyment / nudziarze

ideas and creativity just flow

ideas and creativity come naturally and easily / pomysły i kreatywność płyną swobodnie

pour out my frustrations to sb

tell sb your feelings openly / wylewać na kogoś swoje frustracje

my inbox is flooded with spam

my inbox is filled with a large amount of spam / moja skrzynka jest zalana spamem