Fiszki: B2 Biz U2- The IT Fallacy | Quizlet

a fallacy: It is a common fallacy that women are worse drivers than men.

an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false (błędne przekonanie, błędne rozumowanie)

to downsize

to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people working for it

to take a breather

to have a short rest (zrobić sobie krótką przerwę)

a breather

chwila wytchnienia

to cram sth into sth

to force a lot of things into a small space (wepchać, upchać)

a dash

the act of running somewhere very quickly

it has been a mad dash to do it

wszyscy rzucili się, żeby to zrobić

something has to give

to się źle skończy

a pressure cooker

a pan with a tightly fitting lid that allows food to cook quickly in steam under pressure (szybkowar)

to sweep through sth (swept, swept)

to quickly spread through and influence an area, [disease, panic, fashion, craze, fire] ogarnąć [town, country]

boardrooms

meeting rooms for top executives (sale posiedzeń / dyrekcja)

headcount

the number of people who are present; (total staff) załoga, obsada

fierce

very strong or violent; [competition] zacięty

the quest for sth (e.g. a quest for the meaning of life)

a long search for something that is difficult to find

to boost

(stimulate) zwiększyć [capacity, number, pay, profit, value]; pobudzić [economy, exports, interest, productivity, spending]; stymulować [growth]

sales pitch

what a salesperson says about a product to persuade people to buy it (zachwalanie towaru przez sprzedawcę)

to overhaul something

(examine) przeprowadzić przegląd (czegoś); (make repairs to) dokonać remontu kapitalnego (czegoś) [engine, car]; naprawić, [roof]; zrestrukturyzować [system, procedure]

output

(of machine, worker, land) wydajność; (of factory) produkcja

oddly

in a strange or unusual way

to deliver (as promised)

(achieve) spełnić [promise]; wprowadzić (zgodnie z obietnicą) [reform, improvement]

delivery: the actor's delivery of his lines

(way of speaking) sposób wygłaszania (np. sposób wygłaszania kwestii przez aktora)

a graphic artist

grafik

slick

[production, performance] zgrabny, zręczny; [campaign] udany; [operation, deal, takeover] zręcznie przeprowadzony

the likely outcome

the probable result or effect of an action, situation, etc.

to polish up

to improve a skill, especially when you have allowed it to become less good over a period of time; podszlifować [Spanish, piano playing, skill]

the grass is (always) greener (on the other side)

something that you say that means that other people always seem to be in a better situation than you, although they may not be