Outcomes unit 2

Turn out

when a situation becomes that thing or happens in that way, even if it was not expected( виявитися; обернутися певним чином)

Approachable

When someone is friendly and always willing to talk to other people (привітний, відкритий до спілкування)

Arrogance

It is proud and unpleasant behaviour in which someone thinks they are a lot more important than other people(зарозумілість, пихатість)

Back/behind someone’s back

the part of your body that is on the other side from your chest/ when you deliberately do something without other people knowing about it because you know they would not approve( спина; за чиєюсь спиною, потай від когось)

Back down

When someone stop insisting on something, especially because other people have been opposed to them(відступити, поступитися, відмовитися від своєї позиції)

Barrier

It is a physical object that blocks a road or path and stops you getting past/also it’s something that prevents people from speaking openly and honestly with each other( барʼєр, перешкода)

Bitchy

Such comments or behaviour involve being unfairly critical of someone or something/ a person who often makes unkind remarks about other people. Be careful, as this word can cause offence(уїдливий, злий, зловтішний)

Bothered

When you don’t like smth and worry about it a lot(стурбований, занепокоєний)

Charm

someone who has it behaves in a way that is pleasant and attractive and that makes people like them(чарівність, привабливість)

Cynical

someone who doesn’t usually believe that other people are honest or sincere(цинічний, скептично-недовірливий)

Drag down

when someone’s actions put you in the same bad situation that they are in(тягнути вниз, погіршити чиєсь становище)

Fake

someone who is not sincere and pretends to be better or more educated than they really are. An object that is a copy of a real, valuable object, that has been made in order to deceive people( фальшивий, нещирий)

Get ahead

When people are very successful in what they are trying to achieve in their life (досягати успіху, йти вперед)

Go over someone’s head

When you do smth without discussing it with other people, especially when it is someone who is your boss or who has authority over you(обійти когось, звернутися до його керівника безпосередньо)

Hit it off

When two people realise they have a lot of things in common and become very friendly with each other(одразу знайти спільну мову/сподобатись один одному)

Incompetent

When someone is not able to do a job or a particular task properly(некомпетентний, нездатний належно виконати роботу)

Intense

When someone is very serious in the way they talk and behave(напружений, дуже серйозний)

Laid-back

When someone is always very calm and relaxed and never seem to worry about anything(спокійний, невимушений)

Lighten up

When you start to become less serious about things(розслабитися, стати менш серйозним, не сприймати все так близько до серця)

Line manager

It is the person who is one level above you at your work, and who is responsible for telling you what you must do and making sure that you do it(безпосередній керівник)

Naïve

someone who does not have much experience of life and believes that other people will be kind and generous to them and that things will be easy(наївний, недосвідчений)

Pain

When someone or something is very annoying(надокучлива людина або річ; справжня морока)

Painful

When part of your body hurts a lot/ an action that causes you a lot of pain(болючий, болісний)

Principle

the set of moral rules that you believe are right and that you are not willing to break(принцип, моральне переконання)

Prone

If someone or something is likely to experience something harmful, or if a person often does something, they are this way(схильний/вразливий до чогось)

Slacker

Someone who is rather lazy and does not make any effort to work hard or do their job properly.(ледар, нероба)

Snob

Someone who thinks they are better than other people because they come from a higher social class or have better taste in literature, music, etc.(сноб, пихата людина ,яка вважає себе кращою за інших)

Stand up for

If you publicly support something and defend it against people who disagree with you, you do this.(захищати, відстоювати)

Streak

A part of someone's character that is different from or more extreme than the rest of their personality.(риса характеру; схильність; певна сторона характеру)

Stride/take everything in your stride

If you always stay calm in difficult situations, you deal with things this way.(спокійно сприймати щось, не розгублюватися перед труднощами)

Suck up

To try to please someone in order to get some benefit from them. This expression shows that you disapprove of the behaviour.(підлещуватися до когось, підлабузнюв)

Take over

If someone moves into a place and uses it for a particular purpose, preventing the people who usually use it from doing so for a while, they do this.(перебирати контроль; займати місце або приміщення, захоплювати)

Undermine

To weaken someone or something or make them less powerful or effective.(підривати, послаблювати, підточувати)

Wilful

Actions that are done deliberately, not by accident, and are often intended to cause harm. A person who behaves this way deliberately does things even though they might cause harm or they have been told not to.(навмисний, свідомий; упертий, свавільний)

collaborative

If you work together with other people and share the results and successes of the work, you do this. Activity carried out in this way involves people working together(спільний, колективний; заснований на співпраці)

contested

If people argue about something because they do not agree about it, it is disputed or controversial.(спірний, дискусійний; такий, щодо якого немає згоди)

counterpart

Another thing of the same kind in a different place or at a different time.(відповідник; особа на аналогічній посаді в іншій організації чи країні)

determine

To discover facts about something and make sure that they are correct.(встановлювати, визначати, з’ясовувати)

draw(a lesson/conclusion)

If you learn something useful from an experience, you do this. If you decide what is true based on what you have learned, you reach a conclusion.(робити висновок; засвоювати урок)

filtering

The process of examining a large number of things in order to select the ones that are wanted and discard or ignore the others.(фільтрування, відбір)

give away

If you let someone else have something without asking them to pay for it, you do this(віддавати безкоштовно, дарувати; роздавати)

narrow down

To reduce a range of things to a smaller number.(звужувати коло, скорочувати кількість варіантів)

perseverance

The determination to continue doing something until you have finished it, even when it is difficult and might feel impossible.(наполегливість, завзятість)

premises

The buildings and land used by a company or organisation.(приміщення та територія організації; об’єкт)

prove

If something becomes difficult, effective or successful, it does so.(виявитися, виявлятися; доводити)

sound out

To talk to someone in order to find out their opinion about a plan or course of action.(

subject to

If someone is forced to experience something, often something unpleasant, they are made to undergo it.(піддавати чомусь, змушувати зазнавати чогось)

subscriber

Someone who pays to be able to use a service such as a TV channel, a telephone network or an online newspaper.(підписник платного сервісу, абонент)

thorough

If something is done very carefully and with a lot of attention to detail so that no aspect is forgotten, it is done in this way.(ретельний, ґрунтовний, усебічний)

wealth

A very large amount of something useful or interesting.(велика кількість чогось; багатство)