TECHNOLOGY
Ground-breaking - really important
Labour-saving device - costs you less work
Recent development
Food blender - device used to smash things, mikser
Long-distance call
e-commerce = trade
get cut off - no connection
re-charge - batteries in mobile
download - copy from the Internet
log on - start using operating system
click on - clicking the mouse
cut and paste - move to a different place
telework - work from home, communicating online
back up data - make a copy of files
wordprocess - produce a written document
domestic chore = home duties
crosswords - sort of entertainment
spellcheck
hands-free phone
deteriorate eyesight/hearing - become worse
deaf - don't hear
in moderatioin - z umiarem
take for granted - it is normal for somebody
diversity
SLEEPING
crane - dźwig
passer-by
fire brigade
suicidal
fireman crawled along - czołgać się
safety harness
uncommon - unpopular
brief = short
heat up food - make hotter
time-consuming
nap = snooze
duvet/quilt - cover yourself at night
cushion - decoration on sofa
insomnia - can't sleep
sleep like a log - very well
oversleep
jet lag
yawn
snore
sleepwalking, sleepwalker
lunatic - mentally ill
lunatic asylum - special care of people
ladder
MONEY
current affairs - latest news
trivial - unimportant
benefits - money you get when unemployed
pension - money you get when you retire
owe - być winnym
matinees - morning performances
budget money available to a person
grant - money given to be used for particular purpose (education)
loan - money bank lends
fees - money for professional advice (lawyer, architect)
fares - bus, plane, taxi
charge - money sb asks for goods and services
savings - keep in bank and don't spend
donation - money given to charity
fine - paid as punishment
instalment - one of a number of payments paid regularly
deposit - money given as the first part of larger payment
will - document
overdraft - money owe to a bank, you spent more than was on your account
lump sum - on separate occasions
prosocial spending - spending money on others
conduct a study/research/experiment (F) = carry out
give away money/clothes - give for free
be fulfilled - satisfied
increase sb's well-being
the impact of = influence on
findings - results of the survey
erase - eliminate, wipe out
regardless - pomimo że
puzzled
domain - area, field
field study - study in real world, not In laboratory
profit-sharing bonus - extra payment if company makes big profit
a lamp post - słup z lampą
exchange office - change money to another currency
exchange rate
rich = wealthy = well-off = affluent (noun affluence) = INF loaded
poor = be broke = penniless = INF hard up
generous - kind-hearted
mean = greedy, INF tight-fisted
skinflint - skąpiec
a mortgage - loan for purchasing property - hipoteka
a cash-machine - you take money out of it
pay in cash
pay by credit card
in debt = in the red
in the black - you have money (!)
can't make ends meet - nie mogą związać końca z końcem
microfinance - provision of financial services to help poor people
poverty
low-income clients
collateral - sth valuable you promise to give somebody if you don't manage to give the money back
peer - person with the same social status as you (age also, but it's a different meaning)
cantina - canteen
embroider - decorating cloth using coloured thread - haftować
middle man - pośrednik
have a roof over her head
an overdraft - debet, przekroczenie stanu konta
accountable = responsible
incentive - encouragement - motywacja, bodziec
old-age security
flocus on - concentrate on
aid - help
massive amounts - very big amounts
we use “amount” for uncountable nouns (aid/money)
in hindsight - z perspektywy czasu
along with - równocześnie
drop out of school - you leave school because you have a reason
expelled from school - school decides you are not a student of their school anymore
CAR
tyres
get a puncture
a bonnet - maska
wipers
rear-view mirror
fasten seatbelts
a clutch
indicator
TRANSLATION
Interpretator - oral translation
Translator - translation from written word
Literal = word for word
Constraint - limitation - ograniczenie
Offensive (to offend) - obraźliwy
Meet tight deadlines
Untranslatable - translatable
Freelance = self-employed
Convey humour/personality of the speaker - oddawać, wyrazić, przekazać
Having enough room - mieć wystarczająco dużo miejsca
Time pressure
GHETTO
Do time - be in prison
Bing - prison
Crooked - wykrzywieni
SŁUCHANIE - VOCABULARY - TEST 2