Hollywood hopefuls CB 140-141

prove oneself - to show other people that you are a particular type of person or that you have a particular quality - udowodnić, (by argument, demonstration) dowieść

return to ones' roots - wrócić do korzeni

odds - (usually the odds) the degree to which sth is likely to happen - szanse - [The odds are heavily against him (= he is not likely to succeed)]

acting part/role - the activity or profession of performing in plays, films /movies - gra, odgrywanie roli

commitment - a thing that you have promised or agreed to do, or that you have to do - zobowiązanie

hopeful (n) - a person who wants to succeed at sth - osoba rokująca nadzieje, nadzieja

flock - to go or gather together somewhere in large numbers - gromadzić się

burning (ambition) - (of feelings, etc.) very strong; extreme - palący [He's always had a burning ambition to start his own business]

make it (as…) - to be successful in your career

the realities of life - a thing that is actually experienced or seen, in contrast to what people might imagine - życiowe realia

bare (v) your soul - to tell sb your deepest and most private feelings- otworzyć duszę

audition - a short performance given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that sb can decide whether they are suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert - przesłuchanie

disheartening (adj. od dishearten - to make sb lose hope or confidence - zniechęcać) - zniechęcający, przygnębiający

admit - to agree, often unwillingly, that sth is true - przyznać

ironically - (adv od ironic showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing - ironiczny) - ironicznie

fake - showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing - podróbka

(w tekście raczej chodzi o oszustwo, ale nie ma takiej definicji w Oxf. jedynie do podróbki)

game of chance - the way that some things happen without any cause that you can see or understand - gra losowa

land - (informal) to succeed in getting a job, etc., especially one that a lot of other people want złapać (podłapać pracę)

currently - at the present time - obecnie

counsellor - a person who has been trained to advise people with problems, especially personal problems - doradca

make ends meet - to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need - wiązać koniec z końcem

get down - (informal) to make sb feel sad or depressed - zasmucić się

talk sb out of doing sth - to make excuses and give reasons for not doing sth; to manage to get yourself out of a difficult situation - wyperswadować komuś zrobienie czegoś

strive - (formal) to try very hard to achieve sth - usiłować coś zrobić, żeby coś osiągnąć

icon - a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life - ikona

end up doing sth - to find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in - skończyć

attend - to go regularly to a place - uczęszczać

chase - to run, drive, etc. after sb/sth in order to catch them - gonić

maroon - [usually passive] to leave sb in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island - tkwić w [`Lord of the Flies' is a novel about English schoolboys marooned on a desert island]

wannabes - (informal, disapproving) a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb famous because they want to be like them - kiepski naśladowca

overnight - suddenly or quickly - z dnia na dzień

prerequisite - (formal) something that must exist or happen before sth else can happen or be done warunek, wymóg

guild - an organization of people who do the same job or who have the same interests or aims - stowarzyszenie, cech [the Screen Actors' Guild]

grueling/gruelling - very difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a long time - wyczerpujący

set - ??

gained - to obtain or win sth, especially sth that you need or want - zdobyć coś

voucher - a printed piece of paper that can be used instead of money to pay for sth, or that allows you to pay less than the usual price of sth - kupon, bon, talon, kwit, dowód wpłaty

added (adj.) - dodatkowy - (od add [v]- to put sth together with sth else so as to increase the size, number, amount - dodać)

(big) break (in itself) - an opportunity for improving a situation, especially one which happens unexpectedly - wielka szansa

fabulous - (informal) extremely good, very great - bajeczny, wspaniały

in reality - used to say that a situation is different from what has just been said or from what people believe - w rzeczywistości

dine, dining - to eat dinner - jeść obiad

hang out - to spend a lot of time in a place - spędzać czas

joint - a bar or restaurant which serves cheap food and drink - lokal fast-food

following - to happen or come after something - następujący po czymś

breakdown - a failure of a relationship, discussion or system - rozpad [the breakdown of a marriage]

combine - to do two or more things at the same time - połączyć, łączyć

admin - (od administration also BrE informal admin) - the activities that are done in order to plan, organize and run a business, school or other institution - robota papierkowa

a high point - the most interesting, enjoyable or best part of sth - apogeum

average -[no passive] to be equal to a particular amount as an average - osiągać średnią

casting (adj.) - the process of choosing actors for a play or film / movie - obsadzać aktora (wtedy to będzie rzeczownik a nie jak podała T-N przymiotnik)

come down to…- to be able to be explained by a single important point - sprowadzać się do czegoś

steady - not changing and not interrupted - stały, ciągły

consistent - (approving) always behaving in the same way, or having the same opinions, standards - stały, jednolity

B-movie - a film / movie which is made cheaply and is not very good - film klasy B (niskonakładowy, dawniej wyświetlany przed głównym obrazem)

pursue - to do sth or try to achieve sth over a period of time - gonić za (czymś)

tenacious - that does not stop holding sth or give up sth easily; determined - nieustępliwy, wytrwały

whatever it takes - ??

at the time - a period in history - w tamtym czasie

land - to get or achieve something good, especially in a way which seems easy or unexpected

break up - to come to an end - rozstać się

goal - something that you hope to achieve - cel

lean time - if a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time - chude lata

noodles - [usually pl.] a long thin strip of pasta, used especially in Chinese and Italian cooking - kluski

in case - because of a possibility of something happening, being needed - na wypadek

minefield - a situation that contains hidden dangers or difficulties - grząski grunt

start out - to begin sth such as a career, in a particular way that changed later - rozpocząć się

clipped - (of a person's way of speaking) clear and fast but not very friendly - urywany

union card - legitymacja związkowa

in the back of…- the part or area of sth that is furthest from the front - z tyłu

give sth a shot - an attempt to do or achieve something that you have not done before - spróbować czegoś nowego

glamorous - especially attractive and exciting, and different from ordinary things or people - prestiżowy, efektowny, prezentacyjny

film extra - a person in a film who does not have a speaking part and who is usually part of the background, for example, in a crowd - statysta

background shot - to use a camera to record a film or take a photograph - ujęcie

aspiring - wanting to be successful in life - z ambicjami

starlet - a young woman actor who plays small parts and hopes to become famous - `gwiazdka'

be about to do sth - to be going to do something very soon - właśnie mieć coś zrobić

keep sb doing - used to encourage sb to continue doing sth - podtrzymywać coś

bleak - if a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future - smętny, ponury

What leaders really do? WB 58-59

charisma - the powerful personal quality that some people have to attract and impress other people - charyzma

foresight - the ability to predict what is likely to happen and to use this to prepare for the future - umiejętność przewidywania, dalekowzroczność

complement - to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it -uzupełniać się

select - [only before noun] carefully chosen as the best out of a larger group of people or things - wybrany

debunk - to show that an idea, a belief, etc. is false; to show that sth is not as good as people think it is - obalać, podważyć

misconception - (about sth) a belief or an idea that is not based on correct information, or that is not understood by people - błędne wyobrażenie, przekonanie

initiative - a new action or movement, often intended to solve a problem - inicjatywa

recruitment - -- to persuade someone to work for a company - rekrutacja

misinterpret - to understand sth/sb wrongly - źle zinterpretować

distinct - easily or clearly heard, seen, felt - wyraźny

equally - to the same degree; in the same or in a similar way - równo, jednakowo

change beyond recognition - it had changed so much that he no longer recognized it - zmienić się nie do poznania

unpredictable - that cannot be predicted because it changes a lot or depends on too many different things - nieprzewidywalny

deregulate - to remove national or local government controls or rules from a business or other activity - wyjść spod kontroli

drawn an analogy/comparison - to express a comparison or a contrast - wykazywać podobieństwo

instability - the quality of a situation in which things are likely to change or fail suddenly - chwiejność, niestabilność

set goals - to establish or cause to exist - ustalić cele

assist sb with sth - to help sb to do sth - pomagać komuś coś zrobić

come true - to become reality - spełnić się

accordingly - in a way that is appropriate to what has been done or said in a particular situation - stosownie, odpowiednio

concern oneself with - to become involved with something, or worried about something - zajmować się czymś

embrace - to include something, often as one of a number of things - obejmować

turbulent - in which there is a lot of sudden change, confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence - burzliwy, niespokojny (odnośnie czasu)

mystical - having spiritual powers or qualities that are difficult to understand or to explain - mistyczny

province - [sing.] (formal) a person's particular area of knowledge, interest or responsibility -dziedzina

a chosen few - wybrana garstka

replacement for sth - thing that replaces sth, especially because the first thing is old, broken - wymiana

distinctive - having a quality or characteristic that makes sth different and easily noticed - charakterystyczny

complementary - two people or things that are complementary are different but together form a useful or attractive combination of skills, qualities or physical features - uzupełniający

increasingly - more and more all the time - coraz bardziej

volatile - (of a situation) likely to change suddenly; easily becoming dangerous - zmienny, niestabilny

underled - za mała liczba liderów

capacity - (to do sth) the ability to understand or to do sth - kompetencja, zdolność

exercise (leadership) - the use of power, a skill, a quality - wyćwiczyć

sit around - to spend time doing nothing very useful - siedzieć i czekać

come along - to arrive; to appear - pojawić się

seek out - to look for and find sb/sth, especially when this means using a lot of effort - szukać czegoś

potential (n) - the possibility of sth happening or being developed or used - potencjał

expose - to show sth that is usually hidden - odsłaniać

nurturing - pielęgnując (od nurture to care for and protect sb/sth while they are growing and developing - wychowywać, pielęgnować)

be no better - to not be useful; to have no useful effect - nie być dobrym/użytecznym

(the) reverse - the opposite of what has been suggested - na odwrót

variety - (of sth) several different sorts of the same thing - różnorodność, rozmaitość

value (v) - (not used in the progressive tenses) to think that sb/sth is important - cenić

executive - connected with managing a business or an organization, and with making plans and decisions -kierowniczy

rightly - used to mean that whether something is correct - słusznie

groom (sb) - to prepare or train sb for an important job or position - przygotowywać kogoś

largely - to a great extent; mostly or maliny - w dużej mierze, w znacznym stopniu

significant - large or important enough to have an effect or to be noticed - znaczny, znaczący

emergence - the process of appearing -pojawienie się

enterprise - a company or business - działalność gospodarcza

a degree of order - amount or level of something - pewien porządek

consistency - the quality of always behaving in the same way or of having the same opinions, standard, etc.; the quality of being consistent - konsekwencja

dimension - an aspect, or way of looking at or thinking about sth - wymiar

profitability - resulting in or likely to result in a profit or an advantage - dochodowość, intratność, zyskowność

deregulation - to remove national or local government controls or rules from a business or other activity -zniesienie kontroli

overcapacity - (business) the situation in which an industry or a factory cannot sell as much as it is designed to produce - nadmiar zdolności produkcyjnych

cartel - a group of separate companies that agree to increase profits by fixing prices and not competing with each other - kartel

shift - a change in position or direction - zmiana

a formula for sth - a particular method of doing or achieving sth - formuła na coś/wzór

compete - to try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you -rywalizować

peacetime - a period of time when a country is not at war - czas pokoju

hierarchy - a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance - hierarchia

coupled with - to join or combine - połączony z

wartime - the period during which a country is fighting a war - czas/okres wojny

figure out - to think about sb/sth until you understand them/it - dojść do czegoś

network - a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together - sieć

accomplish - o succeed in doing or completing sth - zakończyć coś sukcesem

agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements - program

ensure - to make sure that sth happens or is definite - upewnić się

budget (v) - o be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an amount of money for a particular purpose - (rozsądnie) gospodarować (czymś)

set targets/goals - to establish or cause to exist - ustalić cele

allocate - to give sth officially to sb/sth for a particular purpose - przydzielić

resource - a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization or person - zasoby

by contrast (with) - an obvious difference between two or more things w - odróżnieniu od

constructive - having a useful and helpful effect rather than being negative or with no purpose - konstruktywny

distant - far away in space or time - odległy

staff (v) - to work in an institution, a company, etc.; to provide people to work there - zatrudnić pracowników

communicate - to make your ideas, feelings, thoughts, etc. known to other people so that they understand them - przekazywać

delegate (responsibility) - to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you - przekazać

carry out - to do sth that you have said you will do or have been asked to do - przeprowadzić

devise - to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually cleverly or imaginatively - wymyśleć

implement, implementation - to put a plan or system into operation -wprowadzić

align - to arrange sth in the correct position, or to be in the correct position, in relation to sth else, especially in a straight line - ustawić w szeregu

commit - having promised to be involved in a plan of action - zobowiązać się do czegoś

versus - used to compare two things or ideas, especially when you have to choose between them [kontra

by means of - a method or way of doing something - za pomocą czegoś

tool - something that helps you to do a particular activity - narzędzie

deviation - the act of moving away from what is normal or acceptable; a difference from what is expected or acceptable - odstępstwo

obstacle - something that blocks you so that movement, going forward or action are prevented or made more difficult - przeszkoda

appealing - to interest or attract someone - interesujący, czarujący

untapped - if a supply of something valuable is untapped, it is not yet used or taken advantage of -niewykorzystany

value value (n) - the importance or worth of something for someone - wycenić, szacować wartość

cultivate/cultivating - to try to develop and improve something - doskonalić, rozwijać

unstable - not solid and firm and therefore not strong, safe or likely to last - niestabilny

hurdle - a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress - przeszkoda

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