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EVU Unit 7
At work: colleagues and routines
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| czyjś odpowiednik | sb's opposite number | Philip is my opposite number in the company's New York office. |
| stosunki w pracy | working relationship | They've established a better working relationship. |
| ustanowić, założyć, wprowadzić | establish | I wondered why he should bother to try and establish contact with me. |
| bliski kontakt (z kimś) | rapport | He had an excellent rapport with his parents. |
| kolega z pracy | workmate | He glanced at his workmates for confirmation. |
| rozmawiać o pracy | talk shop | I do socialise with my workmates but we try not to talk shop. |
| hierarchia ważności | pecking order | Nobody wants to be at the bottom of pecking order. |
| podział etatu | job-share | I do a job-share with a woman called Rosemary. |
| rejestrować czas przyjścia/wyjścia z pracy (przy pomocy karty) | clock in/out | I clock in at 8:30. |
| sztywne godziny | fixed hours | She works fixed hours; she has a nine-to-five job. |
| ruchomy czas pracy | flexi-time | At my new job I work flexi-time. |
| zmiana | shift | Dave had to work a 12-hour shift yesterday. |
| niezależny, pracujący na własny rachunek | freelance | She works freelance from home. |
| ilość pracy do wykonania | workload | She's struggling to cope with the heavy workload. |
| kończyć pracę | knock off | Do you want to knock off early today? |
| prestiżowy (np. posada) | glamorous | I have glamorous job. I'm a pilot. |
| siedzieć w biurze cały dzień | stuck behind a desk | I'm not stuck behind a desk and there's a lot of variety in my job. |
| popaść w rutynę | stuck in a rut | I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job. |
| praca bez perspektyw | dead-end job | I feel sorry for people who are working in dead-end jobs. |
| robota papierkowa | paperwork | Police work involves so much paperwork these days. |
| praca fizyczna | manual work | My father did manual work all his life and was very fit. |
| praca, która pomaga ludziom | vocational work | I think I'd like vocational work, like being a nurse or a teacher. |
| prywatny detektyw | private eye | She hired a private eye to find out if her husband was having an affair. |
| śmieciarz | waste collector/refuse collector | The waste collector should come in minute to take all that rubbish. |
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