Eye for an eye approach does not pay

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sth bad that you do to sb because they have done sth bad to you
informal
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tit-for-tat
people who apply a "tit-for-tat" attitude to life are more likely to be unemployed, have a smaller circle of friends
the time when it is your chance, duty, or right to do something that each person in a group is doing one after the other;
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do sb a good turn
By contrast, those in the habit of repaying good turns from others were likely to earn higher salaries,
a well-known phrase or saying, especially one that gives a rule for sensible behaviour;
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maxim
those who favour the New Testament maxim to the Old Testament call are more likely to enjoy fulfilment in life.
to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when sb has hurt or upset you
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turn the other cheek
the New Testament maxim of turning the other cheek
said to show that you believe if someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them
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an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
the Old Testament call to repay an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction because you are happy with your life:
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fulfilment
pleasure
those who favour the maxim of turning the other cheek are more likely to enjoy fulfilment in life.
to ask a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject
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poll
They are regularly polled on their socio-economic attitudes
behaviour in which two people or groups of people give each other help and advantages
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reciprocity
A group of economics professors examined the effects of so-called "negative reciprocity" in the workplace
odplacic komus (tym samym)
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repay in kind
Most of those polled admitted repaying other people in kind, either by returning favours or exacting revenge for past unkind acts.
if someone _____, they punish a person who has harmed them
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exacts revenge
Most of those polled admitted repaying other people in kind by exacting revenge for past unkind acts.
harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else:
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revenge
People with more of a tendency towards taking revenge.
to (cause to) separate into parts or groups:
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divide
separate
They then divided the people up into two groups.
an intentional act, especially a very bad or very good one:
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deed
action
Some of them were more preoccupied with responding to good deeds.
to tell people your opinions or feelings about a particular subject
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voice
Those in the first category were more likely to voice dissatisfaction with life.
time that you spend working in your job in addition to your normal working hours
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overtime
Positively reciprocal people tend on average to put in more overtime
to spend a lot of time or effort doing something:
p
phrasal verb
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put in
put sth in/into sth. If I put in some extra hours today, I can have some time off tomorrow.
Positively reciprocal people tend on average to put in more overtime.
a country in western Europe
Holland
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The Netherlands
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry:
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sensitive to
Her reply showed that she was very sensitive to criticism.
they are very sensitive to incentives,
the pay you give sb for sth they have done for you;
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remuneration
They tend to put in more overtime – but only when they find the remuneration fair

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