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The money is intended to provide a basic subsistence and should not be paid to someone who receives other income.; The family was living at subsistence level. rozpocznij naukę
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the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but no more; enough money or food to keep yourself alive
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He levered himself out of his chair with the usual difficulty and opened his arms wide; She levered off the lid to reveal bags and boxes of sweets. rozpocznij naukę
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If you lever someone or something to a place, you move them there with great physical effort
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Can you get the lid off this jar? Put a lid on the saucepan. rozpocznij naukę
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a cover that can be lifted up or removed from a container
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Using ropes and wooden poles for leverage, they haul sacks of cement up the track. rozpocznij naukę
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the action or advantage of using a lever
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If the United Nations had more troops in the area, it would have greater leverage.; financial/political leverage; The US has very little leverage in that part of the world. rozpocznij naukę
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power to influence people and get the results you want; the power to influence results
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the relationship between the amount of money that a company owes to banks and the value of the company
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With leverage, the investor's $100,000 buys $500,000 or more of stock if he wants. rozpocznij naukę
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the act of using borrowed money to buy an investment or a company
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We can gain a market advantage by leveraging our network of partners; This new strategy is about leveraging the relationships we have with our customers. rozpocznij naukę
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to use something that you already have, such as a resource, in order to achieve something new or better
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leverage - business another definition They can leverage a very small investment into millions of dollars. rozpocznij naukę
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to use borrowed money for investments, esp. in order to buy a large enough part of a business so that you can control it
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This gives advertisers more leverage when it comes time to negotiate rates.; Campaigners are trying to get as much political leverage on the situation as possible.; States do not have the economic leverage to influence a foreign country. rozpocznij naukę
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the power to influence people and get the results you want
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Using trade or other economic tools as a lever of diplomacy is not new.; rozpocznij naukę
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something you use to try to persuade someone to do what you want or to get the result you want
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He wanted them to leverage up the company and buy back some stock. rozpocznij naukę
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to increase the amount of money borrowed
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Like other theater chains, it will be a highly leveraged company, carrying about $550 million in debt. rozpocznij naukę
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used to describe a company or organization that owes a large amount of money in relation to its value
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leveraged deal/purchase/transaction They will have to reduce costs significantly to pay the borrowings to finance the highly leveraged deal. rozpocznij naukę
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used to describe an investment which has been bought with a large amount of borrowed money
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When prices collapsed, many over-leveraged developers went bankrupt. rozpocznij naukę
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an over-leveraged person or business has borrowed too much money in relation to their ability to pay it back
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put/keep a lid on something The administration has intervened to keep a lid on inflation.; We’ve got to keep a lid on our credit-card purchases. rozpocznij naukę
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to keep something under control and stop it from increasing:
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He'd been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt/question his sanity. rozpocznij naukę
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the state of having a healthy mind and not being mentally ill
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The closer we got to the deadline for action, the more I questioned the sanity of the decision we had taken.; Maybe Jenny can bring some sanity into this crazy situation. rozpocznij naukę
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the fact of showing good judgment and understanding
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Being an actor has a certain amount of kudos attached to it.; Women’s organizations have been getting kudos for their service activities.; kudos to those who handle buying christmas gifts with ease rozpocznij naukę
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the public admiration that a person receives as a result of a particular achievement or position in society; praise, admiration, and fame received for an achievement
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It was a disappointing performance that lacked finesse.; She has handled these difficult negotiations with real finesse. rozpocznij naukę
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After they'd finessed the software, they followed the people using it for several months. rozpocznij naukę
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to improve something so it is the best it can possibly be
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She was applauded for a full five minutes after her speech.; So let's hear some applause for these talented young performers. rozpocznij naukę
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to show your enjoyment or approval of something such as a performance by clapping your hands repeatedly
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We applaud the family's decision to remain silent over the issue.; We applaud the family’s decision to protect their privacy. rozpocznij naukę
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to say that you admire and agree with a person’s action or decision
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a person who experiences something unpleasant; someone who has suffered a lot and deserves sympathy
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wretch - informal or humorous Who trampled on my flowers? I bet it was those two little wretches who live next door.; You wretch! You promised you'd give me a lift. rozpocznij naukę
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someone who is unpleasant or annoying
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He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself. rozpocznij naukę
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Workers lived in wretched, overcrowded shacks. rozpocznij naukę
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Something described as wretched is very bad or of poor quality
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Your immediate family includes your closest family members, such as your parents, children, husband or wife, and brothers and sisters.
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She keeps her room neat and clean. A neat person likes everything to be clean and well arranged; I try to be neat, but my husband is a slob. rozpocznij naukę
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tidy, with everything in its place; arranged well, with everything in its place
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He's a big fat slob of a man - I can't stand him; He may seem like a slob at home, but he dresses quite professionally when he goes out, often wearing suits when he goes to work. rozpocznij naukę
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a lazy, untidy, and often rude person; A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness
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A slob is also someone who is just an ordinary person
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lazy, untidy, and often rude
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slob around (sth) - informal He won't get a job and just slobs around the house all day. rozpocznij naukę
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to behave in a very lazy way, doing very little
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Half these factories now stand idle.; It's crazy to have £7,000 sitting idle in the bank. An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or activity - If you have an idle moment, call me. rozpocznij naukę
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leniwynot working, not active, or doing nothing
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He left the engine idling and ran into the shop.; Let the engine idle for a minute before you put the car in gear. rozpocznij naukę
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If an engine, machine idles, it is operating but not doing any work
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If you've got a few thousand pounds lying idle in a savings account, think about paying off part of your mortgage or credit card debts.; idle cash/capital/funds: These idle funds can be invested on the money market. rozpocznij naukę
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used to describe assets that are not earning money or interest, or not earning enough
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More than 22,913 assembly workers remained idle because of continued shortages of imported parts. rozpocznij naukę
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unemployed, or not working on a job
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It would be a neat solution to the problem.; a neat trick/solution rozpocznij naukę
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The party was really neat.; That video game is really neat! rozpocznij naukę
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The company needs to trim the fat to make itself attractive to corporate investors. rozpocznij naukę
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to reduce unnecessary spending
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he bank will trim 850 workers as part of a cost-cutting program.; trim costs/debt; They're trying to trim their costs, so staff who leave are not being replaced; We have to trim costs by not making any unnecessary trips. rozpocznij naukę
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to reduce the amount or size of something
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to trim the hedge; My hair needs trimming.; Trim off the leafy ends of the vegetable before cooking; I asked the hairdresser for a trim; Just give the ends a trim, please; He had a neatly trimmed beard. rozpocznij naukę
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an act of making something, especially someone's hair, tidier or more level by cutting a small amount off it
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The edges of the jacket had been trimmed with sequins; The robe was trimmed with fur; The team’s new uniforms are blue with black trim. rozpocznij naukę
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to add decoration to something; material used to add decoration to something
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You're looking very trim - have you lost weight? rozpocznij naukę
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thin in an attractive and healthy wa
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The house was clean and tidy.; I like to keep my desk tidy.; I'm tired of asking you to tidy your room (up). rozpocznij naukę
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having everything ordered and arranged in the right place, or liking to keep things like this; to make a place or a collection of things tidy
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He made a tidy sum/profit. rozpocznij naukę
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(of amounts of money) large
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