way over the top
-pretjerano To blame one person for the collapse of the business seems way over the top.
Poslovni engleski
Poslovni engleski
weed someone or something out
-riješiti se nekoga ili nečega; iskorijeniti “We had to weed the less productive workers out one by one.” “The auditions were held to weed out the actors with the least ability.” “I’m going through my books to weed out those that I don’t need anymore.”
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where there’s muck there’s money
-ono što nitko neće raditi, tamo ima zarade (također: Where there’s muck, there’s brass.) Decorating’s a messy job, but where there’s muck, there’s brass.
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whistle-blower
koji odaje (poslovnu) tajnu, “zviždač” Whistle blowers identify and report white-collar crimes.
white-collar crime
-zločin koji počini profesionalna osoba u sklopu svojeg posla The phrase “white-collar crime” was coined in 1939 during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland defined the term as “crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation.
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wiggle out
-izmigoljiti And don’t try to wiggle out of your awkward educational pickle by devolving into incomprehensible resume jargon or corporate-speak.
wipe out debts
-izbrisati dugove One of the main purposes of bankruptcy law is to give a person who is hopelessly burdened with debt a fresh start by wiping out his or her debts.
wipe the floor with someone
-obrisati pod s kim; pobijediti nekoga also mop the floor with somebody (American) Alex is always really good in a debate, she’ll wipe the floor with them.
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wipe the slate clean
‘očistiti ploču’, krenuti iz početka tako da se zaborave dotadašnji problemi i pogreške Rogers hoped he could wipe the slate clean and forget about his failed business.
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within spitting distance of something
-vrlo blizu, na dva-tri koraka, iza ugla The house is within spitting distance of the sea.
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without further ado
-bez puno priče Without further ado, here is my list of the ten best restaurants in Split.
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woo
-privući, zavesti While most white-collar employers offer compensated time off in an effort to woo and keep top job candidates, many other workers miss out entirely.
work around one’s own schedule
-raditi prema vlastitom rasporedu German Anne Goldmann works for a multinational technology company that doesn’t put restrictions on work email hours. She says she prefers because it allows her to work more around her own schedule.
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