Poslovni engleski
-raditi 10 i više sati na dan “When you work double-digit hours and Sundays are no longer a day of rest, feeling overworked can become the new normal,” wrote Haden in his post Simple, Objective Ways to Know You’re Overworked.
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-ubiti se od posla; raditi do iznemoglosti She worked her fingers to the bone to provide a home and food for seven children.
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-To je točno to mjesto. (Sometimes the speaker will draw an X in the spot while saying this.) This is where the rock struck my car—X marks the spot. Now, please move that table over here. Yes, right here—X marks the spot.
-oduvijek; od Adama i Eve; od pamtivijeka since the year dot; from the year dot Children have been fascinated by fairy tales since the year dot.
-preneseno – svježa krv – mladi ljudi koji imaju nove ideje i energiju These companies are suffering from a lack of young blood.
-vrijeme kada nešto važno počinje Right before the dawn, the military had been waiting for zero hour to start the operation.
-bez imalo tolerancije Time to take a zero-tolerance approach to the banks: Patience in Threadneedle Street is wearing thin but if you want to make bankers behave we should treat financial malfeasance like benefit fraud…
-žar za životom He was determined not to waste a minute, not to waste an hour, or a day. I can hardly think of anyone I have met with such a zest for life, with such a belief that you can get things done, and who wanted to live every minute.
-zašuti; začepi; tišina “I’ve heard enough. Zip your lip!” hollered the coach. Andy: All right, you guys. Shut up! Zip it up! Bob: Sorry. Andy: That’s better.
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‘Uspjeh ne dolazi k nama, već mi idemo prema njemu’
“Success doesn’t come to you; you go to it.” Read More »
