Unit 1 Upstream C1

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1. acclaimed publicly written and talked about in an 27. competitive duch rywalizacji, the feel of rivalry
admiring way spirit
2. achievement a particular thing that you have achieved 28. convincing something that makes you believe that it is
true or persuades you to do something,
3. achieve to be successful after a lot of effort and hard
przekonujący
success work, to be successful
29. courage the ability to do something that you know
4. admittedly used for saying that you admit something is
is right or good, even though it is
true, especially when this makes your main
dangerous or difficult
idea weaker
30. decision a choice that you make after thinking
5. admittedly used when you are agreeing that something is
carefully
true
31. dejected unhappy, disappointed, or without hope
6. affluent having a lot of money or owning a lot of
things, rich 32. delegate someone who is chosen to represent a
group of other people at a meeting
7. agree to have the same opinion as someone else
33. depict to represent or show something in a
8. aim the thing that you hope to achieve by doing
picture or story
something
34. determination determinacja, the refusal to let anything
9. ambition the feeling that you want very much to
prevent you from doing what you have
become successful, rich, famous
decided to do
10. anthem the official song of a particular country or
35. diplomacy the profession or skill of preserving or
organization that people sing on special
creating friendly relationships between
occasions
countries
11. anxious worried and nervous
36. discipline the practice of making people obey rules
12. apply to make an official request for a job or a and punishing them if they do not
place in a college or university, or for
37. dose a measured amount of something such as
permission to do or have something
medicine
13. background the type of career, training, or education that
38. do the legwork the practical or boring work that needs to
someone has had
be done
14. beam a line of light that shines from a bright object
39. drop out to leave something such as an activity,
15. beaming used to describe a smile that is very wide school, or competition before you have
and happy finished it
16. be down in Feeling sad and unhappy 40. elimination the process of removing something:
the mouth
41. encircle to surround something, forming a circle
17. bleak empty, and not welcoming or attractive around it
18. breakthrough a discovery or achievement that comes after 42. encouragement words or actions that give someone
a lot of hard work confidence or hope, zachęta
19. business leader in the corporation 43. engaging attractive and pleasant in a way that makes
executive people like you
20. carry off manage (a victory) 44. ethics a set of principles that people use to
21. carry on continue decide what is right and what is wrong

22. carry out follow 45. exact described in a very thorough way, with all
the details correct
23. carry over continue to exist
46. financial financial resources provided to make some
24. carry sth manage to accomplish
backing project
through
47. flourish to rise and mature
25. car salesman someone who is selling cars
26. cohesion a situation in which people or things combine
well to form a unit, spójność
48. foresight the good judgment to think and plan before 75. objective something that you plan to achieve,
an event, so that you are prepared for especially in business or work
whatever may happen, zapobiegliwość
76. obsession an emotional state in which someone or
49. fortune to have a lot of money something is so important to you in a way
that seems extreme to other people
50. from rags to starting from zero and now having fortune
riches 77. occur to happen, especially unexpectedly
51. generosity the quality or condition of being generous: 78. off the just in case
(hojność) chance
52. glimmer of migawkę nadziei, an element of hope we 79. on a budget with a limited amount of money
hope need in life
80. on a whim impulsively
53. gloom feelings of great unhappiness and loss of
81. on condition only if
hope
that
54. grin a wide smile
82. on duty working
55. grip chwyt, to hold something tightly (mocno)
83. on one's independently
56. happen to take place without being planned own
57. high school someone who leaves school or college 84. on principle due to a belief
dropout without finishing their course of study
85. on purpose intentionally
58. imply if one thing implies another thing, the other
86. on second after recondideration
thing is likely to exist or be true,
thoughts
sygnalizować
87. on target as planned
59. incivility rudeness (niegrzeczność)
88. outbreak of a time when something suddenly begins,
60. infer to form an opinion about something that is
sth especially something unpleasant
based on information that you already have
89. overcame to defeat the wrong things in our life
61. influential acquaintances that are powerful in some
adversity
acquaintances way
90. penisioner sb who is on retirement
62. ingrate a person who is not grateful
91. persistence wytrwałość, the attitude of someone who
63. inspiration a sudden new idea that helps you to do or
continues to do, or try to do, something in a
create something
determined way
64. intellect he ability to understand and to think in an
92. physical the physical energy that someone has to lift
intelligent way
strength or move things
65. intention a plan in your mind to do something
93. positive good-looking
66. joviality friendly and in a good mood image
67. keep on top to have control on sth 94. powers of the ability to persuading someone to do or
of things persuasion believe something
68. keep up with to have the same lifestyle as neighboors 95. precise exact and accurate
the Jones
96. prosaic without interest, imagination, and excitement
69. life lesson something from which useful knowledge can
97. prosperity the situation of being successful and having a
be learned
lot of money, dobrobyt
70. luxury something expensive that you enjoy but do
98. pull oneself to improve or become a success by one's
not really need
up by the own effort
71. massively very large in size, amount, or number bootstraps
72. misleading likely to make someone believe something 99. purpose the aim that someone wants to achieve
that is incorrect or not true
100. put your trying and making all effort
73. need a need assistance with a task back into it
helping hand
74. novelist someone who is writing novels
101. reach one's to achieve the standard that you are capable 122. to be a feather be proud of sth
full potential of in one's cp
102. relevant experiences connected with the subject 123. troubled youth young person with problems
experiences
124. underestimate to think that someone has less power or
103. resilience someone's ability to become healthy, happy, ability than they really have
or strong again after an illness,
125. underprivileged bez przywilejów, not having as many
disappointment, or other problem,
advantages or opportunities as most other
wytrzymałość
people
104. resolution a formal proposal that is considered by an
126. unkempt dirty and untidy
organization and is usually voted on at a
meeting 127. upbeat tone happy and positive tone

105. right accurate 128. uphill leading to a higher place on a slope

106. rights something that you are morally or legally 129. urged to advise someone very strongly about
allowed to do or have what action or attitude they should take

107. rub sb up the make sb very angry 130. use elbow use some effort
wrong way grease

108. ruthlessness willing to make other people suffer so that 131. victim someone or something that has been hurt
you can achieve your aims etc.

109. sceptical doubting that something is true or useful 132. victory the fact of winning a competition or battle

110. seize to take occasion 133. wealthy rich

opportunities 134. wear away become eroded
111. self-help book with helpful tips 135. wear down weaken (ścierać, osłabiać)
book
136. wearing sth that makes us tired
112. self- the activity of learning new things on your
137. wear off decrease (zmniejszyć)
improvement own that make you a more skilled or able
person 138. wear on pass of a day (ciągnąć się)
113. a sensitivity empathy 139. wear sth out damage through use
to others' 140. well-rounded including a good balance of various
feelings subjects, kompletna
114. smirking a smile that expresses satisfaction or 141. when the going when things become too difficult or
pleasure about having done something or gets unpleasent to deal with
knowing something that is not known by
someone else 142. willingness to that we do not want to argue with
compromise someone, we prefer to get into
115. steal the be a star of a show compromise
show
143. wise having the ability to make good
116. strike (past: to hit against, judgments, based on experience of life
struck)
144. work one's work really hard
117. struggle to experience difficulty and make a very fingers to the
great effort in order to do something bone
118. superior better than sb or sth in quality or skill (może 145. work one's way to make progress in a process or structure
odnosić się jako do kogoś bardziej up to the top
wykształconego)
146. wretched unpleasant or of low quality
119. target something that you try to achieve
120. team spirit an enthusiastic attitude towards working or
playing together with other people as a team
121. through to give maximum effort
blood, sweat
and tears