business

It would be good if this positive step did not entail new administrative burdens.

Their entire conversation was recorded. / It looks like the entire world came here today.

But I think his heart is in the right place and he's very malleable.

The girl seemed amenable, though her father and I have never been friends.

He was obviously quite disgruntled, but trying not to let it show. / The girls will probably run into their share of disgruntled employees.

He abandoned his wife and children.

On the other hand, he did not seem to have a rebuttal. / The rebuttal is that in effect each of them started a war situation.

Maybe we can negotiate a concession regarding the deal.

Some scientists say that the universe is finite in size

He has a tremendous wealth, but lives very modestly./ It was a tremendous mistake.

Do we have any police officers at all outside the confines of this building?

And we felt they were getting a little bit cocky.

You have such a witty child/ He thinks that he's witty but nobody ever laughs

And later, perhaps, he and Andrew could do some more reminiscing. / Dislike I understand but not this constant reminiscing of old stuff.

However, after a couple of months, he rescinded his contract. / This party has the right to have the contract rescinded.

It seemed like a good idea to us, but made for an extremely gruelling day. / The experience was gruelling, far more so than I'd expected.

She displayed a great level of affinity towards the poor.

They should be good for a long time if these young kids will pan out. / We do not know at this moment how other countries will pan out.

But what about when the adversarial relationship comes from government itself? / As a result, they soon find themselves in an adversarial situation with teachers.

You've learned how to get leverage over someone, haven't you?

This was the thorny sort of issue still to be worked out, he said. This was the thorny sort of issue still to be worked out, he said.

Some in the West may still question her credentials, however. / I think all three of us have got good credentials.

There are no hidden agreements or secret bargaining. / She could not use her find as any bargaining point.

I do not feel indignation at anything they may say. / The next day found public indignation right up the scale again.

"They need a comprehensive plan instead of putting out fires constantly," he said. At some point perhaps they'll be putting out fires.

At the least, the money has not been used wisely. / You get knowledge of how to deal with problems more wisely.

It sounds as if you are trying to belittle others' achievements.

Their company is thriving.

And then I returned to my room for a well-deserved rest./ The company has a well-deserved reputation for having a fierce legal department.

He donned his formal attire and went to the conference. On the first job, some people learn about proper attire.

His behaviour was obnoxious today! / What an obnoxious smell!

The air was so humid that it was hard to breathe.

I have some tips how to ace a job interview.

I'm an only child and I'm curious about sibling rivalry / Their rivarly started when they were children.

I decided to ally forces with James and do the project together.

One group says the state has a lot of unmet needs.

I am sure that his services are working flat out.

Once in a very great while, something worthwhile would be found. / And right now he could not think of a single worthwhile idea.

Official business was not the only labour that devolved upon me. / No decision has yet been made on whether to devolve corporation tax.

The states are less polarized this year than they were before. / The city is polarized because people continue to live in days gone by.

Why did he have to say such condescending words to her? / She gave the two old men a condescending sort of smile.

As the men listened to him pontificating on the best way to bring up children he felt all powerful. / "Would I love to be able to pontificate again."

On the contrary, people feel more free to move around.

The point is you could enumerate, and they will, new evidence.

He talked me into drinking

But after being on the rise, the company has now hit strong headwinds. / In this economic crisis, Obama will face the same headwinds.

Their breakup was a hard pill to swallow.

Cease trying to do more than you can. / According to their orders, we must cease construction of the project immediately.

On the contrary I believe we can do a great deal. / On the contrary, he said, those seem certain to end for good now.

Your allegiance to the law is well known / Never in my whole life did I swear allegiance to him.

I felt compelled to tell her the truth. / She didn't want to help them but conscience compelled her to./ Your father compels respect.

Now the star has had time to ruminate on what went wrong. / And I did a lot of ruminating about the past year.

Time is regularly set aside at the highest level to decide how best to do it

Each year for the past two years, this branch has experienced a 40% turnover in staff

The level of aptitude and performance on test is very low.

I can never believe how young some of the entrants are.

This country was a former Spanish colony.

A lot of things had to go wrong for the Project to be thwarted. / I still tried to think well of him, you see, even though he had thwarted my will before.

I can't help you today. I'm swamped.

How do you discern the other person's point of view? / The relationship between the President and the military is more difficult to discern.

Stop badgering me. / I badgered my wife into buying a new TV.

Now I'll have something to work on during the down time / Right now, I just think we do with a little down time.

He's a firm man who never changes his mind. / She loved her children, but she decided to be firm.

He hadn't done it deliberately./ She has deliberately ignored my note

That hoodie was up Ben's street.

Some people think cancel culture has gone too far because now people are offended by anything and everything. Society has become far too sensitive about the words we use.

withdrawing support for public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive

He says some system is needed to hold schools accountable.

This report has taken political correctness to a whole new level.

The words galvanized the men into action, and they turned to face him.

She seems to be genuinely honest. / We genuinely believed in him

Every year, this amounts to 40 million, equivalent to the population of a large European country.

All students have the right to an education that is inclusive.

Another conundrum is why women have less body hair than men

"Are you going to dissect every word of that phone call?"

I'm not going to coddle him, I can tell you that.

If a journalist wants to go after a celebrity for sexual harassment, they had better make sure they have evidence.

It could cause a popular backlash in Russia and bring down the government. (To może wywołać powszechną reakcję w Rosji

Could you give me the recipe for that dough?

She does not do anything more strenuous than changing the channels on TV.

He saw the warehouse ahead./ A clerk took us back to the warehouse.

These vicious rumours aren't true! / Their words were so vicious that she cried.

I can't use my trailer to transport this furniture because it's too small.

When will you be able to dispatch the order?

Police officials said the problem abated quickly after the program began.

Movies usually villainize parents who skip out on their emotional responsibilities.

Apart from death and taxes, birth is the only certainty in life.

For certain reasons I don't want to go there./ The scientist contested his theory.

How can you contest the words of your professor? /

We have elected the new president and prime minister, the latter being a subordinate of the former.

The mortality rate is constantly increasing because of the ongoing war

We will slowly move from the realm of theory into the sphere of practice.

The difference between our legal systems, including their procedures, is clearly still a constraint.

I am a human being, and a very fallible one.

You should be concerned with your after-life, not this life.

Perhaps he would do better with eternal life than she had.

More important are some of the problems implicit in it

Half an hour until he was to meet the doppelganger. / And they still had no idea if their doppelgangers would be there to meet them.

But he has yet to find a reason to feel his house is spooky.

It's important for company to chart a course for the long-term success in competitive market.

Sometimes companies have to make a trade-off beetwen quality and value.

This company all the time try to be the best and strive to outperform rivals.

After one year of hard-work company finally can reap the benefits

In competitive market companies have to find someting unique and pursue differentiation

He spent the rest of his life living in obscurity.

The steam engine was invented by James Watt. Who invented the phone?

Instead of money bonuses, more and more companies decide to use electronic gadgets as incentives for the best workers.

The action of the movie unfolds in Madrid/The plot unfolds too slow in this book.

I inherited an apartment from my grandmother

It's a classic depiction of good versus evil. (

Their exploitation of the native population needs to stop.

Not always certain with his mother who was fiercely well read.

I have to scrutinize the data. / She scrutinized the document and claimed that it was a fake.

But they still expect a meteoric rise in federal debt.

It is galling to be held in place against your will. / But that does not make the situation any less galling.

Oh, how many times had she seen him do it, but never with such gusto.

So I called in a couple of hotshot young graduate students and let them work on the problem.

The old guard may say that it's not important, but young people know it is.

If the kids are antsy - not another art museum!

It is but natural that when the world which they represented no longer allured her, its ambassadors should be discredited.

"But I also think there's a little hubris at work here."

Things are moved around or changed a little, for change is endemic.

Little bit of flattery was now in order, I thought.

How do you extrapolate from the specific to the general here?

Before, he had always shirked work when it was possible.

My conscience plagues me

My parents never fostered my decisions / We are trying to foster his talents.

The girl seemed nice and polite, but a little bit aloof.

That quality in him made him appealing./ Does that sound like an appealing idea to you?

This incident derailed our research.

So, in your opinion, doctor, were my actions triggered by nature or nurture?

The police department is an indispensable part of our society.

This, however, could be detrimental to the national public environmental interest.

She doesn't like me and she wants to compromise my and my business...

The world is a cruel place for a child who has a stigma. / Being unmarried isn't a stigma to men.

He would play a pivotal role in the company's development.

First, let's analyze the historical dimension of this case. / One of the dimensions was not taken into account

The inclusion of all social classes is important in this debate.

Is he eligible to work here? / I was eligible for two weeks paternity leave, but I only ended up taking a week.

Someone told a joke and broke the tension. / I couldn't stand the tension, I wanted to scream.

There was a surge of activity in this area.

There is strong friction here in the relationship between the European and national levels

New hires may be increasingly liable to boomerang back to their previous organizations.

Being a recognizable person is a kind of double-edged weapon.

We have to mitigate the conflict between these two groups / How can employers capitalize on the opportunities for recruitment while mitigating the risks for retention?

Our analyses revealed some variance across industries,

Organizations often try to entice former employees to return by offering them higher-paying roles with management responsibilities.

Our quantitative analysis about boomerang employees shed light on some important factors.

Another is to press on with a limited tax evasion case against him

A theft of assets is a form of embezzlement.

She thought they were probably used for industrial espionage, where the return could be very high.

But I think this is copyright infringement, and a school should not be involved in such things.

I was deceived by my closest friend.