Przemek 2.0

let someone off the hook

The idiom ‘Let someone off the hook’ is used to describe the act of releasing someone from a responsibility or obligation. It can also mean to pardon someone from a punishment, or to forgive them for a mistake.

miss the boat

missed your chance at a good opportunity

no pain no gain

means to make an effort in order to get the desired result

conscious

deliberate- świadomy, celowy

to boost self-esteem

zwiększyć poczucie własnej wartości

bulk

The bulk of that is food packaging. coś dużego, ilość masowa

greenwashing

describes attempts by business to seem more enviromenatlly firdnly/ opisuje wysiłki przedsiębiorstw, aby sprawiać wrażenie bardziej przyjaznych dla środowiska

to put the spotlight

draw attention

transparent

business is transparent / open its honest

naive

someone who lacks experience, wisdom, or judgment

admit

przyznawać

to fund

invest money in smth (to fund business)

to pollute

means to make air, water, soil, or other natural elements harmful to living things by adding harmful substances.

the big high street banks

głowne banki