The Business - U4
HWZ 2012
HWZ 2012
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| Flashcards | 86 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 05.02.2012 / 25.02.2017 |
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workaholic (adj)
s'one who can't stop working / arbeitssüchtig
maverick (n)
s'one with an entrepreneurial spirit, who does new things, one of a kind / Einzelgänger, Alleingänger
anxious (adj)
worried / ängstlich, nervös
confident (adj)
self-assured / voller Sebstvertrauen
easy-going (adj)
relaxed / laid-back / locker, entspannt, lässig
impatient (adj)
if you don't have much patience / ungeduldig
obsessive (adj)
you can't get s'th out of your mind / to be crazy about s'th/s'one (in a negative way) / besessen
single-minded (adj)
determined / zielstrebig
unpredictable (adj)
you can't see what is going to happen or how s'one will react / unvorhersagbar
to burn out
when it all becomes to much for you and you break down / sich völlig verausgaben, sich kaputt machen
to settle in
to feel comfortable in a new situation/place / sich eingewöhnen, sich einleben
to pull together
to work together to get s'th done / an einem Strang ziehen
to pass the buck
to avoid taking responsibility for s'th / die Schuld weiterschieben
to get on/along well with
to be on good terms with s'one / gut auskommen mit jem.
to pull one's weight
to do your part in a process / seinen Beitrag leisten, sich in die Riemen legen
stakeholder (n)
anyone who has an interest in the business / Akteur, Geschäftsinterressent
proposed (adj)
suggested / recommended / vorgeschlagen
to reach the next milestone
to achieve the next hurdle in a series of events / den nächsten Meilenstein erreichen
to set a timeframe
to set a time (limit) in which to do s'th / einen Zeitrahmen setzen
to reach/achieve your targets
to be successful / die Ziele erreichen
to set a date
to say 'when' s'th will be done / einen Termin festlegen
to stick to the budget
if you are within budget / innerhalb des Budgets bleiben
to reach the deadline
if you complete s'th in time / einen Termin einhalten
to be behind schedule
if you are too late / im Verzug sein, Verspätung haben
to be in a rush
if you have to hurry to get s'th done / Verspätung haben
in retrospect
looking back / rückblickend, nachträglich
to be put in charge
to be given responsibility for s'th/s'one / die Verantwortung haben
in the first place
firstly / to be thought about first / zuerst, zu aller erst
to take into account
to consider / etwas berücksichtigen
in a mad rush
to try and get things done last minute / Hals über Kopf
to regret
to be sorry about s'th you've done / bedauern
to downshift
a downwards move / herunterschalten, kürzer treten
to turn down
to reject / ablehnen
to run one's own business
to have one's own company / das eigene Geschäft führen
to work under pressure
to work in stressful conditions / unter Druck arbeiten
means of transport
the way you travel e.g. car, lorry, train / Transportmittel
to exchange
to swap / tauschen, umtauschen
exceptional (adj)
excellent / aussergewöhnlich
to supervise
to be in charge of / beaufsichtigen
to overdo
to do too much / übertreiben
