1
Q
Спланировать расписание
A
to plan the schedule
2
Q
to do more than one thing at a time
A
to multitask
3
Q
Экономить время
A
to save time
4
Q
Дать время мозгу чтобы
A
allow time for the brain to adapt
5
Q
Они слушают тебя вполуха
A
they give you half an ear
6
Q
A
a quality report
7
Q
Ввести ограничение на час
A
to introduce a one-hour limit
8
Q
Опоздать
A
to arrive late
9
Q
В списке на сегодня
A
on the agenda
10
Q
Не хватать времени
A
to run out of time
11
Q
Занимать много времени
A
to take a long time to do
12
Q
during the day or period just before an important event
A
on the eve of something
The report was released on the eve of the election
13
Q
Досрочно, раньше времени
A
ahead of time
14
Q
Сделать что-то вовремя
A
to get smth done in time
15
Q
Тормозить кого-то
A
to slow someone down
16
Q
to make slow progress
A
to fall behind schedule
17
Q
to make up lost time
A
to catch up
She’s staying late at the office to catch up with/on some reports
18
Q
to return to the original schedule
A
to be back on track
19
Q
to make use of people, money and time
A
to allocate resources
20
Q
to finish before the planned date
A
to finish ahead of schedule
21
Q
to spend the right amount of money
A
to stay within budget
22
Q
the necessity to assign tasks or responsibilities to others
A
the importance of delegations
23
Q
to give people different responsibilities
A
to delegate tasks
24
Q
to do a job
A
to get on with a task
25
to receive reports on progress
to get updates
26
to give the main facts about something
to outline
*At the interview she outlined what I would be doing*
27
to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought
to figure out
28
a diagram (= simple plan) that shows the stages of a process
a flowchart
29
The 80/20 rule
20% of actions are responsible for 80% of outcomes
30
to decide which of a group of things are the most important so that you can deal with them first
to prioritize
31
to go into a worse state, often because of lack of control or care
to slip
*Productivity in the factory has slipped noticeably in the last year*
32
the main reason
the root cause
33
If you (...) a characteristic or value to something, you say that it has it
to assign
*Assign a score to each problem: Assign higher numbers to more important problems*
34
The Pomodoro Technique
A technique that uses a timer to break down your work into intervals.
35
a mark that you make beside a name or item on a list to show that it is correct or that it has been dealt with
a checkmark
*When the timer rings, put a checkmark on a piece of paper*
36
to limit yourself to doing or using one particular thing and not change to anything else
to stick to something
*You'll never learn to play the piano if you're not prepared to stick to it*
37
Eisenhower matrix, or the urgent-important matrix
Means organizing your task list into four separate quadrants, sorting them by important vs. unimportant and urgent vs. not urgent
38
to require, to have need for smth
to feel need
*Urgent tasks are those we feel need to get done immediately*
39
Parkinson’s Law
“work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”
40
by or of itself
per se
/ˌpɜː ˈseɪ/
*Research shows that it is not divorce per se that harms children, but the continuing conflict between parents*
41
to make certain you have some time when you are not busy in order to do something you think you should do
to make time (to/for)
*In a relationship you have to make time for each other*
42
a part of something, especially a large part
a chunk
*Three hours is quite a chunk out of my working day*
43
something that forms a physical barrier or space around something or between two things, to protect them
*Add buffer times in between each time block to allow for adjustments during the day*
44
Time Blocking Method
Assigning each time block in your day to a task
45
able to be used as a reason for doing something
actionable (information/intelligence)
46
the sharing of a set of features, or a particular feature that is shared
the commonality
*“Chunk” your tasks together by commonalities*
47
excited about smth
jazzed about
* It's great to be in a classroom where the kids are jazzed about learning*
48
to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening
to blame someone for
49
Случайное опоздание
occasional tardiness
50
Мы должны улучить момент и прочувствовать иронию
we had to take a moment together and savor that irony
51
Lifehacks
tips and tricks
52
Сэкономить немного времени
to save bits of time
53
Выкраивать немного времени с ежедневных занятий
to shave bits of time off everyday activities
54
to calculate the total of two or more numbers
to add (something) up
55
an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based
a premise
*They had started with the premise that all men are created equal*
56
a task that involves going somewhere either to take a message or to take or collect something
an errand
**do errands**
*I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to do first*
57
Сделать правый поворот
to make a right-hand turn
58
having or showing reason and good judgment in making decisions
judicious
*We should make judicious use of the resources available to us*
59
to start to take part in an activity that is already happening because you will win an advantage from it
A Japanese company tried to get in on the deal.
60
If you (...) a recording, or if it (...), you make it play at very high speed so that you get to the end or a later part more quickly
to fast-forward
*During playback, a user may fast-forward the video to any desired point through video, map or graph*
61
not advanced
backward
*People still think of it as a backward country/region/area (= one without industry or modern machines)*
62
needing a lot of time, attention, or energy
demanding
*a demanding job*
63
a promise or firm decision to do something
a commitment
*The government reaffirmed its commitment to the peace process*
64
a full written record of a journey, a period of time, or an event
a log
*The incident is noted in the ship's log as a "curious circumstance"*
65
extremely wet
sopping
66
the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes
*Many more people died **in the aftermath of** the explosion*
67
to end, or to make an activity end
to wind smth up
*We need to wind up now, we only have five minutes left*
68
a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns
a payroll
*The company is growing fast, adding another 100 employees to its payroll over the last year*
69
Возможность для роста
an opportunity for growth
70
to bend something, especially paper or cloth, so that one part of it lies on the other part, or to be able to be bent in this way
to fold up
*The table folds up when not in use*
71
unpleasant or of low quality
wretched
72
funny, exciting, and clever
scintillating
/ˈsɪn.tɪ.leɪ.tɪŋ/
73
If something is (...), it can be achieved or performed
doable
74
низкие альтернативные издержки
low opportunity cost
75
a dishonest way of making money
a hustle
76
to do things in a relaxed way, without rushing or trying very hard
to putter
*He really enjoys **puttering around** in the garden*
77
to make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than it really is
*All that make-up she wears actually detracts from her beauty, I think*
English Private Classes
flashcards
Decks in class (18)
# Cards
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Work-life balance62
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Time management77
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What motivates us at work?73
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Quit quietly67
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News. Part 167
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Thanksgiving41
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Outcomes U140
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Buying into the culture58
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Christmas creep59
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It's beginning to cost like Christmas57
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Christmas +59
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A New Year's Resolution32
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Budget-friendly Christmas37
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Increase your happiness22
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Sea Cities52
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TG Idioms28
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Urbanism65
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The dawning of the megastructure45
