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On the surface he seems tough, but de____ do____ he's quite sensitive.
deep down
She's always open and honest - she's just really st________ to work with.
straightforward
He was de_____ to be a musician, even as a boy.
determined / destined
My brother wasn't very sy_______ when I failed my driving test - in fact, he just laughed.
sympathetic
Alexa can always find a way of solving probelms - she's very re______
resourceful
She never asks for anyone's help. She's completely se____ -su______.
self-sufficient - samowystarczalna
They suddenly got married on holiday in Las Vegas - they're ver sp_______
spontaneous
He sometimes co____ ac_____ as quite sarcastic, but he doesn't mean it.
comes across
He can be a bit bad-tempered, but he's got a ____ of gold.
to have a heart of gold - have a generous nature
My grandmother has always had a quick _____ .
have a quick temper - be easily angered
The manager is in charge of 400 staff / workfroce.
staff - all the people employed by a particular organization
Factory work is often a bit monotonous / motivating.
monotonous - monotonna
Job-searching / Job-hunting can be really demoralizing.
job-haunting - szukanie pracy
I don't earn much, but it's a very rewarding / high-powered job.
rewarding - satysfakcjonujÄ…cy
I'm hoping to get promoted / a rise to a more senior post.
get promoted - dostać awans
He resiged before they could quit / sack him.
sack sb - wyrzucić kogoś z pracy
I won't get that job; I don't have the qualifications / benefits.
qualifications
She's been off / out of work for three days with the flu.
be off work - być na urlopie lub zwolnieniu
I've got a g___ f_____ that this meeting is going to go badly.
gut feeling - an instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale
Jack's got his n____ to the gr______ revising for his exams.
keep nose to the grindstone - to do hard, continuous work
Let's not focus on the details. We need to see the b_____ p______.
big/bigger picture - the most important facts about a situation and the effects of that situation on other things
I followed the instructions to the l______, but I still couldn't get the wi-fi to work.
follow instructions to the letter - you do exactly what you have been told to do, giving great attention to every detail
H___ on e____ could you spend $2,000 on a watch?
How on earth ... - an exclamation used to emphasize surprise, shock, anger, disgust
This printer is such a p____ in the n____; it never works.
pain in the neck - someone or something that is very annoying
He's a really nice guy - very d___ to e____.
be down to earth - with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic
I woke up suddenly in the d____ of n____ - there was a noise downstairs.
the dead of night - the quietest, darkest part of the night
We tried to c____ the waiter's e__, but he just ignored us.
catch someone's eye - attract someone's attention by making eye contact with them.
I told a wh____ l__ because I didn't want to upset him.
a white lie - a lie about a small or unimportant matter that someone tells to avoid hurting another person