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to voice ideas/thoughts
to ask for help
to feel burnout with the workload
to keep balance between work and a personal life
to compartmentalize
to negotiate
to be out of my/his/her/our/their league
to pride oneself on being + adjective
to point out
to stay on top of deadlines
to take a calculated risk
to burn the midnight oil
 to be put on a team with people from different backgrounds and
experience levels
 to assign projects
Exercise 411. Read and discuss the facts.
- Porsche made an electric car in 1900: Ferdinand Porsche had developed
Lohner-Porsche, the world’s first electric vehicle in 1900, without having
formal engineering education.
- Originally, the Porsche 911 was named “901” in 1963: The Porsche 911
is one of the greatest sports cars ever built and the most successful car
made by Porsche. Can you imagine it to be called anything else but 911?
We neither but the fact is, it was originally named 901 and it had to be
changed because a French automotive, Peugeot had a trademark on the
“digit-zero-digit” model name. So, the Porsche was renamed to 911.
- Porsche was the first car brand that sold passengers airbags as
standard: Porsche was always way ahead of its time. They started selling
cars passenger airbags as standard equipment while other luxury car
brands were still charging extra. 944 Turbo became the first car to have
driver and passenger airbags as standard equipment in the year 1987.
Exercise 412. Translate the sentences.
1. Те честные знакомые, бывало, возвращались к началу раз в сто лет.
2. Ревнивый начальник Мартина был привыкший быть распределённым в
команду с людьми разного происхождения и уровня опыта в прошлом
году.
3. Её инициативный работник раньше был востребован на рынке труда.
4. Эти воспитанные HR менеджеры будут привыкать к тому, чтобы
соблюдать сроки.
5. Наш трудолюбивый крёстный, бывало, гордился тем, что он честный и
самоотверженный.
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