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feather your own nest

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bogacić się kosztem pełnionej funkcji

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feather your own nest

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EN · C2

A Crime Plot

  1. A

    What did the heroine find in the books?

    Co odkryła bohaterka w księgach?

  2. B

    The official was lining his own pockets.

    Urzędnik bogacił się kosztem pełnionej funkcji.

  3. A

    How did she prove it?

    Jak to udowodniła?

  4. B

    She compared invoices with deliveries.

    Porównała rachunki z dostawami.

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Translations

Polishbogacić się kosztem pełnionej funkcjiexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germansich durch das eigene Amt bereichernexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishenriquecerse aprovechando el cargoexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianобогащаться за счёт своей должностиexpressionNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

Examples of use

Polish

Urzędnik używał kontraktów, żeby bogacić się dzięki stanowisku.

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English

The official used contracts to feather his own nest.

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German

Der Beamte nutzte Verträge, um sich durch sein Amt zu bereichern.

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Spanish

El funcionario usó contratos para enriquecerse aprovechando el cargo.

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Russian

Чиновник использовал контракты, чтобы обогащаться за счёт должности.

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Grammar

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feather your own nest
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Example

The official used contracts to feather his own nest.

a poisoned chalice

pozorny zaszczyt niosący poważne kłopoty

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a white elephant

kosztowna rzecz bez praktycznego pożytku

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be hung out to dry

zostać bez wsparcia w trudnej sytuacji

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be left holding the baby

zostać samemu z cudzą odpowiedzialnością

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carry the can

ponieść winę za innych

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have an axe to grind

mieć ukryty osobisty interes

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If everyone is to keep a finger on the pulse, let's at least establish who acts when things start going wrong.

Jeśli każdy ma trzymać rękę na pulsie, ustalmy przynajmniej, kto reaguje, gdy coś zaczyna iść nie tak.

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The Achilles heel of this plan is its dependence on one person whom no one can replace.

Piętą achillesową tego planu jest zależność od jednej osoby, której nie ma kto zastąpić.

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The threat of losing the room hangs over us like the sword of Damocles until we agree on the terms for continued use.

Groźba utraty sali wisi nad nami jak miecz Damoklesa, dopóki nie uzgodnimy warunków dalszego korzystania.

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Putting these Augean stables in order requires not only moving files but also clarifying which versions remain valid.

Uporządkowanie tej stajni Augiasza wymaga nie tylko przeniesienia plików, ale również wyjaśnienia, które wersje nadal obowiązują.

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Correcting the document became a Sisyphean task because each new version brought back errors removed from the previous one.

Poprawianie dokumentu stało się syzyfową pracą, bo każda nowa wersja przywracała błędy usunięte z poprzedniej.

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This project is a bottomless pit if every completed task leads to further demands with no agreed endpoint.

Ten projekt jest beczką bez dna, jeśli każde ukończone zadanie prowadzi do kolejnych żądań bez uzgodnionego końca.

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