pick and choose: to carefully select only the things you want and reject the rest pažljivo birati, probrati samo one stvari, opcije ili uvjete koji vam najviše odgovaraju, često odbacujući ostale At a buffet, you can pick and choose whatever you want and leave the rest. “You can’t pick and choose which rules to follow,” the coach said. “Everyone does the full warm-up.” When you are young, you can’t always pick and choose your job. You take what you can get.
take a cut: to take a share of the money from a deal, usually as a fee uzeti svoj dio (kolača), udio u zaradi ili postotak od nečega Real estate agents usually take a cut of about 5% when they sell your house. My manager books all my concerts, but she takes a cut of everything I earn. The market lets anyone sell food there, as long as the owners take a cut of the profit.
take it upon oneself: to decide to do something yourself, without being asked or told to preuzeti na sebe, uzeti si u zadatak When our boss was out sick, Maria took it upon herself to answer his emails and keep the team on track. Nobody asked him to, but my neighbor took it upon himself to clear the snow from the whole street. The new intern took it upon herself to reorganize the files, and now no one can find anything.
turn (someone) in: to report someone to the police prijaviti (nekoga) policiji, odati (nekoga) After three weeks on the run, the suspect’s own brother turned him in. She knew her coworker was stealing from the office, but she could not decide whether to turn him in. The thief eventually turned himself in after his face appeared on the news.
from scratch: to make or build something completely from the beginning, without using anything ready-made. ispočetka, od nule, iz temelja After the fire destroyed her bakery, she had to rebuild the whole business from scratch. My grandmother never buys cake mix. She makes every birthday cake from scratch. The team threw away the old design and started from scratch the next morning.
lose one’s temper: to suddenly become very angry izgubiti živce, pobjesnjeti, izgubiti kontrolu, planuti I almost lost my temper when my boss took credit for my idea in front of the whole team. She tries hard not to lose her temper with her kids, but some days are harder than others. I used to lose my temper in traffic all the time, until I started listening to audiobooks in the car.
know a thing or two about: to have real, practical knowledge or experience about something znati ponešto o After thirty years in the kitchen, my grandmother knows a thing or two about bread. “You should ask Maria. She knows a thing or two about fixing old cars.” He grew up by the sea, so he knows a thing or two about reading the weather.
put in the work: to spend serious time and effort training, practicing, or preparing to achieve something uložiti trud, uložiti napor, posvetiti se radu, odraditi posao Anyone can dream about running a marathon, but you have to put in the work every morning to actually finish one. She didn’t get promoted because of luck. She put in the work for five years, and finally people noticed. He talks a lot about wanting to start a business, but he never puts in the work to actually do it.
go all in: to risk everything you have such as your time or money or future on one plan because you believe it will be successful uložiti sve, kladiti se, odigrati na sve, potpuno se prepustiti She decided to go all in on her new bakery business using all her savings to buy the best ovens. If you want to become a professional musician, you have to go all in and practice every single day. He didn’t want to work for a big company anymore, so he quit his job and went all in on his own freelance career.
a race against time: a situation where you must move or work very fast to finish something before it is too late utrka s vremenom The doctors are in a race against time to find a cure for the new illness. We were in a race against time to finish the project before the office closed. The firefighters are in a race against time to save the forest before the wind changes.
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