7. Make Your Child a Self-Starter

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hood
"he spent hours studying it and looking under the hood of the family car to learn how things worked."
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American the metal covering over the engine on a car [- bonnet British English] / maska samochodu
best
"she became upset because her classmates bested her at jumping rope, she bought a rope and practiced for weeks."
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old-fashioned to defeat someone / obracać się przeciwko komuś
fledgling
"Several months later, they sold some stock they'd been given when they were young and invested $10,000 toward purchasing the fledgling operation."
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a ____ state or organization has only recently been formed and is still developing / świeżo upieczony
operation
"Several months later, they sold some stock they'd been given when they were young and invested $10,000 toward purchasing the fledgling operation."
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a business, company, or organization / przedsięwzięcie, działalność
foster
"Here are ways you can foster initiative in your child:"
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to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time [- encourage, promote] / pielęgnować, sprzyjać
counsellor
"Now 20, Meredith is a student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, a counselor at a local high school and a budding sky diver."
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someone whose job is to help and support people with problems / doradca, psycholog szkolny, adwokat
budding
"Now 20, Meredith is a student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, a counselor at a local high school and a budding sky diver."
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_____ artist/actor/writer etc. is someone who is just starting to paint, act etc and will probably be successful at it / dobrze się zapowiadający
input
"She believes letting children have input in making decisions helps to build self-confidence."
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ideas, advice, money, or effort that you put into a job or activity in order to help it succeed, Pol. wkład (in/into sth) / wkład
curfew
"""By the time Meredith and Barrett were in high school, they were helping set their own curfews."" "
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American English the time, decided by a parent, by which a child must be home or asleep in the evening / godzina policyjna,)
backfire
"We want our kids to have more than we did, but just handing it to them might backfire."
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if a plan or action _____-s, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended: /
kindle
"The fire that had burned in my friend was never kindled in his children."
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if you ____ a fire, or if it ____-s, it starts to burn / wzniecić, rozpalić
jump-started
"If you don't know what motivates your children, you may find it very difficult to ""jump-start"" them."
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to help a process or activity to start or become more successful /
yearn
"But her youngest son, Mark, yearned to play sports."
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to have a strong desire for sth, esp. sth difficult or impossible to get [- long] / bardzo pragnąć
severely
"Though he was severely asthmatic and spent much of his time on the bench, Mason encouraged him to persevere,"
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very badly or to a great degree / ciężko, poważnie, surowo
persevere
"Though he wasThough he was severely asthmatic and spent much of his time on the bench, Mason encouraged him to persevere,"
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to continue trying to do something in a very determined way in spite of difficulties - use this to show approval / wytrwać, trwać
scrimp
"Mason encouraged him to persevere, often scrimping to pay for his uniforms."
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to try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little, Pol. zaciskać pasa, oszczędzać, odmawiać sobie / zaciskać pasa, oszczędzać, odmawiać sobie
genuine
"""If the kids were genuinely interested in something, I'd find a way,"""
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a _____feeling, desire etc is one that you really feel, not one you pretend to feel [- sincere] / prawdziwy, autentyczny
bronchial
"he had overcome many of his bronchial problems and become a real contributor to his teams."
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affecting the bronchial tubes, Pol. oskrzelowy / oskrzelowy
cite
"When he asked my advice, I cited a fistful of career alternatives,"
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to mention something as an example, especially one that supports, proves, or explains an idea or situation / cytować
fistful
"When he asked my advice, I cited a fistful of career alternatives,"
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an amount that is as much as you can hold in your hand / garść
real-estate
"Since then he has found a challenging new job in real-estate appraisal, an area he had never considered."
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the business of selling houses or land / (agencja) nieruchomości
appraisal
"Since then he has found a challenging new job in real-estate appraisal, an area he had never considered."
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a statement or opinion judging the worth, value, or condition of something / wycena, szacowanie
merit
"merit-badge program as an excellent way to introduce children to various activities."
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a good quality that makes someone or something deserve praise, Pol. zasługa / zasługa
badge
"merit-badge program as an excellent way to introduce children to various activities."
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a small piece of metal, cloth, or plastic with a picture or words on it, worn to show rank, membership of a group, support for a political idea etc, Pol. odznaka / odznaka
sparkle
"They won't be good at everything,"" says Ray, ""but once we hit on something that makes a kid's eyes sparkle, we encourage him to pursue it."""
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if someone's eyes ______, they seem to shine brightly, especially because the person is happy or excited / błyszczeć, skrzyć się
pursue
"They won't be good at everything,"" says Ray, ""but once we hit on something that makes a kid's eyes sparkle, we encourage him to pursue it."""
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to continue doing an activity or trying to achieve sth over a long period of time / realizować, dążyć do...
constraint
"When a child wants something that's not in your budget, explain the financial constraints and ask how he might help pay"
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something that limits your freedom to do what you want [- restriction] / ograniczenie
up front
"Discuss the reward up front so he'll know what is required to earn income."
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directly and clearly from the start / z góry, wprost
clip
"One way of achieving that, says Dr. Beard, is to have kids take part in clipping coupons to save money."
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to cut an article or picture from a newspaper, magazine etc / wycinek z gazety
coupon
"One way of achieving that, says Dr. Beard, is to have kids take part in clipping coupons to save money."
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a small piece of printed paper that gives you the right to pay less for sth or get it free / kupon, bon, talon
kitty
"The savings can be put into a kitty for family outings."
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the money that people have collected for a particular purpose, Pol. wspólna kasa / wspólna kasa
outing
"The savings can be put into a kitty for family outings."
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a short trip that a group of people take for pleasure, / wypad
attention span
"Such passive activities, she says, promote short attention spans and require little initiative."
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the period of time during which you continue to be interested in something, Pol. zakres uwagi, długość koncentracji uwagi / zakres uwagi, długość koncentracji uwagi
caution
"She also cautions parents to avoid the ""I'm bored!"" trap."
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to warn someone that something might be dangerous, difficult et / przestroga
role model
"they believe the best thing you can do for your child is to be a good role model."
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sb whose behaviour, attitudes etc people try to copy because they admire them / wzór do naśladowania
association
"Belle became a volunteer with the American Heart Association's Women's Heart Guild"
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Pol. stowarzyszenie / stowarzyszenie
guild
"Belle became a volunteer with the American Heart Association's Women's Heart Guild"
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an organization of people who do the same job or have the same interests, Pol. stowarzyszenie, (średniowiecze - gildia) / stowarzyszenie, (średniowiecze - gildia)
roster
"The organization's roster, in the first year, included 137 members, more than the Women's Guild it had emulated."
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a list of the names of people on a sports team, in an organization etc / lista, spis, wpis w grafiku
gumption
"Call it independence, gumption, initiative it's a trait we'd all like to see in our kids."
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the ability and determination to decide what needs to be done and to do it, Pol. smykałka, olej w głowie /
trait
"Call it independence, gumption, initiative it's a trait we'd all like to see in our kids."
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a particular quality in someone's character / cecha

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