Manipulation techniques - Techniki manipulacji ebook

Business English

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biznesowo-językowy

Business English

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Manipulation Techniques

Dear Readers,

Welcome to BEM’s next portable business language guide. This time we become entangled in the slippery area of manipulation.

Nowadays, wherever you turn, you are assaulted by attempts to force something you don’t really want onto you. Unlike in Arthur Miller’s famed play, the Salesman is not dead just yet. Whether you turn the telly on, pick up the phone or go online, he’s always there. You can’t rest easy around colleagues, business partners or your dear old in-laws if there is something they really want you to do. Fortunately, you don’t need to grasp at straws to avoid the golden-tongued sly foxes. In this edition, we delve into the tricks of influence and manipulation. We’re certain that, with this booklet in hand, you will successfully wriggle out of the pushy persuaders’ clutches.

Let’s get to it.

become entangled | wplątywać się, wkręcać się

slippery | śliski

to be assaulted | być

atakowanym

in-laws | teściowie

force sth onto somebody

| wmusić coś komuś

to grasp at straws | chwytać się

brzytwy

golden-tongued | złotousty

sly | przebiegły, chytry

bore into | wwiercać się w coś squiggle out of | wywinąć się

z czegoś

pushy | bezczelny

clutches | szpony

Kieszonkowy poradnik biznesowo-językowy

Opracowanie: Daria Frączek

Colorful Media ul. Lednicka 23, 60-413 Poznań

tel. 61 833 63 28, [email protected]

Zdjęcie na okładce: Sergey Nivens

Every time someone tries to affect how other people think, behave or decide, they are trying to influence them. Whenever influence is applied to accomplish a specific purpose, especially to make us do things we do not want to, or that are not the best choice for us personally, we speak of manipulation. Manipulation, though