WORD-OF-THE-WEEK

> non-taxable - you don't have to pay tax - nieopodatkowane

OTHER WORDS WITH THE PREFIX 'NON-'

Non-profit-making - an organization that does not make a profit
Non-smoking - an adjective for a person who does not smoke
Non-negotiable - something that cannot be changed by discussion
Non-fiction - writing about real events

EXAMPLES:

1. This contract isnon-negotiable, if you sign it, it will be binding for both sides.
2. Caritas is a non-profit-making organization.
3. Allnon-smoking passengers are asked to sit in the front of the train.
4. I prefer to readnon-fiction to fantasy.
5. Not many things in Poland arenon-taxable.

GLOSSARY:

> compensations - something that makes you feel better if you have suffered sth bad (wyrównanie, rekompensata)
> notably - sth that should be noticed (dostrzegalnie)
> asset - a valuable thing, skill, person (cenny nabytek, atut)
> vary - be different (różnić się)
> tax-deductible - expenses you can deduct from your income (wydatki możliwe do odliczenia od dochodu)
> subject to - to experience or be affected by sth (podlegający)
> top oftherange - luxurious, very expensive ( product z najwyższej półki)
> subsidize - to pay part of the cost of sth (dofinansowanie)

EXERCISE:

Complete the gaps with words from the text.
1. I have to leave Poland for the next five years, but the are ............................ like meeting a lot of new people.
2. 100zł would ....................... the cost of twenty meals at schools for poor children.
3. Tom's skills and know-how are a valuable ................... to the company.
4. If I were rich, I would only buy .................... sports cars.
5. Mary was .................... a lot of criticism from her boss for many months, until she decided to quit her job.