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cut to the chase = get to the point sākt mācīties
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The fugitive was caught and confined to jail. // The illness confined him to his bed // In the previous job I was confined to doing only one thing sākt mācīties
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In short, states could not impede the development of a national market. // Though his course was a longer one, nothing impeded him. // Even if they had impeded him, he would have gone on anyway. sākt mācīties
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hamować (postęp), zatrzymywać, blokować, przeszkadzać, utrudniać (ruch, postęp), zakłócać
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back up (american) / reverse (british) You're blocking my gate - can you reverse a little? // I reversed my car into a litter bin. // She carefully reversed out of the parking space sākt mācīties
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Many celebrities backed Hillary Clinton up in the 2016 elections. // Back me up, I need your support. sākt mācīties
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poprzeć kogoś, popierać kogoś
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She has an innate capacity for learning foreign languages. sākt mācīties
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zdolność (np. do uczenia się)
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We've reached our maximum capacity. // The capacity of the tank is 87 litres. // We've reached our maximum capacity sākt mācīties
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zdolność produkcyjna / pojemność, ładowność
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It greatly increases the likelihood of accidents. // In one of those cases, the likelihood was 90 percent. sākt mācīties
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She held the cup up high so the light spilled over me. // It spilled over into a discussion of the old days. // Many Americans can understand complaints about work spilling over into family time. sākt mācīties
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rozlewać się (np. kryzys)
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They would tell him when he was psychologically ready to move // But she'll probably never be psychologically ready to work outside again. sākt mācīties
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The buildings were dark and utterly silent. // She looked utterly miserable. // This user manual is utterly useless. sākt mācīties
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całkowicie, zupełnie, z kretesem, kompletnie
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Utterly irresistible pancakes // She tried not to look into those eyes but they were irresistible // It's what makes him irresistible to a great many women. sākt mācīties
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nieodparty, przemożny / zniewalający, porywający (np. uśmiech)
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W kontekście gotowania: indulgent pancakes (że nie można im się oprzeć?) sākt mācīties
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A less indulgent person might have told us to get lost. // She gave the indulgent smile one gives to pretty children. sākt mācīties
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Look at this car - the guy must be loaded! sākt mācīties
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Many operate on a shoestring budget, with private or local money. // Despite a shoestring budget, the show was a high quality product. // All of this was done on a shoestring budget by a tiny staff. sākt mācīties
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Start work straightaway. // But just you up and answer his questions straight away! sākt mācīties
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The case was held off due to the lack of evidence. // Let's hold off for a while and see what he says next. sākt mācīties
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odroczyć, odraczać // wstrzymać się (np. burza, opady deszczu)
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uwolnić się od czegoś (np. od złych wspomnień)
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Your speech was up to par, congratulations // Every time they made love, he would want to know how he'd been, if his performance was up to par. // It took me a few days to feel up to par. sākt mācīties
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na przyzwoitym/oczekiwanym poziomie
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It was a fatal accident. // In both studies, some of the heart problems were fatal. sākt mācīties
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Fortunately, there were no fatalities. // At least 45 of the fatalities were children under 16 years. sākt mācīties
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I will mention three important ways of reducing the number of road fatalities. sākt mācīties
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śmiertelne wypadki drogowe
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Or, for some other reason, the inflammatory response simply will not stop. // sākt mācīties
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podburzający, podżegający
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Its inflammatory effects cause the eyes to close, taking away vision sākt mācīties
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the devil makes work for idle hands Meaning: When people say that the devil finds work for idle hands, they mean that if people don't have anything to do with their time, they are more likely to get involved in trouble and criminality. sākt mācīties
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bezczynność prowadzi do złego - przysłowie
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public display of affection PDA makes me feel uncomfortable. // My parents find public display of affection unacceptable. sākt mācīties
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krzykliwy (np. kolor, strój)
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This city is very close to the Gulf of Mexico sākt mācīties
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She must think of something else, some way to lure him here. // I was lured in the same way as everyone else. sākt mācīties
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He has been held in solitary confinement for most of the time. sākt mācīties
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What to do with the money is one of the country's most contentious political issues. // "The process has been more contentious than John would have expected." sākt mācīties
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be fond of somebody / something You're very fond of her, aren't you? // John is clearly fond of Mary. sākt mācīties
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He has a prejudice against people from different countries // I don't tolerate racial prejudice sākt mācīties
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osoba nietolerancyjna (np. rasista, antysemita)
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We've got to start by understanding where this bigotry comes from. // Social and economic bigotry has no place in our multicultural society. sākt mācīties
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bigoteria, dewocja, fanatyzm
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Four days he had lived, or rather vegetated in this way. // I sat vegetating, living a life without sense or purpose. sākt mācīties
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ciasnota poglądów, ciasnota umysłowa
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Their policy has been a cause of major discontent. // Many customers voiced their discontent on the quality of service. sākt mācīties
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I was working so hard to get out of my slump. // Another 5 percent said the slump would start in 1991. // They will be the first to go in a slump. // The slump is likely to go on for another two years. sākt mācīties
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krach, gwałtowne załamanie, kryzys (ekonomiczny)
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"I felt so flattered and special that everyone liked what they were hearing." // I am always so flattered when people notice the family resemblance. sākt mācīties
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taki, któremu jest miło (np. z powodu komplementu, pochwały), zaszczycony
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The photo bears some resemblance to me, I admit. // She saw much resemblance between these and the young man. sākt mācīties
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We can't afford to play around. // He was bored and he was playing around. // Do not play about, Tom! Be serious. // Why are you always playing around?! sākt mācīties
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pajacować, wygłupiać się, psocić // marnować czas
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I learned a long time ago that every action has a domino effect. // You have to look at what the political domino effect is going to be. sākt mācīties
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You can't daydream at work! // He sat on the meadow and daydreamed. sākt mācīties
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śnić na jawie, marzyć, fantazjować
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It may seems counterintuitive sākt mācīties
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His mind still felt numb, but something was clear to him. // She was quite numb and did not think of anything. sākt mācīties
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zdrętwiały, odrętwiały (np. z zimna), bez czucia // otępiały, sparaliżowany
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The problem was emerging from our long discussions. // I was really surprised when the truth emerged. // The sun emerged from behind the clouds. // A woman emerged from the shadows. sākt mācīties
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wyłaniać się, pojawiać się, ukazywać się
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He stressed that it wasn't our fault. // She stressed her personal needs // How should this word be stressed? sākt mācīties
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She is a very vulnerable girl. // The security company says this is the most vulnerable point. sākt mācīties
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odsłonięty, na odsłoniętej pozycji, wystawiony na ciosy, trudny do obrony, czuły, podatny // bezbronny, wrażliwy, czuły (o osobie)
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Reignite the creativity // She had thought their passion was over but it is reignited. // He said that the loan move reignited his love for the game. sākt mācīties
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strike a chord with somebody This example really strike a chord with me sākt mācīties
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trafić do odbiorcy, odnaleźć wspólny punkt (i wywołać pozytywne reakcje)
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Now, he said, they should use the money to rejuvenate the place. sākt mācīties
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odnowić (rzecz, miejsce) / odmłodzić, ożywić (o duchu), odświeżyć (o wyglądzie)
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During the 2012 election cycle, he criticized Republican rival Michele Bachmann as "too flakey for me". sākt mācīties
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niesłowny, niedotrzymujący słowa
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He can be a little flaky sometimes, but we've got a lot in common. // All right, it was a flaky plan, for sure, but the best one anybody thought of. sākt mācīties
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nieprzewidywalny, zwariowany, postrzelony
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She leaned back and fell down. // He leaned back and looked her in the eye. // Is it rude to lean your seat back on an airplane? sākt mācīties
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przechylić się do tyłu / przechylać
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This party sucks! Let's bail. sākt mācīties
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spadać, zmyć się (wychodzić)
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My daddy was ready to bail one of us out. sākt mācīties
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wpłacić za kogoś kaucję, poręczyć
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His vices saddened his mother. // He went to jail for his vices. // He had only one vice: smoking. // sākt mācīties
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zły nawyk / występek, niemoralne zachowanie (zwłaszcza związany z narkotykami, prostytucją, hazardem)
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She leads a life of virtue. // Patience is a great virtue. // He has many virtues, but he lacks courage. sākt mācīties
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cnota (ogólna dobroć charakteru)
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She often suffers from constipation sākt mācīties
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"They are looking to move our tentacles into the Hollywood area." // This is easy for him to do since he has eight tentacles. // Her two arms became three tentacles, still holding him tight. sākt mācīties
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macki (np. władzy), zasięg (czyichś wpływów) // czułek, macka (u stworzeń morskich)
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This affair is beyond my comprehension. // She looked at me with little or no comprehension on her face. sākt mācīties
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zrozumienie, zdolność pojmowania, pojętność, pojmowalność
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Each species of bird has its own characteristic song. // It's a very rare species. // The list of endangered species in this country is growing at an alarming rate sākt mācīties
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The family is sacred to me. // This choir took part in the sacred music festival. // My grandmother gave me a sacred cross. sākt mācīties
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I like the aesthetics of this room // Do you have any aesthetic values? sākt mācīties
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He's singing a death chant. // You could hear a chant from the church // That was our chant before the games, before we came out. sākt mācīties
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monotonny śpiew, śpiewna i monotonna intonacja
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She stamped loudly to show that she's angry // He stamped to the kitchen. // She stamped her foot in anger // My daughter always stamps when she wants to get something. sākt mācīties
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This tree was eaten by termites from the inside. sākt mācīties
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Not my fault those people don't know how to duck. // I ducked down, because the ball was flying right at me. sākt mācīties
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I asked whether he had ever cracked a joke in class. // He shook their hands, cracked a joke, said good night and returned to his story. sākt mācīties
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We live quickly, we are hard-pressed, busy, solving hundreds of problems per day. // They would be hard-pressed to make it back... pun sākt mācīties
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pod naciskiem, pod presją, przyciśnięty
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I'm sure someone can come up with a better pun. // To this end, his name is often used as a pun. sākt mācīties
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He hadn't done it deliberately. // She has deliberately ignored my note! sākt mācīties
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umyślnie, celowo, rozmyślnie, specjalnie
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Women have also been shown to be more risk-averse than men. // Yet 15 percent may be too high for some risk-averse investors. sākt mācīties
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bojący się ryzyka, ostrożny
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Would she be reckless enough to end up in their hands again? // The way she called out his name made him reckless. // On the other hand, I had never known him to be reckless. sākt mācīties
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nieostrożny, nierozważny, niebaczny, lekkomyślny
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What if there's an avalanche? // I hope he's not trying to start an avalanche! sākt mācīties
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My dog leaped over the fence and ran away // The cats were leaping around, playing with each other. // I took a leap and caught the ball. // Our investment was a leap into the darkness but it was worth it. sākt mācīties
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przeskoczyć, skakać / skok
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