Slimming through the ages 4

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Pol. wydalać
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excrete
If you ate so much, and excreted so much, what exactly happened to the balance?
a piece of equipment or machinery that looks funny, strange, and unlikely to work well
Pol. ustrojstwo
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contraption
an amazing contraption of a weighted chair suspended from a steelyard scale.
Pol. waga pozioma z przesuwanym ciężarkiem
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steelyard
a steelyard scale.
very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly
Pol. drobiazgowy, skrupulatny
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meticulous
he weighed himself, his food and his drink meticulously.
the written abbreviation of 'pound' (Latin: libra)
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lb
man might lose 50oz in perspiration as he slept, or 5lbs a day
brave
Pol. waleczny, mężny
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gallant
a gallant attempt
careful not to have too much food, drink
Pol. wstrzemięźliwy
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abstemious
abstemious diets and lifestyles
a woman who is _____ has large breasts and a soft curved body
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voluptuous
Rubens was delighted in painting voluptuous women.
a British unit for measuring weight, equal to 14 pounds or 6.35 kilograms
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stone
Few of his models would weigh less than 15 stone.
to weigh a particular amount, used especially of someone who will be taking part in a sports competition
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tip the scales at
the Rokeby Venus would certainly have tipped the scales at 16 stone.
to honour or respect someone or something because they are old, holy, or connected with the past
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venerate
Yet those paintings are venerated as some of the most beautiful in the world.
a state in which something becomes bad or does not work as well as it should, nonsense
Pol. rozkład, gnicie
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rot
The rot started 100 years ago
Pol. sznurowany gorset
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lace-up corset
men began to make lace-up whalebone corsets
a man who spends a lot of time and money on his clothes and appearance
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dandy
The London dandy reduced his weight from 12 stone to 10 stone 13 lbs.
a person who makes excessive profits, esp. by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply
Pol. spekulant
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profitteer
Science, or rather pseudo-science in the hands of profiteers
Pol. podskórny
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subcutaneous
ozonotherapy which involved subcutaneous injections
to have a strong bad smell [= stink]
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reek
hot baths reeking with the beneficial and radiated ozone
literary a drink intended to have a special or magical effect on the person who drinks it, or which is intended to poison them
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potion
there have been countless ‘magic’ pills and potions
the condition of being mentally healthy, good sense or soundness of judgement
sanity
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sanity
Then sanity arrived in the unlikely form of the Women’s League for Health and Beauty.
a sudden feeling of pain, sadness
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pang
Dieting is difficult when hunger pangs nag and your self-esteem is low
a solution to a problem that can be done quickly, but is not a good or permanent solution
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quick fix
the quick-fix promise of instant weight-loss is still just a quick-rich confidence trick.
a dishonest trick played on sb in order to get their money [= con]
Pol. oszustwo
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confidence trick
the quick-fix promise of instant weight-loss is still just a quick-rich confidence trick.
to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way:
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galvanize
Another therapist advocated electric shocks to galvanise muscles into activity
a... is also the amount of something that you have left after you have spent or used up the rest:
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balance
If you ate so much, and excreted so much, what exactly happened to the balance?
to criticize or complain often in an annoying way, especially in order to try and make someone do something:
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nag
Dieting is difficult when hunger pangs nag

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