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jautājums atbilde
wzbudzać emocje; zainteresowanie
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arouse, evoke emotions/interest
elicit a feeling. New virtual reality solutions at work evoke my interest.
egoistyczny
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egotistical
egoism. It may seem egotistical that I say such things of myself.
odleżyna
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bedsore
If you're not turned every few hours, you get bedsores
upierdliwy
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annoying, pesky
konfucjanizm
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Confucianism
a religion based on the ideas of the Chinese philosopher Confucius
drzewa kołyszą się/ POWIEWAJĄ na wietrze
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the trees are blowing in the wind
, liniowy, w linii prostej
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linear
This book has a linear plot.
zwierzęta się do niego przyzwyczaiły
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animals acclimatised to him
he was standing up to his knees in the water until the maritime creatures got acclimatised to him.
mieć coś w zanadrzu
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on tap/have something up his sleeve
on tap on hand: available
services instantly on tap
słowotwórstwo
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word formation
sprzyjać czemuś
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be conducive to sth
Even so they are conducive to the good of the world outside also.
o świcie.
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with a crack of dawn
współdecydowanie
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co-decision
I also look to them for continued support through the codecision process.
siedzieć w rada nadzorcza
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sit on the supervisory board
From 1952 to 1966, he also sat on the supervisory board.
lukrecja
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liquorice
the dried root of a Mediterranean plant, used in medicines and to give flavour to food, especially sweets
It consists of a liquorice-flavoured jelly with additional aniseed and fennel oil flavourings, covered in a layer of 45%-cacao dark chocolate
fundować, stawiać coś; zabezpieczać (np. przed rdzą)
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treat to
He treated me to a weekend at the spa. He treated the wall next to the window to prevent it from getting damp.
telefon stacjonarny
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landline
If memory serves me well, the landline has been withdrawn from Poland for a couple of years now.
przeliczyć się (źle ocenić)
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miscalculate (misjudge)
to judge a situation badly:
He miscalculated badly when he underestimated the response of the international community to the invasion. I miscalculated the angle of the hit he was launching at me
odwdzięczyc się
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return a favour
część naskórka wokół paznokciea
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hangnail
napięty, naprężony (mocno naciągnięty)
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taut
Gradually his taut posture relaxed. When he was a meter from the wall, the line went taut.
komornik, namsmann
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bailiff, namsmann
(in the UK) an official who takes away someone's possessions when they owe money:
They didn't pay their rent, so the landlord called/sent in the bailiffs.
przerobić, przetransformować, PRZEKSZTAŁCIĆ SIĘ
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convert
Under pressure this soft material converts into a hard one. Can you convert a text file to a PDF? I converted those wooden boards into a bench
rozlewnia, butelkownia
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bottling plant
wywłaszczać
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dispossess
to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people:
A lot of people were dispossessed of their homes during the civil war.
nie mają rejestru karnego
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have no criminal record
the state or fact of being recorded. being authoritative or sanctioned
a newspaper of record
skamieliny, wapniaki
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fossils
żonkil, Narcyz
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daffodil
ścieżka najmniejszego oporu
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the path of least resistance
przedawniony
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time-barred
expired
become invalid by lapse of time. be barred by limitation (passage of time?) barred debt.
magazynować, przechowywać
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store (away)
We store our merchandise in a safe place.
teologia
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divinity
the study of religion
She has a Doctorate in Divinity from York University.
ciężko rozczarowany, zniesmaczony, załamany ☹️
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gutted
My fellow skiers swap their gutted look for grins. feeling down
przygnębiony, bez zapału
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deflated
feeling less confident and positive than before: slukøret
crestfallen, Her criticism left me feeling a bit deflated
wygonić, wyrzucić
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drive off, kick off, expel
to force someone to leave a school, organization, or country:
The new government has expelled all foreign diplomats. My brother was expelled from school for bad behaviour
kilof
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pickaxe
pick
We demolished the wall with a pick.
wyznawać wiarę
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to profess faith
wygrać przetarg
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win the tender
bid
I can double that bid if you give me some more time.
nieporęczna dyskusja
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unwieldy discussion
Has it grown too large and unwieldy over the last 30 years?
czworokąt
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quadrangle
pochlebiać
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flatter
lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests.
"I was very flattered to be given the commission
pozasądowe (zabójstwa)
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extrajudicial
Extra-judicial killings by the security forces increased over the same period.
wrodzony
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innate, ingrown
raw talent
zardzewieć
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rust, corrode
upokarzająca porażka
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humiliating defeat
odwołać się od wyroku
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appeal from a sentence
Babie lato
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indian summer
a period of warm or mild weather in late autumn or early winter
, wyż, pas wysokiego ciśnienia
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anticyclone
an area of high atmospheric pressure that causes calm weather
Anticyclones cause cloudless blue skies and high temperatures in summer.
kąśliwy, cięty
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trenchant
severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions:
His most trenchant criticism is reserved for the party leader, whom he describes as "the most incompetent and ineffectual the party has known".

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