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pronunciation of 'consent'
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con'sent
How do we understand sexual pleasure in this age of 'consent'?
przymus
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coercion
pozwany, oskarżony
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defendant
przy zdrowych zmysłach
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in one's right mind
No woman in her right mind would go out with a man like him.
osadzać się w czymś, tkwić w czymś
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reside in sth
The appeal of choking resides in tje genuineness of the fear that it provokes.
niepokój, konsternacja, przerażenie
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dismay
To the detective superintendent's dismay, the statue of limitations eventually put an end to the matter.
dorożka
dorożka konna
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hackney
horse-drawn hackney
liczba, liczność; obliczenie, rachunek
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count
Lgs that are used only as a 2nd lg are excluded from these counts.
tabulation
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zestawienie tabelaryczne; the arrangement of facts or figures in columns or lists so that they can be read easily; a table of facts or figures
In this tabulation, each lg is counted only once.
malejący, zmniejszający się
malejąco; w porządku malejącym; od największego do najmniejszego
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descending
in descending order
uśpiony, w okresie spoczynku, śpiący snem zimowym
uśpiony język
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dormant
a dormant lg
versatile
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wszechstronny, uniwersalny
"That's what she said" is the most versatile joke on Earth.
kasa (w sklepie)
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checkout
Sorry I'm lat, I was lining at the checkout in a supermarket.
kasjer
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checker AmE
Sam doesn't play checkers with the old boys.
przedostatni
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last but one
Janet was a nineteen-year-old student in her last-but-one year at the local Art Collage.
sprzeczać się, kłócić się
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quarrel
I wish you two would stop quarreling.
obijać się
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fool around/about (BrE). to waste time behaving ina silly way or doing things that are not important
He always used to fool around in class.
ponury, posępny; ciemny, mroczny
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gloomy; dark, esepcially in a way that makes you feel sad
It was a gloomy room with one small window.
blask, oślepiające światło
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glare; a bright unpleasant light which hurts your eyes
a special screen to reduce glare
brygadzista
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foreman; a worker who is in charge of a group of other workers, for example in a factory
Her father is a retired mining foreman.
z powodu, ponieważ; z jednego powodu (dlatego że)
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for one thing; used to introduce a reason for what you've just said
He couldn't bring himself to say what he thought. For one thing, she seldom stopped to listen. For another, he doubted that he could make himself clear.
płaca, wynagrodzenie, gaża
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pay; money that you are given for doing your job
Staff have been working without pay for the last month.
kipieć (ze złości); gotować się (z wściekłości)
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seethe; to feel an emotion, esecially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking
Janet could see that he was seething inside.
poza dyskusją, wykluczone, nie wchodzi w rachubę
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out of the question; be definitely not possible or not allowed
You can't go in that old shirt - it's out of the question.
brak równowagi, zaburzenie równowagi, zachwianie
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imbalance; a lack of fair or correct balance between two things, which results in problems or unfairness
How I solved the gender labor imbalance.
na dodatek, na domiar,
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on top of sth; if sth happens to you on top of sth else, it happens when you have other problems
My mother was in charge of keeping the home and caring for the children on top of her paying job.
parytet, parzystość
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parity; the state of being equal, esepcially having equal pay, rights, or power = equality
Women workers are demanding parity with their male colleagues.
zwężenie odźwiernika
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pyloric stenosis
Our 2-week-old baby needed surgery for a stomach condition called pyloric stenosis.
a strong woman who doesn't intimidate easily and can do what needs to be done; a woman who has lived a hard life, due to circumstances she put herself in or was born into
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tough broad
I went into tough-broad-who-gets-everything-done mode. But I never came out of it.
stanąć na nogi, wyjść z dołka, złapać prawidłowy rytm
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get one's groove back (colloquial); to return what one normally does (well)
We never got our gender equality groove back despite our efforts.
zniechęcający, beznadziejny
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daunting; frightening in a way that makes you feel less confident
The trip seemed rather dauting for a young girl.
mamić, łudzić; okłamywać, oszukiwać
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delude; to make sb believe sth that is not true = deceive
I was angry with him for trying to delude me.
rozbrajać, demontować; pozbyć się
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dismantle; to gradually get rid of a system or organization
an election promise to dismantle the existing tax legislation
rozpaść się, popaść w ruinę
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crumble; lose power, become weak, or fail
The Empire began to crumble during the 13th century.
spokój, opanowanie, równowaga (psychiczna)
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equilibrium; a state in which you are caln and not angry or upset
She struggles to recover her equilibrium.
zużywać, poświęcać (czas, energię, pieniądze)
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expend; to use or spend a lot of energy etc in order to do sth
Women expend their time and energies on unpaid labor.
delirka, głupek
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dingbat(s); a stupid person = ding-a-ling "sound of a bell"
Some dingbat parked too close to us.
nagle stać się sławnym
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shoot to fame; to suddenly become very famous
Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show "big borther".
wyważony, przemyślany
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measured; if you do sth in a measured way, you do it in a careful and controlled way, not in an excited or sudden way
She spoke in measured tones.
ogłaszać, wygłaszać, oświadczać
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pronounce; to give a judgment or opinion; to officially state that sth is true
They had pronounced authoritarian and imperialistic tendencies
posiadający wiele poziomów
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split-level; a split-level house, room, or building has floors at different heights in different parts
zła sława
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notoriety; the state of being famous or well known for sth that is bad or that people don't approve of
John is already a writer of some notoriety
przesadny, wylewny, rażący
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fulsome; a fulsome speech or piece of writing sounds insincere because it contains too much praise, expressions of thanks etc
The book contains a fulsome dedication to his wife.
dziewczyna z rozkładówki?
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centerfold; a picture of a naked woman that covers the two pages in the middle of a magazine
Marcuse told Playboy he would do the intervirw, but "only if he could be thr centerfold."
prowokujący, rażący; zaskakujący, szokujący
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jarring; making sb feel annoyed or shocked; being different in style or appearance from sth else and therefore looking strange
utożsamiać coś z czymś
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equate sth to/with sth; to consider that two things are similar or connected
Most people equate wealth with success.
to make evident or public
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bring into the open
Heffner, via Playboy, did bring sexuality a little more into the open.
bardzo, wielce; boleśnie
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sorely; very much or very seriously = greatly
Your help is sorely needed.
aaa
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microagression
nie do obrony, nie do utrzymania (stanowisko, opinia...)
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untenable
ujść uwadze, zostać niezauważonym
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fall through the cracks; to not be noticed or dealt with
Little details often fall through the cracks.
touchy
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aaa
zbesztać kogoś, zwymyślać
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take sb to task
That was how Donald Tusk, one of the European Union’s top officials, took President Trump to task on Wednesday.

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