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to make a mock of sb

robić z kogoś pośmiewisko

raid (on)

wypad, nalot, akcja, rajd

to capture

schwytać, przejmować, zdobywać, uchwycić

tenable

dający się obronić (argument), nadany na jakiś czas (urząd)

to divulge

ujawniać (SYN reveal)

amid

wśród (literary)

to deteriorate into sth

pogarszać się (SYN: get worse) przeradzać się

to decline

odmawiać, spadać, pogarszać się, odrzucać,

to lambaste

ostro krytykować (SYN: slate)

altogether

zupełnie, w sumie, ogólnie rzecz biorąc

embezzle

zdefraudować

disheartening

zniechęcające

It’s disheartening to see what little progress has been made.

To przygnębiające, widząc, jakie małe postępy zrobiono.

judiciary

sądownictwo, sędziowie (formal)

abhorrent to

odrażające (SYN: repugnant)

retailer

detalista

lackey

sługus (pogardliwie)

showdown (with sb)

ostateczna rozprawa/spotkanie

to impugn

kwestionować (to express doubts about someone’s honesty, courage, ability etc)

riot

zamieszki, roruchy (a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something)

alleged

rzekomy (an alleged crime, fact etc is one that someone says has happened or is true, although it has not been proved)

peril

niebezpieczeństwo (literary or formal great danger, especially of being harmed or killed)

selfless

bezinteresowny (caring about other people more than about yourself – used to show approval)

inattentive

nieuważny (not giving enough attention to someone or something OPP: attentive)

solitary

samotny, odosobniony (used to emphasize that there is only one of something SYN single; doing something without anyone else with you; pending a lot of time alone, usually because you like being alone OPP: sociable)

solitary confinement

izolatka (a punishment in which a prisoner is kept alone and is not allowed to see anyone else)

to grip

chwytać, trzymać

unanimous

jednomyślny (a unanimous decision, vote, agreement etc is one in which all the people involved agree)

to be at stake

być stawką (if something that you value very much is at stake, you will lose it if a plan or action is not successful

leisure

wolny czas (time when you are not working or studying and can relax and do things you enjoy)

caterpillar

gąsienica, ciągnik gąsienicowy

dam

tama (a special wall built across a river or stream to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to make a lake or produce electricity)

to snub

ignorować (to treat someone rudely, especially by ignoring them when you meet)

to jeopardize

zagrozić (to risk losing or spoiling something important)

unleash

spuścić ze smyczy, rozpętywać (wojnę), przepuszczać (atak), przepuszczać (atak)

moderate

umiarkowany, średni (OPP: immoderate, extreme)

to moderate

łagodzić, uspokajać (formal to make something less extreme or violent, or to become less extreme or violent)

to be moderate

mieć umiarkowane poglądy

to soar

gwałtownie wzrastać (OPP: plummet), wznosić się, szybować

hardship

trudności życiowe (something that makes your life difficult or unpleasant, especially a lack of money, or the condition of having a difficult life)

ruse

podstęp (a clever trick used to deceive someone)

turmoil

zamieszanie, chaos (a state of confusion, excitement, or anxiety)

caucus

a meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them in a larger meeting, election etc

rally

rajd, wiec (a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support a political idea, protest etc), wymiana uderzeń w tenisie

half-brother

brat przyrodni (a brother who is the son of only one of your parents) SYN: step-brother

to detest sb/sth

nie cierpieć czegoś (to hate something or someone very much)

ubiquitous

wszechobecny (seeming to be everywhere)

quantity

ilość, wielkość (MAT)

in quantity

in large amounts

blueprint (for)

plan, projekt