Lekcja 26

1. The advent of technology brought changes to our working environment.

a laborious task

public attention and interest:

1. relationship, empire crumble 2. economy crumble - popaść w ruinę. 3. hope, determination crumble - osłabnąć nadzieja 4. apple crumble - szarlotka

The students asked the school to help them raise the money, but to no avail.

Our efforts availed us nothing (= did not help).

Wood and coal are both combustible substances.

1. We've had to alter some of our plans. 2. Although the cost of making phone calls is going up, the charge for connecting to the internet will not alter.

disguised as a priest

to cause something to happen:

Whole villages were wiped out in the fighting.

Lawyers were called in to wind up the company

The company teetered on the brink of collapse

a chunk of text a substantial chunk of our profits a chunk of cheese/meat pineapple/tuna chunks

She argued the need for legal reform and instanced several recent cases with grossly unfair verdicts.

1. In China, her blonde hair was conspicuous. 2. He tried not to look conspicuous and moved slowly along the back of the room.

He deposited his ill-gotten gains in foreign bank accounts.

The meeting has been put off for a week. [+ -ing verb ] I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.

1. It's an old building but it's still structurally sound. 2. Considering his age, his body is surprisingly sound. 3. Although the company's share price has declined, its business remains basically sound.

1. The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend. 2. Your health is determined in part by what you eat.

The letter cited 'significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice'.

1. lapse in security niedociągnięcia w ochronie 2. insurance lapse wygaśnięcie ubezpieczenia 3. lapse memory dziury w pamięci

She is suspected of complicity in the fraud.

1. We may not have enough money to implement our plan. 2 We must implement some new rules to keep the order.

1 Passing a written test is a prerequisite for taking the advanced course. 2 Public support is a prerequisite for/to the success of this project.

Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.

be stranded, leave sb stranded

He fiddled his tax return.

Don't tamper with this. It is none of your business.