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Domanda		Risposta
to conciliate inizia ad imparare		to end a disagreement or someone’s anger by acting in a friendly way or slightly changing your opinion
scorn inizia ad imparare		a very strong feeling of no respect to someone or sth that you think is stupid and has no value
off-hand inizia ad imparare		not friendly and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude
portly inizia ad imparare		(esp. of middle-aged or old men) fat and round
to leer inizia ad imparare		(esp. of men) to look at someone in a sexually interested way
(lanky) gangly/gangling inizia ad imparare		tall and thin and often awkward in movement as a result
to scowl inizia ad imparare		to look at sth or someone with a very annoyed expression
conceited inizia ad imparare		too proud of yourself, your abilities and actions
modest inizia ad imparare		not large in size or amount, or not expensive
on hand inizia ad imparare		near to someone or sth and ready to help or to be used if necessary
anchor inizia ad imparare		a heavy, metal object that is dropped from a boat into water to prevent the boat from moving away
to inculcate (wpajać) inizia ad imparare		to cause someone to have particular beliefs or values by repeating them frequently
to appease (udobruchać) inizia ad imparare		to prevent further disagreement or fighting by letting the opposite side have something they want
officious inizia ad imparare		too eager to tell people what to do and having too high opinion of your own importance
turn your hand to everything (sth) inizia ad imparare		if you say that someone could turn their hand to everything (sth) it means that they could do it well even though they do not have an experience
columnist inizia ad imparare		someone who writes a regular article to newspaper or magazine
redoubt inizia ad imparare		sth that holds or defends a belief or a way of life that is disappearing or threatened
to engender inizia ad imparare		to cause sth to come into existence
exultant inizia ad imparare		very happy, especially at someone else's failure
repulsion inizia ad imparare		strong dislike or disapproval
ostentatious inizia ad imparare		too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you
unkempt inizia ad imparare		untidy and not cared for
effusive inizia ad imparare		expressing welcome, approval, or pleasure in a way that shows very strong feeling
gullible inizia ad imparare		easily tricked, and too willing to believe everything the other people say
revolve around (kręci się wokół) inizia ad imparare		to have someone or sth as the main interest or subject
a sound bite inizia ad imparare		a short sentence or phrase said publicly, especially by a politician, to be broadcast
deplorable inizia ad imparare		very bad
media outlet inizia ad imparare		a publication or broadcast program that provides news and feature stories to the public through various distribution channel
jubilant inizia ad imparare		showing and expressing great happiness, usually because of a success
bland inizia ad imparare		not interesting or exciting
pompous inizia ad imparare		someone who is pompous is too serious and thinks they are more important than they really are
pushy inizia ad imparare		behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get sth or to make someone do sth
conscientious inizia ad imparare		always doing your work with a lot of care
obstinate (uparty) inizia ad imparare		not willing to change your ideas or behaviour although you are wrong
pig-headed inizia ad imparare		showing unreasonable support for an opinion and refusing to change or listen to different opinions
unscrupulous inizia ad imparare		behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want
leader/editorial inizia ad imparare		a person in control of a group, country or situation
classified ad inizia ad imparare		a small advertisement that you put in a newspaper or a magazine, usually because you want to sell sth or to offer/find a job
a feature (a type of an article) inizia ad imparare		a type of an article that provides a detailed description of a place, person, idea or organisation
agony column inizia ad imparare		the part of a magazine or newspaper where the letters from readers about their personal problems are printed, together with advice about how to deal with them
agony aunt inizia ad imparare		a person, usually a woman, who gives advice to people with personal problems, especially in a regular magazine or newspaper article
pamphlet inizia ad imparare		a thin book with only a few pages that gives information or opinion about something
leaflet inizia ad imparare		a piece of paper that gives you an information or advertising sth
prospectus inizia ad imparare		a document giving details of a college, school, or business and its activities
flyer inizia ad imparare		a small piece of paper with information on it about a product or event
manual inizia ad imparare		done with hands
a newsgroup inizia ad imparare		a collection of messages that are shown on the internet and have been written by people interested in a particular subject
to bookmark inizia ad imparare		to save an internet address as a bookmark
to subscribe inizia ad imparare		to pay money to an organization in order to receive a product, use a service regulary or to support the organization
to bounce (about an email) inizia ad imparare		if an email that you send bounces or is bounced, it comes back to you because the address is wrong or there is a computer problem
garbled inizia ad imparare		confusing and unclear, or giving a false idea
unsurpassed inizia ad imparare		better that anyone or anything else
to leave sth standing inizia ad imparare		to be much better, quicker, more successful etc than someone or something else
galore inizia ad imparare		in great amounts or numbers
to pamper oneself inizia ad imparare		to give someone a special treatment, making that person as comfortable as possible and giving them whatever they want
indulge oneself inizia ad imparare		allow yourself to have or do something that you know you will enjoy
sumptuous inizia ad imparare		impressive in a way that seems expensive
opulent inizia ad imparare		expensive and luxurious
state-of-the-art inizia ad imparare		very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
in the lap of luxury inizia ad imparare		living in very comfortable conditions because you have a lot of money
fetching inizia ad imparare		pleasant or attractive
alluring inizia ad imparare		attractive or exciting
sky-writing inizia ad imparare		a writing formed in the sky, for example by smoke, emitted from an airplane
sandwich-board inizia ad imparare		a pair of connected boards placed next to a store to advertise its products
a press release inizia ad imparare		a public statement given to the press to publish if they wish
put your own gloss/spin on a story inizia ad imparare		.
muck-raking inizia ad imparare		the activity, especially by newspapers and reporters, of trying to find out unpleasant information about people or organizations in order to make it public
a glossy inizia ad imparare		a magazine printed on glossy paper
go to press inizia ad imparare		to start to be printed
a stop press inizia ad imparare		it refers to a particular space on the front or back page of a newspaper that contains very recent news added to the newspaper after the printing process starts
hot off the press inizia ad imparare		news that is hot off the press has just been printed and often contains the most recent information about sth
libel inizia ad imparare		a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about a person
defamation of character inizia ad imparare		the act of harming someone’s reputation by saying or writing bad things about them
back copy inizia ad imparare		a newspaper or magazine of an earlier date than the one now on sale

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