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wrażliwość - the ability to understand other people’s feelings

A teacher showed a great sensitivity to the needs of her students when she explained a difficult exercise ones again.

brutalnie - directly and clearly said or written about sth unpleasant

She couldn' t stand her mother-in-law's behaviour so she decided to be brutally frank with a husband and told him the hole truth about the woman's attitude towards her.

taktowny - careful not to say anything that will annoy or upset people

It was tactful of Ann not to spread a fake gossip about her friend in order to upset her even though they had a row yesterday.

zacząć się gwałtownie, wybuchnąć - begin suddenly, usu. sth unpleasant such as an argument, a fight or war

Fortunately, a police officer in plain clothes was in a club when a fight between two drunk men broke out.

radzić sobie, robić w czymś postępy, kontynuować coś - continue doing sth that you have started or start sth that you were about to do

If there are no further questions, can we get on with the last part of my speech?

stanąć po czyjejś stronie - feel or express support for sb in an argument or discussion L When used with a name, this is more often take sides with sb, take sb’s side

Whenever there’s a disagreement, you always take his side even if he isn' t right.

kompromis - a solution where people agree to give up part of what they wanted so that they are both happy

After lengthy talks the two sides finally reached a compromise which satisfied both of them even though they had to give up on certain parts of previous claims.

logiczny - thinking about things in an organised and sensible way

He' s a logical person who is always organised and reasonable when making decisions.

dojrzały - behaving in a sensible way like an adult

It wasn’t very mature of you to laugh when that man slipped over on an icy road. You acted like a child!