on the road 3

The minister held a press conference in order to pre-empt criticism in the newspapers.

She was endowed with intelligence and wit. The stones are believed to be endowed with magical powers.

His efforts were amply rewarded.

a rocky promontory overlooking the bay

groping allegations

fiddling your expenses

congruence between what you say and what you do. the congruence of the two systems / a congruency of values

to help alleviate some of the pressure

He groped around in the dark for his other sock. She groped for the railing to steady her as she fell. (figurative) ‘It’s so..., so...’ I was groping for the right word to describe it.

He groped his way up the staircase in the dark. She groped through the darkness towards the doors.

She described how he had groped her whenever they were alone.

You'll have ample opportunity to ask questions after the talk. There's ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing. They had ample warning of the factory closure.

her ample bosom His ample girth (= his big stomach) was clear evidence of his passion for food.

It was time to stand back and take stock of his career. After the storm homeowners came out to take stock of the damage.

W tym tygodniu tkwię po uszy w zadaniach domowych. Oni są po uszy w długu.

Yes, I approve, Teresa... sorry I have been up to my eyes with budgets. I'm up to my eyes in homework this week. They're up to their eyes in debt.

I thought we had broken the mould this year with direct to the school but clearly not.

Please feel free to give her my email address once you relay my comments.

doddery pensioners

Elizabeth wanted to run the theory past Sue Reardon.

When swimming, he is in his element.

I told Ron on my way back and he is up in arms aboit it.

It's 30p a copy! That seems hard to justify. And I had to do extra copies as well, because the first two times I had the letter in the wrong way up. what a racket. You have to wonder where all that money is going.

Lance raises hish hand to push it through his hair, before thinking better of it.

The fighting which started in the night had petered out by the morning. The track petered out after a mile or so.

1) Zabrało mu dużo czasu, aby zebrać się w sobie i się jej oświadczyć.

1) It took him a long time to hunker down and propose to her. 2) We hunkered down in the cellar while the storm raged outside. Members of Congress were hunkered down for weeks of debate on the health-care issue.

Do you think judges should go easy on criminals if they're teenagers?

Zanurzył stalówkę ponownie w pojemniku z atramentem.

He dipped the nib again in the pot of ink.

Malcolm Little, alias Malcolm X / He travels under (= using) an alias.

If the door won't open, try jiggling the key in the lock. His leg is jiggling up and down at speed.

Telefon komórkowy brzęczy w twojej kieszeni.

The mobile phone is buzzing in your pocket.

On jest profesjonalistą w swoim rzemiośle.

He's a pro at his craft. a tennis pro / a pro golfer

Po prostu trzeba ją popchnąć do zrobienia właściwej rzeczy.

You just need to nudge her to do the right thing. There is a baseball bat covered with barbed wire leaning up against the photocopier, and Connie nudges it out of sight.

He looked crestfallen at their decision.

She'd always had a soft spot for her younger nephew. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for Denver.

The police staked out the hotel where the two terrorists were reported to be staying.

They both wore grey slacks and white shirts.

Polo shirt, beige slacks, sunglasses pushed up into his hairline.

Elizabeth and Joyce step into stride on either side of him. Off he strides again, with Elizabeth keeping pace alongside and Joyce hurrying to catch up.

Facet w mijającym mnie samochodzie zatrąbił i pomachał do mnie.

A guy in a passing car honked and gave me a wave. He gives her a quick honk on the horn.

W miarę upływu lat Anna stawała się coraz bardziej cicha i małomówna.

As the years passed, Ann became more and more silent and taciturn.

A Toyota Avensis with 'Robertsbridge Taxis' stencilled onto the driver's door arrives next, pulling up behind the Lotus.

Their offices are in a nondescript building on the edge of town.

Tommy looked as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

an outlandish hairstyle/outfit / Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric (STRANGE), flaky (PERSON) informal sometimes offensive, freakish

A few tardy birds flying to their roosts.

a guttural cry

The anguish etched onto her face. His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. In her anguish, she forgot to leave a message. He groaned in anguish. Tears of anguish filled her eyes.

My grandmother was strict and kept me on the straight and narrow.

Ibrahim is accosted by teenagers while out on the town by himself.

Mike Berners-Lee, a respected professor on the topic whose research was used in the Ovo Energy work, told the Financial Times it was based on "back-of-the-envelope" maths from 2010 - and while useful to start conversations, there were bigger questions.

They may be key players in their own company, but they're small fry in the industry itself.

It’s people like him that keep the wheels of commerce turning.

There were certain men you could allow to dress themselves and certain men you couldn't. Chris was on the cusp. Soon he would be able to run free.

There were a couple of bags full of old records, magazines, and what have you.

1) He has an uncanny ability to pick a winner. 1) Barb’s uncanny resemblance to Tia is scary. 2) It was uncanny the way that she always knew what he was thinking. 2) She bears an uncanny resemblance to her father's best friend.

The conditions that these prisoners are kept in are second to none. The training programmes on offer at Cambridge Assessment are second to none, and I have been able to apply training from my time at Cambridge English to both ELT and APG projects.

This is a Friday Night shout-out to anyone brand new to an organisation. It's exhausting, right!? I promise it gets easier. It becomes quotidian and settles. Try to notice as it does: acknowledge your progress. Trust in your capabilities. Told You So!

Television has become part of our quotidian existence...... I promise it gets easier. It becomes quotidian and settles. Try to notice as it does: acknowledge your progress. Trust in your capabilities. And remember-I Told You So!

Everyone knows you've been riding on the governor's coattails for the last two years, but once her term ends you'll be on your own. Jonathan rode on the famous professor's coattails to get some recognition for his own work from esteemed academic journals.

1) On był tak skupiony na znaku, że nie zauważył nadjeżdżającego samochodu na horyzoncie. 2) To historia miłosna rozgrywająca się na tle wydarzeń wojennych. 3) Potrzebujemy jaśniejszego tła do tej sceny.

1) He was so focused on the sign that he didn't notice a car approaching in the backdrop. 2) It is a love story set against a backdrop of war. 3) We need a lighter backdrop for this scene.

Byłem całkowicie zdumiony, gdy usłyszałem wieści od mojej siostry.

I was utterly gobsmacked when I heard the news from my sister.

Wszystkie ścieżki zbiegają się przy głównej bramie.

All the paths converge at the main gate.

The negotiations are nearly finished, but we still have to dot the i's and cross the t's.

liberally tattooed

an advertising tool (...) akin to contemporary movie trailers. They speak a language akin to French.

Massive shout-out to Vinz on the Concur team who is always so helpful. I want to give a shout-out to my dad, who helped me a lot. Also worth a shoutout is Joe and Jerry's burger bar.

Getting out of bed early in the morning is gnarly. I like a lie-in.

She has lost her wager in the gambling room. She put a cash wager of £50 on the race. He tried to eat 50 hard-boiled eggs, for a wager.

She looked a forlorn figure standing at the bus stop.

1) Next to his tanned face, hers seemed pallid and unhealthy. 2) This is a pallid production of what should be a great ballet.

Squinting under her wide-brimmed hat, Inger is bathed in dazzling sun.

Removed from the clarity of daylight, Munch's nocturnal scenes are charged with clandestine possibility.

Melancholic feeling imbues ever aspect of the painting from the brooding figure to the mournful colours and drawn-out brushstrokes. His poetry is imbued with deep, religious feeling.

He stood there in the corner of the room, a dark, brooding presence.

He was weaned off alcohol and tobacco to calm his volatile mental state. It's difficult to wean addicts off cocaine once they're hooked. The whole scheme is intended to wean people off welfare dependency.

Jest różnica pomiędzy terroryzmem a uzasadnionym odwetem.

There's a difference between terrorism and a justifiable act of retaliation.

Additionally, we strive to prevent our editorial independence from being compromised by any form of personal, business, financial, or political influence.

We work to disseminate knowledge to the widest possible audience and to serve communities in countries around the world.

This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.

16 years later the Doomsday Book records that 940 of the city's 1400 were still derelict.

'Harrying of the North'

In 1371 the dumping of offal and the cleaning of skins in the river was prohibited near the friars' property because the river water was used for brewing and baking!

venomous vermin

a dismal expression / dismal conditions/surroundings/weather / Christmas will be dismal without the children.

The Turnip's body was reburied, possibly with quicklime, and is alleged to lie here in George's graveyard.

The body-snatchers together with Turnip's corpse were soon apprehended.

allowing Freud the opportunity to look deeply at his subjects and imbue the depicted relationships with a psychological charge.

unflinching observation

With a reclining male nude and a female painter as active agent, the composition upendstypical gender roles and flauntsthis reversal as a product of the act of painting itself.

A craggy landscape of paint flames his head.

The murky, brutal scene reflects a widespread fascination with murder and acts of violence in late 19th century France.

intricately folded blue fabric

He recently made a cameo appearance in Knives Out sequel Glass Onion.