since 05.2025

someone who makes women's clothes, especially as a job

a dressmaker

an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

a gut feeling / hunch

to form opinions suddenly without allowing time for careful thought

snap judgement

sth that must be done, or is demanded by law

mandatory

to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe

to alleviate

to place sb in a situation in which you are less likely to succeed than others

put sb at a disadvantage

the characteristic of often changing and being different; a type, esp. one among a group of things that share general features and differ in some details

a variety

If you can't ..., alcohol quickly affects you badly

to hold one’s liquor

a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them

compassion

the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened

in/with hindsight

an idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false

fallacy

to know something or someone well

to be familiar with

a short stay in a place that you make while you are on a longer journey to somewhere else

a stopover/layover

a shop where you can get a particular service, especially connected with beauty or fashion

a salon

to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination

to devise

a sudden painful tightening in a muscle, often after a lot of exercise, that limits movement

a cramp

an occasion when a photographer takes a series of photographs, usually of the same person or people in the same place

a photoshoot

to pay back money to someone who has spent it for you or lost it because of you

to reimburse

a place where men go and pay to have sex with prostitutes

a brothel

to learn new skills or to teach workers new skills

to upskill

to learn new skills so that you can do a different job

to reskill

to reduce the amount of skill that someone needs to do a particular job

to deskill

Wydaje się, że źle ich ocenił. Mimo że obejrzeliśmy film, obejrzeliśmy go ponownie.

He seems to have misjudged them. Despite having seen the movie, we watched it again.

warto coś ZROBIĆ

it’s worth DOING sth

a piece of land on which vines are grown

a vineyard

(of an activity or work) done for periods of time shorter than the usual hours or schedule

part-time (studies)

to have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal with

I have a lot on my plate.

to not do what you are expected or have promised to do

to flake out on

czy piątek aktualny?

Are we still on for Friday?

Czy możemy przełożyć

Can we reschedule for...

coś wypadło

Something has come up.

czy 8:00 pasuje Ci?

Does 8:00 pm work for you?

odwołać coś komuś, wycofać się z planów

Cancel on someone

in a way that produces or is likely to produce an advantage

profitable

przygotować się DO czegoś

to prepare FOR sth

money that is charged by a bank or other financial organization for borrowing money; money that you earn from keeping your money in an account in a bank or other financial organization

interest

the system of customers in a store using a machine to add up the prices and pay for goods they have bought, or the machine that does this

self-checkout

sold to the public in shops, on the internet; connected with the activity of selling goods to the public, rather than selling to stores, etc.

retail

of or for the selling of goods in large amounts at low prices to shops and businesses, rather than the selling of goods in shops to customers

wholesale

information from a computer that has been printed on paper

a hard copy

help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have enough money

welfare

someone who never drinks alcohol

a teetotaler

a person who is unwilling to spend money

penny pincher

to die (stop living)

to kick the bucket

earning less money than most people

low-income

a company that makes beer or a place where beer is made

brewery

to increase the range of things that someone knows about or has experienced

to broaden/expand/widen someone's horizons

to made a statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory

to file a complaint

(of a muscle) from being used too much

sore muscles

informal for helicopter

a chopper

not suitable or good enough to eat

inedible

kłamać (3 formy)

to lie – lied, lied

leżeć (3 formy)

to lie – lay – lain

kłaść, położyć (3 formy)

to lay – laid – laid

rosnąć (3 formy)

to rise – rose – risen

podnosić (3 formy)

to raise – raised – raised

wzrost vs ryż, podnosić vs wyścig

rise vs. rice, raise vs. race