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He looked down into the dark abyss under the cliff. / financial abyss

His immigration application has been in bureaucratic limbo for over a year. / The character was stuck in a mystical limbo, unable to move on.

The astronaut drifted in the cold void of space. / He felt terrifying void after losing his family.

Do the police know the cause of accident? / Mary is the cause of his broken heart. / Lack of trust is the cause of all our arguments. / He died of natural causes. / They are fighting in a common cause. / It's all for the cause. - wszystko dla dobra sprawy

We participated in the group activities. / His political activity i well thought. / Physical ctivity helps your body. / This is my main activity that I do here. / His criminal activity led him prison. / Our house was full of activity when kids were here.

She claims that only rest can speed up my recovery. / The recovery of the tissue may take a few days. / You have to wait for the recovery of your full strength. / The recovery of the file you deleted will cost 100$.

This curiosity will get him into trouble. / Curiosity killed the cat - Ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła

Scientists are hoping to make a breakthrough in cancer research. / The police made a breakthrough in the search for the thief. / This is a major breakthrough in relations between Poland and USA.

She decided to take legal action against her harasser.

A right angle is a angle of 90 degrees.

The square root of 16 is 4.

I would like to make a couple of personal remarks. / Next time you should ignore his silly remarks.

Their irresponsibility causes a lot of harm.

What a shame you weren't here yeaterday. / She felt deep shame.

delight - przyjemność, radość, zachwyt

This program has lots of useful features. / This product's main feature is its durability. / One of the best features of this country is its lakes. / Lack if tree is a typical feature of this desert. / The feature was about Thierry Henry.

We counted the votes, the majority of them was against his idea. / The majority of students passed the final exam. / The majority of ther time is spent managing the team. / They need a two-thirds majority to change the constitution.

The gay minority demands equal rights. / The Polish are the largest national minority in GB. / The shopping assistant didn't sell him the beer, because of his minority.

Snakes release venom while biting their victim.

The expiry date is written on the bottle. / I didn't know that true love has an expiration date.

It's just the matter of taste.

He proposed to throw nuclear waste down the shaft. / This shaft of hammer was bigger than my palm.

Only 5 percent of the assembly members are women. / It was during the annual assembly of religious leaders. / The headmaster introduced the new teacher during the morning assembly. / He was an important figure in the car assembly industry.

The aim is to increase the profitability of company. / The company's profitability has declined due to increased operating costs. / Despite lower revenue, the smaller business showed higher profitability.

You should follow the guidelines. / Please ensure your report strictly follows the new company guidelines. / Health and safety guidelines must be reviewed annually by all employees.

We can start! I have just received official approval / I have his approval. / He did it with his wife's full approval. / Did I earn your father's approval? / He smiled to me with approval.

Before the wedding, all his bachelor friends had a party.

Excessive exposure to the Sun may result in skin cancer. / The exposure of the wound may cause sepsis. / Maybe the exposure of the truth won't be that bad, don't worry. / He became famous after this magazine's exposure of his scandals.

She checked her appearance again in the mirror. / The improvement in her appearance was amazing. / I was really surprised by his sudden appearance. / His sudden appearance was very mysterious. / Her appearance on this movie shocked people.

This project will be a boost to the car industry. / The prize will be a boost to try harder and learn more. / We have noticed a boost of sales. / She needed a boost to cross the fence. / We need a boost to leave the orbit.

He has a previous conviction for a minor offence. / She spoke with conviction and everyone in this room listened. / His apology lacked conviction. / They were people of deep moral convictions.

Drug offence is still a major problem in the city. / He was charged with a minor offence, like illegal parking. / Committing an offence can lead to serious legal consequances.

You hurt his feelings with your mistaken assumptions. / It was only a foolish assumption. / Assumption of the responsibility was the hardest task for me. / Congratulations on the assumption of a new position.

My husband was promoted because of merit, not because of frendship. / I can't see any merit in his proposal.

There was a burglar in our house. / The police have cought the burglar.

Their irresponsibility caused a lot of harm.

The manager delegated the task to one of her subordinates. / It is important for a leader to treat all subordinates with respect.

Cattle, sheep and goats have a pair of horns. / I didn't see you until you started blowing your horn. / Matthew plays the horn. / The king drank the wine from the horn.

This old oak has a large trunk. / This car has a very big trunk. / Elephants have long trunks. / He found a trunk full of gold.

If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. / Being a world champion is no easy feat.

The cover of the hatch is made of a solid material. / Her name is on the cover of 2 books. / Her house was our cover. / Don't take the cover off your phone. / This shop is my cover, I'm dealing drugs here.

If you want to go abroad, you have to buy insurance.

She managed to keep her temper despite the long delay. / He is known for his short temper. / Don't disturb her, she's in a bad temper today. / When the metal heats up, it loses its temper.

This hospital offers high standards of medical care. / Plan your week with care. / His care of the car is amazing. / She had a lot of cares lately.

I believe the Times New Roman font is difficult to read in large blocks of text. / Please change the font size to 12 point and make the heading bold.

I would be a good deed to visit him. / The applicant signed the mortgage deed.

Let's talk in the yard. / We ate our launch in the yard. / She has carrots in her yard. / What a nice yard, dude!

The drain in our house is clogged. / I saw a rat coming out of a drain. / My phone fell down into a drain. / Excess water went down the drain to the sewage. / The drain of population will harm local businesses. / I drank a drain of beer only.

My dad reads this business journal every Saturday morning. / Sarah keeps a travel journal. / A company keeps its accounting transactions in a journal.

The strap of my bag is too short. / She was wearing a top with white straps.

The American flag has stars and stripes. / She bought me a T-shirt with colorful stripes. / Adidas has 3 stripes.

This dress is made of very narrow strips of fabric. / He didn't have a bandage, so he ripped up his shirt into thin strips.

Stay in your lane when driving. / They live on a quiet country lane. / This country lane leads to a church. / The swimmer in lane two is leading the race. / The first lane is out of order, so go to the second one.

Snipers in the game can switch to armor-percing bullets to deal damage to armored vehicles.

What's the origin of this word? / Do you know the origin of this tradition? / We are asking about your class orgins.

Pavlov's experiment was based on conditioning. / He has got the proper conditioning for this job. / This plant needs conditioning.

The teacher refused the students' request to reschedule the test. / They came to us with a request for a loan. / Listen, they are playing my request!

There was a surge of activity in this area. / This challenge today is the surge of refugees. / She felt a sudden surge of joy. / No breaks for anyone, till this surge is under control. / It was some kind of massive power surge, right off the scale.

He broke the world record twice. / These records are not complete. / All records have been filed. / I listened to the whole record and made notes. / Be careful not to scratch the record. / His name does not appear in the record.

Their house is made of timber. / The most interesting species of tropical timber still have a market in wealthy countries.

We have been receiving anonymous threats. / Don't worry. These are empty threats. / It rained all week long, floods are a threat. / You don't take the threat of nuclear attack seriously?

These insurgents have a boat with a powerful cannon.

We cannot track the insurgents - that's what makes it hard to fight them.

As a law and medicine graduate, she was a scholar. / Słomczyński is a translator and a great scholar in English literature. / My professor was a scholar at the University of Tilburg. / He is a scholar at Harvard University.

I have a hunch that today you will finally find a job

We have to adjust the spotlight so it won't blind the actors. / Some people like to be in the spotlight.

The surface of the table was very rough. / I looked at the calm surface of the river. / The surface of this blanket is really soft. / There is a spot of blood on the surface of my sheet.

Do you belong to any trade associations? / Our association is expanding its scope. / The association's goals were agreed on. / We didn't see any association between the two events.

Jane suffers from eating disorders. / He was diagnosed with a personality disorder. / His speech caused serious disorder in the city centre. / The government's activites led to disorders in the country. / The room was in a great disorder.

Iron the collar before you put this shirt on. / My dog doesn't wear a collar.

They tell me I can't hunt an elephant for its ivory. / I see you're wearing a bit of ivory. / The walls were painted ivory.

I needed a pure specimen to be certain. / It was a very rare specimen. / You're quite a unique specimen, aren't you?

He could just recognised her silhouette in the dusk. / It was the silhouette she had seen before.

He has to dig a pit in his garden. / Working at a pit is dangerous. / I have a pit on my leg after the accident. / How can you live in this pit? / The audience in the pit was full. / Drive your car on the pit.

The human heart is divided into four chambers. / The meeting will take place in the main chamber. / British Parliament consists of two Chambers. / I'll be in my chamber if you need me. / He still had one bullet in his revolver's chamber.

The waste disposal won't happen until next week. / Disposal of shares can help companies to raise capital. / We cannot consider that strategy without using the tools at our disposal.

He's young driver and he lacks the awareness of potential danger on the road. / This campaign's aim is to raise public awareness of the danger of the internet. / Even in these difficult times we are calling for social awareness.

When I recovered consciousness I was lying on the floor. / She's lost consciousness.

Don't touch this acid, it is very strong. / Acid made him happy and relaxed.

That is the sort of question we have to answer. / I hate these sorts of shoes. / I'm not the sort of person who does such things. / I am a sort of person who likes cleanliness. / Did you see that sort? I want her phone number.

Being a student is a privilage. / It's not your right, it's a privilage and you should earn it. / It's a privilage to meet you, sir. / Our privilage got taken away from us.

The deceased left his estate to his wife.

I can't see any other solution. / The solution was obvious. / The solution to this riddle is not so obvious. / The solution is highly erosive, be careful.

It was the first time he had seen any efficiency. / Another way to look at the project is in efficiency terms. / There is a lot to be done just on the efficiency side.

This white color reminds you of innocence and purity. / We had to wait a couple of minutes for the liquid to achieve full purity.

Buying another TV was such a waste of money. / Some say that playing computer games is a waste of time. / Reading this book was a waste of time, it was awfully boring. / The waste left in the forest made me mad.