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scruffy

dirty and unwashed, brudny (o miejscu), niechlujny (o ubraniu)

accommodate to sth

adjust to sth

to have a finger in every pie

to be involved in everything is happening

to strain

to stretch by pulling

to strain pasta

odcedzać makaron

to home in on

to move in specified direction

to feel at home

familiar

to drive one's message home

explain, repeat, insist on my understanding it

to sidle up to

approach in a way that suggest nervousness or shyness, przysuwać się niespostrzeżenie

to repel

to drive back, make sb feel disgusted

to feel entranced

filled with great emotions as if by magic

penance

pokuta, punishment

to unlearn sth

to forget, make sth no longer in your present knowledge

proclivity

tendency

construct

system of beliefs made b human beings,

to portend

przepowiadać, zapowiadać, zwiastować, wróżyć, to be a sign or warning of sth unpleasant

to evince

to exhibit, przejawiać, przejawić, świadczyć (np. inteligencję, talent)

to align

to place things in a straight line

fallacy

mistaken belief of sth

hokum

czułostkowość, ckliwość, nonsens, bzdura, of writing

bunk

nonsense, brednie, bzdury, stek bzdur

to crack down on sth

to become stricter in order to control sth undesirable

bogus

not real, fałszywy, podrabiany, zmyślony, fikcyjny, udawany

to waffle on about sth

to talk, ride a great length without seeing anything important

claptrap

nonsense, bzdura

trumpery

showy, draws attention, of no value, paplanina, puste słowa

contradictions

sprzeczność

hatred

nienawiść

to pour scorn at/on sb

odnieść się z pogardą do kogoś

roaring success

everybody talks about this success

to quench one's thirst

to satisfy one's thirst

to elude

to escape, wymknąć, wymykać się, ominąć, omijać (uciekać od kogoś, od czegoś)

retract

move back from a statement

to derail

to go out of track (train), (mind) become crazy

to pay a flying visit

to visit sth shortly

futile

daremny, próżny (trud)

to linger on sth

to remain in small quantities, to be slow to move

to make a stab at it

to attempt to reach sth

to exert

to try really hard

to deputize for sb

zastępować (kogoś wyższego rangą)

with regard to...

as far as...

to have recourse to sth

to turn for support/help

to inhibit sb from

to make sb stop behaving naturally for him

to pose a problem to sb

stanowić problem

scarce

available rarely, in small quantities

to rise to any occasion

to show abilities when required

to be at variance with sb

to be in disagreement with sb

to give sb a cursory book

hurried, not throughout

in a hasty manner

speedily, not taking care

a plot of land

kawałek ziemi

a lost cause

not worth presuming

to lurk

to stay hidden in order to attack

to lure

to attract

to lurch

to stagger, uchylać się, schodzić na bok, chwiać się

to launch

rozpocząć (akcję, kampanię), wodować, uruchomić

reminiscent of

making sb remember nice things from the past

remnant

remaining part of sth

in one's good graces

favoured

to excel at sth

wyróżniać się w czymś, być w czymś lepszym od innych, to be really good at sth

to indulge

pozwalać sobie (na coś), dogadzać zaspokajać (potrzeby), zażywać (np. wolności, swobody) dawać upust (np. nerwom), dopuszczać się (np. przestępstwa) rozpieszczać (np. dzieci)

to feast one's eyes at sb

to enjoy one's beauty

credibility

instance of being trustful

to uphold

to maintain, keep sth valid

to deploy

to use efficiently

to exert pressure on sn

okazywać, używać (np. siły, wpływów)

it's only anybody's guess

no one knows what will happen

clairvoyant mind

able to see though future

forebodings

premonitions

to indict

oskarżać, stawiać w stan oskarżenia

adversities

unfortunate conditions, happenings

beheld

ujrzeć, spostrzec, spostrzegać

to partake of sth

to eat or drink a part of sth

sordid

dirty and unpleasant, niechlujny, obskurny (o pomieszczeniu)

memorabilia

things that make you remember sth

memorials

things to commemorate sb

to dispel

cause one's fear to go

to deprecate

to disapprove strongly

to dissent

mieć odmienne zdanie, odcinać się, zaoponować, odstąpić, odstępować (np. od panującej religii)

to disentangle

to resolve

to renounce

to give up on sb, to say that do not want to deal with sth

plea

bagging, earnest asking

utilitarian

useful, practical

to fall short

not to meet (sb's expectations)

to lay bare

to reveal, obnażać coś, odsłaniać co

to run low

not to have much

to come clean

to ell everything

benevolent

kind, friendly, helpful

incongruous

not in harmony, out of place

irrefutable

cannot be proven wrong, nie do obalenia

to use up

zużyć

ambiguous

has more than one meaning

astounding

surprising

benign

kind, gentle

bizarre

eccentric, strange

boisterous

noisy, burzliwy, wzburzony, gwałtowny (np. morze, fale, wiatr)

bossy

likely to dominate

cumbersome

awkward to move

frugal

economical, not likely to spend much money

obnoxious

extremely unpleasant, wstrętny, okropny, ohydny

pivotal

kluczowy, decydujący, zasadniczy, essential, central

plausible

can be believed

precarious

depending on a chance, insecure

shrewd

smart, wise, bystry, sprytny, przebiegły

strenuous

gorliwy (o osobie), usilny (o staraniach), exhausting

viable

likely to develop, operate successfully