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Anti-war

opposed to a particular war or to all wars

Antisocial

harmful to society: Antisocial also means not wanting to spend time with or be friendly with other people:

Antibiotic

a medicine or chemical that can destroy harmful bacteria in the body or limit their growth

Autograph

a signature (= your name written by yourself) of a famous person

Auto-pilot

a device which keeps aircraft, spacecraft and ships moving in a particular direction without human involvement

Autobiography

a book about a person's life, written by that person

Bicycle

a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move by turning the two pedals (= flat parts you press with your feet)

Bi-monthly

happening or appearing every two months or twice a month

Biannual

happening twice a year

Bilingual

(of a person) able to use two languages for communication, or (of a thing) using or involving two languages

Ex-wife

A man's ex-wife is a woman that he was married to but is not now married to.

Extract

to remove or take out something, to make someone give you something when they do not want to

Exhale

to send air out of your lungs

Excommunicate

When the Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church, excommunicates someone, it refuses to give them communion and does not allow them to be involved in the Church.

Micro-computer

a small computer containing a microprocessor (= part which controls operations)

microwave

(also microwave oven) an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly a very short electromagnetic wave used for cooking food or for sending information by radio or radar

microscopic

(informal humorous) extremely small

misunderstand

to think you have understood someone or something when you have not

mistranslate

źle przetłumaczyć

misinform

to tell someone information that is not correct

monotonous

staying the same and not changing and therefore boring

monologue

a long speech by one person, a short play for one actor

monogamous

a monogamous relationship

multinational

involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several different countries

multipurpose

describes a tool, etc. that can be used in several different ways

multiracial

involving people of several different races

overdo

to do something in a way that is too extreme

overtired

extremely tired, often so that you can not sleep

oversleep

to sleep for longer than you intended to and so wake up late

overeat

to eat more food than your body needs, especially so that you feel uncomfortably full

postwar

happening or existing in the period after a war, esp. World War II

postgraduate (noun)

a student who has already got one degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced qualification

post revolutionary

po rewolucyjne

pro-government

pro rządowy

pro-revolutionary

pro rewolucyjny

retype

powtórzyć

replace

to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else

rewind (rewound, rewound)

to put a tape recording back to the beginning

semicircular

having the shape of half a circle:

semifinal

the game or set of games before the final game in a competition:

semi-detached

A house that is semi-detached is one that is joined to another similar house on only one side

subway

UK an underground passage which allows people on foot to cross a busy road

submarine

a ship which can travel under water

subdivision

[C or U] any of the parts into which something is divided, or the act of creating these

underused

not used as much as it could or should be

undercooked

to not cook something enough

uncomfortable

not feeling comfortable and pleasant, or not making you feel comfortable and pleasant

inconvenient

causing problems or difficulties (niewygodny)

dissimilar

different

unjust

not fair