Unit 1 (Upstream)

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versatile
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having different uses / wielofunkcyjny
stranded
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helpless, unable to leave a place / nie mogący się skądś wydostać, zdany na własne siły
grope
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to search with difficulty / szukać po omacku
tedious
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boring / uciążliwy, nużący
quaint
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attractively unusual and old / staroświecki, osobliwy, urokliwy
merchant vessel
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a ship used in trade / statek handlowy
bear the flag
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to display a flag on a ship / być pod banderą
distress call
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a signal for help / wezwanie pomocy
adrift
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not tied to anything, floating / dryfujący, znoszony przez prąd
enduring
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continuing for a long time / ciągły, długotrwały
commonplace
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ordinary, usual / powszechny, pospolity
relay
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to receive a message and pass it on / przekazać (wiadomość)
prudence
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good judgement / rozwaga, roztropność
distorted
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(of a signal) unnatural in appearance or sound / zniekształcony
infantry
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soldiers who fight on foot / piechota
come out on top
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to be more successful than others; to be in the first position / być górą, na pierwszym miejscu
peck
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to strike quickly and repeatedly (e.g. keys in a typewriter) / dosł. dziobać; tu: stukać (np. w klawisze)
clatter
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a continuous noise caused by objects hitting each other / brzęk
recede
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to move away from the central position, to gradually disappear / zniknąć, zacząć zanikać
envision
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to imagine sth as a possibility / przewidzieć, wyobrażać sobie
gist
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the general meaning / główna myśl
laborious
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needing much effort / żmudny, mozolny
redundant
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no longer needed / zbędny, zbyteczny
shrug
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to raise one’s shoulders slightly to express doubt or lack of interest / wzruszyć ramionami
abruptly
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suddenly, unexpectedly / nagle, raptownie, ostro
profound
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very great, intense / głęboki, przemożny
rousing
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exciting and encouraging / porywający
pertinent
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relevant / istotny, mający ścisły związek z tematem
wall-mounted
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attached to the wall / umocowany na ścianie
aerial
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an antenna / antena
thrust
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to push forcefully and suddenly / wepchnąć
nook
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a quiet, small, sheltered space / zakątek, wnęka
niche
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a hollow area in a wall used to display sth / nisza, wnęka
void
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a large empty space / próżnia, pustka
reel
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a round object on which thread, wire, cinema film, etc can be wound / rolka, szpul(k)a
conventional
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usually used / tradycyjny
retract
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to move back or in / wciągnąć, schować
recoil
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to suddenly move backwards / cofnąć się odruchowo, odskoczyć
materialise
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to suddenly become visible / pojawić się niespodziewanie, wyłonić się znikąd
contempt
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a feeling that sb or sth is not worthy of respect / pogarda
menacingly
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in a threatening way / groźnie
stern
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serious, disapproving / srogi, surowy
scowl
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to look angrily at sb / popatrzeć gniewnie na kogoś
jeer
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to laugh and shout rudely or insultingly at sb/sth / wygwizdać, wyśmiać, wyszydzić
simper
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to smile in a silly, unnatural way / mizdrzyć się, uśmiechać się kokieteryjnie
growl
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to make a deep rough sound in the throat, usually in anger / warknąć
munch
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to chew food noisily / chrupać
mumble
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to speak very quietly and not clearly / mamrotać, mowić do siebie
muddle
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to confuse, mix up things / pomieszać, poplątać
muster
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to gather, collect / zebrać (np. siły), zdobyć się na coś
gape
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to look in surprise (usually with an open mouth) / gapić się z otwartymi ustami
ogle
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to look, especially at a woman, in a way that suggets sexual interest / patrzeć lubieżnie
piercing
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very high, sharp and clear in an unpleasant way / przenikliwy
yelp
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a sudden cry of fear, pain or excitement / skowyt, skomlenie
shriek
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a loud shout in a high voice, made when one is excited or frightened / wrzask, pisk
subtlety
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a detail hardly noticeable but important / drobny szczegół, subtelność
nuance
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a very slight difference in meaning or appearance / niuans
verbose
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using more words than necessary / (o stylu) rozwlekły, (o osobie) gadatliwy
long-winded
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saying too much in a boring way / rozwlekły, nużąco długi
elongated
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long and thin / pociągły, wydłużony
stretched-out
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held straight / wyciągnięty
mutter
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to speak in a low voice not easily heard, usually to complain / mamrotać, mruczeć pod nosem
stutter
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to speak with difficulty in producing sounds / jąkać się
splutter
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to speak in a quick, confused way producing short unclear sounds / bełkotać
pitch
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the height of a speaking voice or musical note / ton
striking
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very noticeable or unusual / rzucający się w oczy, uderzający, znamienny
premises
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the land and buildings that a business or institution occupies / siedziba, lokal
in jest
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not seriously / żartem
not to mince one’s words
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to say things directly to sb even if they can hurt or offend them / nie owijać w bawełnę
on the tip of one’s tongue
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used when one is trying hard to remember sth / na końcu języka
be all ears
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to be ready and eager to listen to sb / zamienić się w słuch
mutual acquaintance
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sb who is known by two or more people / wspólny znajomy
keep sth under one’s hat
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not to divulge information / trzymać coś w tajemnicy
mum’s the word
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used to tell sb or to agree that sth must be kept secret / cicho sza
in strictest confidence
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secretly / w głębokiej tajemnicy
scruffy
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dirty or untidy / niechlujny
lounge suit
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a suit of matching jacket and trousers, sometimes worn for a special occasion / garnitur (wizytowy)
trench coat
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a long loose raincoat with pockets and a belt / trencz
baggy cords
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loose fitting trousers made of corduroy fabric / luźne (workowate) sztruksy
negligible
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too small to be worthy of attention / nieistotny, bez znaczenia
lingua franca
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a shared language of communication
rivalry
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competition / rywalizacja, konkurencja

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