Unit 2 (Upstream)

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Domanda Risposta
civics
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a study of the rights and duties of citizens / wiedza o społeczeństwie
foundation
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a basis of sth / fundament, podstawa
enhance
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to improve, increase / poprawić, wzmocnić
outburst
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a sudden expression of emotions / wybuch
ignorance
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lack of knowledge / nieświadomość, niewiedza
make fair grades
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to obtain fairly good marks / dostawać dostateczne stopnie
clique
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a group of people who spend time together and don’t allow others to join them / zamknięta grupa, klika
sullen
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bad-tempered and moody / nadąsany, urażony
fly into a rage
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to suddenly become very angry / wpaść w szał
slam
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to shut noisily and with force / trzasnąć
stunned
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extremely surprised / osłupiały, oniemiały
livid
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extremely angry / wściekły
curt
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abrupt and rather rude / oschły, szorstki
begrudging
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reluctant, unwilling / niechętny
punctuate
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to occur at regular intervals / wypełniać, naznaczyć
shrug
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raising the shoulders slightly to show indifference or ignorance / wzruszenie ramion
wary
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distrustful, expecting sth bad to happen / nieufny, mający się na baczności
well up
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(of tears) to rise up to the surface / (o łzach) zakręcić się w oczach
unversed in sth
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not knowing much about sth / nieobeznany z czymś, nieświadomy
pull away
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to move away / odłączyć się (np. od grupy), odsunąć się
amplify
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to increase strength or intensity / wzmocnić
notion
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an idea, belief / pogląd, myśl
steer away from
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to stay or to lead gently away from / odwieść od czegoś, trzymać (się) z daleka od czegoś
reflective
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thinking deeply about sth / refleksyjny, introspektywny
impose
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to inflict / narzucać
a foregone conclusion
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sth that is certain to happen / pewnik
diminish
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to reduce in size / zmniejszyć (się)
come to grips with sb/sth
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to begin to deal with sb/sth / zmierzyć się, uporać się
unclench
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to open up / otworzyć, przestać zaciskać
peer
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a person of the same age or status as sb else / rówieśnik, kolega (np. po fachu)
ridicule
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to poke fun at sb or sth, to mock sb / naśmiewać się (z kogoś lub z czegoś)
snappy
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sharp, unfriendly / opryskliwy, szorstki
introspective
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examining one’s own feelings and thoughts / introspektywny, refleksyjny
overseer
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a supervisor of other people’s work / nadzorca
illegible
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so unclear that it cannot be read / nieczytelny
arbitrator
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an independent person appointed to settle a dispute / rozjemca
frostbite
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injury to body parts due to freezing / odmrożenie
apprentice
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a trainee / uczeń zawodu, praktykant
undergraduate
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a student who hasn’t yet obtained a degree / student na studiach licencjackich
post-graduate
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a student who already obtained a degree and studies for a further qualification, such as a master’s / student podyplomowy (magistrant lub doktorant)
entrant
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a person recently admitted to university / student rozpoczynający studia
query
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a question / pytanie
allocate
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to give / przydzielić
play truant
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to stay away from school without permission / wagarować
expel
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to dismiss / usunąć, wyrzucić
reprimand
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to criticise sb for their behaviour or actions / udzielić nagany
acknowledge
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to recognise / uznać, wziąć pod uwagę
wholesale
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totally, completely / całkowicie
sustain
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to maintain / podtrzymać, utrzymać
acquainted
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familiar / zaznajomiony, obeznany
bear with
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to be patient, to listen carefully for a moment / znosić (cierpliwie), wysłuchać przez chwilę
coincide
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to happen at the same time / zbiegać się, pokrywać się w czasie
plead with sb
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to ask in an intense and emotional way / prosić, błagać
succumb to sth
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to give in to sth / poddać się, ulec
by virtue of
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because of / ze względu na
burn the midnight oil
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to stay up very late in order to study or work / ślęczeć po nocach
live on a shoestring
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to live using very little money / żyć za bardzo małe pieniądze, klepać biedę
down-and-out
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a tramp / kloszard, bezdomny
suss out
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to work out / rozgryźć problem, połapać się w czymś
sloppy
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careless / niedbały
avid
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enthusiastic / zapalony, namiętny
operational
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functioning well / sprawny
curfew
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official rules (e.g. on a campus) forbidding noisy activities at night or leaving the place when it’s too late / cisza nocna
reservations
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a feeling of uncertainty / zastrzeżenia, wątpliwości
underused
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not used enough / niedostatecznie wykorzystany
agenda
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a list of items to be discussed at a meeting / porządek, program (zebrania)
cushion
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to protect / ochraniać, osłaniać
adequate
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satisfactory / odpowiedni, należyty, wystarczający
misconception
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a popular but wrong idea / błędne wyobrażenie lub przekonanie
portable
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easily carried or moved / przenośny
engrossed
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absorbed / pochłonięty, zaabsorbowany
assess
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to evaluate / ocenić
unjust
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unfair / niesprawiedliwy
liken
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to compare / przyrównać
prospects
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possibilities that sth will happen / perspektywy, szanse
constitute
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to be part of / stanowić
bursary
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scholarship / stypendium
launch
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to establish, initiate / wprowadzić, zapoczątkować
eligible
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qualified, entitled to sth / spełniający niezbędne warunki, kwalifikujący się
subsequent
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following sth / kolejny, następny
obstinately
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stubbornly / uparcie, z uporem
diminutive
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very small / drobny, mały
dizzying heights
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a very high level / poziom przyprawiający o zawrót głowy
verbalised
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expressed orally / wyrażony słowami
patronise
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to behave in a superior way towards sb / traktować protekcjonalnie
tantalisingly
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temptingly close but beyond reach / nieuchwytnie, boleśnie blisko
primate
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a member of the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and monkeys / ssak z rzędu naczelnych
inadequacy
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a failing / niedostatek, niedoskonałość
dismiss
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to reject as unimportant / odrzucić, zlekceważyć
philistine
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a person who is ignorant of the arts / filister
indictment
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an accusation / oskarżenie, potępienie
sorely
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very much, seriously / ogromnie, boleśnie
strictures on sb/sth
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severe criticism / ostra krytyka
reign
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to rule / królować
rectify
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to correct / naprawić
inadvertently
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unintentionally / niechcący
scorn
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to reject in a contemptuous way / szydzić, gardzić
precede
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to come before sth else / poprzedzać
at a/the tender age
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at a very young age / w (bardzo) młodym wieku
ditty
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a short light-hearted song or poem / rymowanka, krótka (wierszowana) piosenka
efficacy
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effectiveness, especially of a medicine / skuteczność (np. leku)
admissible
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allowed / dopuszczalny
conspicuous
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easily noticed / widoczny, zwracający uwagę
compromising
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happy to accept a situation which isn’t perfect / idący na ustępstwa
audible
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loud enough to be heard / słyszalny
settling
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calming / uspokajający
revocable
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that can be cancelled / dający się wycofać, unieważnić
reducible
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that can be simplified / dający się uprościć, zredukować
resistible
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not tempting / taki, któremu można się oprzeć
resolute
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determined / zdecydowany, stanowczy
legible
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clear enough to be read / czytelny
be silhouetted
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to be visible as a dark shape against a lighter background / zarysować się na tle czegoś
assemble
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to gather / zgromadzić (się)
hint
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an indirect suggestion / aluzja
congestion
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blocking of the nose which hinders breathing / zapchanie nosa
under the tutelage of
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instructed by sb, usually a person of high authority / pod czyimś kierunkiem
commerce
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trading / handel
bound to be
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certain to be / na pewno
commitment
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dedication / oddanie, zaangażowanie

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