Vocabulary revision 4

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onslaught
From what you're saying, Earth should begin preparing for this onslaught now.
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szturm, atak, najazd
Z tego, co mi powiedzieliście, Ziemia powinna natychmiast zacząć przygotowania do obrony przed tym atakiem.
proprietary
The two companies also agreed to protect each other's proprietary information.
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zastrzeżony (np. o informacji)
proprietary
We want a solution which is not a proprietary service of one company.
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chroniony patentem (produkt), markowy, autorski
snag
My clothes got snagged when I walked through the forest.
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rozerwać, rozedrzeć (o coś), porwać (np. ubranie)
Moje ubrania się porwały, jak przechodziłem przez las.
abscess
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ropień, wrzód
risque
The early, risque songs were well ahead of their time.
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pikantny, niecenzuralny (np. żart, uwaga)
sketchy
Right now, the details I have are sketchy at best.
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niepełny (o wiedzy), pobieżny (o informacji)
tryst
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schadzka, randka literary
lodge
He lives in the woods, in the old lodge.
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domek, chata, stróżówka
Mieszka w lesie, w starej stróżówce...
clammy
He took her hand in his and it was clammy.
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lepki, oślizgły
shanty
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buda, rudera, barak
scruff
I buried my face in the scruff of his neck.
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kark
endowment
Sir, this is a benefit to increase our endowment.
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darowizna
Sir, to dodatek do naszej darowizny.
endowment
His endowment helped me continue my studies.
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dotowanie, dofinansowanie, ufundowanie
Jego dotowanie pomogło mi kontynuować moją naukę.
thrall
We must assume they have all our people in thrall.
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niewolnik, niewola
mulct
The maximum sentence is two years' imprisonment and a mulct of $100,000.
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grzywna
moot point
Whether the current version will work is a moot point.
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punkt sporny
moot
He had mooted the idea of becoming a teacher but made no serious attempts to do anything about it.
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poruszać, rozważać
lumpy
The rice is all lumpy because you put too much water in it.
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grudkowaty, pokryty guzami
bequeath
He died in 1728 without bequeathing the land to anyone.
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zapisać, zapisywać w spadku, pozostawić
straitlaced
You don't want your straightlaced parents knowing you've actually gone out and enjoyed yourself, do you?
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konserwatywny, ortodoksyjny, purytański, zasadniczy
reprieve
The general looked as if he were just granted a reprieve.
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ułaskawienie, zawieszenie (wyroku)
lisp
At least I'd be able to talk without lisping.
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seplenić, seplenienie
mete, mete out
Let's look at the evidence and then try to mete out some justice.
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wymierzyć (np. sprawiedliwość, karę)
death knell
The couple considered the decision a death knell for their project.
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dzwony pogrzebowe (sygnalizujące, że wkrótce coś przestanie istnieć)
lanky
His arms, legs and torso are unrealistically long and lanky.
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chudy, tyczkowaty
Jego ramiona, nogi i tors są nierealistycznie długie i tyczkowate.
eke
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oszczędnie gospodarować
eke out informal
We barely eke out.
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wiązać koniec z końcem, żyć skromnie
My ledwie wiążemy koniec z końcem.
deign
I asked her, but she didn't deign to answer me.
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raczyć, zechcieć
Spytałem ją, ale ona nie raczyła mi odpowiedzieć.
tercentenary
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trzechsetlecie
aeon
With some people, a month can seem like an aeon.
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wieczność
sumptuous
I met Eisenhower only once, at a very large and sumptuous ball.
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przepyszny, okazały, pełen przepychu (np. pałac), wystawny, syty (o uczcie)
biennial
Many biennials require a cold treatment, before they will flower.
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dwuletni (mający miejsce co dwa lata), dwuroczny, dwuletni (o roślinie)
antebellum
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przedwojenny (w szczególności w odniesieniu do wojny secesyjnej)
adherence
Adherence to the rules is the foundation of our society.
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przestrzeganie (zasad, reguł)
Przestrzeganie przepisów to fundament naszego społeczeństwa.
abhor
Nature may abhor a vacuum, but gravity does not care.
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czuć odrazę, czuć wstręt (do czegoś)
proliferate
Gluten-free products started to proliferate on the food market.
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rozmnażać się, mnożyć się
Produkty bezglutenowe zaczęły się mnożyć się na rynku żywnościowym.
claimant
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ubiegający się o coś, petent
trample
I can hear a trample in the corridor.
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deptanie, odgłos kroków
Słyszę odgłos kroków w korytarzu.
ballpark, ball park
Ballpark shoe size... ten to eleven.
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przybliżony (np. koszt) informal
Przybliżony rozmiar buta... 10 do 11.
thumping, thumping great
British Airways made a thumping loss
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ogromny, miażdżący British English informal
poky
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przyciasny, ciasny, ciasnawy (np. o mieszkaniu) British English informal
poky
But you can't live and sleep in one poky room!
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ślamazarny, powolny, niemrawy (np. o kierowcy) American English informal
bung
I think we must have bunged it up with some gunge!
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zaszpuntować, zaczopować, zakorkować, zatkać, zatykać
bung
You must bung 10 kilos into the hand luggage and go.
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rzucić, rzucać British English informal
gunge
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kleista masa, maź, gluty

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