Vocabulary revision 5

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strait
Our company is in financial straits.
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kłopot, strapienie, problem
Nasza firma ma kłopoty finansowe.
destitute
People became destitute, and many of them lost almost everything they had.
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ogołocony (z czegoś), bez środków do życia, w nędzy
rattle
Her question rattled him.
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denerwować (kogoś), zbić z tropu informal
Jej pytanie zdenerwowało go.
tabby, tabbis
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pręgowany (o kocie)
chortle
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rechot, chichot
swoop
The hawk swooped down on its prey.
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rzucać się (z góry), spadać nagle (na coś)
Jastrząb rzucił się na swoją ofiarę.
chuckle
You could hear someone chuckle in the back row.
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chichotać
Można było usłyszeć, jak ktoś chichocze w tylnym rzędzie.
pinprick
I looked at the pinpricks of light in the wall.
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punkcik
beady eyes
She never takes her beady eyes off me.
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świdrujące oczy, przenikliwe oczy
Ona nigdy nie spuszcza ze mnie swoich przenikliwych oczu.
ruffled
His brown hair, cut once a week, was never ruffled
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zmierzwiony, zwichrzony
flinch
She flinched at the sound of my voice, then turned.
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wzdrygać się
tuft
He swung the golf club so hard it launched a tuft of grass in the air.
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kępka (np. trawy), kłak (np. włosów), pęk (np. kwiatów)
On uderzył kijem golfowym tak mocno, że kępka trawy poszybowała w powietrze.
gingerly
They moved gingerly down the hall toward the living room.
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ostrożnie, delikatnie (chodzić, dotykać coś)
slink
But in the end, he thought better of it and slunk away.
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oddalać się, przesmykiwać się
shrill
Despite their small size, crickets make very shrill noises.
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piskliwy (głos), przeszywający (dźwięk), przenikliwy (odgłos)
Pomimo swoich małych rozmiarów, świerszcze wydają bardzo przenikliwe odgłosy.
knobbly-kneed
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z guzowatymi kolanami
tantrum, temper tantrum
So what should you do when a child throws a tantrum?
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furia, napad (złości, szału), histeria
sweetums
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kochanie, skarbie spoken synonim: sweetie
snarl
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warczenie z obnażonymi zębami (o psie)
hoodlum
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chuligan, bandzior, gangster informal
jibber-jabber
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bełkot, paplanina informal
knickerbockers
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pumpy (krótkie, luźne spodnie zwężone w kolanach noszone w przeszłości)
quiver
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drżeć, drgać, trząść się
sniffle
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pociągać nosem (płacząc) spoken
amble
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iść spokojnym krokiem
ragged
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wystrzępiony (o materiale), poszarpany (o ubraniu)
rasp
She could almost hear the rough rasp of his voice.
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chrypienie (głosu)
quail
For the first time she saw its face, and her heart quailed
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truchleć (ze strachu) literary
spawn
There was a lot of fish spawn at the bottom of the lake.
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ikra (rybia), skrzek (żabi)
Na dnie jeziora było mnóstwo ikry.
evergreen
There are some evergreens in the forest.
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roślina wiecznie zielona
W lesie jest trochę roślin wiecznie zielonych.
covet
Inside was her old record player, which I had coveted for years.
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pragnąć, patrzeć z zazdrością
cessation
The cessation of breathing does not always result in death.
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ustanie formal
acquiesce
I acquiesced to his proposal for reasons of my own.
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zgadzać się (na coś), przystawać (na coś)
offhand
The boy was offhand and always trying to be clever.
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bezceremonialny, niegrzeczny
atonement
His whole life has been atonement for those few years.
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zadośćuczynienie (za coś), odkupienie grzechów formal
techie
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guru informatyczny informal
sallow
Her complexion became sallow because she had been smoking for years.
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blady (np. o kimś, kto wygląda na chorego), ziemisty (kolor, o cerze)
Jej cera stała się ziemista, ponieważ paliła przez lata.
harrowing
He and his daughter had gone through a harrowing experience.
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wstrząsający, straszny, przerażający (np. o doświadczeniu)
eerie
The echo in the cavern was eerie.
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upiorny, pełen grozy, niesamowity
Echo w jaskini było upiorne.
vulpine
The woman had a thin vulpine face with a sharp nose.
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lisi, chytry, przebiegły
vixen
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lisica
whereby
There are ways whereby I can acquire the needed details.
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przez co formal
lurch
The man was drunk and he lurched towards me.
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uchylać się, schodzić na bok, chwiać się
Facet był pijany i zachwiał się w moją stronę...
gripe
He keeps griping that he has no money.
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jęczeć, narzekać, biadolić (w denerwujący sposób) informal
On ciągle biadoli, że nie ma pieniędzy.
impervious
I only despair that the public seems impervious to it.
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obojętny formal, nieprzenikliwy, nieprzepuszczalny (o materiale)
ursine
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niedźwiedzi, misiowaty
bequest
He left bequests to more than 50 relatives, friends and former employees.
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zapis (np. na rzecz kogoś)
strapped
They had gone out to dinner, a rare happening on their strapped budget.
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bez grosza przy duszy, spłukany
behemoth
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gigantyczne zwierzę, ogromny potwór formal
gangling
He was a tall and skinny, almost gangling man, in his late twenties.
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tykowaty, wysoki, szczupły i niezgrabny w ruchach, patykowaty
On był wysokim i szczupłym, prawie patykowanym mężczyzną przed trzydziestką.
vasectomy
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wazektomia (przecięcie nasieniowodu)
simian
Marilyn was the only one infected with the simian virus.
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małpi (np. wygląd) literary
precipitate
It was not clear what precipitated his decision to leave now.
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przyspieszać formal
malingerer
Every physician knows of a malingerer who underwent a needless diagnostic or surgical procedure.
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symulant
haggard
After a sleepless night her face looked very tired and haggard.
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wymizerowany, mizerny, wynędzniały (o wyglądzie)
Po nieprzespanej nocy jej twarz wyglądała na bardzo zmęczoną i mizerną.
sundial
The shadow on the sundial showed it was 4pm.
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zegar słoneczny
Cień na zegarze słonecznym pokazał, że była 16:00.
bedridden, bedrid
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przykuty do łóżka, obłożnie chory synonim: bed-bound
comatose
The comatose boy died five days later.
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w stanie śpiączki, otępiały, otumaniony (przenośne znaczenie)
adherent
The church says it has 32,000 adherents in 16 countries.
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stronnik, zwolennik, członek
rectifiable
Minister, we have made some rectifiable errors, that is all
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dający się naprawić
carcinogen
Some of the materials are known or suspected to be carcinogens.
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czynnik rakotwórczy, kancerogen
scamper
Children scampered past him, on their way to the playground behind the building.
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pędzić, szybko przebierając nogami (np. o dziecku)
elitism
The elitism of the past has got to end.
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elitaryzm (nadrzędność, wyższość)

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