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przypuszczać, zakładać / przypuszczenie, założenie inizia ad imparare
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Don't assume that she doesn't like you; ask her. Don't ever assume anything. You hurt his feelings with your mistaken assumptions
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inizia ad imparare
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brief, fleeting, short-lived Leave me a brief message before you go out, I gave a brief speech.
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zajmować się, podejmować, angażować kogoś inizia ad imparare
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I don't want to engage in politics.
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uczestniczyć (aktywnie), brać udział oficjalnie inizia ad imparare
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Did you participate in the competition?
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zamęt, bałagan x3 / zmieszany, otumaniony, mętny, niejasny inizia ad imparare
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muddle, fuss, disarray/ muddled I hate all this muddle - I'll have to tidy it up.
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porywający, wciągający (np. film, książka) x3 inizia ad imparare
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gripping, absorbing, immersive The book was so gripping that I just couldn't put it down.
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zdumiewający, szokujący, oszałamiający synonimy: astounding, astonishing / zdumiewająco inizia ad imparare
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staggering / staggeringly The financial impact on the town was staggering.
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przerażający, okropny (np. o warunkach gdzieś) /.../ pociągający, kuszący inizia ad imparare
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appalling /.../ appealing The conditions in the prison were appalling./// That quality in him made him appealing.
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inizia ad imparare
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generous / generous to someone
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inizia ad imparare
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He is capable, so we hired him. Sarah isn't capable of cooking a meal for everybody
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być beznadziejnym w czymś, być w czymś beznadziejnym inizia ad imparare
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My parents are hopeless at art but my sister and I are both artists now.
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dobrze znać się na czymś, mieć dużą wiedzę na jakiś temat inizia ad imparare
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be knowledgeable about something Philip has lived in Finland and he is very knowledgeable about the country's history
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inizia ad imparare
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be efficient at something Paul is very efficient at making travel arrangements
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świadomy czegoś / być w pełni świadomy tego / uświadomić sobie, zdać sobie sprawę inizia ad imparare
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aware of something / be fully aware of it / become aware
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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zapewniać / niepewny czegoś inizia ad imparare
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powrót do czegoś (oficjalnie) inizia ad imparare
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znakomity np. pomysł, genialny np. plan inizia ad imparare
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splendid weather. She is a splendid painter. I think a party is a splendid idea! You have a splendid opportunity to do something different and original.
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inizia ad imparare
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be prey to sth, fall prey to sth, fall victim to sth She was prey to sexual abuse during her childhood
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Their lives were, and are, humdrum. a humdrum job. Going to night school might improve your chances of getting out of that humdrum job
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umiarkowany, średni / umiarkowany klimat inizia ad imparare
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moderate / temperate, mild
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stanąć na wysokości zadania, dać z siebie wszystko inizia ad imparare
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It’s time they stepped up to the plate and took responsibility for their actions.
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wdzięczność/ uznanie / wdzięczny inizia ad imparare
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gratitude, appreciation / grateful I wish to express my profound gratitude to Mr Smith. My heartfelt appreciation goes to all my friends and colleagues.
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krzewić, rozwijać, pielęgnować, wspierać (np. rozwój, współpracę) Moi rodzice nigdy nie wspierali moich decyzji. inizia ad imparare
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My parents never fostered my decisions.
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odpowiedzialność, odpowiedzialność (gdy ktoś jest odpowiedzialny za coś i jest gotów na przyjęcie krytyki) x2 inizia ad imparare
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responsibility, accountability I will take all accountability for our failure on me.
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inizia ad imparare
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rozpocząć coś, zacząć x2 not p.v. inizia ad imparare
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get the ball rolling, go ahead with sth Who'd like to get the ball rolling? Let's start the ball rolling with the summary of the last week.
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She regrets having kids because she thinks they hold her back from spreading her wings.
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zebrać np. plony, zyski, zbierać (owoce pracy), korzystać (z wyniku czegoś) inizia ad imparare
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The company is now reaping the harvest of careful planning.
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odporny, wytrzymały (o osobie), x2/ odporny na choroby inizia ad imparare
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resilient, resistant / immune, immune Despite enormous suffering, the patient remained resilient.
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aquaintance, aquaintance,
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wprowadzać w życie, wdrażać inizia ad imparare
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We may not have enough money to implement our plan.
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przyrostowy, stopniowy, narastający inizia ad imparare
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Last year, we made incremental progress. We noticed a slow but steady development.
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zmniejszać, zmniejszać się, maleć, ubywać, też umniejszać (np. znaczenie czegoś), pomniejszać (np. czyjeś osiągnięcia) inizia ad imparare
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My enthusiasm has diminished greatly.
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objętość, pojemność, ładowność też zdolność uczenia się / być poza zasięgiem czyjegoś zrozumienia inizia ad imparare
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capacity, be beyond one's capacity It seems to be beyond his capacity to follow simple instructions
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szanse, prawdopodobieństwo, los [tylko liczba mnoga] (Los mu nie sprzyja, podobnie jak i wiek.) inizia ad imparare
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What are the odds of you moving in here with me? The odds are against him and so is his age.
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Make sure the table is securely anchored. The crane is securely anchored at two points.
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dziwactwo, fantazja, chwilowa moda, kaprys inizia ad imparare
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How long do you think this Internet fad is going to last?
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inizia ad imparare
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I will drop you off at the station.
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silna potrzeba, pragnienie (zrobienia czegoś), popęd np. seksualny, pragnienie inizia ad imparare
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I feel a strong urge to go out of the office. I couldn't resist the urge to steal that video camera from the shop.
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popierać (czyjeś poglądy), wspierać (przekonania), wzmacniać (uczucia), umacniać (więzi) inizia ad imparare
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The parting reinforced our love.
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wyczerpać, uszczuplać, wyczerpywać, redukować inizia ad imparare
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Our food supply was soon depleted.
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dodatkowe źródło dochodu, dodatkowa praca x3 inizia ad imparare
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side hustle, side job, side gig
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wykluczenie, wyłączenie, zamknięcie dostępu, pominięcie inizia ad imparare
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He earned himself an exclusion with his bad behaviour
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wyrabiać sobie, opanowywać np. pozycję zawodową inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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spójny, konsekwentny / rozbieżność inizia ad imparare
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There is something of a discrepancy between scientific findings and political action.
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nadciągające terminy / sprostać terminom inizia ad imparare
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looming deadlines / meet a deadline
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wprowadzić w życie, wdrażać inizia ad imparare
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stopniowy, nieznaczny, przyrostowy inizia ad imparare
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Last year, we made incremental progress. We noticed a slow but steady development.
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szkodliwe, negatywne skutki efekty x3 inizia ad imparare
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detrimental / deleterious/ adverse effects
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znienawidzona rzecz, coś co kogoś drażni inizia ad imparare
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Weak coffee is one of my pet peeves.
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wada, braki X3 / wady i zalety inizia ad imparare
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downside, shortcoming, drawback / pros and cons, merits and drawbacks
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the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
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codzienne, rutynowe życie / nużąca praca inizia ad imparare
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mundane life / a tedious job
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plausible, feasible, viable
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to wszystko sprowadza się do (potocznie) inizia ad imparare
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to przyczynia się do /to wynika z tego / to pociąga za sobą inizia ad imparare
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it contributes to / it stems from sth / it entails...
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zestawienie (dwóch lub kilku rzeczy na zasadzie kontrastu) / uderzające zestawienie, połączenie inizia ad imparare
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juxtaposition, striking juxtaposition
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pochłonięty czymś/ zanurzony w czymś x2 inizia ad imparare
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engrossed in sth/ immersed in something
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zafascynowany, zauroczony czymś inizia ad imparare
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The children were enthralled by the story she was telling.
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inizia ad imparare
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exhilarating (experience) Learning to surf is exhausting but exhilarating.
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straszny, rozdzierający np. ból inizia ad imparare
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excruciating, excruciating pain The noise they made was excruciating. The pain was too excruciating for me.
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inizia ad imparare
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utrudnienie, przeszkoda x4 inizia ad imparare
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hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, handicap
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inizia ad imparare
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jeopardise, threaten, pose a threat, imperil This pregnancy threatens my career.
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zniekształcony (np. obraz, rzeczywistość) inizia ad imparare
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distorted vision, distorted image, distorted reality
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przewidywać, wyobrażać sobie x5 inizia ad imparare
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envisage, predict, project, forsee, forcast
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In the small towns racial prejudice was deeply entrenched. • The attitudes of adults to mentally handicapped tend to be firmly entrenched, and difficult to change.
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czynić w czymś postępy, widoczny efekt inizia ad imparare
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make inroads into something You won't make inroads in your career unless you change your attitude.
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inizia ad imparare
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Her nimble feet show what a great dancer she is.
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sztywny, surowy, nieugięty, twardy synonim: inflexible inizia ad imparare
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The matter in a neutron star is about as rigid as matter can get.
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nabierać tempa, nabrać rozpędu, przyspieszać inizia ad imparare
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After 1946, support for European unity began to gather pace.
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następnie, potem, później, następujący po sobie inizia ad imparare
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The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages.
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wykrzyknąć x2 / wykrzyknik inizia ad imparare
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exclaim, call something out, call out something / exclamation mark He was calling out some insults.
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inizia ad imparare
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This skull is over two thousand years old.
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ironiczny uśmiech, złośliwy uśmieszek / uśmiechać się ironicznie, złośliwie inizia ad imparare
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He looks mean when he smirks like that.
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zbić z tropu, zatkać (kogoś niespodziewaną wiadomością) inizia ad imparare
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She completely floored me when she announced she was getting married.
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parszywy, nędzny, kiepski, podły, okropny (np. bardzo złej jakości) potocznie kiepski, mizerny (niezbyt dobry w czymś), wstrętny, zawszony inizia ad imparare
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The country would be better off if more women were serving in Congress.
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In a month or so we'll check the outcome of our efforts.
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nie móc znieść widoku czegoś inizia ad imparare
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can't stand the sight of sth He can't stand the sight of blood. I can't stand the sight of my reflection in the mirror.
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niebezpieczny, ryzykowny termin literacki inizia ad imparare
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inexplicable, inexplicable, inexplicable For some inexplicable reasons she's decided to cancel the projects
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She despised her neighbours.
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tuszować np. dowód, ukrywać fakty, zatajać prawdę, tłumić np. ziewnięcie, uśmiech, poskramiać uczucia, wstrzymywać postęp, osłabiać odporność, hamować np. rozwój, wzrost inizia ad imparare
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• He looked at me, waiting with suppressed anger.
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inizia ad imparare
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In that year five million Chinese people died in the famine.
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wywodzić się, pochodzić z inizia ad imparare
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The enzyme is derived from human blood.
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powstrzymać się od zrobienia czegoś, pohamować się od zrobienia czegoś inizia ad imparare
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to refrain from doing something
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inizia ad imparare
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zmieszany, wprawiony w zakłopotanie inizia ad imparare
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What's wrong? You look perplexed.
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wtrącać się, wtrącać się w coś inizia ad imparare
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przeciętny, średni, mierny / średniak (o osobie), ktoś przeciętny mierność, miernota, przeciętność inizia ad imparare
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mediocre, mediocre / mediocrity, mediocrity Your composition was rather mediocre - you certainly could do better. His acting career started brilliantly, then sank into mediocrity.
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legalny, prawowity, zgodny z prawem inizia ad imparare
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zastępować np. produkt ideę, wypierać kogoś coś inizia ad imparare
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Iron began to supersede bronze for tool making about 3000 years ago. Their map has since been superseded by photographic atlases.
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lont, zapalnik / rozbrajać minę bombę, rozładować napięcie, łagodzić sytuację, zażegnać kryzys / załagodzić sytuację inizia ad imparare
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fuse, fuze /defuse, defuze / defuse a situation
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Grzęda/ rozstawiać po kątach, mieć pełną kontrolę, rządzić / kogut inizia ad imparare
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Roost / rule the roost/ rooster
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dojść do siebie po stracie finansowej (o firmie) wracać do zdrowia, dojść do siebie (po chorobie) inizia ad imparare
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Coles is recuperating from a sprained ankle. We’ve recuperated our losses.
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przeciekać, ujawniać informacje/ przeciek dziura inizia ad imparare
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Her good friend leaked the information to the press.
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przekazać coś komuś dalej (umiejętności, wiedzę) inizia ad imparare
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pass down, pass something down, pass something down to somebody The tradition has been passed down from father to son for generations.
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wartości odżywcze, pożywienie pokarm inizia ad imparare
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charakterystyczny, szczególny, wyróżniający się inizia ad imparare
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distinctive, distinctive feature Whatever you think of Larkin's poetry, it's certainly distinctive. • Male birds have distinctive blue and yellow markings.
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przerzucać most, łączyć (coś z czymś), zmniejszać (różnice, przepaść) język pisany inizia ad imparare
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They bridged the lake at 2 points. We bridged the two cliffs. We must bridge the divide between our society and the immigrants.
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przeplatać się, wpleciony / pleść, tkać, wyplatać inizia ad imparare
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interweave interwove interwoven / weave wove woven My grandmother wove a blanket for me.
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przeglądać, czytać uważnie, studiować oficjalnie inizia ad imparare
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He was perusing the map to find our camping site.
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mający efekt przeciwny do zamierzonego, nieproduktywny inizia ad imparare
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Some of the in-company trainings seem counterproductive
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demaskować (oszustwo), obalać (np. teorię, mit) inizia ad imparare
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zwyżkować (o giełdzie), wzrastać nagle (o temperaturze), skakać (o cenach) inizia ad imparare
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Our company's actions spiked after last week's announcement.
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bardzo czegoś pragnąć czasownik błagać o coś, zabiegać o coś oficjalnie łaknąć, mieć chętkę na coś inizia ad imparare
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I crave for some hot instant cocoa, I need sugar so badly.
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inizia ad imparare
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przeważający, powszechnie występujący, rozpowszechniony synonim common inizia ad imparare
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Solvent abuse is especially prevalent among younger teenagers.
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furę, dużo, masę, kupę (określenie ilości) potocznie strasznie, cholernie, bardzo, mega inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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działać na coś, jeździć na coś (o samochodzie, np. na benzynę) inizia ad imparare
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dodatek, domieszka (substancja dodawana do czegoś, poprawiająca np. zapach, wygląd) inizia ad imparare
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długotrwały, nieprzerwany / podtrzymywać rozmowę, zainteresowanie), utrzymywać (np. dobrą jakość) inizia ad imparare
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I tried to sustain the conversation, but he was just too boring.
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odżywić, odżywiać, nawieźć, nawozić synonim: feed żywić, mieć (np. nadzieję, ambicję) inizia ad imparare
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składnik odżywczy, substancja pokarmowa, substancja odżywcza inizia ad imparare
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nutrient, nutrient, nutrient Eat a variety of foods to get all the nutrients you need.
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rośliny strączkowe, roślina strączkowa strączek, strąk inizia ad imparare
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rozpraszać się np o ludziach rozchodzić się / rozkojarzać się rozpraszać się inizia ad imparare
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People dispersed and disappeared. Sorry, I keep getting distracted.
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inizia ad imparare
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The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain. The UN’s most important objective is to alleviate world poverty.
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w krótkim terminie w krótkim czasie, na ostatnią chwilę / na krótką metę inizia ad imparare
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at short notice English/ on short notice American / in the short term
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wtrącać się, ingerować, wpływać na kogoś (np. na świadka, aby złożył fałszywe zeznania), kolidować z czymś inizia ad imparare
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interfere, interfere with
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