Reasonable Faith #2

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accretion
The room hadn't been cleaned for years and showed several accretions of dirt and dust, All that matters is the quiet accretion of wealth.
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narastanie, przyrost, gromadzenie się
wean sb off sth
It's difficult to wean addicts off cocaine once they're hooked.
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odzwyczaić kogoś od czegoś (szkodliwego)
withstand
a bridge designed to withstand earthquakes, Our toys are designed to withstand the rough treatment of the average five-year-old.
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wytrzymać
feign
Many atheists think that Jesus feigned his death by slumping his head.
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pozorować
ministrations
He resuscitated Jesus by his ministrations.; In her last difficult years, she relied on the careful ministrations of her beloved husband.
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posługi
come forth
They moved the stone and Jesus came forth the tomb.
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come out of
seclusion
He's been living in seclusion since he retired from acting.
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odosobnienie
order
Jesus was the member of the secret order.; monks of the Cistercian/Franciscan Order
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a group of people who join together for religious or similar reasons and live according to particular rules:
high water mark
His 1991 election victory was probably the high water mark of his popularity
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najlepszy moment, szczyt
death knell
The opening of the superstore will sound/toll the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops.
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a warning of the end of something:
virulent
She is a virulent critic of US energy policy./ A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region.
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zjadliwy/ zaraźliwy
grind to a halt
The old Life of Jesus movement ground to a halt in nearly complete scepticism.
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przestać działać, zatrzymać się
intimate
She has intimated that she will resign if she loses the vote.
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oznajmiać, dawać do zrozumienia
usher in
He tried to usher in the eschatological Kingdom of God./ These changes could usher in a period of dramatic economic growth.
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zapoczątkować
rites
You have to go through an initiation rite before you become a full member.
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obrzędy
instrumental
Schweitzer was instrumental in the rediscovery of the eschatological element in Jesus' preaching.
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kluczowy
take cognizance of sth
The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
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wziąć coś pod uwagę (szczególnie podczas wydawania wyroku)
herald
The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
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zwiastować
putative
The putative leader of the terrorist cell was arrested yesterday.
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domniemany
countenance
We will not give/lend countenance to any kind of terrorism.; The school will not countenance bad behaviour.
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pozwolenie, pozwalać
retention
Two influential senators have argued for the retention of the unpopular tax.; The retention of old technology has slowed the company's growth.
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zachowanie, utrzymanie
stratum (strata)
The report shows that drugs have penetrated every stratum of American society./ The cliffs are characterized by remarkable zigzagging strata of shale and sandstone.
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warstwa (warstwy)
bracket
You should include the date of publication in round brackets after the title.
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nawias
by the same token
I don't think that prices will go up but, by the same token, I don't see them going down either.
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z tego samego powodu
attenuate
Radiation from the sun is attenuated by the earth's atmosphere.; They propose more peacekeeping troops to attenuate the violence.
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osłabiać
lopsided
a charming, lopsided grin
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koślawy, krzywy
gauge
Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.; I tried to gauge (= guess) the weight of the box.
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zmierzyć, szacować
pervert
Her ideas have been shamelessly perverted to serve the president's propaganda campaign.
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wypaczyć
garment
He’s fussy about how a garment fits him.
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odzież
contention
It is her contention that exercise is more important than diet if you want to lose weight.
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twierdzenie
drive sth home
He didn’t have to drive the point home. The videotape had done that.
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to make something completely clear to someone
epochal
An epochal shift in the global oil market is under way.
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przełomowy
painstaking
It took months of painstaking research to write the book.
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pracowity, staranny
momentum
The spacecraft will fly around the earth to gain/gather momentum for its trip to Jupiter.
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pęd
confluent
confluent streams
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zbieżny, zbiegający się
mnemonic
The musical notes on the lines go EGBDF - use the mnemonic "Every good boy deserves fun".
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pamięciowy, służący do zapamiętania czegoś
facet
There’s always one facet of my golf game that isn’t working.
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aspekt, część
gadfly
They have been accused of being a party of cranks and political gadflies.
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krytyk, buntownik
overturn
The car skidded off the road, hit a tree and overturned./ The Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.
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przewrócić się/ zmienić wyrok
discriminating
a discriminating mark
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making a distinction
defeasible
a defeasible claim
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unieważnialny, do podważenia
amount to
He gave what amounted to an apology on behalf of his company.; His behaviour amounted to serious professional misconduct.
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być równoznacznym
congruence
the congruence of the two systems; A necessary congruence between political, cultural and economic forces is needed in order to fight the global warming.
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zgodność
midst
The country is in the midst of an economic crisis.
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środek
chaff
It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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plewy
kernel
The kernel of a nut is the part that is inside the shell. / There is often a kernel of truth in what they say./ The kernel of the film is James Franco's relationship with his ill father.
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nasiono/ ziarno /sedno
itinerant
an itinerant journalist/labourer/preacher
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wędrowny
covenant
The contract contained a restrictive covenant against building on the land.
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przymierze, zgoda
rot away
The pillars rotted away and were replaced.
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zgnić
full-blown
Aspirin reduces your chances of having a full-blown stroke.
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rozwinięty
yearning
I suppose it's because I live in a city that I have this yearning for open spaces.
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tęsknota
extol
His book extolling the benefits of vegetarianism sold thousands of copies.
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wychwalać
backdrop
A large backdrop hung at the back of a stage during a performance./ Their love affair began against a backdrop of war.
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tło/ the general situation in which particular events happen:
hark back
The director’s latest film harks back to the era of silent movies.
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nawiązywać, przywoływać
wavering
He spoke in a wavering voice, as if he were not sure of his ground./ It's the party's last attempt to persuade some of the nation's wavering voters to support them.
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słabnący; wahający się
afflicted
a country afflicted by civil war
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dotknięty (skrzywdzony)
colt
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źrebię
mount
She mounted her horse and rode off.
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dosiadać
irenic
Although you and your sister constantly fought as young children, your relationship might become more irenic as you grow older.
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pokojowy
bedrock
The bedrock is the hard area of rock in the ground that holds up the loose soil above. / Some people believe that the family is the bedrock of society.
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podłoże skalne/ podstawa
redeemer
In Christianity Jesus Christ is the Redeemer.
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odkupiciel
descent
They trace their line of descent back to a French duke.
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pochodzenie
undergird
These are the four major theories that undergird criminal law.
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wzmacniać, zapewniać podstawę dla
trample
Somebody trampled all over my flowerbeds!
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deptać
wickedness
They would be punished for their wickedness.
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złośliwość
yoke
Both countries had thrown off the communist yoke.
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jarzmo
lame
David had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame.
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kulawy
foal
Foal is the word we use to name young horses.
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źrebię
chariot
Chariots were used in ancient times by gladiators fighting in the arenas.
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rydwan
conjectural
There is something undeniably conjectural about such claims.
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przypuszczalny
plaque
The First Lady unveiled a commemorative plaque.
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tabliczka
tabernacle
The Tabernacle was a small tent which contained the most holy writings of the ancient Jews and which they took with them when they were travelling. / In a Roman Catholic church, the box in which holy bread and wine are kept
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przybytek
incensed
The villagers are incensed at the decision to close the railway station.
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wściekły
chastise
Charity organizations have chastised the government for not doing enough to prevent the latest famine in Africa.
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ostro krytykować
smite (2 forma)
Lee Sin smote Baron Nashor and left the jungle.
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smote
magistrate
He will appear before the magistrates tomorrow.
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sędzia pokoju
flay
They had to flay the great, white, fleecy animals and cut them up for food.
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obedrzeć ze skóry
scourge
the scourge of war/poverty/drugs; Pop-up ads have been described as the scourge of the Internet.
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plaga, utrapienie
mournful
a mournful expression; mournful music
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żałobny
stroke
The punishment was 20 strokes of the lash.
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cios, uderzenie
woe
The country has been beset by economic woes for the past decade.
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biada
utter
She sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word.
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wypowiedzieć
dirge
The mournful dirge, 'Erin's Lament' was played at his funeral.
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lamentacja
inquest
An inquest is always held if murder is suspected.
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śledztwo
treason/ treachery
In 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed for treason./ From his cell on board ship, the captain wrote about the treachery of his crew.
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zdrada stanu/ zdrada
sedition
He himself was tried for sedition and sentenced to ten years in jail.
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podburzanie
do buntu przeciw władzy
seduce
He felt that she was trying to seduce him.
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uwieść
ensuing
An argument broke out and in the ensuing fight, a gun went off.
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wynikający, następujący
cessation
Religious leaders have called for a total cessation of the bombing campaign.
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zaprzestanie
locus
Barcelona is the locus of Spanish industry./ The locus of decision-making is sometimes far from the government's offices.
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miejsce dziania się czegoś, centrum
mingle-mangle
The false witnesses had evidently mingle-mangled Jesus’ prediction of the temple’s destruction with his predictions of his resurrection.
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pomieszać, poplątać
exalted
She rose to the exalted post of Foreign Secretary.
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egzaltowany, podniosły
claimant
The compensation will be split between 140 claimants.
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pretendent, roszczący sobie prawo do
seditious
She was arrested after making a speech that the government considered to be seditious.
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podburzający i antyrządowy
light on/upon
We lighted upon the solution entirely by accident.
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natknąć się na
counsel
Counsel for the defence (= the lawyer giving advice to the accused person) argued convincingly that his client was not guilty.
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adwokat/grupa adwokatów
pasture
The sheep were grazing on the lush green pastures.
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pastwisko
defamation
The lawsuit accused his former associates of defamation.
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zniesławienie
disillusionment
There is increasing disillusionment with the government.
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rozczarowanie
similitude
He describes her beauty by various similitudes./ What is surprising is the similitude between many of the candidates' positions.
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porównanie (przestarzałe)/ podobieństwo
lean on somebody
He's always had his big brother to lean on.
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oprzeć się na kimś, mieć wsparcie w
depict
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
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przedstawiać
absentee
There are several absentees from school this week, because a lot of people have flu.
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nieobecny
stock
"Don't worry - worse things happen at sea" is her stock expression for whenever anything goes wrong.
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typowy, oklepany
climax
The election campaign reaches its climax next week.
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punkt kulminacyjny
stratagem
Her stratagem for dealing with her husband's infidelities was to ignore them.
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podstęp
invest
Political power is now invested in an elected parliament.
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wyposażyć, obdarzyć władzą, autorytetem
consummation
‘the eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction’
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"skonsumować" małżeństwo przez seks/ sfinalizować coś
honorific
an honorific title
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grzecznościowy
generic
Jazz is a generic term for a wide range of different styles of music.
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ogólny
filial
filial duty/respect/affection
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synowska
ascending
I shall list my objections to the plan in ascending order of importance.
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rosnący
proximity
The best thing about the location of the house is its proximity to the town centre.
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bliskość
subdue
The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it.
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zdusić, wyeliminować coś
therein
It is a thrilling tale of a haunted house and the ghosts therein.
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in or into a particular place
beggar
He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry. [VERB noun]
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doprowadzić do nędzy
indexical
Jesus used "bar enasha" as a personal indexical term like "I" and "me".
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wskazujący
depose
King Charles I was deposed from the English throne in 1646.
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detronizować króla
oblique
Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.
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pochyły, ukośny
exegesis
Bible exegesis is essentially important when we want to talk about biblical stories and passages.
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egzegeza
mantle
She was wrapped tightly in her mantle.
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płaszcz
at/in one fell swoop
I got all my Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop.
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za jednym zamachem
circumlocution
"Economical with the truth" is a circumlocution for "lying".
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omówienie, peryfraza
reverential
He opened the ancient book with reverential care.
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pełen czci, szacunku
courtroom
The accused entered the courtroom handcuffed to two police officers.
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sala sądowa
defamatory
defamatory remarks/statements/allegations
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oszczerczy
jurisprudence
Sanhedrin jurisprudence in cases of capital blasphemy
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teoria, filozofia prawa
incommensurateness
We may best think that the high priest and the rest of the Sanhedrin judge Jesus to have verbally robbed God of incommensurateness and unity by escalating himself to a superhuman level.
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niewspółmierność
vanguard
He is in the vanguard of economic reform. / the vanguard of army
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przodownicy, pierwszy front
inbreak
There has been a spate of inbreaks in our neighbourhood recently.
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włamanie
envision
He envisioned a partnership between business and government.
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wyobrażać sobie
ramification
Have you considered all the ramifications of your suggestion?
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the possible results of an action:
valiant
The company has made a valiant effort/attempt in the last two years to make itself more efficient.
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dzielny
arrogate
They arrogate to themselves the power to punish people.
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rościć prawo do czegoś (pomimo jego braku)
shy away from
He never shied away from a fight, no matter how powerful the foe.
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unikać
inseparable
Unemployment and inner city decay are inseparable issues which must be tackled together.
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nierozerwalny
prodigal
The prodigal son has returned to the team after a three-year absence.
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marnotrawny
irretrievably
irretrievably damaged/lost
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bezpowrotnie
fold
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owczarnia
toll collector
Tolls are now collected electronically on most motorways. Toll collectors aren't needed.
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poborca ​​opłat
iconoclasm
His iconoclasm may be why he never got a Nobel Prize.
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obrazoburstwo
fatuous
a fatuous idea
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głupi
infirmity
She suffered from a long list of infirmities.
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illness, especially for long periods or because of old age:
unheard-of
It was unheard-of for an unmarried couple to live together.
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niebywały
lunatic
He drives like a lunatic.; ‘a ward of lunatic old ladies
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wariat
gratify
We were gratified by the response to our appeal.
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zaspokoić, usatysfakcjonować
trot out
Whenever the president is in trouble, her spokesman is trotted out to face the press.
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to send someone to represent or defend your idea or opinion in public
adduce
None of the evidence adduced in court was conclusive.
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uzasadniać
spadework
Now that the spadework's all been done, we can start to write the report itself.
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hard or routine preparatory work
entrenched
It's very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years.
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zakorzeniony
kooky
I like kooky foreign films.
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dziwny, ekscentryczny
harbinger
a harbinger of doom
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zwiastun
mar
It was a really nice day, marred only by a little argument in the car on the way home.
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zepsuć
trifling
It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about!
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błahy
repudiate
The minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.; She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
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zaprzeczać, odrzucić
tampering
Medications are sent in sealed factory containers which protect against tampering.; Someone tampered with the brakes of my car.
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naruszenie/ manipulować, "grzebać przy"
be none the worse
Luckily, the horse seemed none the worse for his fall.
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not any worse than before:
hollowness
Ann could find nothing but hollowness in his praise.; The hollowness of the cave echoed with every step I took.
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bezwartościowość; pustka
strain
The hurricane put such a strain on the bridge that it collapsed.; Their constant arguments were putting a strain on their marriage.
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ciężar, obciążenie, napięcie
enjoin
We were all enjoined to be on our best behaviour., Lawyers are enjoined to follow high ethical principals.
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nakazywać
smear
The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa.
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pomazać
pitch
Well, not quite, not quite perfect -- you see, in intergalactic space -- intergalactic space is completely dark, pitch dark.
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smoła
charioteer
A charioteer is a person who is a chariot driver.
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woźnica
renounce
Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house.
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zrzec się
exhortations
Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike.
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wezwania
steadfastness
Military training in steadfastness under fire is invaluable to soldiers.
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niezłomność
concoct
He concocted a story about working late at the office.
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wymyślać na poczekaniu (make up)
rally
5,000 people held an anti-nuclear rally. / The French driver has taken the lead in the Paris-Dakar rally. / Share prices fell again today after yesterday's rally.
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wiec, zlot / rajd / poprawa
unearth
Building at the site was halted after human remains were unearthed earlier this month
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wykopać
coarse
a man of coarse speech; Now and then coarse laughter broke out.
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rubaszny, ordynarny, przaśny
subside
There is a danger that many homes will subside because of the drought.
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zapadać się
rigid
a rigid steel and concrete structure; I was rigid with (= stiff and unable to move because of) fear.
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sztywny
piety
acts of piety and charity
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pobożność
husk
corn husks, the fibrous husk of the coconut
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łuska
gnawing
After three days, we felt an agonizing, gnawing hunger.
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"gryzący", uciążliwy
uproar
The whole hall was in uproar after the announcement.
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wrzawa
tout
A local car dealership was touting its services/wares on the radio.
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zachwalać
shrift (archaic)
go to shrift
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spowiedź
adhere
A smooth, dry surface helps the tiles adhere to the wall.
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przylegać
cave in
Because of the explosion, the roof of the building caved in, trapping several people.
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zapadać się
watershed
The year 1969 was a watershed in her life - she changed her career and remarried.
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przełom
accrual
The accrual of interest begins when the funds are credited to the account.
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wzrost
exile
The king went into exile because of the political situation in his country.
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wygnanie
credence
I'm not prepared to give credence to anonymous complaints.
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wiara, przekonanie
inviolable
Everyone has an inviolable right to protection by a fair legal system.
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nienaruszalny
backlash
The mayor foresaw no political backlash against his proposal.
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negatywna reakcja
spur somebody on
Ambition spurred him on.
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zachęcać kogoś
cheery
She walked in with a cheery "Good morning!"
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wesoły
tangent
Tangent is a straight line that touches a curve at a point, but if extended does not cross it at that point.
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styczna
glimmer
The lights of the village were glimmering in the distance.
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błyskotać
salutary
a salutary reminder of the dangers of mountain climbing; It failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain's loss of its colonies.
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"zbawienny", pomocny
pivotal
a pivotal figure/role/idea
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kluczowy
merit
the quality of being good and deserving praise
Brierley's book has the merit of being both informative and readable./ an entertaining film with little artistic merit
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warta pochwał
purview
This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.
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zakres, zasięg (zainteresowań, obowiązków itd.)
hatch
He hatched a plot to forge documents that would embarrass the company.
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obmyślać, knuć
foil
The prisoners' attempt to escape was foiled at the last minute when police received a tip-off.
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zatrzymać, powstrzymać
inter
Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves.
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pochować
surmise
The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
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przypuszczać
pay heed
He failed to pay heed to our advice.
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pay attention
prescind from
Such traditionalists have prescinded from novel practices and attitudes.
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zostawić, nie zajmować się
preeminent
He was the preeminent scientist of his day.
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wybitny, przodujący
any and every (any and all)
Meier denies that the resurrection “is in principle open to the observation of any and every observer.; It’s easy to conceive of the nonexistence of any and all of the objects we observe in the world.
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każdy bez wyjątku
vigil
His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.; Supporters of the peace movement held an all-night candlelit vigil outside the cathedral.
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czuwanie
przy kimś chorym albo w ramach protestu, modlitwy
conundrum
Arranging childcare over the school holidays can be a real conundrum for working parents.
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kłopot, zagwozdka
patent
a patent lie; No," he replied, with patent distaste.
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oczywisty
abrupt
Our conversation came to an abrupt end when George burst into the room.
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nagły
coordinate
Coordinate is one of a pair of numbers and/or letters that show the exact position of a point on a map or graph.
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współrzędna
terminus
Stockholm is the terminus for the southbound train. / the exhibition's terminus is 1962
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stacja końcowa/ koniec
witting
There have been both witting and unwitting participants in the fraud.; Did the CIA cooperate wittingly in illegal activities?
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celowy, świadomy
entangle
The dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.
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uwikłać, złapać
barring
We should arrive at ten o'clock, barring any (= if there are no) unexpected delays.
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chyba że
corporeal
He was frank about his corporeal appetites.
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cielesny
hitherto
Mira revealed hitherto unsuspected talents on the dance floor.
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dotychczas
delve into
It's not always a good idea to delve too deeply into someone's past.
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zgłębiać, badać
knotty (inf)
It was a very knotty problem.
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zawiły
formative
She spent her formative years in Africa.; a formative experience
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kształtujący, formatywny
dwindle
The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.
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maleć, zmniejszać się
compromise
We would never compromise the safety of our passengers.
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wystawiać na zagrożenie
endanger
heuristic
noun, adjective
As a heuristic, it is a good test to ask the question: what might I do in this situation?
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pozwalający zdobywać wiedzę z własnych doświadczeń
bear
On display were boxing gloves that bore Rocky Marciano's signature.
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mieć
nascent
a nascent political party
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dopiero co powstały
squelch
A spokeswoman at the White House has squelched rumors about the president's ill health.
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zakończyć coś klopotliwego
linen
a linen jacket
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len
commend
The judge commended her for/on her bravery.
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pochwalić uroczyście
interment
Interments took place in the churchyard.
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pogrzebanie zwłok
provenance
I don't need to see a label to identify the provenance of a garment that someone is wearing.
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pochodzenie
draftsman (drafter)
Parliamentary draftsmen seem to delight in complicating even the simplest provision.
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someone who writes legal documents
(hit) paydirt
They are hoping to hit paydirt with the new release of the software.
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(znaleźć) żyłę złota
surfeit
The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.
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przesyt
embellish
The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.
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upiększać
adorn
The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers.
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przystroić
stark
It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture.
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"surowy" (w odniesieniu do pomieszczenia)
egress
The main egress from the restaurant had been blocked off.
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wyjście
admissible
The judge ruled that new evidence was admissible.
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dopuszczalny do przyjęcia (w sądzie)
levity
a brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings
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beztroska, brak powagi
boldness
He is famous for the boldness of his business methods.
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śmiałość, zuchwałość
rung
Community colleges occupy the lower rung of the state’s higher education system.
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szczebel drabiny (także metaforycznie)
vestige
These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
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ślad, pozostałość
stonewall
The interviewer accused the minister of stonewalling on the issue of tax increases.
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ukrywać coś, unikać tematu, blokować dyskusję
foreshadow
The recent outbreak of violence was foreshadowed by isolated incidents in the city earlier this year.
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zwiastować
contrive
Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert./ Do you think you could contrive something for hanging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe?
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wymyślić, zaplanować, przygotować
out of whole cloth
She created conspiracy theories out of the whole cloth.
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wymyślone, zmyślone na poczekaniu
protracted
protracted negotiations
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przewlekły
dazzling
a dazzling white light
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oślepiający
semblance
The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night's celebrations.
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pozór
shortcoming
Whatever his shortcomings as a husband, he was a good father to his children.; Like any political system, it has its shortcomings.
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niedociągnięcie
fraudulent
They claim that the fall in unemployment is based on a fraudulent manipulation of statistics.
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nieuczciwy
founder
The ship foundered in a heavy storm./ Plans for a new airport have foundered because of budget cuts.
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zatonąć/ nie udać się
muse
I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business.
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dumać nad, rozważać
elicit
They were able to elicit the support of the public.; I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna
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wywołać, otrzymać
administer
to administer medicine; It's up to the courts to administer justice.; This drug should not be administered to the very young.
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podawać
nary
Nary a word of this was mentioned.; We saw nary a soul (= no one at all).
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not at all; not one
standout
While all the desserts are pretty good, the clear standout is the lemon pie.
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rewelacyjny, wyróżniający się
caretaker
The building’s caretaker reported the fire.
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dozorca
robe
He wrapped a robe around himself before answering the door.; Judges wear black robes when they are in court.
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szlafrok, szata
obviate
A peaceful solution would obviate the need to send a UN military force.
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zapobiec
parenthetical
written in parentheses
He added a parenthetical comment to his original statement.
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dodatkowy, "nawiasem mówiąc"
out of doors
They waited out of doors in the cold for tickets.
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outdoor
shipwreck
The danger of shipwreck is much greater in fog./ There have been many shipwrecks along this dangerous stretch of coastline.
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rozbicie się statku; wrak statku
pertain to sth
regulations pertaining to high-tech industries
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dotyczyć
folly
It would be folly for the country to become involved in the war.
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głupota
intangible
She has that intangible quality which you might call charisma.
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nieuchwytny
opaque
opaque glass/tights
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nieprzezroczysty
bereaved
a bereaved widow; It is generally accepted that the bereaved benefit from counselling.
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having a close relation or friend who has recently died:
veridical
It is always possible that one is subject to an illusion or even a hallucination, so that one's perceptual experience is not veridical.
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prawdziwy, ukazujący prawdę
thorough
a thorough revision of the manuscript
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detailed and careful:
candid
To be candid with you, I think you're making a dreadful mistake.
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szczery
stupendous
Stupendous news! We've won £500,000!
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zdumiewający
fare (archaic)
Beware that it fare not with you as with your predecessor.; Low-paid workers will fare badly/well under this government.
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stać się, okazać się, dziać się z
all things being equal
All things being equal, the market should have recovered by the end of the year.
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jeśli nic się nie zmieni
apparatus
The divers checked their breathing apparatus.
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aparatura
cobble together
I just had to cobble this meal together from what I had in the fridge.
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zrobić coś na szybko
composite
noun, adjective
The main character in her latest novel is a composite of several public figures of that era.
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złożony
qualm
She had no qualms about lying to the police.
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wyrzuty sumienia
expositor
He regarded himself primarily as an expositor and defender of Platonic philosophy.
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osoba objaśniająca skomplikowane idee
pin
I'll keep the trouser patch in place with pins while I sew it on./ A large picture of the president was pinned to/(up) on the office wall.
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pinezka/ przypiąć, przygwoździć
cognate
The Italian word "mangiare" (= to eat) is cognate with the French "manger". / cognate subjects such as physics and chemistry
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pokrewny
hey-day
In their heyday, they sold as many records as all the other groups in the country put together.
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szczyt możliwości, sukcesów
cornucopia
The table held a veritable cornucopia of every kind of food or drink you could want.
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róg obfitości
nether
The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions.
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dolny
residual
I still felt some residual bitterness ten years after my divorce.
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pozostały
riddle
Scientists may have solved the riddle of Saturn's rings.
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zagadka
against the background
The gospel is never heard in isolation. It is always heard against the background of the cultural milieu in which one lives.
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w kontekście, na tle
flag
Flag any files that might be useful later.
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oznaczyć
abhorrent
Racism of any kind is abhorrent to me.
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odrażający
retardant
Potted plants are commonly treated with (a) growth retardant so that they retain their shape.
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opóźniacz
inkling
I didn't have the slightest inkling that she was unhappy.
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przeczucie
understatement
To say that her resignation was a shock would be an understatement - it caused panic.; "It didn't go well? " "That's the understatement of the year/decade/century. It was a disaster."
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niedomówienie, powściągliwość
notch
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a V-shaped cut in a hard surface
karb
formidable
a formidable obstacle/task; a formidable adversary/enemy/opponent
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groźny, poważny
bosom
a large/ample bosom
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biust / pierś
abide
He abided in the wilderness for forty days. / I said I would abide by their decision.
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mieszkać/ dostosować się do (zasad)
rubble
The bomb reduced the house to rubble.
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gruz
retroject
The rabbinic interpretation is retrojected into the biblical text.
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projektować na przeszłość
artificiality
The label saying "out-of-season tulips" emphasizes the artificiality of this highly cultivated flower.
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sztuczność
contrivedness
There seems to be an ill-defined air of artificiality or contrivedness about a hypothesis deemed to be ad hoc.
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wymyślność
discomfiture
She turned away to hide her discomfiture.
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zmieszanie, zawstydzenie
stupefaction
He stepped back, a look of stupefaction on his face. / Because of the drugs, he was in a state of stupefaction by the time we found him.
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zdumienie; oszołomienie, otępinie
debar
He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.
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wykluczać, zakazać
get/have all ducks in a row
They should have had their ducks in a row beforehand, so they were ready to start the job when required.
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być na coś gotowym
cutlery
The lunch and cutlery trolleys were brought into the room.
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sztućce
call for
Members have called for his resignation.; This calls for a celebration!
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domagać się
graft
Skin was removed from her leg and grafted on/onto her face.; He has had a skin graft on his badly burned arm.
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przeszczepić; przeszczepiona skóra, kość
univocal
a univocal set of instructions
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jednoznaczny
polysemic, polysemous
a highly polysemous word such as "play"
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wieloznaczny
disavow
They were quick to disavow the rumour.; She tried to disavow her past
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dezawuować
lay out
We laid the pieces of the dress pattern out on the floor.
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wyłożyć
reciprocal
We have agreed to exchange information about our two companies, but strictly on a reciprocal basis.
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wzajemny
opacity
He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity.
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nieprzezroczystość
rally (verb)
The president has called on the people to rally to/behind the government. / The pound rallied against the dollar in trading today.
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zebrać się/ poprawić się
zebrać się, aby udzielić poparcia

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