18th June 2014

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zapaść w śpiączkę
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to go into a coma
be in/go into/come out of a coma
ten bieg ma
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this running event has a distance of
strzelaj
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shoot, fire away
nie mam pojęcia
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I have no idea, I haven't (get) a clue.
właśnie wpadło mi do głowy
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it's just popped into my head
poruta
nieprzyjemna lub przykra sytuacja
wstyd, kompromitacja
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unpleasant situation
ignorant
człowiek odznaczający się brakiem podstawowej wiedzy; nieuk
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ignorant
pełnosprawny
pełnosprawni
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able-bodied
the able-bodied
przestarzały
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przestarzały in English
Obsolete
no longer useful, because something newer and better has been invented
computer hardware that quickly became obsolete
stać się przestarzałym
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to become obsolete
włączać odbiornik na daną stację
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to tune in TO sth
More than 150 million Americans tuned in to watch the final episode. People get their information by tuning in to foreign radio stations.
otchłań, przepaść, czeluść
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abyss
a very dangerous or frightening situation
The country might plunge into the abyss of economic ruin.
uzurpować, przywłaszczyć
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to usurp
to take someone else's power, position, job etc when you do not have the right to:
There were a couple of attempts to usurp the young king.
towarzyszyć komuś
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to accompany sb
! In spoken English, it is more usual to use go/come with He came with me to the airport.
mieć coś do powiedzenia
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to have a/some/no/little say in something
na cześć
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in memory of
tyfus, dur brzuszny
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typhus
niesłabnący
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unflagging
continuing strongly and never becoming tired or weak
his unflagging energy
opowiadać się za czymś
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to champion
to publicly fight for and defend an aim or principle, such as the rights of a group of people
She championed the cause of religious freedom.
zasiłek z opieki społecznej
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welfare
money that is paid by the government in the US to people who are very poor or unemployed [= benefit British English]; o be on benefit = to be on welfare
Most of the people in this neighborhood are on welfare.
monarcha
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sovereign
regencja (okres rządzenia przez regenta)
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regency
a period of government by a regent (=person who governs instead of a king or queen)
kasza perłowa
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pearl barley

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