ANGIELSKI DWADZIEŚCIA OSIEM

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nebulous
"nebulous concepts like quality of life"
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mglisty
in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy
brim
my eyes brimmed with tears
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być wypełnionym czymś / być pełnym czegoś
be full to the point of overflowing.
exclamation
an exclamation of amazement
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okrzyk
a sudden cry or remark, especially expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
cerebellum
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móżdżek (część mózgowia)
the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity.
veritable
"Then someone in a southern direction was extravagantly sick, almost coughing out his life with his liquor, and his toilet descended like a veritable Niagara"
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prawdziwy / istny
used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor.
carnal
"... With an infantile gesture that carried more charm than any carnal caress, little Lolita wiped her lips against my shoulder."
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cielesny
relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.
to couch
"many false claims are couched in scientific jargon"
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formułować
express (something) in language of a specified style.
phantasm
"every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified"
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przywidzenie / złudzenie / urojenie
a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition.
stupor
"a drunken stupor"
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odurzenie
a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.
antemeridian
"in the first antimeridian hours there was a lull in the restless hotel night"
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przedpołudniowy
suffuse
"her cheeks were suffused with color"
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być skąpanym (w świetle) / pokrywać (coś barwą)
gradually spread through or over.
lassie
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dziewczyna / panienka
chortle
"he chortled at his own pun"
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rechot
laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; chuckle.
refinement
"You have to operate with a certain refinement to be a diplomat"
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wyrafinowanie / wykwintność
incredulity
"He looked at her with such incredulity that she turned away."
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niedowierzanie
the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something.
slosh
"It was very curious the way she considered - and kept doing so for a long time - all caresses except kisses on the mouth or the stark act of love either "romantic slosh" or "abnormal""
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ckliwość / sentymentalne bzdurki
predicament
"Then what is the way out of such predicament for human society?"
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kłopotliwe położenie
a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.
perilous
"a perilous journey south"
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niebezpieczny
full of danger or risk.
flay
"one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles"
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obedrzeć ze skóry
peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass).
to wince
"She started to open her eyes but winced against the light and closed them again."
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skrzywić się
reacting with a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body.
stipulation
"they donated their collection of prints with the stipulation that they never be publicly exhibited"
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zastrzeżenie / warunek
a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement.

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