ANGIELSKI DWADZIEŚCIA PIĘĆ

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swain
„Happy Louise was gurgling and scolding her swain in the basement”
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zakochany młodzieniec
a young lover or suitor
suitor
(swain)
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konkurent/zalotnik
a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage
tryst
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schadzka
a private romantic rendezvous between lovers
spinster
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stara panna
distraught
„Distraught parents looking for a runaway teenager”
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zrozpaczony
deeply upset and agitated
repugnant
„His views are repugnant to all reasonable people”
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odrażający / wstrętny
extremely untasteful; unacceptable
suave
„All the waiters were suave and deferential”
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uprzejmy/gładki w obyciu
charming, confident and elegant (typicaly used of a man)
deferential
„A daughter was expected to be deferential toward her father and to remain loyal to him, even if it meant having to differ with her husbands”
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pełen szacunku
showing deference; respectful
incredulously
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z niedowierzaniem
in a manner indicating disbelief”
vindictive
„the criticism was both vindictive and personalized”
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mściwy
having or showing a strong or unreasonable desire for revenge
torpor
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apatia/marazm
a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy
onslaught
„the onslaught is not only disproportional, it is unjustified”
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szturm/nawałnica
a fierce or destructive attack
to swoon
„she swooned at the sight of him”
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wpadać w zachwyt, być oszołomionym, być w stanie uniesienia
deplore
„... Lotte loved me with a mature, possessive passion that I now deplore and respect more than I care to say”
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ubolewać nad czymś/kimś
billowing (of a fabric)
billowing skirt
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falujący/falowany
debar
„... might it not surprise peoplethat Lo was so consistently debarred from attending festive and funeral functions in her immediate family?”
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wykluczać
exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing sth
predilection
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skłonność/szczególne upodobanie
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of sth
girth
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obwód
the measurements around the middle of something, especially a person’s waist
quotient
„intelligence quotient”
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iloraz
a result obtained by dividing one quantity by another
vermiform appendix
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wyrostek robaczkowy

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