ANGIELSKI DWADZIEŚCIA SIEDEM

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withered
withered leaves
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zwiędły
It was here that they had pounced upon their brother last night.
fumble
"She fumbled with the key and finally opened the door."
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niedołężnie obchodzić się z czymś / nieporadnie coś robić / grzebać się
use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.
forthwith
"we undertake to pay forthwith the money required"
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bezzwłocznie/natychmiast
(especially in official use) immediately; without delay.
rapturous
"When at last they went to bed, she was rapturous."
"he was greeted with rapturous applause"
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błogi / pełen uniesienia
characterized by, feeling, or expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
regurgitate
"The child therapist in me regurgitated neo-Freudian hash and conjured up a dreaming and exaggerating Dolly in the "latency" period of girlhood"
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bezmyślnie powtarzać (coś) / cytować bez zrozumienia treści
repeat (information) without analyzing or comprehending it.
regurgitate (czynność fizjologiczna)
"That would mean it is regurgitated (brought up) from the stomach."
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zwracać pokarm
bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth.
heed
"he should have heeded the warnings"
"Heed my words and do not open that door!"
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zwracać uwagę / uważać
pay attention to; take notice of.
rapture
"I should have known that nothing but pain and horror would result from the expected rapture."
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zachwyt / rozkosz
a feeling of intense pleasure or joy.
gloom
"he strained his eyes peering into the gloom"
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mrok / ciemność
partial or total darkness.
parlance
"dated terms that were once in common parlance"
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mowa
a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.
horticulture
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ogrodnictwo
the art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
debonair
"all the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails"
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jowialny/ elegancki / wytworny
confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).
mucus
"What does a lot of mucus do to your lungs and health?"
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wydzielina / śluz
a slimy substance, typically not miscible with water, secreted by mucous membranes and glands for lubrication, protection, etc.
sepulchre
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grób / grobowiec
a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
to sidle
"He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the less space."
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przemknąć się ukradkiem
walk in a furtive, unobtrusive, or timid manner, especially sideways or obliquely.
ajar (o drzwiach)
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uchylony
(of a door or other opening) slightly open.
to veil
"Clothed in one of her old nightgowns, my Lolita lay on her side with her back to me, in the middle of the bed. Her lightly veiled body and bare limbs formed a Z."
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zasłonić
cover, conceal, or disguise.
tousled (o włosach)
"she wore her hair in tousled curls"
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rozczochrany / potargany (o włosach)
(of hair) untidy.
vertebra
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kręg (w kręgosłupie)
each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes.
shrewd
"Whether the Ramsdale doctor was a charlatan or a shrewd old rogue does not and did not really matter."
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bystry / sprytny / przebiegły
circumspect
"the officials were very circumspect in their statements"
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ostrożny / przezorny
wary and unwilling to take risks.

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