British council 1

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wytrzymać, znieść
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bear
She could not bear the thought of him going to America. But the young mother could not bear to let her baby go. To close, we need to bear two further points in mind.
robić, porabiać
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be up to
What have you been up to recently?
wyrazić swoją opinie
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make one's point
powierzchowny, pobieżny
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superficial
And although the change may seem superficial, it is not. "And often the quality of information we found was very superficial." But other women say that sense of support is only superficial.
wielozadaniowość
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mutlitasking
It has real multitasking and the ability to run more than one program at the same time. This can be used as a simple form of cooperative multitasking. A bit of this multitasking has to do with thrift.
coś wartego przemyślenia, coś zmuszającego do refleksji
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food for thought
I hope I've given you some food for thought at least. The look on his face gave her food for thought. If you find food for thought in it, so much the better.
kasa
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checkout
kolejka
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queue
Attention you can do without in front of a big queue. Look at the queue to get into the car park. As we took one house in the queue would form again.
odnosić się, utożsamiać się
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relate
Police officials said they did not believe the two cases were related. Officials did not say how the child was related to the case. I could see how they related to me in a different way.
zgasnąć, znikać
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fade
The group simply faded away without taking any significant action. By the turn of the century, his name had faded. Today, however, many of them hope the issue will quickly fade.
wtopić się w tło
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fade into the background
It was strong but faded into the background after a few minutes. They would fade into the background the minute we arrived. "Get in one and you just fade into the background."
dotyczyć, martwić
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concern
In the future, the party would concern itself with general policy. In other words, should he be concerned by these results? "For a reason of my own which need not concern you at present."
wyłączyć
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switch off
How many of you would have actually switched off by now? He left the room, switching off the light behind him. He got back into bed and switched off the light.
bardzo, szalenie
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precious
He always spent his preciously limited time to community service. The time 'twixt six and now Must by us both be spent most preciously. This is a preciously cultivated form of anarchy within the society.
trafić w sedno
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hit the nail of the head
She had hit the nail on the head, of course. Really I think you hit the nail on the head. You hit the nail on the head with this one. My parents did a lot of things wrong, but that one hit the nail on the head.
tam i z powrotem
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back and forth
brzmieć prawdziwie, wiarygodnie
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rang true
izolowany
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isolated
Behind the lines these two were acting a little isolated scene. Several small and isolated studies were conducted during various construction works in the park. Isolated equipment problems caused most of the failures, he said.
bałagan
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a kettle of fish
czajnik
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kettle
She had the kettle on even before I got in.
samotność
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solitude
I was an only child with a lot of solitude. He has had more than enough time for solitude, she thought. He'd had his moment of solitude and was ready to get under way.
ryzykować
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run the risk
We cannot run the risk of losing our best customer.
do pewnego stopnia
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to an extent
ewoluować, rozwijać się
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evolve
We had a lot of time for our relationship to evolve. What started as a social and education group has evolved into a business. And they will get to see how their present is evolving.
intonacja
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intonation
The study of intonation has gone through many changes during this century. The voice was the same, but something in the intonation had changed. There was an intonation in her voice which he found hard to place.
opinia
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sentiment
But what if such a sentiment happened on the student's first day? "But from looking at what happened you can see the sentiment." As a result, the general sentiment of the people was against the Congress.
pozbawiony czegoś
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devoid
Never in her whole life had there been a moment so devoid of reason. He felt devoid of the ability to help his friends. So I remained devoid of the game through high school and college.
zapobiegać, uniknąć
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avoid
I avoided thinking about that.
rodzicielski
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parental
The best care for most children, especially in the early years, is parental. So if the man takes parental leave then the woman is at work. Parental care is low and for a very short time.
świadek
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witness
Here then is the story, according to the two men, the only witnesses. Some of his words could not be heard by witnesses. The same car was seen by witnesses in both cases.
pozwalać, akceptować
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allow
They felt much better about themselves than their record should have allowed. A second child is allowed if a girl comes first. And why had the government allowed things to get so bad? He was not allowed to hold a job until 1972.
znieważać
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insult
She insulted me and the woman who is going to be my wife! He had been insulted in front of all the people. He said a man was not to be insulted, then.
szafka kuchenna
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cupboard
I can take some down and put them in the cupboard. You know when she told him to close the cupboard? They were in the top cupboard at one time yes.
sędzia
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referee
The referee asked the boy if he wanted to continue. You can go back and question every referee call, but nothing is going to change. Government was not a referee for all the people, but a problem in itself.
pozbyć się
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dispose of

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