Dracula - angielskie słownictwo z książki

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odrobina · niewiele
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smattering
There's only a smattering of people who oppose the proposal. He has a smattering of Catholic conservatism.
przewrócić · potrącić
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knock someone or something over
I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up. She got knocked over by a taxi as she ran for the bus.
uroczysty (okazja, głos) · solenny
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solemn
Everyone looked very solemn.
trzymać się (w trudnej sytuacji, nie tracić ducha)
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bear up
"How has she been since the funeral?" "Oh, she's bearing up."
zabliźniać się
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cicatrise
The skin will cicatrise and it will heal soon.
ostrzyć · zaostrzać · podsycać · wzmagać
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to whet
I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite. That one kiss had whetted his appetite.
przepchnąć · przebić · wpychać
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thrust
She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me. She thrust the papers at me The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman.
przynęta
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decoy
They used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop.
przerażający · wstrząsający
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harrowing
People in Sarajevo live harrowing lives.
W środku czegoś · podczas czegoś
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In the midst of sth
I'm afraid I'm too busy - I'm in the midst of writing up a report. The country is in the midst of an economic crisis.
przypuszczenie · domysł
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conjecture
It's conjecture. There's been a lot of conjecture about the marriage.
zdezorientować · zbić z tropu
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bewilder
The instructions completely bewildered me.
człapać
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lumber
In the distance, we could see elephants lumbering across the plain.
torfowisko
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bog
kępka
kępka trawy.
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tussock
a ~ of growing grass
przyzwyczaić się do czegoś · uodpornić się
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inure sb to sth
After spending some time on the island they became inured to the hardships.
rozłożyć w czasie · zataczać się
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to stagger (sth)
After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
czuć wstręt, odrazę do kogoś/czegoś
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abhor
I abhor all forms of racism.
gehenna, męka
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ordeal
The hostages' ordeal came to an end when soldiers stormed the building. It's quite an ordeal getting up to Mt. Everest.
wyrwać · wyszarpnąć · wyskubać ·
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pluck
Birds pluck out their feathers. He plucked the letter from my hand. He was plucked from obscurity to star in the film.
pośpieszyć · pomknąć · przyśpieszyć
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hasten
There is little doubt that poor medical treatment hastened her death. These recent poor results have hastened the manager's departure.
serdeczny
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genial
The headteacher is very genial
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ascertain
I'm merely trying to ascertain the facts. The police have so far been unable to ascertain the cause of the explosion.
trudna sytuacja, ciężkie położenie
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plight
Few of us can be unmoved by the plight of the refugees. Don't compare the plight of women today with slavery.
szamotać się · nerwowo szukać kluczy · szukać odpowiedniego słowa
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fumble, to fumble for one's keys, to fumble for words
I fumbled with the lock. He fumbled in his pockets for keys. He fumbled through his prepared speech.
być spowitym czymś
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to be wreathed in sth / wreathe/
The peak of the mountain is perpetually wreathed in cloud.
okropny · straszliwy
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gruesome
The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the murder. US soldiers reported a gruesome discovery in a street near Baghdad
prosty · wiotki · cieńki
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lank
His hair was lank and greasy.
obskurny · brudny
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sordid
There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city's poorer areas.
krzepnąć · ścinać się
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congeal
The blood had congealed in thick black clots.
skrzywić się
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to give a wince
She gave a wince as the nurse put the needle in. It makes me wince even thinking about eye operations.
głupota · szaleństwo
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folly
She said that the idea was folly.
czuwanie
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vigil - to keep, to hold
His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
deprymować · odbierać odwagę
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unnerve
I think it unnerved me to be interviewed by so many people.
sprawunek · załatwiać sprawy
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errand
I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to do first.
paskudny · ponury
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dreary
A dreary little town. She had spent another dreary day in the office.
pasemko · smuga
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streak
The window cleaner has left dirty streaks on the windows. I dye my hair to hide my grey streaks.
szelest
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rustle
The leaves rustled in the breeze. He rustled his papers. I've heard a rustle.
kępa
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clump
A group, especially of trees or flowers. They sat on the ground by a clump of ancient olive trees.
zapalić (zapałkę)
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strike
She struck a match and lit another cigarette.
odgłos ciężkich kroków, długi spacer
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tramp
The streets echoed with the tramp of soldiers' feet. The girls went for a tramp through the countryside.
tam i z powrotem
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to and fro
You go to and fro endlessly. I lived a few miles away from the factory and cycled to and fro.
maruder, spóźnialski
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straggler
We watched the last of the stragglers come in.
kościelny · osoba zajmująca się kościołem
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sexton
The sexton has locked the gate after the last straggler.
poważne niebezpieczeństwo (związane z utratą czegoś, np życia)
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peril
Great danger, or something that is very dangerous. I never felt that my life was in peril.
ponosić (konsekwencje, koszty)
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incur
customers using packaged additives incur the same cost per litre of petrol. you will incur long-distance charges each time you dial in. He'd rather incur the wrath of Brussels than lose election.
oburzający
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outrageous
The judge criticized the "outrageous greed" of some of the bankers. hese prices are just outrageous.
szczyt głupoty
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height of folly
wzruszenie ramion
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shrug
Where's Dad?" "How should I know?" replied my brother, shrugging. He shrugged his shoulders. A friend has just described it with a shrug: "It's over".
zaprotestować
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remonstrate
I went to the boss to remonstrate against the new rules. The barrister remonstrated with the judge about the amount of the fine. I heard a woman trying to remonstrate with him
kurtuazyjnie · uprzejmie
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courteously
He's always behaved courteously toward my family.
niewymownie, bardzo
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unutterably
She came home exhausted and unutterably sad.
poruszać się ciągle w jednym kierunku
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stream in, out, through,
We were all very excited as we streamed out of our final exam. Officials estimate that 20,000 refugees streamed into the city last week. His hair streamed out behind him as he rode off.
kryza · kołnierz
występ na obwodzie np. rurociągu, który umożliwia połączenie dwóch elementów (kołnierz złączny) lub oparcie jednego na drugim
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flange
The flange around the wheels on railway trains helps to keep them on the rails.
przerażenie · niepokój
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dismay
Aid workers were said to have been filled with dismay by the appalling conditions that the refugees were living in.
promienny · rozradowany
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radiant
obviously very happy, or very beautiful: He gave a radiant smile when he heard her news.
wzdrygnąć się
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shudder
The sight of so much blood made him shudder. She shuddered at the thought of kissing him.
kłótliwy
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argumentative
Don't be so argumentative.
rozczarowanie
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chagrin
My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin.
intensywnie
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intently
The child stared intently at her.
wesoły · radosny
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joyous
a joyous hymn
pal · kołek
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stake
a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end. I shall drive a stake through her body.
okaleczyć
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mutilate
Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition.
nienawidzieć
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loathe
From an early age the brothers have loathed each other. "Do you like fish?" "No, I loathe it."
baczyć na coś · zwracać na coś uwagę (szczególnie radę lub ostrzeżenie).
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heed
The airline has been criticized for failing to heed advice/ warnings about lack of safety routines.
chytry · przebiegły
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cunning
He's a very cunning man.
szkokujący
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lurid
ou can read all the lurid details of the affair in today's paper.
oburzenie
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outrage
Many outraged viewers wrote to the BBC to complain.
stuknięty · mający nie pokolei w głowie
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unhinged
I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged.
cud (ludzki, nie boski)· podziwiać kogoś / coś
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marvel · to marvel at sb/sth
It is proving to be a medical marvel. We paused to marvel at the view.
być w tarapatach
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be up a tree
This whole business has me up a tree. I'm up a tree, and I need some help.
lakoniczny
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laconic
kupować kota w worku
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buy a pig in a poke
Show me the car first, please. I just want to make sure I'm not buying a pig in a poke.
być poważnym
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be in earnest
I thought he was joking - I didn't realize he was in earnest. She was approached by an earnest young man from the University.
wzburzenie
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indignation
He looked at me with indignation.
ukłucie · ściśnięcie serca
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pang
a pang of jealousy
jęk
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groan
We could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers.
ból · udręka · obawa
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anguish
His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. In her anguish she forgot to leave a message.
próg · skraj
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verge
They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
beszcześcić
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desecrate
It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
surowy, poważny
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sternly
This kind of behaviour is not acceptable," said the teacher sternly.
ściskać · wykręcać
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wring
She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry. This wrings my heart.
połyskiwać · błyszczeć
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gleam
mknąć po niebie · płynąć z wiatrem
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scud
Fluffy white clouds scudded across the clear blue sky.
przeciwdziałający · neutralizujący
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counteractant
upiorny
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ghastly
odsunąć się · odskoczyć
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recoil
unikać
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shun
Why does society want one story and shun the other?
plama · skaza
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taint
There is a taint of some sort in the whole family.
wyciszać · tłumić
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muffle
The sound was muffled by the door.
kit · robić wszystko, co ktoś każe
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putty, to be putty in sb's hands
Her daughter is putty in my hands.
pasek · pas (materiału, lądu)
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strip (of land)
szczelina
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crevice
z czcią
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reverently
Look reverently upon the body and do not touch it.
pobłażanie · folgowanie · dogadzanie sobie
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indulgence
Indulgence in a hobby. His main personal indulgence has been to buy the small house.
zaszokować · przerazić
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appall
Appalled by the situation general Williams took command.
poważny
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earnest
odrzucać · odmawiać
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repudiate
He was repudiated by his family. They often want to repudiate one kind of life to try another.
uosobienie · ucieleśnienie
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embodiment
złowieszczy
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ominous
Yet another day of ominous news from Poland.
konar
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bough
skrzypieć
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creak
He heard the door creak open then close behind him.
żałosny
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woeful
zwiastować · zapowiedzieć
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presage
It seemed to presage cruelties that were yet to be!
zadziwiający · zdumiewający
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startling
She was a small woman with startling blue eyes
całun
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cerement
They wore their private needs like cerements, and slept in isolation.
dyszeć · sapać
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gasp
nieustępliwy · niewzruszony
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adamantine
Her sweetness was turned to adamantine cruelty.
zmysłowy · ponętny
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voluptuous
She was very pretty and voluptuous woman.
ściekać
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trickle
Blood had trickled over her chin.
drżący
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tremulous
Lucy said something in a very low and tremulous voice.
warczeć
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snarl
The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them. "Go to hell!", he snarled.
zaskoczyć kogoś
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unawares
The enemy were taken unawares. The overnight invasion took the military experts unawares.
pozostałość · ślad
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remnant
Remnants of the city's former glory. I am lost, running away from the remnants of my old life.
odraza · napawać kogoś odrazą
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loathing, to fill sb with loathing
The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing.
cisnąć czymś
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fling
He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
bezduszny
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callous
Bad enough that other people were being so callous, but this was his own mother.
sciskać coś
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clutch
He died, clutching his stomach.
z wysiłkiem
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strenuously
It was something he had been trying strenuously to avoid all night.
jęczeć · zawodzić
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moan
The moaning of the man with the broken arm
rozpostarty (skrzydła) · otwarty (ramiona) · wyciągnięty (ręka)
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outstretched
I held them in my outstretched hands.
usypiający (głos) · hipnotyzujący (wzrok)
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languorous
skakać
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leap
pędzić
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dash
I must dash - I've got to be home by seven.
drżenie
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quiver
Her whole body was quivering.
zaskakiwać
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baffle
I must have looked baffled. I was baffled by that question.
złośliwość
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malice
There did not seem to be any real malice in him.
wściekły
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livid
He was livid when he found out.
namacalny · cielesny
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corporeal
They have no corporeal form, and thus must take a host body.
szczelina
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interstice
The wall was old and crumbling with plants growing in the interstices of the bricks.
zaledwie (przysłówek) · rzadki, niewystarczający (przymiotnik)
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scarce
An interscise in the wall where scarce a knife blade would have gone. Good teachers are really scarce.
przechadzka · spacer (w wolnym tempie)
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stroll
She strolled happily through the dark streets of Brighton.
wyraźnie · oczywiście
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manifestly
Which manifestly could have nothing to do with what he was trying to figure out!
osika (drzewo)
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aspen
Arthur was trembling like an aspen.
okropny · obrzydliwy
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foul
cielesny · zmysłowy
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carnal (relating to the physical feelings and wants of the body)
Carnal desires. How can you still have no carnal knowledge of women?
kpina · naśmiewanie się
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mockery
The trial was a mockery - the judge had decided the verdict before it began. Bill's mockery of his dad was a bit cruel, but it made us laugh.
zwęglony
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charred
Charred corpses lay everywhere.
mądrość ludowa · tradycja ustna
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lore
What I do here is out of the lore and experience.
wahać się
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falter
He has not faltered at all in his talking to me.
ochryple
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hoarsely
Just what are you warning me about?' she asked hoarsely.
okropny · ohydny
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hideous
Perhaps this would not be such a hideous day after all.
pisk (opon) · piskliwy głos
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screech
With a screech the car started up to the next floor. The girl's voice went way high up into a screech.
zsiadłe (mleko) · mrożące (krew w żyłach)
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curdle
He gave me a look I thought would curdle my blood.
grymas · wygibas
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contortion
He could not bring himself to look at the contortions of Oscar.
chrupać (zębami) · być w gorącej wodzie kąpanym
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champ, to champ at the bit
There she sat, happily chomping her breakfast. Now they are champing at the bit to start again.
wzbierać · narastać
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well
Blood welled up from what looked like a second mouth.
tryskać
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spurt
She could feel his hot blood spurting onto her back.
zataczać się
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reel
He was not the person to be seen reeling around in the street.
napięcie (np. emocjonalne) · stres
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strain
Too much reading can put a strain on the eyes.
mruczeć · szemrać
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murmur
I murmured good night and went up to my room.
zaskoczony · przestraszony
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startled
I was quite startled and again tried to play off the question.
rozwiewać · dementować
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dispel
szeroki uśmiech
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grin
And he covered her grinning mouth with his to prove it.
wesołość
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mirth
When they return, there will be mirth And music in the air.
błagać · usilnie prosić
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entreat
I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
lemiesz (dolna część pługa
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ploughshare
In this case, the plowshare can be quickly converted back into a sword.
tętnić życiem
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bustling
With the addition of the two other schools, the building is bustling.
drobny · delikatny
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dainty
She was born for all that is beautiful and dainty.
cichy · milczący (o przyzwoleniu, zgodzie)
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tacit
Communist party gave tacit support to the first democratic government in Poland.
powstrzymywać · tłumić
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repress
She has not repressed the details of what happened that night.
wygadać · wypaplać coś
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to blurt sth out
Late one evening, Gianni blurted out that he loved her.
ochoczo
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with alacrity
I asked him to stop, which he did with alacrity.
przerażony · struchlały
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horrorstruck
jąkać się · zająknąć się
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stammer
Instead, I stammered something about how high up he was.
śmiało
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boldly
They need to act more boldly as a group, he said.
bladość
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pallor
But with her pallor in the light, she looked already dead.
zadośćuczynienie
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atonement
There was no time now to think of making atonement.
gnębić · nękać
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beset
For the past 10 years, the station has been beset by significant money problems.
męskość
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manhood
Do you know how many times a man can put his manhood inside a woman? All the manhood seemed to have gone out of us.
dotychczas
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hitherto
I had not looked at it hitherto from his point of view.

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