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Question		Answer
coriander Aussie who calls himself “the coriander of comedy” is back with the follow-up start learning		kolendra
outright it should see Simmons return to the outright cod-surrealist madcappery start learning		pełny, pełnoprawny, kategoryczny, zdecydowany, absolutny
cod it should see Simmons return to the outright cod-surrealist madcappery start learning		udawany, prześmiewczy
madcappery it should see Simmons return to the outright cod-surrealist madcappery start learning		wariactwo, ekscentryczność
eve on the eve of a court hearing start learning		przeddzień
tumultuous court hearing which threatened to expose details of their tumultuous relationship to public glare. start learning		burzliwy (np. okres), gromki (o oklaskach), hałaśliwy (np. tłum)
expose to public glare start learning		wystawić na widok publiczny
to draw a line Both actors issued a joint statement drawing a line under a saga start learning		zakończyć, osiągnąć punkt zwrotny
to appall Both actors issued a joint statement drawing a line under a saga which has appalled, titillated and divided the film industry and fans. start learning		przerażać, przerazić, zatrwożyć
titillate Both actors issued a joint statement drawing a line under a saga which has appalled, titillated and divided the film industry and fans. start learning		podniecać
volatile “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” start learning		nieprzewidywalny, zmienny
lurid high-priced lawyers to battle over lurid claims of jealous paranoia, drunken rages, manipulative greed and a severed fingertip. start learning		jaskrawy, straszny
greed manipulative greed start learning		chciwość
sever a severed fingertip start learning		ucinać (nogę, rękę), przecinać (linę), odcinać (coś od czegoś)
row a violent row in Australia which disrupted filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. start learning		awantura, pyskówka
disrupt a violent row in Australia which disrupted filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. start learning		zakłócać
accolade the comedy veteran has said he is delighted with the accolade. start learning		wyróżnienie, pochwała, przychylna opinia, uznanie
municipality Mayor Lionnel Luca made his municipality the third to outlaw the garment as a “provocation” start learning		miasto, władze samorządowe
roster hey see as absurdity in adding the new category of “religious offences” to their usual roster of “promiscuity offences” start learning		lista, spis, grafik
promiscuity hey see as absurdity in adding the new category of “religious offences” to their usual roster of “promiscuity offences” start learning		lubieżność, swoboda seksualna, rozwiązłość
throw down the gauntlet mayor Christian Estrosi has thrown down a gauntlet to the Socialist prime minister, Manuel Valls. start learning		rzucać rękawicę
denounce “does the government intend to take to fight these phenomena which you yourself denounce?” start learning		potępiać, piętnować
liability start learning		odpowiedzialność, zobowiązanie, obowiązek
subjugate But there is no liberty to subjugate women.” start learning		ujarzmiać, zniewalać
tinderbox it has become yet another flame in the murderous tinderbox of Islamism in France, start learning		beczka prochu
endemic our words “laity” and “secularism” fail to express the depth of allergy to all things theocratic, which is endemic to French societal fabric since the revolution. start learning		rozpowszechniony
onslaught the Islamist onslaught against France start learning		szturm, atak, najazd
brace for something Most French people wonder how much more they can take – but brace themselves for more start learning		przygotować się na coś, przygotowywać się na coś
inflammatory inflammatory language about “infidels” and “unbelievers”. start learning		podburzający, podżegający
encroachment burkinis are “part of an encroachment by Islamist extremism in this area start learning		wtargnięcie
the last straw When his doctor told him that his lack of eyelids was destroying his sight, that was the last straw. start learning		kropla przepełniająca czarę goryczy
scalp no one had successfully transplanted as much face and scalp tissue before start learning		skalp / skóra na głowie
go down the drain All my efforts have gone down the drain because the contest won't take place. start learning		pójdą na marne Wszystkie moje wysiłki poszły na marne, bo konkurs się nie odbędzie.
abide by Mrs May says her government will abide by the results of the vote and intends to open exit negotiations with EU colleagues next year. start learning		przestrzegać
feud a feud between the ministers in charge of the main Brexit departments start learning		spór, sprzeczka, waśń, konflikt
scrutiny Theresa May is clearly running scared from parliamentary scrutiny of her Brexit negotiations. start learning		szczegółowe badanie (np. dokumentu), analiza (czegoś), obserwacja, badanie
reluctance The apparent reluctance of Vogue to engage with genuinely disabled models offers a snapshot of society’s problem start learning		niechęć (do zrobienia czegoś), opór (przed czymś), ociąganie się
amid Bolivian authorities accused the president of a mining federation and two of his top officials of the killing of deputy interior minister Rodolfo Illanes amid a bitter strike start learning		z powodu
bitter Bolivian authorities accused the president of a mining federation and two of his top officials of the killing of deputy interior minister Rodolfo Illanes amid a bitter strike start learning		zacięty, zawzięty, zaciekły (np. o walce, dyskusji, wrogu)
thereof this social network has in fact made the lives of billions of people more open and transparent, and made segments thereof more exposed to the public start learning		tego, jego, o tym (o czymś wcześniej wymienionym)
raw material subjects of labour (natural resources and raw materials) start learning		Surowiec
faulty Profile information can quite often contain misleading or faulty information. start learning		wadliwy, błędny, wybrakowany
embed the top 50 websites in Serbia that we use there are in 46% of the cases some of the Facebook cookies embed. start learning		osadzać, wstawić, wbudować
stoke he stoked tensions with Mexico over the issue of immigration start learning		dokładać (do pieca), dorzucać (do ognia), podsypywać
muddled his aggressive but muddled language on immigration start learning		zagmatwany, zmieszany, otumaniony
vetting He also told the crowd that he would introduce "extreme vetting" of immigrants. start learning		sprawdzenie, weryfikacja, lustracja
tycoon Mexico will not pay for the wall the New York tycoon wants to build. start learning		potentat, magnat
stance His policy stances could represent a huge threat to Mexico, and I am not prepared to keep my arms crossed and do nothing start learning		stanowisko (np. stanowisko polityka odnośnie pewnej sprawy)
outlandish “Donald Trump has made his outlandish policy of forcing Mexico to pay for his giant wall the centrepiece of his campaign,” start learning		dziwaczny, cudaczny
drop in start learning		wpadać do kogoś
a loose cannon You don’t build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. start learning		osoba nieobliczana, osoba szalona
to treat On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer. start learning		fundować, stawiać
to court This is how Barack Obama remembers courting Michelle Robinson in 1989. start learning		zalecać się
against the backdrop against the backdrop of southside Chicago in the late 1980s. start learning		na tle
lukewarm Some critics have praised the film and others have been lukewarm. start learning		letni, obojętny, słaby, oziębły
a foe Obama’s conservative foes are likely to dismiss the film as propaganda start learning		nieprzyjaciel, przeciwnik, wróg
wistful It comes at a wistful moment for the president’s admirers. start learning		tęskny, smutny, melancholijny
the final stretch start learning		finisz, zakonczenie
scathing The contrast with his predecessor, George W Bush – whose final year in the White House was greeted by Oliver Stone’s scathing biopic, W – could not be starker. start learning		zjadliwy, cięty
stark The contrast with his predecessor, George W Bush – whose final year in the White House was greeted by Oliver Stone’s scathing biopic, W – could not be starker. start learning		nagi, czysty, surowy, prosty
flimsy Bush was seen boozing, going to war on a flimsy premise and threatening the family legacy. start learning		słaby, marny
denigration At the end of the Bush years, we get a denigration start learning		oczernienie, uwałaczanie
imminent Another film is imminent start learning		nadciągający, bliski, nieuchronny
to lionise Obama is far from the first president to be lionised – or demonised – by Hollywood. start learning		ubóstwiać jako bohatera, traktować jak znakomitość
the rule of thumb I think the rule of thumb is to wait for 10 years. start learning		eguła oparta na doświadczeniu, zasada oparta na praktyce
assiduously Not every politician, however, reads and watches coverage of themselves as assiduously as Trump does. start learning		wytrwale
a retort start learning		riposta
prodigy The remarkable story of Phiona Mutesi, the chess prodigy from one of Kampala’s poorest slums who has inspired a major new Hollywood movie start learning		wyjątkowy talent, geniusz
a stoop I first met Phiona Mutesi in September 2010 sitting on the mud stoop of her family’s shack start learning		weranda, ganek
shack I first met Phiona Mutesi in September 2010 sitting on the mud stoop of her family’s shack start learning		buda, szopa, chałupa
to drop out at the age of nine she could neither read nor write and had dropped out of school start learning		rzucić szkołę, uczelnię, studia
meagre they’d been robbed of all their meagre possessions start learning		skromny, ubogi, cienki
tin a room with no windows and a tin roof start learning		cynowy, blaszany
dilapidated a tin roof so dilapidated that every rainstorm flooded the shack start learning		zdezelowany, podupadły, walący się, zniszczony
charcoal a tiny charcoal stove, start learning		węgielowy
musty two musty mattresses for the entire family to sleep on start learning		stęchły
sprawling Katwe in the south of Uganda’s sprawling, smoggy capital city of Kampala, start learning		rozciagnięty, rozwlekły
an artisan Kampala, emerged in the mid-20th century as a place for poor artisans start learning		rzemieślnik
a sewage during the rainy season is regularly flooded with raw sewage start learning		ścieków
maize start learning		kukurydza
a saucepan start learning		rondel
illegitimate he was an illegitimate child start learning		nieślubny
to embark His mother died when he was around eight and he embarked on an odyssey of despair. start learning		wchodzić na pokład
to scrounge he lived much of his childhood on the run, scrounging for food start learning		żebrać
trial and error Within a year of learning the game, mostly through trial and error, it became evident that Phiona had a special gift start learning		metoda prób i błędów
recklessly During her earliest games, she played recklessly start learning		lekkomyślnie
to ascend when her plane ascended through a cloud bank into the sun and blue sky start learning		wznosić się w powietrze, iść w górę
a bank when her plane ascended through a cloud bank into the sun and blue sky start learning		obłok, tuman (np. chmur, mgły)
to field They also fielded some odd questions: did you stay indoors or in the bush? start learning		odpowiadać (na pytanie), wypełniać
a grandmaster Coach, I will be a grandmaster some day. start learning		arcymistrz, wielki mistrz szachowy
sobering It was a trip both triumphant and sobering. start learning		otrzeźwiający
unfailingly She is still unfailingly humble start learning		niezawodnie, niesłabnąco
lush She spends holidays at her mother’s newly constructed house in a lush valley several kilometres outside Kampala start learning		drogi, luksusowy, bogaty
to upend benefiting only a select few and upending society. start learning		przewracać do góry nogami
detrimental the employment of machinery is frequently detrimental to their interests”. start learning		szkodliwy, krzywdzący
with a vengeance Today the machinery question is back with a vengeance, in a new guise start learning		z podwójną siłą
a guise Today the machinery question is back with a vengeance, in a new guise start learning		przebranie
to rail against Thomas Carlyle, writing in 1839, railed against the “demon of mechanism” start learning		uskarżać się na coś
to overset “oversetting whole multitudes of workmen”. start learning		wywracać, obalać, przewracać
a deployment $2 trillion in efficiency gains from the deployment of self-driving cars and drones. start learning		wdrożenie, zastosowanie

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