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wykorzystywać informacje, sięgać do zasobów, opierać się na czyms start learning
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to start using a supply of something His novels draw heavily on his childhood. Americans are spending more than they earn, drawing on savings and building up debt to do so. He has secured a loan for a new building by drawing upon the resources of two existing tenants.
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akcesoria, przybory, sprzęt start learning
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paraphernalia the equipment needed for a particular activity or way of life The fibers of burial accoutrements have been less difficult to identify. horticultural accoutrements
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actions that only achieve part of what they are intended to achieve: I'm not interested in half measures.
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organized for the good of a few people who have special interests or abilities Many remember sport at school as elitist, focusing only on those who were good at it.
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związek przyczynowy, przyczynowośc start learning
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the process of causing something to happen or exist This is more about whose history is being constructed and told, and how causation is attributed.
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swawolny, rozpustny, nieokiełznany start learning
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(of something bad, such as damage, cruelty, waste) extreme and showing no care at all: wanton destruction of human life a wanton disregard for safety. Your child is wanton. I won't tolerate his behaviour. The plants in their garden are wanton.
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wrzeciono, oś w urządzeniu start learning
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podział państwa, rozczłonkowanie amputacja start learning
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the action of cutting, tearing, or pulling the arms and legs off a body He was charged with the murder and dismemberment of his neighbour. He had witnessed public hangings and dismemberments. the dismemberment of the empire
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niemiły, niegrzeczny; nieprzyjemny (obowiązek), przykry start learning
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very unpleasant and rude a disagreeable young man She said some very disagreeable things
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letni (o wodzie, chłodnej kawie), chłodna (reakcja) start learning
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(of liquid) not very warm. lukewarm I got a tepid response to my suggestion.
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wyróżnienie, rozróżnienie start learning
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He held that distinction for only a couple of hours. Your son deserves the distinction because he's the best from his class
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squalid start learning
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(of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money These people are forced to live in squalor. It was a dirty, damp, smelly flat - the usual student squalor.
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If you wring your hands, you show that you are worried or unhappy: Car dealers are wringing their hands over low sales this summer. wring something's neck
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pretensja, roszczenie, aspiracje, ambicje start learning
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a claim or belief that you can succeed or that you are important or have serious value: The Chronicle has pretensions to being a serious newspaper. Leonard’s paintings have a real freedom from pretension. He has no pretensions for higher office.
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: STRATAGEM, TRICK. deceitful cunning: DUPLICITY a war that called for guile rather than firepower
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He was detained by a snow storm
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a large and violent event, such as a war, involving a lot of people. a large fire that causes a lot of damage. The government has turned a minor local problem into a full-blown regional conflagration.
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rozterka, być w rozterce, wahać się start learning
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to be unable to make a decision about doing something. to hesitate. agonise Stop dithering and choose which one you want! She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
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inwestytura, wprowadzenie na urząd start learning
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a ceremony in which someone is given an official rank, authority, power, etc The investiture of the new president will take place this evening.
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As for the power we had together, it was incalculable.
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wzgardzić (czymś), odrzucić pomoc start learning
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to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having: disdain, scorn She spurned my offers of help. Ellis plays the part of the young lover spurned by his mistress.
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wydźwięk, ogólne znaczenie głos męski start learning
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the general meaning, character, or pattern of something: What was the general tenor of his speech?
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nie zwracać uwagi na coś, ignorować start learning
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pay no mind/ no attention to sth I ask you to pay no mind to this pathetic acts of impertinency.
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an official, formal, or long letter She sent a ten-page missive to the committee, detailing her objections.
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prawie taki sam, trochę mniej niż (pejoratywnie) start learning
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used to emphasize a situation, quality, or type of behaviour: The party was nothing short of a disaster. His achievements as a political reformer have been nothing short of miraculous.
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kandydat do tronu, pretendent start learning
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someone who very much wants to achieve something: an aspirant to the throne Synonyms
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uzyskać (zapewnienie, zgodę), wzbudzać, prowokować start learning
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to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction. to get a student to provide or remember a fact, response, etc. rather than telling them the answer: Whenever performed, this song elicits difficult emotions in the singerThis handbook elicited only negative reviews. The teacher elicits definitions from the students. Have you managed to elicit a response from them yet? The questionnaire
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A comely woman is attractive in appearance.
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intense and usually openly displayed anger ireful. cheeks flushed with ire
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nieskrępowany, nieobciążony start learning
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Thus unencumbered by weighty expectations, Smith was able to approach new music with a revitalized attitude, too.
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bezsporny, pewny(jeśli chodzi o czyjąś szczerość) start learning
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of such a high standard of honesty and moral goodness that it cannot be doubted or criticized: irreproachable A spokesman said the Bishop was a man of unimpeachable integrity and character.
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uczciwość, prawość; integralność start learning
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He's got integrity to be our President for the next four years. Questions about financial integrity have been around since the start of the year.
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WYNISZCZENIE,(wojna na wyniszczenie) zmniejszanie się składu osobowego w firmie start learning
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the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack. the act of wearing or grinding down by friction a war of attrition. Stones can be smoothed and polished by attrition. The immensely hot weather resulted in the attrition of the forests
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the fact of obeying or respecting someone, or something you do that expresses this One by one the noblemen made their obeisances (= bent at the waist) to the queen.
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an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority: Stoke mutiny. Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny. There were rumours of mutiny among the troops.
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palić w piecu, dodawać do ognia, dolewać oliwu start learning
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to add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat: to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people: He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region. Once the fire had been stoked up, the room began to get warm. As it was a cold morning, she stoked up on bacon, eggs, and beans on toast.
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odczuwać brak czegoś pożądanego bądź niezbędnego start learning
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to lack something you need: We didn’t have much, but we never wanted for food. I don't want for my parents' love
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chwiać się, wahanie, oscylowanie start learning
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I feel dizzy because of the waver of the weather.
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ponownie wrócić do tematu, odwiedzić start learning
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to talk or think about something again, with the intention of improving it or changing Gun laws need to be revisited.
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to guess something, without having much or any proof: The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country. My surmise turned out to be right. The article is pure surmise and innuendo.
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the area surrounding a place, especially a town
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We coupled a dining car to the train. She coupled with you and you committed a sin.
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strona start learning
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in the past, a boy who worked as a servant for a knight and who was learning to become a knight: Below in the courtyard the knights and men-at-arms and pages were already receiving the Queen’s message.
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zdobycz, zwierzyna łowna, kamieniołom, wydobywać start learning
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Our quarry should be somewhere in this forest. The quarry and all its mining rights shall belong to Shiring. They quarry marble here
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extremely cowardly (= not brave a craven act of terrorism
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zgodnie z, pasować do czegoś, harmonizować z czymś, konweniować start learning
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agreeing with or sharing important qualities with (something The decorations in the house are in (perfect) keeping with her personality. In keeping with the overall design of the park, the playground will remain small
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męczyć nadmiernie intensywnym wysiłkiem», forsować, przeliczyć się pieniężnie start learning
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to spend too much money, or borrow more money than you can pay back. to try to do more work or other activities than you can manage: overextend yourself The fear of failure can lead young people to overextend themselves. Borrowers overextend themselves in refinancing to cover unforeseen expenses.
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the person you are having a romantic or sexual relationship with, but are not married to
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to castrate (an animal). to deprive of a natural or essential part Some old-timers will tell you that the horse will grow better if you wait until he's older to geld him, but I've found this isn't the case ... the legislation was pretty much gelded by the time it was passed
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łagodny, przyjemny (np pogoda) start learning
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Clement weather is pleasant or not severe It's very clement for the time of year.
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an unpleasant or ugly shrewish old woman. in stories, an old woman with magic powers
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osamotniony, pozbawiony (np. grosza) start learning
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not having something or feeling great loss Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope. After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft.
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a piece of cloth covered with a thick, often warm substance, wrapped around an injury to reduce pain or swelling He used bed rest, bleeding, poultices and 'blisters' as well as a variety of potions.
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odziać (np. w szatę), wręczać (np. insygnia); wprowadzać na urząd; przydawać (np. znaczenia, okrążać start learning
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She invested into a bathrobe and went for a shower. Our troops have to invest them. Your moustache invests respect to you
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błąd, pomyłka, potknięcie; chwila słabości wygaśnięcie (np. praw, ważności), obniżyć się, ulegać zapomnieniu, mijać (np. godziny) start learning
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come to an end because an agreed time limit has passed The hours lapsed, but he wouldn't come. My membership in this club has already lapsed. There was only one lapse from this rule in the whole known history. In a momentary lapse, he allowed them to go to the party. There might have been a lapse in my
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bezczelny, mężnie stawić czoła (bezczelnie), mosiężny start learning
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marked by shameless or disrespectful boldness. to face with defiance or impudence —usually used in the phrase brazen it out the horrible brazen voice of the fire bell He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
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trzymać się czegoś (np. zasad), dostosowywać się do czegoś (np. reguł, tradycji) start learning
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w przygotowaniu, nadchodzący w toku, w trakcie start learning
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happening or being planned or prepared There are plans afoot to launch a new radio station.
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to enjoy yourself by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly in a group of people: We'd been up carousing till the early hours and were exhausted.
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painstakingly to examine something minutely
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privy, outhouse, comfort station
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lęg; sprzęgło, trzymać kurczowo, mała grupa start learning
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to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain: a small group of eggs produced by the same bird, especially in a nest Silent and pale, she clutched (onto) her mother's hand. Clutching the money to his chest, he hurried to the bank. a fresh clutch of students
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Now everything in her life points out the futility of hope. But in recent years, a sense of futility has developed.
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old-fashioned start learning
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a little girl in a pretty frock
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glorify, exalt, praise The German leadership lauded the Russian initiative.
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demoralizacja, deprawacja start learning
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the state of being morally bad, or an action that is morally bad
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śmieszny (w dziwaczny sposób) start learning
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humorous, especially in an unusual way a droll remark/expression/person
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continuing for too long and therefore boring or annoying: endless I say that's enough of interminable infighting between us. an interminable delay his interminable stories
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walki wewnętrzne, konkurencja między członkami jednej grupy start learning
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conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders) Instead, incredibly, shamefully, the board is paralyzed by a vicious infight.
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to intentionally not obey a rule, law, or custom: Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets. The orchestra decided to flout convention/tradition, and wear their everyday clothes for the concert.
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without any worry about possible criticism or embarrassment: She is to this day unabashed in her patriotism. He is an unabashed capitalist.
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(the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person. slander He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.
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Strong men would wake healthy at the break of day and be dead by evenfall.
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zgasić świece, stłumić; węszyć, tobaka start learning
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to put out a flame, especially from a candle, usually by covering it with something One by one she snuffed the candles.
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gruntowny, wyczerpujący, kompletny (np. o informacji) exhausting start learning
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comprehensive In other words, what I said was not yet exhaustive. The list of these areas is by no means exhaustive.
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zawładnięcie (czyjąś własnością), przejęcie (władzy nad czymś), konfiskata (broni, narkotyków, schwytanie, napad start learning
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the action of taking something by force or with legal authority. a very sudden attack of an illness in which someone becomes unconscious or develops violent movements: The doctor said she had a seizure because of a head injury. Our ships will be just as liable to seizure as the French ones. The police has prepared for seizure of the escaped convict.
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a person who kills a king, or the act of killing a king
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trałować (łowienie), wszyskiwanie informacje, wyszukiwać informacji start learning
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to search among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information you want:. to pull a large, cone-shaped net through the sea at a deep level behind a special boat in order to catch fish: The software is used to trawl for information on the internet. You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid... They trawl these waters for cod. We did a wide trawl to find the right person to play the part.
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darmozjad, beznadziejny przypadek, beztalencie start learning
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a person who does nothing positive with their life, making no use of their abilities or the opportunities that are offered to them. good-for-nothing She told him he was a lazy good-for-nothing and should get a job.
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a person or thing having the same name as another person or thing His young namesake, who duly appears a few numbers on, is evidently in no danger of suffering the fate of those tender babes
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to be unable to make a decision about doing something: Stop dithering and choose which one you want! She's still dithering over whether to accept the job she's just been offered.
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przesadna delikatność, підвищена чутливість start learning
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the fact of being easily upset or shocked by things that you find unpleasant or that you do not approve of: Some people will not eat raw fish out of squeamishness. He was known for his squeamishness, and allowed no talk of blood, the body, disease, or death. She's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood.
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to put something in a place where it is unlikely to be found: He was arrested at the airport with a kilo of heroin secreted in his clothing.
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naradzać się, nadawać (np. tytuł) start learning
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to give an official title, honour, or advantage to someone I need some time to confer with my lawyer. An honorary doctorate was conferred on him by Columbia University.
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toil every day so you could have a good life. I'm exhausted because I have been toiling away a whole day.
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pewny (o spojrzeniu), wierny (o przyjacielu), stały (o uczuciu, niezłomny start learning
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Rather we value ourselves according to our honor and steadfastness.
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the tube that food travels down in the body from the mouth to the stomach
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przyzwolenie, zgoda; ustępliwość start learning
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the act of accepting or agreeing to something, often unwillingly: I was surprised by her acquiescence to/in the plan. She nodded her acquiescence. She has a very acquiescent nature.
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odskocznia, punkt zaczepienia; uchwyt dla palców (wspinaczka) start learning
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a slight footing The newly built wall had no toeholds of any kind. fingerhold. used his money to get a toehold, then a foothold, then a near stranglehold on the political economy
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wdowa z tytułem po zmarłym mężu start learning
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a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband 2 : a dignified elderly woman The estate is owned by a wealthy dowager. the town's dowagers frequently shake their heads over the younger generation
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petent, osoba ubiegająca się o coś; wychodzący z roszczeniem start learning
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one that asserts a right or title a claimant to an estate. Claimants will need to fill out the appropriate paperwork.
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set a powder keg on fire. whiskey keg
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(of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way: Ignore him - he's being lewd. a lewd suggestion. commission of a lewd act. lewdness
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cliché. a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying As far as health is concerned, it's a truism that prevention is better than cure.
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transmitować przez telewizję start learning
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to show or broadcast on television The match will be televised live) on BBC Scotland
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расплывчатое, обширное и поэтому неоднозначное start learning
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spread out flat without definite form. "not concentrated or localized - diffuse diffuse Lightning. diffuse pain. Right now, everything is so diffuse and no one seems to be responsible
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(of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh You can use such sour milk, but if pasteurized milk goes wrong it becomes putrid and rancid and you cannot use it at all. go rancid
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niechluj, bałaganiarz; leniuch, nierób start learning
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He concludes that they are largely groundless myths.
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a person who makes and repairs barrels The cooper's house was so roomy that each guest had his separate retiring-room, to which they were ushered with all due ceremony, while the plentiful supper was in the act of being placed upon the table.
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wzburzyć, zryć (chodnik, wodę), maselnica, kłębić się, roić się (np. pomysły) start learning
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to move something, especially a liquid, with great force: If your stomach is churning, you feel ill, usually because you are nervous: to mix milk until it becomes butter I used to collect a few churns of milk from my brother's farm to make cheese. The workers had to churn the sidewalk to get to the pipes. I've got lots of ideas churning in my head. The wheels would churn, but the car couldn't move.
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szkatułka na biżuterię, urna z prochami start learning
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a small, decorative box, especially one used to keep jewellery in. a coffin An arm-reliquary was a casket in the form of a human arm and hand, though the relic inside was sometimes no more than a fragment
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a building, or a room in a hospital, etc. where dead bodies are kept before they are sent to be buried or burned, sometimes so that they can be examined
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zbiór dzieł, ogół tekstów (np. prace jakiegoś autora lub prace na jakiś temat, t start learning
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a collection of a single writer's work, or of writing about a particular subject The entire corpus of his works is available in our library.
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not supported by facts Companies can be punished for making unsubstantiated claims about their products.
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one of a pair of pieces of metal shaped like the letter D that hang from the side of a horse's saddle, used for resting your foot when you are riding
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