GadFromItalki2

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bez wahania, bez skrupułów
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without a qualm
There are people who would kill without a qualm to get hold of Catherine's work.
naciągany (idea, pomysł)
To za daleko idące wnioski.
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far fetched
It's too far fetched.
lekceważyć / brak poszanowania, szacunku
Nie powinniśmy lekceważyć tego poważnego naruszenia ideałów demokratycznych wyborów.
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disregard
We should not disregard this severe breach from the ideals of democratic elections.
ulżyć sobie
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unburden oneself
As a rule, do you tend to unburden yourself to friends or to members of your family?
wyładować się na kimś
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unload on to someone
By and large, is it men or women who find it easier to unload their worries on to other people?
tłamsić w sobie (uczucia)
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to bottle up
Broadly speaking, do adults in your country bottle up their feelings or let them out?
ufać komuś / zwierzać się
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confide in someone / trust someone
Do you think, in the main, that teenagers would rather confide in their parents or their friends?
ustąpić
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to give way
Face-to-face chat is giving way to texts and messaging.
mieć pierwszeństwo
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to have priority / to have precedence over
przeważać nad
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prevail over
przyćmić
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overshadow / eclipse
pośród
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amid / among
Amid these smaller trends, growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship.
panujący / przeważający
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prevailing
Typically, the pressures of urban life are blamed: in London, a poll had two-fifths of respondents reporting that they face a prevailing drift away from their closest friends.
wykładniczo
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exponentially
While social-networking sites have grown exponentially, the element that is crucial, and harder to investigate, is the quality of the connections they nurture.
wykształcać, wykarmiać, pielęgnować
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to educate / feed / nurture
It seems common sense to conclude that 'friending' online nurtures shallow relationships - as the neologism 'friending' itself implies.
nudzić się, nie mieć nic do roboty
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to be at loose end

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