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Question		Answer
cleft start learning		rozszczep; szczelina, rozpadlina Eagles often nest in a cleft in the rocks. a cleft chin (= with a deep vertical line)
clause start learning		paragraf, klauzula; zdanie składowe There will be a human rights clause in the new agreement. This sentence is made out of two clauses.
as though start learning		jak gdyby, jakby I felt as though someone was calling out to me. So you need to do everything as though it were the last time.
take the mickey out of someone start learning		naśladować ogoś, prezdrzeźniać, żartować sobie z kogoś A group of other boys were taking the mickey out of him.
revolve start learning		obracać się The earth revolves around the sun. All revolves around money.
stance start learning		stanowisko, pozycja, postawa; nastawienie The whole international community followed with a very similar stance. The wrestler assumed a defensive stance. The wrestler assumed a defensive stance.
queue up start learning		stanąć w kolejce I hate having to queue up.
exquisitely start learning		znakomicie, wybornie, wyśmienicie; wykwintnie, wytwornie, kunsztownie Their house is exquisitely (= beautifully) furnished. an exquisitely painful disease. He had never in his life been quite so exquisitely happy.
tough start learning		twardy, trudny tough decision, tough time, tough material, tough food, Don't be so tough with her.
clutter start learning		nieład, rupiecie (a lot of objects in) a state of being untidy: Sorry about the clutter in the kitchen. My desk is covered in/full of clutter.
disgrace start learning		hańba, wstyd, kompromitacja If I get bad grades, I will be a disgrace to my family.
strewn with start learning		wypełniony czymś, pełen czegoć, zasypany The park was strewn with litter after the concert.
stain start learning		plama
throw (noun) start learning		narzuta We bought new throw for our sofa.
washed out start learning		wykończony, bardzo zmęczony; sprany (kolor)
wash out start learning		wypłukać; odpaść, wymięknąć "Where is Tom?" "He washed out and left early."
smugly start learning		w sposób wyrażający zadowolenie z siebie, w sposób wyrażający wyższość he smiled smugly
to compound start learning		pogarszać Her terror was compounded by the feeling that she was being watched.
skint start learning		spłukany, bez pieniędzy I won't help you. I'm skint.
snot start learning		smark, szpik z nosa; smarkacz; zarozumialec ;Amber is such a snot!
convoluted start learning		pozwijany, e esy floresy; zawiły a very convoluted route/knot His grammar explanations are terribly convoluted. Her book is full of long, convoluted sentences.
witty start learning		dowcipny, bystry, cięty He thinks that he's witty but nobody ever laughs.
snag start learning		rozerwać, rozedrzeć; US nieformalnie - uprawiać sex My clothes got snagged when I walked through the forest. "I wanna get drunk and go snag all over tonight."
disparity start learning		różnica, odmienność, dysproporcja There is a disparity in crimes reported and criminals caught.
royalties start learning		tantiema
blurb start learning		krótki opis książki na tylnej okładce, notka reklamowa
christen start learning		ochrzcić She was christened Maria.
christening start learning		chrzest We're going to my nephew's christening on Saturday.
earn/pay peanuts start learning		zarabiać/płacić grosze
pavement start learning		chodnik
pave start learning		brukować, utwardzać, betonować
perk start learning		dodatek do wynagrodzenia, gratis
fringe benefit start learning		dodatkowa korzyść oprócz wypłaty And he knows what some of the fringe benefits are.
riot start learning		zamieszki If they raised taxes, there'd be a riot

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