October 2023

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poważny (przestępstwo) pogorszony
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aggravated
Aggravated rape in the first degree" bans sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child under 13.
przeszukać, wywrócić do góry nogami. doszczętnie zniszczyć, trawić (o ogniu, pożarze)
flaki
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gut
don't perplex with a word tripe
They gutted my room but they didn't find anything. My flat was gutted by fire last night.
szybki
flota
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fleet
Your horse is fleet! I want to ride it. She caught his wrist and ran fleetly down the corridor.
kijanka
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tadpole
a small, black creature with a large head and long tail that lives in water and develops into a frog or toad
prochownia
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powder magazine
agresywnie pewny siebie, zarozumiały; zwyżkowy
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bullish
giving your opinions in a powerful and confident way: A bullish financial market is one in which share prices are rising
She's being very bullish about the firm's future.
smarkacz / smarkula
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brat
a child, especially one who behaves badly
She's behaving like a spoilt brat.
szczupły, zapasowy, dodatkowy, wolny
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spare
She runs every day to have a spare figure. I spared an hour for this meeting and it was a waste of time. I lost my key but I have a spare.
ocenić coś na oko, określić coś na oko, mierzyć kogoś wzrokiem
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eyeball
The cook eyeballed all the ingredients of the goulash.
nieposzalowana uczciwość, prawość
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probity
complete honesty:
Her probity and integrity are beyond question.
ubikacja, sedes, klozet (pojemnik
mainly UK
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lavatory
lavvy. a toilet
The lavatories will be out of service for the rest of the flight.
poprzednik, okoliczność poprzedzająca oficjalnie przodek
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antecedent
someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later: a word or phrase that a pronoun refers back to:
Many people feel a great curiosity to find out about their antecedents. In the sentence "He picked a book off the shelf and handed it to Sally", "book" is the antecedent of "it".
dziwoląg, oryginał, czub,
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whacko, whack
Some whacko called telling us to get out of there.
kark
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nape
the back of the neck
She kissed the nape of his neck.
tlenek żelaza
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iron oxide
ciężkostrawny, sycący (o jedzeniu); nudny (np. o sztuce), drętwy (np. o atmosferze),
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stodgy
stuffy Stodgy food is heavy and unhealthy, sometimes in an unpleasant way: boring, serious, and formal
I've been eating too many stodgy puddings. Neither company has succeeded in shedding its stodgy image. Younger consumers, it is said, regard their products as stodgy and unfashionable
Kminek
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caraway
a short plant or its small seed-like fruits that have a flavour similar to but weaker than aniseed and are used in food, especially for making bread or cake:
Sąd wojenny
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court martial
być z kimś na ty
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be on first name terms with somebody
dostrzegać, zauważać, obczaić (BE) - potocyzm; mierzyć czas
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clock
You must clock the new doctor, he is cute.
zlać, stłuc, dać lanie; skóra
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hide
the strong, thick skin of an animal, used for making leather
I'll hide you if you dare to return to our family farmstead. I'll have your hide once we get home
odłamek (pocisku)
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shrapnel
small pieces of metal that fly through the air when a bomb or similar weapon explodes and are intended to injure people
Twelve people were hit by shrapnel in the attack. a shrapnel wound. shrapnel granate
dołożyć wszelkich starań
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go to great lengths
If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers
marnieć, gnić, popaść w zapomnienie, poniewierać się (np. osoba, przedmiot), stracić animusz, werwę, podupaść
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languish
to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time. PINE
After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered. He has been languishing in jail for the past 20 years. The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls.
bez przerwy
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on end
She can talk about her kids on end. I have been working on end today
po czyjejś stronie, z czyjejś strony
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on somebody's end
The problem has been fixed on their end
drewniany młotek
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mallet
a tool like a hammer with a large, flat end made of wood or rubber:
Lay it on a workbench and sharply smack it with a mallet. The strong men in the circus swing a mallet to ring the bell.
wyżyć, żyć z
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subsist on
to get enough food or money to stay alive, but no more:
The prisoners were subsisting on a diet of bread and water. These people subsist on rice, beans, fruits, and vegetables.
dzięki czemuś
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by dint of
because of. a small hollow mark in the surface of something, caused by pressure or by being hit
She got what she wanted by dint of pleading and threatening. Additionally, many have dints that must be derived from rough handling before firing.
co jakiś czas
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every so often
sometimes
Every so often I came out just long enough to get water. And every so often, a small change does make a big difference.
knot (część świeczki), obraźliwie pała
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wick
a piece of string in the centre of a candle, or a similar part of a light, that supplies fuel to a flame

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