Performing arts

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upbringing
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wychowanie
innate
innate talent
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exisitng from birth
gist
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the main or essencial point of a matter
tatty
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cheap/vulgar/shabby
shabby
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showing signs of wera or long use
to hustle
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to move/leave roughly or hurriendly
resilience
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the ability to recover quickly from illness, troubles
prerequisite
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required beforehand
sartorial
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krawiecki
mediocre
n. mediocrity
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of ordinary or moderate quality
lousy
That was a lousy thing to do./lousy weather
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mean/miserable
ruthless
n. ruthlessness
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without pity or compassion
jaded
n. jadedness | adj. jadedly
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dulled by boredom/overwork
notorious
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widely known (rather negative)
lot
Her lot was not a happy one.
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fate/fortune/destiny
to emerge
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to come forth into view, as from hiding
taut
taut stomach
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tense, not slack
to slink
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to move/go into a sneaky manner, as from fear or shame
grim
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stern | unpleasant
contempt
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a lact of respect
to disdain
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to despise
constraint
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a limitation
look-in
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a brief glance
bland
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lacking in special interest or liveliness
out of sync
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not synchronized
ceaseless
adj. ceaselessly | n. ceaselessness
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without stop
perseverance
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steady persistence in a course of action in spite of difficulties
to regard
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to have or show respect or concern
to shed tears
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to let tears fall
refined
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delicate
to leap at the chance
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to jump at the opportunity
to know no bounds
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nie znać granic
to jump for joy
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to be ecstatically happy
a leap in the dark
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sth you do without being certain what will happen
by leaps and bounds
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with rapid progress
to jump to conclusions
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to decide sth without having all facts
to jump down one's throat
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to answer angrily
out of bounds
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passing the limits
limelight
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a position at the centre of publin attention
preceding
v. to precede
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previous
denouement
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the final resolution of a plot/drama/novel
prequel
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a film/play that follows an original already released, but that is set in time before the original
flashbacks
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retrospekcje (in a film or a novel)
sequel
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a book/play that continues the story

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