Test 4 Integrated skills

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elusive
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intangible, we canot touch him (mr. banksy)
secret
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closely guarded
not masculine, weak
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sissy
gałązka oliwna
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an olive branch
Trzrj Królowie
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The Magi
: a cereal grain that yields a fine white flour used chiefly in breads, baked goods (as cakes and crackers), and pastas (as macaroni or spaghetti), and is important in animal feeds 2 : any of various Old World annual grasses (genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum and T. turgidum) of wide climatic adaptability that are cultivated in most temperate areas for the wheat they yield
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wheat
a thoroughly objectionable person
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rotter
: done, made, or acquired by stealth: clandestine 2 : acting or doing something clandestinely: stealthy <a surreptitious glance>
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surreptitiously
a man who considers his nation as the best in the world, the rest is worse
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xenophobe
using very often "do", emphasizing "do"
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the emphatic "do"
to trick sb to come up with an idea
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implicature
arrogant
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haughty
certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented
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inevitable
a wax model of a person
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waxwork
describes remarks which are nor direct so that the real meaning is not immediately clear
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obligue
to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing
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epitomise
to put a male animal's sperm into a female animal, either by the sexual act or by an artificial method
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inseminate
intended as a joke and not said seriously
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in jest
completely harmless
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innocuous
to reduce or be reduced in size or importance
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diminish
a long, angry and confused speech
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rant
an uncomfortable feeling that comes from believing or thinking two different things that cannot be both right
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cognitive dissonance
the real nature of a thing, the essence
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quiddity
only thinking of other people's advantage
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selfless
a necessary condition withoit which sth is not possible
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sine qua nonSine qua non (łac., właść. conditio sine qua non; warunek, bez którego nie) – konieczne i niezbędne działanie, stan lub składnik. W klasycznej łacinie poprawną formą jest użycie słowa condicio. Zwrot jest także używany w ekonomii, filozofii, medycynie i polityce.
to steal
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swipe
who is Banksy?
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Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world
the first
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primal
wypatroszony
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disembowelled
podnieść poprzeczke
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raise the bar
unwid
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relax
przeszkoda
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hurdle
take over the hurdle
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negotiate the hurdle
strict rules
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rigid rules
skupić się na niepowodzeniu
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focus goes on the failure
given into our brains, cos co siedzi juz na trwałe w nas:)
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hard-wired into our brains
poprawic makijaz
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touch up my make-up
spięty
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tense
primal
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the first
jastrząb
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hawks
intangible
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elusive
a pointless death
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a senseless tragedy
a story that is beautiful and sad and cannot be forgotten
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a haunting tale
a quintessentially American tale
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a story that is very typiacally American
an object from a culture that no longer exist
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an artifact from a vanished civilisation
an object that takes you in to the past
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time capsule
began a journey of two years
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embarked on a two year odyssey
to fell a kinship with Christ
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consider myself similar to CHrist
died beacuse he didn't have enough to eat
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die OF starvation
embraced life fully
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was completely awake to life
gave himself a new name
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rechristened himself
living on whatever he could find or hunt in his area
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living off the land
many people have come in search of understanding
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many have come seeking understanding
the decaying remains
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the decomposed body
the strange and frightening atmosphere
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spooky aura
to live as fully as possible
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to push the limits of experience
was mentally disturbed
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was deeply out of his element
for longer than anyone can remember Her family had farmed that land from time immemorial.
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from time immemorial
to działo się przed moim czasem
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it was before my time
wyścig z czasem
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race agaist time
to była kwestia chwili
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it was a matter of time
mieć ciężki okres
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to have a hard time of sth
dlugo się nie widzielismy
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Long time, no see!!!
jest na wszystko czas w zyciu
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There's a time and place for everything in life
the best time to start
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time is ripe
odsiadywać karę np w więzieniu
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sb is doing /serving time for killing
the art of putting off things that can be done today
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procrastination
leci czas szybko
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how time FLIES
z czasem na zabicie (Wtf)
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with time to kill
wspaniały dzień
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there's no day like today
czas leczy rany
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time is a great healer
żył na pozyczonym czasie
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he was living on borrowed time
przezywac wyjątkowy czas
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to spend some quality time
czas karmienia w zoo
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feeding time at the zoo
czas mojego życia
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time of my life
załować minionego czasu
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making lost for gone time
dniówka, cały dzień, na koniec dnia można powiedzieć w pracy
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we can call it a day
w samą porę AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT
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IN THE NICK OF TIME
byc pod presją czasu
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to be pressed for time
No one is so powerful that they can stop the march of time. Origin The origin is uncertain, although it's clear that the phrase is ancient and that it predates modern English. The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225: "And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." A version in modern English - "the tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man" evolved into the present day version. The notion of 'tide' being beyond man's control b
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time and tide wait for no man

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