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Question		Answer
ostensibly, apparently Ostensibly, they convene to discuss new monetary research start learning		pozornie, najwyraźniej
unsettled Markets are unsettled (lacking stability) start learning		niepewny
bracket bracketing Mr Powell with China’s president, Xi Jinping, as an “enemy” start learning		zaszufladkować
hamstring - hamstrung - hamstrung Central bankers are hamstrung start learning		ścięgno - sparaliżowana - sparaliżowana
forestall to forestall a downturn start learning		ubiec
skulduggery organisers are hoping for scurrying without skulduggery start learning		machlojki
scurry organisers are hoping for scurrying without skulduggery start learning		pędzić
adulation well after they receive their medal and the crowd’s adulation start learning		pochlebstwo
emblazoned medals have each been emblazoned with a letter start learning		zdobi medale zostały ozdobione literą
depose and say x was deposed in a case related to his company’s alleged use of deceptive marketing start learning		zeznać i powiedzieć,
stoutly to stoutly deny sth start learning		stanowczo
flogging start learning		chłosta
peddler of narcotics (street-corner ~) All this should alarm the peddlers of the pills start learning		handlarz narkotykami (róg ulicy ~)
It could pay the $572m penalty nine times over from its latest quarterly net profit alone start learning		Mógłby zapłacić karę w wysokości 572 mln USD dziewięć razy więcej niż sam ostatni kwartalny zysk netto
sidelined start learning		pauzował
in the run up to the debate he announced that in the run-up to Brexit Parliament would be suspended altogether start learning		w przygotowaniu do debaty
scourge Screen addiction is not the only contemporary scourge affecting the afterlife start learning		plaga
trinket start learning		błyskotka
haberdasher start learning		właściciel sklepu z pasmanterią
akin to sth Many of today’s e-merchants sell in a digital marketplace, akin to a medieval town square start learning		zbliżona do czegoś
put up with sth That persuades sellers to put up with a lot start learning		znosić coś
strike out on one's own Some online retailers, however, prefer to strike out on their own start learning		działać się na własną rękę
craftsmen of old start learning		dawni rzemieślnicy
guilds of yore start learning		cechy z przeszłości
epitomise start learning		uosabiać, odzwierciedlać
throwback IT WAS A throwback to the bad old days start learning		cofnięcie się, powrót
fatigues Appearing in combat fatigues start learning		mundur
coalesce If it coalesces with other forces it could pose a serious military threat start learning		zlewają
skirmishes FARC 2 raises the risk of border skirmishes with Venezuela start learning		potyczki
implicate Marlon Marín is in American custody and is thought to have implicated Mr Márquez start learning		wskazywać na czyjś udział w czymś
gloat over sth Some quietly gloat over the chaos of Boris Johnson’s government start learning		rozkoszować się czymś
testify to his courage start learning		świadczą o jego odwadze
if only because if only because the EU wants to avoid any blame for no-deal start learning		choćby dlatego,
underpin the laws underpinning the single market start learning		podbudować
shenanigans start learning		kombinacje, sztuczki
resent start learning		mieć żal o coś, oburzać się
flaunt to flaunt the strength of the country he rules start learning		afiszować
to cow refused to be cowed start learning		zastraszać nie dał się zastraszyć
goad they goaded the police start learning		prowokować
hydrocelectomy start learning		hydrokelektomia
gripe start learning		narzekać
in the hopes of stemming emigration start learning		w nadziei na powstrzymanie emigracji
there is little prospect of meeting new people start learning		szanse na poznanie nowych ludzi są niewielkie
compounded by something The difficulty of finding true love in the countryside is compounded by a gender mismatch start learning		potęgowany przez coś
flogging wholesalers are flogging fruit, vegetables and flowers to start learning		sell or offer for sale
carve up start learning		parcelować, kroić
forthcoming The firm is not forthcoming with numbers. start learning		być skorym do udzielania informacji
drawback she lists several drawbacks to heavy regulation start learning		wada
to lumber he beast may continue to lumber forward in pursuit of the player’s brains start learning		człapać
plod start learning		wlec się, posuwać się z trudem
placard start learning		afisz, transparent
accost start learning		zaczepić
galling the case was a particularly galling example of Ireland’s “compo culture” start learning		irytujący
take-up (the acceptance of something offered) Take-up of HRT is now low in most countries start learning		popyt
debunked the conclusions of the study in 2002 were rapidly debunked start learning		zdemaskować, obalać
portend the symptoms can portend serious health problems in the future start learning		zapowiadać
befuddled Perhaps that makes them more forgiving of the 77-year-old’s regular befuddlements; start learning		zamroczony, oszołomiony
bonhomie (cheerful friendliness) start learning		bonhomie (wesoła życzliwość)
nobble start learning		zastraszać
swingeing (severe or extreme in amount, size or effect) swingeing tax on carbon start learning		poważny
bleat (sheep) start learning		beczenie (owce)
secular start learning		świecki

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