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niewątpliwie
ponad wszelką wątpliwość
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beyond doubt
Lynchpin
podpora
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lynchpin
odbiorca
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recipient
oblegany
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besieged
The town jad been besieged fot two months but stilo resisted the aggressors.
zwerbować
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enlist
spawacz
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welder
śmiertelny
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lethal
przechwałki
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boast
wnikliwy
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discerning
wędrować
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roam
działania wojenne
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hostilities
kuśtykać
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hobble
potwierdzone
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corroborated
nielegalny
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illicit
pędzący
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hurtling
przechylił wagę
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tipped the scales
zadumany
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mused
wezmą z tego przykład
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will take their cue from that
unikaj zmian
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shun change
środki odwetowe
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retaliatory measures
wrażliwy
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vulnerable
poprzednik
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predecessor
trzymać się z daleka
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to keep at bay
uciekać
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to flee
Vereshchuk, announced nine humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee the east of the country
rozmieścić
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to deploy
Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary-general, said the alliance plans to deploy a permanent military presence at its border to combat future Russian aggression.
w trakcie czegoś
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in the midst of sth
“in the midst of a very fundamental transformation”.
trzymać się władzy
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to cling to power
gadatliwy
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garrulous
popijając z butelki
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sipping from a bottle
oddzielenie
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decoupling
tandetne
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shoddy
poszerzająca się przepaść
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a widening divide
nakłonić kogoś do zrobienia czegoś
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to coax sb to do sth
nieskazitelny
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unblemished
The document stressed the country’s unblemished record of meeting its obligations.
malejące zasoby
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dwindling resources
źle pomyślany
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ill-conceived
A slew of ill-conceived tax cuts in 2019
Sprawy wyszły na jaw w ostatnich tygodniach
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Matters came to a head in recent weeks
próba zastraszenia
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attempt to intimidate
stłumić protesty
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to quell the protests
powstrzymać niekontrolowaną inflację
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to curb runaway inflation
niedola, ciężka sytuacja
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plight
Both men worried about the plight of Ukrainian civilians
wstrzymać się
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abstain
nakładać sankcje
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to impose sanctions
even longtime allies and clients of America are rebuffing its entreaties to impose sanctions on Russia
powstrzymywanie się od
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refraining from
But many are refraining from either openly criticising or penalising Russia,
pogarda
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scorn
respond with looks of cynical scorn.
napomnienie
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exhortation
Last week the UN’s members went beyond mere exhortation by kicking Russia off the Human Rights Council
skłania do przewracania oczami
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prompts eye-rolling
zabiegać o kogoś
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to woo sb
Mr Biden’s strategy is clearly to woo India rather than pressure it
przyzwoity zmysł
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a decent sense
we have a decent sense of what is in our interest
dobrodziejstwo
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a boon
For the world’s largest chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the covid-19 pandemic has been a boon.
nadmorskie miasta
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coastal cities
Zhuzhou’s inland economy has remained behind that of coastal cities.
miasta średniego szczebla
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mid-tier cities
Over the past decade its moderate growth has been typical of the mid-tier cities that dot China’s interior.
odzwierciedlają entuzjazm
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reflect the exuberance
Local planning documents reflect the exuberance of a boomtown in the making, something Zhuzhou could only watch from afar in the 1990s as eastern ports became rich.
dziwnie
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bizarrely
tuba propagandowa
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mouthpiece
This newspaper is just a Republican mouthpiece.
Granica
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Frontier
napędzać
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propel
Only SpaceX, an American firm, has managed to recover and reuse part of the boosters that propel its rockets into space.
gwałtowny spadek
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plummet
Temperatures plummeted to minus 20.
cierpliwość jest niezbędnym składnikiem geniuszu. Benjamin Disreali
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patience is the necessary ingredient of genious. Benjamin Disreali
wahanie / niezdecydowanie
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hesitancy/indecision
zaszczepić szczepionką jako ochronę przed ospą i innymi chorobami
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inoculate with vaccine as a protection against smallpox and other diseases
porzucić
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abandon
bezkompromisowa postawa
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uncompromising stance
ograniczać, zamykać
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confine
some unlucky residents have been confined to their homes for over 30 days.
spustoszenie
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havoc
władcy
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rulers
China’s rulers are not hiding their concern
niechęć, niechęć
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reluctance, unwillingness
coraz droższy
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ever-dearer
nieszczęście
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woes
zirytowany
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exasperated
Other Europeans are exasperated by German dithering.
inne drobiazgi
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other bits and pieces
uciążliwy
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onerous
imposed onerous restrictions on mobility elsewhere.
utrudniać
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hamper / hinder
wąskie gardła
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bottlenecks
dyszeć
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pant
dogs pant
tarzać się
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wallow
pigs wallow in mud
ograniczyć emisję
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to curb the emition
Ostatnie szlify
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Putting the last touches
zmodyfikować, przerobić
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alter
how the pandemic altered the lives of Americans
sumiennie, obowiązkowo, poslusznie
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dutifully
sapać, dyszeć
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snuffle
potworny, rozdzierający
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excruciating
dziwactwa rodzicielskie
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parenting quirks
przyziemne życie
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mundane life
monotonny, nudny
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humdrum
humdrum afternoon
drobny
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trifling
trifling budget, trifling matters
podstawowa opieka zdrowotna
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primary healh care
niewystarczająco
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inadequately
rzadkie zdarzenie
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a rare occurrence
parafianie
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parishioners
kazanie
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sermon
wierni
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worshippers
wróżyć
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bode
That bodes ill for religious freedom
napięty
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taut
studnia
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well
stado
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herd
stąpać ostrożnie
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to tread carefully
niedoceniany
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underappreciated
zagrożony
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imperilled
the parts of the world most imperilled by climate change
fatalny
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woeful
woeful schools
z uporem
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doggedly
zdumienie, konsternacja
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bafflement
uprzedzająco
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pre-emptively

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