unit 10.7

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erode
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erodować
dissolve
Sugar dissolves in water.
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rozpuścić
herd
Can you go and herd the chickens into their coop for the night please? We saw a herd of cows grazing on the hillside.
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stado
Mógłbyś na noc zagonić kurczaki do kurnika?
culling
Animal rights activists are against all forms of culling.
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ubój lub odstrzał selektywny
ivory
Ivory trading is illegal in most countries.
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kość słoniowa
adjacent
We managed to get adjacent rooms at the hotel.
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sąsiedni, przyległy
trans-frontier
During the war, many people escaped the country by crossing the trans-frontier bridge.
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transgraniczny, ponad granicami
congestion
There's a lot of congestion on the motorway today. It takes hours to get out of the city on holiday weekends because of traffic congestion.
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natężenie, zagęszczenie
Na autostradzie jest dziś duże natężenie ruchu.
congested
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zatłoczony (np. droga, miasto), zapchany (np. nos)
on impulse
I was walking past the travel agent’s when I saw an advertisement for a cheap holiday in the Bahamas, and on impulse I went and booked it.
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pod wpływem impulsu
beaver away
John wants to finish his science project early; he has been beavering away at it all weekend.
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pracować jak mrówka
dog
The famous movie star complained that reporters and fans were continually dogging him.
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nie odstępować kogoś na krok
rat on
Don’t tell Jack what you did, he’s always ratting on his friends.
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sypać, donosić na kogoś
swan
Tracey spent two years swanning around Europe before she went to work in her father’s company.
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włóczyć się
hare
As soon as he saw the police car, he hared off down the street.
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pędzić
fox
We were all foxed by the fact that Mark hadn’t had a job for months, and yet he seemed to have lots of money to spend.
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zbić z tropu, zdezorientować
badger
His wife’s always badgering him to clean out the garage.
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wiercić komuś dziurę w brzuchu
hound
I wish Frank would stop hounding me about that money I owe him; he knows I’ve just been laid off.
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nękać, niepokoić
monkey around/about with
Don’t monkey around with my new CD player.
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bawić się czymś
clam up
She clammed up as soon as her mother walked into the room.
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przestać się odzywać, zamilknąć

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