unit 10.8

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beetle (off)
She beetled off home as soon as the clock struck five.
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wynieść się, ulotnić się
ape
Most young girls ape the way their favourite musicians and movie stars dress.
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małpować
wolf down
He barely had time to wolf down his breakfast before the school bus arrived.
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pochłonąć, pożerać
duck
He was so tall he had to duck every time he came through the front door.
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schylić głowę
mole
Moles live on a diet of small insects.
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kret
ferret out
The police managed to ferret out where the bank robbers were hiding.
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wytropić, wywęszyć
crow
She crowed with delight when she saw the new car her father had bought her for her birthday.
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piać, triumfować
ram
She rammed all her pullovers into just one suitcase.
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wcisnąć, wbić
squirrel away
They squirrelled away all the family photos in shoeboxes in the attic.
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chomikować, magazynować
accelerate
The car accelerated and overtook a van.
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przyśpieszyć
acceleration
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przyśpieszenie
accelerator
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akcelerator, pedał gazu
outcrop
We camped next to the outcrop at the foot of the hill.
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skała wyrastająca z ziemi
foil
She wrapped the leftovers in foil and put them in the freezer.
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folia aluminiowa
negligence
Damage to the bowsprit was a result of skipper's negligence. The children whose parents were guilty of negligence would come to school dirty and hungry.
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zaniedbanie
Uszkodzenie bukszprytu było wynikiem zaniedbania skipera.
negligent
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niedbały
negligently
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niedbale
constitute
Borrowing someone’s car without their permission constitutes theft.
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stanowić
penetrate
The bullet penetrated his lung and he nearly died.
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przebić, przeszyć, przenikać
penetration
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przedzieranie się, przebijanie, penetracja

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