01 Aiming high

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płaczliwy
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tearful, weepy
spięty, zdenerwowany
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tense
very nervous and not relaxed
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on edge
What's wrong? You seem a bit on edge this morning.
lękliwy
feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen:
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apprehensive
I am quite apprehensive about tomorrow's meeting, to be honest. I'm very apprehensive that no one will come eventually!
niezmiernie uradowany
extremely happy
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overjoyed
Helen was overjoyed to hear that they had given her the job.
uszczęśliwiony
extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved:
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elated
The prince was reported to be elated at/by the birth of his daughter.
nasilać się, potęgować, wzrastać
The prince was reported to be elated at/by the birth of his daughter.
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escalate
They began an email correspondence which escalated into a long-lasting friednship.
wyryć
to cut a pattern, picture, etc., in a surface:
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etch
The building had become etched in clear detail in her mind. / He etched his name on a piece of glass.
odmrożenie
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frostbite
When he was a polar explorer, he would end up with frosbites every day.
kształtujący
relating to the time when someone or something is starting to develop in character:
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formative
He spent his formative years in UK.
zmieszać, zakłopotać
to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve:
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perplex
The disease has continued to perplex doctors.
obserwator
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onlooker
A crowd of curious onlookers soon gathered to see what was happening.
współsprawca, wspólnik
a person who helps someone else to commit a crime or to do something morally wrong
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accomplice, partner
The thieves and two accomplices made away with over $25,000 in cash.
szybko, bez zwłoki
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prompt
They've written back already - that was a very prompt reply.
wsparcie
public support of an idea, plan, or way of doing something:
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advocacy
I do not like their advocacy of gun rights.
tworzyć ustawy (nowe prawo)
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legislate
They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising.
niedoinformowany
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ill-informed
zjadliwy, cięty (o krytyce)
​ criticizing someone or something in a severe and unkind way:
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scathing
He was very scathing about the report, saying it was inaccurate.
zablokować, zatkać
to block a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or to prevent something from happening correctly by putting difficulties in its way:
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obstruct
An accident is obstructing traffic on the M11.
praktycznie, niemalże
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virtually
After the flood, the entrance to the city was virtually inaccessible.
rozkoszowac się, gustować
like or enjoy something (FORMAL)
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relish
I always relish a challenge.
potężny
causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, or difficult:
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formidable
In Tyson he had come up against a formidable opponent.
cieszący się złą sławą
famous for something bad:
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notorious
The company is notorious for paying its bills late.
tracić znaczenie, blednąć w porównaniu do
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pale into insignificance
Everything else that happened in my life pales into insignificance beside that one event.

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