11.11-18.11 English with Valeria

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to attack sb who has attacked you
Today, the American working class is going to...
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to strike back
to be a perfect example of a quality or type of thing / uosabiać
The reason why the white working class voted for Trump is ... by a sign that said "we voted with our middle finger"
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to epitomize
to adopt or support (a cause, belief, a way of life) / zostać zwolennikiem
He ... conservative political views.
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to espouse
a large group of insects moving all together / Rój
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a swarm
to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong / wybaczyć
And it's not my job description to ... racism, no matter who expresses it.
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to condone
to criticize sth as bad, without value or harmful / denounce/ potępiać
It's a lot easier to ... someone else's racism than to face your own class advantage.
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to decry
the most important or basic part of sth
For me, the ... is that if people can't access their hope, they live by their fear.
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a nub
affronted, insulted by intend / zdisowany
"You should go back to school"
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dissed
deprived of or lacking sth / pozbawiony czegoś, osierocony
Economically...
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bereft
if a person is ... they don't have a clear purpose in life or know what they want to do / dryfujący
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adrift
to leave a country, political party esp. in order to join an opposing one
The whites are ... away from the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans.
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to defect
if a thought or idea ... you, you suddenly think of it
Another thing that ... me is Marge in The Simpsons is depicted as smarter and more responsible than Homer.
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to strike
a quality or action of strongly supporting a person, party, without considering it carefully / poplecznictwo
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a partisanship
knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future / przewidujący
We wrote the book before 2016 election, some would say it was ... of the outcome.
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prescient (adj)
a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is often asked to give an opinion about it/ ekspert, mędrzec
Many pundits missed that Trump wasn't trying to attract all voters across the US.
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a pundit
elektryzujący, causing you to take action
In these ... moments, e.g. the election of Trump has the power to shape how young voters think about politics.
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galvanizing
to provoke in a playful way
Disrespect includes mocking people, belittling sb or ... sb in ways that sting.
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to tease
Piękno jest w oczach patrzacego
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The beauty is in the eye of beholder
without fresh air / duszny
I vividly recall walking into this ... hospital room.
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stuffy
able to spread among people / zaraźliwy
It's ... and we become carriers of it just by being around it.
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contagious
limited (often physically), or existing only in a particular group of ppl/ ograniczony
And it isn't ... to the workplace.
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confined
doing things in a secret or unfair way, dishonest
A ... way to raise taxes.
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sneaky
very well known and important/wybitny
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prominent
to intentionally prevent the success of a plan or action.
Most uncivil people ... their success.
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to sabotage
to be prepared and willing to support or defend someone
People won't ... uncivil people's...
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to have sb's back
to do things you have said you would do, esp. while in power
He ........ and he expected his leaders to.
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to walk the talk
an early plan or design that explains how something might be achieved / a guide for making something / plan działania, model, projekt
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a blueprint

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