28.10-04.11 English with Valeria

 0    30 flashcards    kamilroslaniec
download mp3 print play test yourself
 
Question Answer
to learn by heart
start learning
to rote
ziarno prawdy
start learning
a grain of truth
a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force
start learning
a partisan
prejudiced in favor of a particular cause
start learning
partisan
a strong supporter of a party / person
not a soldier
start learning
a partisan
karłowate
start learning
stunted
karłowatość / zahamowany wzrost
start learning
stunted growth
not clear, difficult to understand or see
start learning
obscure
zaciemniać
These claims ... something far more interesting and far more accurate
start learning
to obscure
annoyingly slow to understand but also an angle between 90 and 180
start learning
obtuse
always being careful to notice things, esp. danger
start learning
vigilant
to make sth stronger or successful again
We are constantly ... by immigrants coming to our country.
start learning
to reinvigorate
to state exactly what must be done / zastrzec
The law ... that new cars must have seat belts.
start learning
to stipulate
to separate things that've become joined or confused / rozwikłać, rozplątać
start learning
to disentangle
a disease or characteristic that can be passed from a parent to a child through the genes (adj.)
Autism is a ... neurological disorder
start learning
heritable
using exactly the same words as were originally used / dosłownie
start learning
verbatim
to drive, push or cause to move in a particular direction, typically forward
start learning
to propel
to make a person or an action seem as if he or it is not important/ bagatelizować
start learning
to belittle
zbagatelizowany
start learning
belittled
a sharp division, a split but also the hollow between a woman's breasts (dekolt)
start learning
a cleavage
having a hole or empty space inside / kotlina, wydrążenie
start learning
hollow
to become weaker in strenght or influence / słabnąć
The cultural image of a blue-collar guy began to ... in '70s
start learning
to wane
pleasant and friendly / sympatyczny
start learning
amiable
representing a particular group or idea, serving as its symbol
This total self-definition in terms of your job is one of the emblematic elements of the elite.
start learning
emblematic
stupid
start learning
dimwitted
not skilled at achieving or not able to produce good results / nieskuteczne
start learning
ineffectual
a remark or action intended to insult or offend someone
So you have this sharp fall from social honor of blue collar men, and it's felt very deeply as a personal...
start learning
an affront
rude and offensive / rough
They are stereotyped as being ugly,...
start learning
coarse
behaviour and opinions that are typical of a snob / snobizm
But that's really a misuse of anti-racism as an excuse for...
start learning
a snobbery
to make sth that's already bad even worse / zaostrzać
To ... a conflict.
start learning
to exacerbate

You must sign in to write a comment