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The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion. The government's approach to the problem was haphazard.
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nieumyślny, unintentional start learning
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An inadvertent omission. Perhaps I misled you, but it was quite unintentional.
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I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
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I don't want to jinx anything by making promises.
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The whole family seemed to be jinxed.
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mały wypadek, bez poważnych konsekwencji start learning
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I'm afraid your son had a slight mishap in the playground. The group suffered an extraordinary series of minor mishaps.
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I didn't mean to startle you. The explosion startled the horse.
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przestraszony, zaskoczony start learning
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She looked at him with startled eyes. He looked startled.
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1. extremely unusual and suprising 2. extremely bright colour start learning
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A startling discovery. Startling revelations in the Sunday papers. Her skin was a startling white.
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1. błądzić, zabłąkać się 2. to begin to think about or discuss a different subject from the one you should be thinking about or discussing 3. skok w bok start learning
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He strayed into the path of an oncoming car. Her eyes kept straying over to the clock on the wall. My mind kept straying back to our last talk together. We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate.
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1. zabłąkany, zagubiony 2. bezpański 3. przypadkowy start learning
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The police are looking for a stray girl. These people catch stray dogs and sell them. Several journalists were killed by stray bullets. I just heard some stray sentences.
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1. przybłęda, bezpański - zwierzę 2. porzucona rzecz, zabłąkana osoba, oderwana rzecz start learning
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I noticed a stray and took it home. This stray needs a new home.
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According to superstition, breaking a mirror brings bad luck. Most cultures have their superstitions.
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Superstitious beliefs. I'm superstitious about the number 13.
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1. trząść się 2. chwiać się 3. być niezdecydowanym start learning
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Her voice wobbled with emotion. This chair wobbles. Yesterday the president showed the first signs of wobbling over the issue.
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1. chwianie 2. niezdecydowanie, wahanie się start learning
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The handlebars developed a wobble. The team is experiencing a mid-season wobble.
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1. uprawa 2. zbiory 3. grupa ludzi, rzeczy 4. szpicruta 5. krótka fryzura - jeżyk start learning
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Australia's wheat crop is likely to be lower than forecast this year. The current crop of trainees. She has her hair cut in a short crop. He had a thick crop of black curly hair.
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1. przycinać włosy na krótko 2. kadrować, przycinać zdjęcie 3. skubać np. trawę, rośliny 4. dawać plony 5. uprawiać ziemię start learning
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His hair had been cropped short and he looked different. The horses were quietly cropping the grass. The potatoes cropped well this year. The river valley is intensively cropped.
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The room was decorated with flowers and greenery.
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1. ewakuować, opuszczać 2. opróżniać, wypróżniać - organizm start learning
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Police evacuated nearby buildings. Employees were urged to evacuate their offices immediately.
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Details of the accident are scarce. Food was becoming scarce.
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A time of scarcity. A scarcity of resources.
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1. powracać do zdrowia 2. to return to a normal state 3. odzyskiwać hajs, coś ukradzionego, zgubionego 4. odzyskiwać poziom status 5. odzyskiwać zmysły start learning
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The economy is at last beginning to recover. He is unlikely to ever recover his legal costs. He is unlikely to ever recover his legal costs. The team recovered its lead in the second half. It took her a few minutes to recover consciousness.
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1. okoliczność 2. the conditions of person's life, escpecially money 3. przypadki, zdarzenia, na które nie mamy wpływu start learning
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I know I can trust her in any circumstance. We want to work towards improving the often difficult circumstances in which people find themselves. We were simply thrown together by circumstance on the long journey.
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1. poszlakowy 2. connected with particular circumstances start learning
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The case against him was largely circumstantial. Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.
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1. obchodzić prawo 2. obejść start learning
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They found a way of circumventing the law.
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