advanced grammar and vocabulary 9

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orangutan
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ORANG OUTANG
baśniowy
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FABULOUS
If you say that you would like to be ... on an occasion, you mean that you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed; adj- describes a television programme in which the people involved behave normally, as if they are not being filmed
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FLY ON THE WALL
small pieces of glass or plastic that are put along the middle and sometimes the sides of a road, to reflect the lights of a car, in order to show the driver where to drive when it is dark
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CAT'S EYES
one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people
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PIGEON HOLES
A book or paper that is dog-eared has the pages turned down at the corners as a result of a lot of use.
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DOG- EARED
to confuse someone or be too difficult to be understood by someone; to deceive someone in a clever way
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TO FOX
to follow someone closely and continuously
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TO DOG
to try and get information from someone which they are trying to keep secret
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TO WORM STH OUT OF SB
to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly
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BADGER
być prześladowanym przez pech
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TO BY RAM BY MISFORTUNE
to tamper with sth
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TO MONKEY ABOUT WITH sth
stłumiony w zarodku
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NIPPED IN THE BUD
to cut off branches from a tree, bush or plant, especially so that it will grow better in future; to reduce something by removing things which are not necessary
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She spent the afternoon pruning roses. Arco has reacted to the loss in revenue by pruning (back) its expansion plans. I felt his essay needed a little pruning.
to get results from
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to REAP THE REWARD
specialized to (cause a seed to) start growing; to start developing
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GERMINATE
to appear quickly in large numbers
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SPROUT
to lose (leaves, employees, weight)
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to SHED
to enjoy a life of money and comfort
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live/be in clover
to increase very quickly
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MUSHROOM The number of computers in schools has mushroomed in recent years.
owocny (decyzja) producing good results
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FRUITFUL (fruitless)
zeznania świadków
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WHITNESSES' TESTIMONY
said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof
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ALLEGED
defraudacja/malwersacja
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EMBEZZLEMENT
wymuszenie
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EXTORTION
stawić się przed urzędnikiem
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to appear before a magistrate
oczyszczony z zarzutów
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ACQUITTED OF A SENTENCE
rozjemca
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ARBITRATOR

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