Angielski 1

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basketball court
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boisko do koszykówki
volleybal court
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boisko do siatkówki
cricket pitch
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boisko do krykieta
badminton court
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kort do badmintona
skating rink
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lodowisko
rugby pitch
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boisko do rugby
hockey pitch
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boisko do hokeja
paragliding
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paralotniarstwo
self-portait
How accurate is his self-portrait?
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autoportret
to clap
The band played a familiar tune which had everyone clapping along.
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klaskać
voice-over
Famous actors often provide voice-overs for ads.
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lektor
a hay fever
She gets really bad hay fever.
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katar sienny
a whodunnit
It's one of those whodunnits where you don't find out who the murderer is till the very end.
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kryminał
sweats
She was generally seen wearing sweats and trainers.
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dres
tuition
All students receive tuition in basic maths.
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nauczanie (w małych grupach)
board
Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff.
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wyżywienie (np. w hotelu)
lead
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kabel
shutter
There are a few things you should check before pressing the shutter release.
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migawka
lens
a camera lens
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obiektyw
aperture
Use a small aperture and position the camera carefully.
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przysłona
decide against
In the end we decided against the house because it was too small.
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to not choose someone or something
festivity
Come in and join the festivities!
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święto
conviviality
He was known for his conviviality as a host.
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towarzyskość
chip away
Rivals may chip away at one's profits by undercutting prices.
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gradually and relentlessly make something smaller or weaker
usury
Did the Church change its stance on usury?
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lichwa
dandruff
He has very bad dandruff.
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łupież
auteur
auteurs, such as Jean-Luc Godard or Lars von Trier
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autor, twórca
defer
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan.
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odraczać
condone
If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.
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to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong:
excuse
coven
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sabat czarownic
coveralls
US version of overalls
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kombinezon
off-limits
These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.
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you are not allowed to enter
hay
bales of hay
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siano
stew
lamb stew
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gulasz
stay put
Just stay put with the suitcases, while I go and find a cab.
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pozostawać w miejscu
above one's station
She’s getting ideas above her station even by thinking of marrying him.
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higher than is suitable for your position or rank
strife
20 years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins.
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konflikt
give alms
In the past, people thought it was their religious duty to give alms to the poor.
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rozdać jałmużnę
reoffend
Most prisoners reoffend following release from prison.
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popełnić recydywę
cavity
The gold was hidden in a secret cavity.
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wgłębienie
obliterate
The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.; All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.
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wymazać (np. zniszczyć, zakryć)
curtsy
She curtsied to the Queen., She gave a curtsy before presenting the flowers to the princess.
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dygnąć, dyg
so long
So long, see you Thursday.
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goodbye
want (noun)
For want of anything better to do I watched television for a while.
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a lack of something
vagrant
The town has shelters and food handouts for vagrants.
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włóczęga
nobility
members of the nobility/ nobility of spirit/purpose
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szlachta/ szlachetność
forfeit
These people have forfeited the right to live in society.
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utracić
overt
overt criticism
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jawny
reify
These phenomena are reified into facts.
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urealnić, uznać za realne
cranial
cranial bleeding
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czaszkowy
interbreed
Some of the wolves had interbred with domestic dogs.
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krzyżować
kinship
Different ethnic groups have different systems of kinship.
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pokrewieństwo
supersede
Most of the old road has been superseded by the great interstate highways.
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zastąpić
exacerbate
This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.
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to make something that is already bad even worse:
sans
It's great to have a grown-up meal in a restaurant, sans kids!
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without
forklift
He has a job as a forklift truck driver.
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wózek widłowy
palate
fresh pasta sauces to tempt more demanding palates
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podniebienie
jaundice
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żółtaczka
through train
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pociąg bezpośredni
constituency
a rural/urban constituency
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okręg wyborczy
mutton
a leg of mutton
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baranina
goal post
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słupek
pram
US: baby carriage
I saw her pushing a pram down the street.
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wózek dziecięcy
dew
The dew gathered on the leaves.
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rosa
basil
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bazylia
subsidize
At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government.
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dotować
to court
Adams is being courted by a number of football clubs.
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zalecać się, przymilać się
the home straight
It's taken three months, but we're on the home straight now.
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ostatnia prosta
wet blanket
Nobody asked him to join the group because he's such a wet blanket
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a person who says or does something that stops other people enjoying themselves
invertebrate
invertebrate creatures
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bezkręgowy
totter
She tottered unsteadily down the stairs in her high-heeled shoes.
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kiwać się
thump
Someone was thumping on the door.; She fell to the floor with a thump.
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uderzyć, dźwięk uderzenia
be in business
Once we get the computer installed we'll be in business.
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be ready to do sth
be away on business
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wyjeżdżać w interesach
as luck would have it
We ran out of petrol on the way home, but as luck would have it, we were very near a garage.
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na szczęście
to maul
A small boy was mauled by the neighbour's dog.
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pokiereszować
ringleader
The ringleaders of the plot were arrested and punished.
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lider gangu
groggy
I felt a little bit groggy for a couple of days after the operation.
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otumaniony
nip
I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies.
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podgryzać, skubać
wry smile
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showing that you find a bad or difficult situation slightly funny
common room
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świetlica
urinal
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pisuar
dog paddle
If you can dog paddle, it doesn't mean you can swim.
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pływać "pieskiem"
spindly
spindly legs
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patykowaty
share
He invests in stocks and shares.
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akcja
cheetah
Cheetahs are mainly found in Africa.
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gepard
drenched to the skin
rain-drenched
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przemokły do suchej nitki
snigger
They spent half the time sniggering at the clothes people were wearing.
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parskać śmiechem
plod
We plodded through the mud.
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wlec się
jester
a court jester
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błazen
penultimate
the penultimate chapter of the book
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przedostatni
hoist with his own petard
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podcinać gałąź, na której się siedzi
contemptuous
He was very contemptuous of "popular" writers, whom he described as having no talent.
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pogardliwy
crevasse
He fell down a crevasse.
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rozpadlina, szczelina
to harbor
He's been harboring a grudge against her ever since his promotion was refused.
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rozmyślać
mallard
The male mallard has a green head and reddish-brown chest.
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kaczka krzyżówka
aught
archaic
Know you aught of this fellow, young sir?
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anything at all
superannuated
the superannuated idealism of the Sixties.
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outdated
dotage
Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.
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starość (zdziecinnienie)
outback
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the parts of Australia that are far away from towns are referred to as the outback.
dainty
The chicken salad was served in dainty pastry shells.; dainty flowers
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delikatny, gustowny, pełen gracji
brooding
He stared with brooding eyes.
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zamyślony, rozpamiętujący
There are no atheists in foxholes.
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W okopach nie ma ateistów.
aspen
On our walk along the river we passed thundering waterfalls and quivering aspens.
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topola osika
acquiesce
synonim: assent
Reluctantly, he acquiesced to/in the plans.
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przyzwalać
tall order
Getting the project done on schedule is going to be a tall order.
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trudne zadanie
precept
This policy goes against common precepts of decency.
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zasada, reguła
aggrandizement
He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal aggrandizement/self-aggrandizement is his motive.
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an increase in power or importance
soliloquy
Hamlet's soliloquy starts "To be or not to be".
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solilokwium
contumely
old use
She was indifferent to praise and contumely alike.
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insulting criticism or treatment
so much as
She auctioned off the car without so much as taking a ride in it.
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If you say that someone did not do so much as perform a particular action, you are emphasizing that they did not even do that, when you were expecting them to do more.
in the teeth of sth
The road was built in the teeth of fierce opposition from the public.
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osiągnięty z trudnościami
pugnacious
I found him pugnacious and arrogant.
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zadziorny, gotowy do kłótni/bójki
deputize
I'm deputizing for (= doing the job of) the director during his absence.
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działać za kogoś, w czyimś imieniu
propriety
The director insisted that there was no question as to the propriety of how the funds were raised.; She was careful always to behave with propriety.
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przyzwoitość
emblem
the emblem of the Soviet Union; The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.
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godło, symbol
amiableness
amiable: She had been surprised at how amiable and polite he had seemed.
The dance instructor's natural amiableness puts new students immediately at ease.
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uprzejmość, przyjazność
loathsome
He's a loathsome man.
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odrażający
homesickness
She saw a counsellor to discuss her homesickness.
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tęsknota za domem
prairie
The prairie dogs then passed the disease to their human buyers.
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preria
incipient
He could fell incipient anger building up.
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w początkowym stadium
parsonage
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plebania
will-o'-the-wisp
Full employment is the will-o'-the-wisp that politicians have been chasing for decades.
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sth impossible to get or achieve
meager
a meager salary; The prisoners existed on a meager diet.
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skromny, niewielki, niewystarczający
dandy
an upper-class dandy
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elegant
chaplain
the college/hospital/prison chaplain
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kapelan
dowry
The money from her dowry was invested in her mother's store.
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posag
reinstate
A month after being unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job.; The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
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przywracać (np. na stanowisko)

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