ANGIELSKI OSIEM

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uncanny
"Erickson was unique in his uncanny ability to find creative solutions"
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niezwykły, niesamowity, osobliwy
hapless
"You are not a hapless victim of circumstances, destined to suffer"
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nieszczęśliwy, niefortunny
infer
"What can you infer abou that man's past without even askin him about it?"
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wywnioskować
vehicle
"The past is not necessarily a vehicle for change"
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narzędzie, środek
fared
" "Deep" psychology has fared no better on this point than has pop psychology"
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radził/radziła sobie
exempt
"Everyone has long-term, unresolved issues, so no one in the room is exempt"
- free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
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zwolniony, wolny
preclude
"... an absence that virtually precludes his success"
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uniemożliwiać, wykluczać
resilience
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sprężystość, odporność
pang
- a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion
„Another guilt pang”
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ostry ból
prune
„Evan learned a little more about pruning rosebushes”
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przycinać roślinę, obciąć sekatorem
phony
„He put on his socially acceptable but totally phony smile”
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sztuczny, fałszywy
rumination
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głębokie rozmyślanie
salient
most noticeable or important
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istotny, wyrazisty, wystający
to huddle
„He couldn’t have known that Valerie was huddled in the corner, crying - again.”
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kulić się
to weave in and out
„Danny wove in and out of traffic.”
- to move in, between and out of sth, then back again
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plątać się pomiędzy czymś
formidable
„formidable opponent”
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groźny
to wolf down
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zeżreć, jeść łapczywie
slurred
„slurred speach”
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niewyraźny, bełkot
pacing
to walk with regular steps in one direction and then back again, usually because you are worried or nervous
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chodzenie w kółko (ze stresu)
feigned
„feigned innocence”
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udawany
hectic
„ ... given the hectic nature of running an office for four busy professionals, she had plenty to be proud of”
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gorączkowy, napięty, nerwowy
wimpy
- weak and cowardly or feeble
„ ... she was too wimpy around him to do anything but cater to his every whim”
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słaby, tchórzliwy
to cater
„ ... to cater his every whim”
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zaspokoić
whim
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kaprys
muster
„ ... it took all the energy she could muster just to call in sick
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zebrać, zgromadzić
berate
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zwymyślać, zwyzywać
to comprehend
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zrozumieć, pojąć
to surge
„The fragmented memories began to surge through her awareness”
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wezbrać, kotłować się
contemptible
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podły, zasługujący na pogardę
amorphous
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bezpostaciowy, bezkształtny

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