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flew by
flew by = went quickly
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szybko mijać (o czasie)
dragged
dragged = went slowly
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wlec
dragged
The box was so heavy that I had to drag it across the floor.
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wlec (ciągnąć coś z trudem
dragged
The meeting dragged on for hours.
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wlec się, dłużyć się (upływać powoli, np. czas)
dragged
The last hour dragged mercilessly
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wlec się, dłużyć się (upływać powoli, np. czas)
nippy
nippy = quick. a nippy little car
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żwawy
overdrive
overdrive = a state of extreme activity
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przemęczać (się)
go into overdrive
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pracować na najwyższych obrotach
flew by
Did you have a good weekend? Yes, but it flew by – which means it went quickly
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szybko mijać (o czasie)
break down
I know what you mean. Though I must say, time really dragged for me – and that means it went slowly. I was on a train, which broke down.
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psuć się/załamywać się
break down
The photocopier is always breaking down
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psuć się/załamywać się
Ksero się ciągle psuje
dragged
when we're busy doing lots of things, time flies by. And when we're bored or have nothing to do, it drags.
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przeciągać/ wlec się
predators
It helps them by giving them time to escape larger predators.
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drapieżniki
nippy
Flies are pretty nippy.
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żwawy
in overdrive
But in a dangerous situation our brains can work in overdrive to process information more quickly
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działać na najwyższych obrotach
streams of consciousness
Parallel and multiple thoughts and streams of consciousness were sort of running along
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strumień świadomości
vivid
He had a vivid imagination. It is one of my most vivid memories.
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żywy, barwny, bujny
flash
I have a vivid memory of the sun flashing above me,
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błysk, zabłysnąć
rustle
and the leaves rustling in the tree above me
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szelest
buzz
I'm going to buzz around like a fly, creating loads of new memories.
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brzęczenie
Roughly
Roughly how much more quickly a fly's eye can react than a human eye?
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Z grubsza
rough
It's a rough excuse, you should come up with something else.
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kiebsko
capabilities
This speed illustrates the impressive capabilities of even the smallest animal brains.
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możliwości
rate
Do you think time flows at the same rate for everyone – even animals?
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szybkość, tempo
rate
I told my assistants to work on their own rate.
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szybkość, tempo
Powiedziałem swoim asystentom, żeby pracowali w swoim tempie.
At this rate,
At this rate, we'll never get home by midnight.
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W tym tempie,
buzz off
Well, before we buzz off, perhaps we should hear the words we learned today.
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zmyć się

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