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Question		Answer
pronunciation of 'consent' start learning		con'sent How do we understand sexual pleasure in this age of 'consent'?
przymus start learning		coercion
pozwany, oskarżony start learning		defendant
przy zdrowych zmysłach start learning		in one's right mind No woman in her right mind would go out with a man like him.
osadzać się w czymś, tkwić w czymś start learning		reside in sth The appeal of choking resides in tje genuineness of the fear that it provokes.
niepokój, konsternacja, przerażenie start learning		dismay To the detective superintendent's dismay, the statue of limitations eventually put an end to the matter.
dorożka dorożka konna start learning		hackney horse-drawn hackney
liczba, liczność; obliczenie, rachunek start learning		count Lgs that are used only as a 2nd lg are excluded from these counts.
tabulation start learning		zestawienie tabelaryczne; the arrangement of facts or figures in columns or lists so that they can be read easily; a table of facts or figures In this tabulation, each lg is counted only once.
malejący, zmniejszający się malejąco; w porządku malejącym; od największego do najmniejszego start learning		descending in descending order
uśpiony, w okresie spoczynku, śpiący snem zimowym uśpiony język start learning		dormant a dormant lg
versatile start learning		wszechstronny, uniwersalny "That's what she said" is the most versatile joke on Earth.
kasa (w sklepie) start learning		checkout Sorry I'm lat, I was lining at the checkout in a supermarket.
kasjer start learning		checker AmE Sam doesn't play checkers with the old boys.
przedostatni start learning		last but one Janet was a nineteen-year-old student in her last-but-one year at the local Art Collage.
sprzeczać się, kłócić się start learning		quarrel I wish you two would stop quarreling.
obijać się start learning		fool around/about (BrE). to waste time behaving ina silly way or doing things that are not important He always used to fool around in class.
ponury, posępny; ciemny, mroczny start learning		gloomy; dark, esepcially in a way that makes you feel sad It was a gloomy room with one small window.
blask, oślepiające światło start learning		glare; a bright unpleasant light which hurts your eyes a special screen to reduce glare
brygadzista start learning		foreman; a worker who is in charge of a group of other workers, for example in a factory Her father is a retired mining foreman.
z powodu, ponieważ; z jednego powodu (dlatego że) start learning		for one thing; used to introduce a reason for what you've just said He couldn't bring himself to say what he thought. For one thing, she seldom stopped to listen. For another, he doubted that he could make himself clear.
płaca, wynagrodzenie, gaża start learning		pay; money that you are given for doing your job Staff have been working without pay for the last month.
kipieć (ze złości); gotować się (z wściekłości) start learning		seethe; to feel an emotion, esecially anger, so strongly that you are almost shaking Janet could see that he was seething inside.
poza dyskusją, wykluczone, nie wchodzi w rachubę start learning		out of the question; be definitely not possible or not allowed You can't go in that old shirt - it's out of the question.
brak równowagi, zaburzenie równowagi, zachwianie start learning		imbalance; a lack of fair or correct balance between two things, which results in problems or unfairness How I solved the gender labor imbalance.
na dodatek, na domiar, start learning		on top of sth; if sth happens to you on top of sth else, it happens when you have other problems My mother was in charge of keeping the home and caring for the children on top of her paying job.
parytet, parzystość start learning		parity; the state of being equal, esepcially having equal pay, rights, or power = equality Women workers are demanding parity with their male colleagues.
zwężenie odźwiernika start learning		pyloric stenosis Our 2-week-old baby needed surgery for a stomach condition called pyloric stenosis.
a strong woman who doesn't intimidate easily and can do what needs to be done; a woman who has lived a hard life, due to circumstances she put herself in or was born into start learning		tough broad I went into tough-broad-who-gets-everything-done mode. But I never came out of it.
stanąć na nogi, wyjść z dołka, złapać prawidłowy rytm start learning		get one's groove back (colloquial); to return what one normally does (well) We never got our gender equality groove back despite our efforts.
zniechęcający, beznadziejny start learning		daunting; frightening in a way that makes you feel less confident The trip seemed rather dauting for a young girl.
mamić, łudzić; okłamywać, oszukiwać start learning		delude; to make sb believe sth that is not true = deceive I was angry with him for trying to delude me.
rozbrajać, demontować; pozbyć się start learning		dismantle; to gradually get rid of a system or organization an election promise to dismantle the existing tax legislation
rozpaść się, popaść w ruinę start learning		crumble; lose power, become weak, or fail The Empire began to crumble during the 13th century.
spokój, opanowanie, równowaga (psychiczna) start learning		equilibrium; a state in which you are caln and not angry or upset She struggles to recover her equilibrium.
zużywać, poświęcać (czas, energię, pieniądze) start learning		expend; to use or spend a lot of energy etc in order to do sth Women expend their time and energies on unpaid labor.
delirka, głupek start learning		dingbat(s); a stupid person = ding-a-ling "sound of a bell" Some dingbat parked too close to us.
nagle stać się sławnym start learning		shoot to fame; to suddenly become very famous Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show "big borther".
wyważony, przemyślany start learning		measured; if you do sth in a measured way, you do it in a careful and controlled way, not in an excited or sudden way She spoke in measured tones.
ogłaszać, wygłaszać, oświadczać start learning		pronounce; to give a judgment or opinion; to officially state that sth is true They had pronounced authoritarian and imperialistic tendencies
posiadający wiele poziomów start learning		split-level; a split-level house, room, or building has floors at different heights in different parts
zła sława start learning		notoriety; the state of being famous or well known for sth that is bad or that people don't approve of John is already a writer of some notoriety
przesadny, wylewny, rażący start learning		fulsome; a fulsome speech or piece of writing sounds insincere because it contains too much praise, expressions of thanks etc The book contains a fulsome dedication to his wife.
dziewczyna z rozkładówki? start learning		centerfold; a picture of a naked woman that covers the two pages in the middle of a magazine Marcuse told Playboy he would do the intervirw, but "only if he could be thr centerfold."
prowokujący, rażący; zaskakujący, szokujący start learning		jarring; making sb feel annoyed or shocked; being different in style or appearance from sth else and therefore looking strange
utożsamiać coś z czymś start learning		equate sth to/with sth; to consider that two things are similar or connected Most people equate wealth with success.
to make evident or public start learning		bring into the open Heffner, via Playboy, did bring sexuality a little more into the open.
bardzo, wielce; boleśnie start learning		sorely; very much or very seriously = greatly Your help is sorely needed.
aaa start learning		microagression
nie do obrony, nie do utrzymania (stanowisko, opinia...) start learning		untenable
ujść uwadze, zostać niezauważonym start learning		fall through the cracks; to not be noticed or dealt with Little details often fall through the cracks.
touchy start learning		aaa
zbesztać kogoś, zwymyślać start learning		take sb to task That was how Donald Tusk, one of the European Union’s top officials, took President Trump to task on Wednesday.

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