Brave New 2.1

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A _____ is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings.
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cherub
Thousands of petals like the cheeks of innumerable little cherubs
If someone is_____, they are extremely angry about something.
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apoplectic
also apoplectic with too much blowing of celestial trumpets
_____ is used to describe things relating to heaven or to the sky;
Pol. niebiański
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celestial
blowing of celestial trumpets
_____ is used to describe something that happens after a person's death but relates to something they did before they died;
Pol. pośmiertny
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posthumous
pale with the posthumous whiteness of marble
A ____ is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another;
Pol. (elevator) winda f do transportu dań z kuchni do sali jadalnej; (food trolley) pomocnik m na kółkach
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dumbwaiter
a dumbwaiter laden with eight-month-old babies
Pol. załadowany, wyładowany czymś
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laden with
a dumbwaiter laden with eight-month-old babies
If something, especially a colour or feeling, _____ a person or thing, it gradually spreads over or through them.
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suffuses
a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the books.
Pol. przesycony, przepełniony, skąpany (w czymś), nasycony (czymś)
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suffused with sth
a new and profound significance seemed to suffuse the shining pages of the books.
Pol. gaworzenie
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gurgle
From the ranks of the crawling babies came gurgles
When birds_____, they make a lot of short high, pitched sounds;
Pol. świergotać
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twitter
From the ranks of the crawling babies came twitterings of pleasure.
Pol. [tone, cry, whistle] przenikliwy; [voice] ostry i nieprzyjemny
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shrill
There was a violent explosion.
Shriller and ever shriller
Pol. (of person) wrzask, pisk
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shriek
a siren shrieked.
Pol. (of pain, fear) skowyt, skomlenie
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yelp
There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to which they now gave utterance
If a part of your body, _____s or if you _____ it, it makes a little jumping movement
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twitch
Their little bodies twitched and stiffened
Pol. nerwowy, rwący się
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jerky
their limbs moved jerkily as if to the tug of unseen wires.
___is the expression in words of thoughts or feelings;
Pol. wyrażenie, wypowiedzenie
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utterance
There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to which they now gave utterance
Pol. szarpnięcie, pociągnięcie
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tug
their limbs moved jerkily as if to the tug of unseen wires
to shout loudly, as in anger;
Pol. wrzasnąć, rozedrzeć się
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bawl
"We can electrify that whole strip of floor," bawled the Director in explanation.
a long plaintive cry or wail characteristic of a wolf or hound;
Pol. wycie, ryk
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howl
the volume of their howling suddenly increased

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