Brave New World 2

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thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong;
Pol. cnota
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virtue
For particulars make for virtue and happiness
A _____ is a general statement that covers a range of things, rather than being concerned with specific instances;
Pol. ogólnik
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generality
generalities are intellectually necessary evils
a handsaw with a narrow, fine toothed blade in a U shaped frame, for cutting curved patterns in thin boards or metal plates;
saw
Pol. piła, wyrzynarka
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fret saw
t fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.
If someone or something looks_____, they give you a feeling that they are likely to cause you harm or put you in danger;
Pol. groźny
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menacing
he add smiling at them with a slightly menacing geniality,
cheerful, easy- going, and warm in manner or behaviour;
Pol. miły, sympatyczny
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genial
a slightly menacing geniality,
A _____ is a frame or shelf, usually with bars or hooks, that is used for holding things or for hanging things on;
Pol. (for plates) suszarka, (in dishwasher) koszyk,(shelving) półka
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rack
r he showed them racks upon racks of numbered test-tubes.
An _____ is one of the eggs of a woman or female animal.
sing/pl
Pol. jajo
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ovum /ova
'The week's supply of ova
the name for the two types of male and female cell that join together to make a new creature;
Pol. gameta
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gamete
the male gametes
an uncastrated adult sheep;
Pol. baran, tryk
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ram
Rams wrapped in thermogene beget no lambs
to move about or proceed hurriedly;
Pol. gnać, pomknąć
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scurry
the pencils scurried illegibly across the pages
If someone _____ something, they remove it deliberately and completely;
Pol. wyciąć, usunąć
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excises
e technique for preserving the excised ovary alive
A woman's _____ are the two organs in her body that produce eggs;
Pol. jajnik
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ovaries
the excised ovary
Pol. zasolenie
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salinity
f optimum temperature and salinity
_____ is the quality that some liquids have of being thick and sticky;
Pol. lepkość
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viscosity
f optimum temperature and viscosity;
a person or thing committed to someone's care;
Pol. podopieczny
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charge
he led his charges to the work tables
Something that is _____ has many small holes in it, which water and air can pass through;
Pol. porowaty, nieszczelny
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porous
a porous receptacle
an object that holds something; container;
Pol. pojemnik
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receptacle
a porous receptacle
a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower; something small or immature;
Pol. pąk, pęczek
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bud
an egg will bud
If things_____, they increase in number very quickly;
Pol. rozmnożyć, mnożyć się
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proliferate
the egg will proliferate
When the engine of a machine such as a car____, it is working and making a quiet, continuous, vibrating sound;
Pol. mruczeć, warkotać
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purrs
Machinery faintly purred.

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