Brave New world 3.1

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a mass of trees and shrubs; thicket
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boskage
two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage,
Pol. lipa
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lime tree
a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.
Pol. otwór, szczelina, szpara
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aperture
of the numerous apertures pierced in the casing
Pol. dumać, rozmyślać
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muse
“Strange,” mused the Director
Pol. wrzos
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heather
tall clumps of Mediterranean heather,
If someone is_____, they speak or behave towards you in a way that seems friendly, but which shows that they think they are superior to you
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patronizing
a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.
If you describe someone as_____, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol
Pol. rzewny, ckliwy
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maudlin
the Director was continuing in the same rather maudlin tone,
to sob or pretend to sob noisily
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boohoo
he was interrupted by a loud boo-hooing.
If you ____ somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps;
Pol. biec truchtem, truchtać
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trot
An anxious-looking little girl trotted at her heels.
Pol. ukradkowy, dyskretny
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surreptitious
“Barring a little surreptitious auto-erotism
without flesh, disembodied;
Pol. bezcielesny
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discarnate
Discarnate voices called from the trumpet mouths.
Pol. odwrócić się
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avert yourself
averted themselves from that unsavoury reputation.
to brush, sweep, or wipe off lightly;
Pol. miotełka, zmiotka
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whisk
Whisk—and those specks of antique dirt called Athens and Rome,
Pol. pióro
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feather
an invisible feather wisk,
Pol. przepona
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diaphragm
Discarnate voices called from the trumpet mouths.
Obsolete, to produce offspring; bear
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teem
a periodically teeming woman,
Pol. kupa gnoju
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midden
Psychically, it was a rabbit hole, a midden
Pol. dożylny
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intravenous
INTRAVENALLY EVERY THIRD DAY
Pol. zadzierzysty
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truculent
she answered almost truculently.
Pol. mieć bzika na punkcie czegoś
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to be a stickler for sth
You know what a stickler...”
Pol. siedzenie, pupa
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behind
“He patted me on the behind this afternoon,”

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