Chapter 10

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od nowa
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anew
It is continually challenged, and must continually prove itself anew against fresh obstacles.
wada, mankament
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drawback
to draw back - cofnąć, przyciągnąć z powrotem, rozsuwać
The same drawbacks also applied to Thrawn, of course, plus the added one of being a nonhuman in a society like that.
przebiec wzrokiem; prześlizgiwać się
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to skim
"Now we're not sure," Yularen said, his eyes darting back and forth as he skimmed the report.
rzucać
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to dart
"Now we're not sure," Yularen said, his eyes darting back and forth as he skimmed the report.
śmieć powiedzieć
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to daresay
"I daresay you'd look good in white."
przemiennie, na zmianę
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alternately
"You Excellency, please," Arihnda said carefully, backing toward the door, her lungs alternately burning and icing with the bits of spice she'd accidentally inhaled.
grozić
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to menace
"I'm talking about planting false data in a senior Imperial official's computer," Ghandi said, his voice going soft and menacing.
ognisko
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bonfire
"I don't want to escape your bonfire just to get dropped into his."
znak, sygnał
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cue
Besides, her lungs and vision were still showing the effects of the spice, and there were probably other visual cues that would tag her to anyone who knew what to look at.
bojaźliwy
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apprehensive
She arrived at Renking's office to find most of the local staff already assembled, whispering urgently and apprehensively among themselves.
rozbieżność
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discrepancy
"Some allegations have recently arisen of financial and corporate discrepancies coming from my office."
dopaść, dotknąć
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to afflict
"I didn't have any choice," Arihnda said, silently cursing the shaking that had suddenly afflicted her voice.
zamaskować, ukryć (kamuflaż)
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to disguise
"Whatever you were trying to do, you must not have disguised it very well."
bezlitosny
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ruthless
Ruthlessly, she forced it down.
złowieszczy
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ominous
Now it was ominous.
ciasny
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cramped
A little cramped, but we'll make do.
małostkowość
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pettiness
The court-martial panel had taken the full details of the Dromedar incident into account, specifically made note of Captain Rossi's pettiness, and render the correct answer.
postęp
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advancement
to dampen - studzić; tu: tłumić
As he'd long suspected, his position as Thrawn's aide was having a dampening effect on his own advancement.
jątrzyć się, ropieć (o ranie), drażnić, napełniać goryczą
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to rankle
The lost tibanna still rankled him.
brzeg, wybrzeże
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shore
Or a path where he nearly always felt like a fish flopping on the shore, but where he got to see true genius in action?
rozstrząsać, dumać
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to mull
He'd been mulling that question over since Royal Imperial.
wskazać
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to indicate
He sent the newcomer a brief look, then continued on toward the door he'd indicated.
przygnębiający
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woeful
Thrawn had long since become fluent in Basic, but his ability to phrase his comments in polite or diplomatic ways was still sometimes woefully lacking.
już dawno odkąd ktoś coś zrobił
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to have long since
Thrawn had long since become fluent in Basic, but his ability to phrase his comments in polite or diplomatic ways was still sometimes woefully lacking.
w górę
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upward
I mean that for a Wild Space person like yourself, the Inner Rim is an incredible move upward."
przynieść pożytek
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to avail oneself of
"If you don't wish to avail yourself of this opportunity--" "It's because of Thrawn, isn't it?"
mroźno
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frostily
"Forty percent," Culper said frostily.
drażnić
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to prickle
prickle - kolec, cierń
Eli felt his skin prickle.
obalić, zniszczyć
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to topple
He was nothing more than a tool with which Ghadi and his friends hoped to topple the non-elite, nonhuman threat to their comfortable little universe.
napawać odrazą
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to disgust
Eli watched her go, the emotional tangle emerging again as the disgust receded.
minąć, zmaleć, zatrzeć się
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to recede
Eli watched her go, the emotional tangle emerging again as the disgust receded.
przechylić
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to incline
Thrawn inclined his head, his glowing eyes narrowing slightly.
następstwo, konsekwencja
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corollary
The obvious corollary was that the ones who were here would be the ones who couldn't get time off, which likely meant the newest and least competent.
skrzywić się
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wince
Eli winced.
zmarszczyć
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to pucker
pucker - zmarszczka
Nariba puckered her lips in a condescending smile.
kiepski
kolokwializm
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lame
to lame - kuleć,
"Really," he said, a bit lamely.
zuchwały
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brash
"You are brash, aren't you?"

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