Chapter 4

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zasięg, stopień
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extent
To some extent, (...)
złośliwość
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malice
Some are driven by malice.
dotychczas
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heretofore
"I heard a rumor that your father's just uncovered a heretofore unknown veil of doonium," Uvis said.
parskać
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to snort
Uvis snorted.
protekcjonalny
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condescending
"I'm sure you do," he said in a vaguely condescending tone.
ostępy, głusza
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backwoods
"And I have no doubt that system works fine for the average backwoods Outer Rim world."
napięty
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strained
Uvis said with strained patience.
niejasno, ogólnikowo
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vaguely
Someone's niece, Arihnda vaguely remembered, working a two-week internship.
przypadkowo
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coincidentally
(...) and coincidentally make themselves rich.
przeciętność
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mediocrity
"I'm glad Lothal has come to terms with mediocrity," Uvis ground out.
kategorycznie, beznamiętnie
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flatly
"No," Arihnda said flatly.
powiedzieć coś surowo, ostro
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to grind out
nieuchronny, niezbędny
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inevitable
"It was probably inevitable," Renking said with a smile.
kaucja
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bail
Barking was going to keep trying for bail.
zaśmiecać, (bałagan)
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to clutter
Those personal contacts weren't enough to smooth things out or even cut through the bureaucratic clutter.
zachwycać się, entuzjazmować się
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to rave
It was the kind of primitive beauty that travel advisers raved about.
krzaki, krzewy
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shrubs
It bounced sparkles off the shrubs.
obskórny, brudny
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sleazy
Whatever corporations or slicksters or sleazy grubbers...
malwersacja, defraudacja
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embezzlement
The charge is embezzlement.
mistyfikacja, oszustwo
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deception
Or maybe the stomach thing had been a deception.
cierpki
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wry
He smiled wryly as he picked it up.
oświadczenie
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pleading
That's why I came to you instead of pleading my case to him.
wzruszać ramionami
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to shrug
Renking shrugged.
małostkowy
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petty
Lothal was awash with petty politics.
ciągły ruch
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flux
The Lothal contingent is always in flux.

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