Chapter 8

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podobnie, w ten sam sposób
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likewise
But Thrawn likewise shouldn't have put Eli in the middle of this in the first place.
patrzyć spode łba, patrzyć wilkiem
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to glower
"Yes, ma'am," Eli said, glowering at his comlink.
sporny
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moot
Anyway, it's a moot point.
patrzyć z grymasem niezadowolenia
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to scowl
Eli scowled.
wtrącać się = wściubać nos
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to pry
"Sorry -- I didn't mean to pry."
zaprzątać
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to preoccupy
Actually, when he put it that way, it wasn't surprising at all that Thrawn might feel preoccupied.
przykucnąć
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to crouch
"They weren't exactly a secret weapon," Cygni said, walking up to Eli and crouching beside him to peer into the crate.
umocować
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to fasten
"See, they're fastened right against the hull with half-meter struts."
kadłub
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hull
"See, they're fastened right against the hull with half-meter struts."
wywołać podziw, respekt
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to awe
"Hence, the buzz droid," Cygni said, sounding awed.
przekrzywić
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to cock
His head was cocked a little to the side, Eli saw as if he was listening to something.
nędzny
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wretched
The wretched, nervous, ill-fated crewman had vanished.
roić się
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to swarm
Before Thrawn could answer, a dozen large, rough-looking men appeared, swarming through the hatchway into the cargo bay.
luk, właz
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hatchway
Before Thrawn could answer, a dozen large, rough-looking men appeared, swarming through the hatchway into the cargo bay.
pleść, zaplatać warkocz
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to braid
The man with the braided bread ignored him.
szczerzyć się
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to grin
Angel grinned evilly.
rzucić; wrzucić
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to toss, to toss in/into
"I suppose you want me to toss this crowd in with the others?"
kpiący, pogardliwy
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scornful
"I said fine," Angel said scornfully.
pojednawczy, ugodowy
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conciliatory
His tone is calm, his words conciliatory.
rzucający się w oczy, widoczny
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prominent
(...) and one Togruta, her cone-horn montrals and striped head-tails making her prominent among the prisoners.
odporny, nieprzepuszczalny
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impervious
The lock was a mechanical style, impervious to electronic lock breaking.
krok (sposób chodzenia)
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pace
Their pace falters, their eyes widening and their mouths dropping open as they see the buzz droid eating through the cage.
osłabnąć, łamać się, dukać
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to falter
Their pace falters, their eyes widening and their mouths dropping open as they see the buzz droid eating through the cage.
dolna część stopy, podeszwa
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sole
Beside Thrawn, Jakeeb stepped forward, grabbed the top bars of the cage, and slammed the soles of both feet against the door.
przełamać (się), pękać
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to snap
The remaining undamaged part of the lock mechanism snapped with the impact.
śródokręcie
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amidships
"Even now, the entrance chamber and amidships section of the ship have been opened to vacuum."
próżnia
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vacuum
"Even now, the entrance chamber and amidships section of the ship have been opened to vacuum."
zaintrygowanie
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puzzlement
Her muscles tense with surprise and puzzlement.
niedostateczny
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deficient
And when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with resentment.
złośliwy
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malicious
"Cygni is not a malicious or casual killer."
uchybienie, pomyłka
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lapse
"He knew there was a danger that someone would notice the lapse."
wprost, bez ogródek
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bluntly
"None of which stacks up against even one tank of tibanna gas, let alone twenty," Rossi said bluntly.
zamierzony
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deliberate
Because it had been deliberate.
przypuszczalnie
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presumably
But whether he could show any of that talent during the presumably brief time he would be out from under Thrawn's shadow was questionable at best.
niesmak
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distaste
"I heard the ISB is sending an interrogator," Eli said, his stomach tightening in distaste.
specifyczny
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distinctive
There is a distinctive twang to his voice, a twang that had become apparent during the passage to Ansion.
nosowe brzmienie; brzdęknięcie
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twang
There is a distinctive twang to his voice, a twang that had become apparent during the passage to Ansion.
okrawać
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to pare
In the long term, he pares away those he deems no longer useful to his goals.
pogardliwy
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contemptuous
The pirate spokesman's voice is low and contemptuous.
nieustępliwość
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tenacity
"I applaud your tenacity," Thrawn said.
drwić
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to scoff
"He's an Imperial," the second scoffed.
ripostować
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to retort
"And you can go plop yourself straight back to Pantora," the tallest of the three retorted.
pienić się; piana
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to froth
Let's take the offer, spin Blueface some froth, then hightail it to the Trapo and warn Angel.
nieokreślony
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undeterminated
"But there is still much that can go wrong, and the balance of success and failure is still undeterminated.
uznanie, aprobata
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acclaim
"Or accept any acclaim for its success?"
krzywoprzysięstwo
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perjury
"Did he just say you were prepared to commit perjury, Ensign?"
łagodzić
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to ease
There is no easing of his tension and anger.
nie mówiąc już o
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let alone
"None of which stacks up against even one tank of tibanna gas, let alone twenty," Rossi said bluntly.

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