Computer in school...2

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to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning
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Pol. sądzić po pozorach, zakładać prawdziwość czegoś, barć coś za dobrą monetę
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take sth at face value
you can only take it at face value and move on
really or certainly, often used to emphasize something:
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indeed
What you see is indeed what you get.
the order that something happens or exists in, or the order it is supposed to happen or exist in
Pol. sekwencja, kolejność
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sequence
There is a sequence imposed on you by the author.
to be able to understand someone else's feelings, problems etc, especially because you have had similar experiences
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empathise
you begin to empathise with them
a lot of activity, noise, and excitement; a strong feeling of excitement, pleasure, or success, or a similar feeling from drinking alcohol or taking drugs
buzz
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buzz
There is no real empathy for the princess, only the buzz of the rescue itself
If something is ..., it can be changed back to what it was before:
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reversible
any consequences are reversible.
involving or relating to an involuntary response to stress in which the hormone adrenaline is secreted into the blood in readiness for physical action, such as fighting or running away.
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fight-or-flight
children become obsessed by the fight-or-flight arousal
excitement
Pol. pobudzenie
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arousal
the fight-or-flight arousal brought out by computer games is a very worrying phenomenon.
to remove particular details from a report, story etc in order to make it less offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing - used especially to show disapproval
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sanitize
You might just choose return to the sanitised world instead
Pol. okrojony, ugrzeczniony
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sanitized
the sanitised world
an opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts
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consensus
scientists who question the consensus
a gradual process of change or development
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progression
the so-called "progression" of the screen generation cannot be halted –
to prevent someone or something from continuing - used especially in news reports [= stop]
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halt
the so-called "progression" of the screen generation cannot be halted –
a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas
Pol. założenie, przesłanka
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premise
so many professionals simply refuse to accept the premise of the debate.
to consider one thing to be the same as or equal to another thing:
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equate
Yet absence of evidence does not equate to evidence of absence.

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