Could you be an astronaut?

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curvature
in orbit = being in space and following the path around the Earth's curvature
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krzywizna
exert
Exert is defined as to put forth or into use with great energy.
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wywierać / używać
exert
A swimmer exerts energy.
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wywierać / używać
exerting
zero gravity a condition where gravity is exerting no force
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wywierając
buoyancy
The definition of buoyancy refers to whether something can float in water or air
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zdolność utrzymywania się na powierzchni
buoyancy aid
buoyancy = the ability to float
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kamizelka ratunkowa
inflatable
Children enjoying the buoyancy of their inflatable water toy.
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nadmuchiwane
nosedive
nosedive = fast and sudden fall
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gwałtowny spadek
stranded
stranded =left behind. You stranded me in the middle of nowhere!
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opuścić, pozostawić w ciężkich warunkach (kogoś)
forage
forage to search (used especially for animals looking for food)
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poszukiwanie pożywienia
forage
He was sent on a forage
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poszukiwanie pożywienia
to be bound
astronauts are bound to get on each other's nerves sometimes
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być związan / zobowiązanyy
somersaults
He did a somersault.
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salta/ koziłkować
float out
It looks like doing somersaults in the capsule and catching bits of food in your mouth as it floats out of its packet
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unosić się
buoyancy
Water gives us the neutral buoyancy that we need.
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zdolność utrzymywania się na powierzchni
padded
A large plane with padded walls flies to high altitude and then goes into a nosedive – or a fast and sudden fall – which creates short periods of weightlessness
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ocieplana
Foraging for food
Forage means to search. It's a word we often use to describe how animals search for food.
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poszukiwanie pożywienia
stranded
So astronauts may get stranded on Earth
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opuścić, pozostawić w ciężkich warunkach (kogoś)

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