CPE USE OF ENGLISH new version unit 1

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abode
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mieszkanie
domicile
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miejsce zamieszkania
earn a living
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zarabiać na życie
ramification
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rozwidlenie
chuckle
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stłumiony śmiech
titter
The audience started tittering nervously when the cameras pointed their way.
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chichot
sneer
It is disgusting the way she sneer at everyone who doesn't dress as well as she does
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szydzić
genuine
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prawdziwy
giggle
The boy could do nothing but giggle nervously when he was asked to stand up in front of the class
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chichot
grin
Mr Smith always grins when he sees me; I get the feeling he knows something I don't
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szeroki uśmiech
smirk
Those teenage girls do nothing but smirk when they see boys they like
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uśmieszek
guffaw
When he guffawed loudly at the joke everyone in the theatre turned to look at him
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rechot
beam
The woman beamed with pleasure when she saw her daughter get off the plane
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promienieć
snigger
The students sniggered when they saw that their teacher had sat on some chewing gum.
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chichot
shirking
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wymigiwać się
raw meat
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surowe mięso
raw deal
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niekorzystna umowa
swollen
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spuchnięty
dirt
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brud
plastic film
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folia z tworzywa sztucznego
embossed
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tłoczone
charm
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urok
chronic back trouble
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chroniczne kłopoty z plecami
charm
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amulet
superstitious
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przesądny
be in bad book
Ever John broke the window, he has been in the teacher's bad books.
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kiedy ktoś nie jest zadowolony z ciebie
puddle
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kałuża
oil spill
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wyciek oleju
oil slick
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wycieku ropy
pond
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sadzwaka
trouble
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draka
commodity
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towar
revenue
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przychód
derive
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czerpać
delusion
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złudzenie
persuasive
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przekonywający
dome
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kopuła
superstitious
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przesądny
unaccustomed to
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przyzwyczajony do
rich food
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jedzenie bogate
atrocity
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okrucieństwo
heritage
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dziedzictwo
lock
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śluza, blokada
culprit
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winowajca
aback
We were taken aback by the news
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zaskoczony
Byliśmy zaskoczeni wiadomościami
horrific
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makabryczny
willingness
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gotowość
wilderness
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puszcza pustkowie bezdroża dzicz uroczysko
deepens
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pogłębia
agreeableness
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przychylne nastawienie
konck down
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upust
knock (one) sideways
She was knocked sideways when she heard she had won the lottery.
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uderzyć ale też szokować
cut out to be
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nadawać się
go off
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STOP LIKING przestać lubić, mieć dość
to be sick of sth
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być chory od czegoś/ mieć czegoś dość
to go off the beaten track
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iść na uboczu
fed up with sth
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dość czegoś
break even
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wyjść na zero
confess
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wyznać
bucket
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wiadro
flatter
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pochlebiać
meddle in
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wtrącać się
baffled
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skonsternowany, zbity z stropu
coincides with
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zbiega się z
on the spur of the moment
I bought a new jacket on the spur of the moment.
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pod wpływem chwili
mixed blessing
Winning a lottery has definitely been a mixed blessing.
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plusy i minusy
drive a hard bargain - put tough conditions
He is a pleasant man socially but he drives a hard bargain in business.
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- postawić trudne warunki
to have a bee in one's bonnet
He has a bee in his bonnet about dishonesty of lawyers.
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mieć fioła
stout
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tęgi
toil
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trud
broth
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bulion
lean
The meat was so lean that it almost melted in the mouth.
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chude
topping
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polewa
devour
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pożerać
flout the law
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lekceważenie, ignorowanie prawa
raze
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zburzyć
To squirm with embarrassement
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Skręcać się z zakłopotaniem
batten down the hatches
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To prepare for a difficult situation/ To fasten The entrances to The lower part of The ship using wooden boards
break out
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to escape from a prison
break out
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to change the way you live because you feel bored
break up
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to seperate sth into several smaller parts
break up
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to make people leave a plece where they have been meeting or protesting
break up
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BrE. when a chool breaks up, it closes for holiday.
broke down
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to lose control of oneself
break through
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achieve success despite obstacles or difficulties
become of
What became of those Chinese vases that Mum used to have?
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used to ask what has happened to someone or something, especially when you have not seen them for a long time, or what will happen to someone that you are worried about
balance against
The courts must balance our liberty against the security of the nation.
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to consider the importance of one thing in relation to something else when you are making a decision balance something against something
bank on
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depend on
blow over
They weren’t speaking to each other, but I think it’s blown over now.
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if an argument or unpleasant situation blows over, it ends or is forgotten
bear out(This report bears out my theory)
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support - potwierdzać. Ten raport potwierdza moją teorię.
brush up
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odkurzyć to practise and improve your skills or your knowledge of something that you learned in the past
black and blue all over
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covered with bruises
by and large, on the whole
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Ogólnie rzecz ujmując
full of beans, very lively,
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bardzo żywy,
drop a brick
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popełnić gafę
browned off
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British English informal annoyed or bored SYN fed up
go off
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out of the blue = suddenly
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nagle, z nieba
beat about/around the bush
I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush.
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owijać / w bawełnę
lay something bare
The scandal was laid bare by an abitious journalist.
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to uncover something that was previously hidden
hang in the balance
His career, much more than mine, hangs in the balance.
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ważyć się
make a clean breast of it
He decided to make a clean breast of it and tell his wife exactly what had happened.
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to admit that you have done something wrong so that you no longer feel guilty
be set out in black and white
Everything should be set out in black and white so that there will be no room for misunderstanding
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być przedstawione w czerni i bieli
bark up the wrong tree
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źle kombinować grubo się mylić
butter somebody ↔ up
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podlizywać się
to flatter
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schlebiać
don’t hold your breath
don’t hold your breath waiting for him; he'll never show up!
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nformal used to say that something is not going to happen soon
be glad/pleased etc to see the back of somebody/something
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to be pleased when someone leaves or when you get rid of something, because you do not like them
a chip off the old block
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sb very like his/her parents
someone who is above broad
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sb who is honest

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