Gardening

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draw somebody to something
Why are so many people drawn to gardening?
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przyciągać kogoś do czegoś, zainteresować kogoś czymś
draw somebody to something
I was drawn to a charming sound of music. Her blue eyes really drew me to her
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przyciągać kogoś do czegoś, zainteresować kogoś czymś
soil
Sophie and Neil discover that soil has some surprising qualities and discuss how growing fruit and veg can be therapeutic too.
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gleba
in all weathers
in all weathers (describes something you do) in all types of weather
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w każdych warunkach pogodowych
communing
communing with nature feeling close to nature and being a part of it
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obcowanie
creepy-crawly
creepy-crawly small insect
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robactwo
natural high
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naturalny stan euforyczny (niewywołany środkami odurzającymi)
ingest
ingest = absorb
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spożyć, przyjmować pokarm
ingestion
An act of swallowing. There is a ​therapy ​option that does not ​require the ingestion of ​drugs.
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spożywanie, przyjmowanie pokarmu
injection
the ​act of putting a ​liquid, ​especially a ​drug, into a person's ​body using a ​needle and a ​syringe (= ​small ​tube)
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zastrzyk
ingestion
The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
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spożywanie, przyjmowanie pokarmu
placebo
placebo a substance with no physical effects that is used when testing a drug
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środek niemający wpływu na funkcjonowanie organizmu
podawany jednak jako lek w celach psychoterapeutycznych lub przy badaniach kontrolnych nad działaniami różnych leków
sedative
He believes I just gave him a sedative, but it was only a placebo.
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lek uspokajający
placebo
She was only given a placebo, but she ​claimed she got ​better - that's the placebo ​effect.
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środek niemający wpływu na funkcjonowanie organizmu
therapeutic
therapeutic used to try and cure an illness
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terapeutyczny
expelled
expelled forced to leave
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wydalony
GNVQ
General National Vocational Qualification (UK qualification)
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GNVQ
spot of
I did a spot of gardening.
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odrobina czegoś
spot of
a ​small ​amount. I ​felt a few spots of ​rain. Let's ​stop for a spot of ​lunch. I'm having a spot of ​bother (= some ​trouble) with one of my back ​teeth.
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odrobina czegoś
spot
He ​wore a ​grey ​tie with ​pink spots. Ah, well spotted!
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miejsce / plama
anxious
Well, I tried to grow some tomatoes once. And to be honest it made me rather anxious.
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zaniepokojony, zniecierpliwiony
curled up
All the leaves curled up... and then dropped off.
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zwijać się w kłębek
curled up
She curled up in bed
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zwijać się w kłębek
communing
Being in the fresh air, in all weathers, communing with nature
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obcowanie
scratched
when I tried communing with nature my hands got all scratched – I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies – and I got soil up my nose.
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zadrapać
sting - stung
I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies – and I got soil up my nose.
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ukąszony
sting - stung
Multiple stings may be fatal to humans
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ukąszony
scratched
Jim scratched the CD and now it doesn't work. She didn't take her shoes off and scratched our wooden floor.
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porysowany
plug
Try wearing protective clothing next time – and maybe a nose plug too!
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wtyczka / korek
natural high
Dr Christopher Lowry conducted an experiment to test whether soil gives us a natural high – meaning to make us happy without taking drugs.
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naturalny stan euforyczny (niewywołany środkami odurzającymi)
mouse - mice
He injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what affect this would have on them.
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myszy - myszy
beaker
Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.
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zlewka
rodent
Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.
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gryzoń
rodent
Bats are sometimes called "flying mice", but they are not rodents.
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gryzoń
rodent
any of ​various ​small ​mammals with ​large, ​sharp ​front ​teeth, such as ​mice and ​rats
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gryzoń
Bats
This cave is inhabited by bats.
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nietoperze
W tej jaskini żyją nietoperze.
beaker
a ​glass or ​plastic ​container used in ​chemistry
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zlewka
placebo
These mice that had been injected with bacterium swam during a 6-minute test for a longer period of time than animals that just got a placebo.
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środek niemający wpływu na funkcjonowanie organizmu
bacterium / bacteria
When we dig in soil we ingest – or absorb – the bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin.
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bakteria / bakterie
injected
So here one group of mice were injected with the bacterium and another group were injected with the placebo.
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wstrzykiwany
expel
So Scot Stephenson was expelled from school – he was forced to leave – with no qualifications.
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wydalać (ucznia ze szkoły, członka z organizacji)
expel
The student was expelled from school.
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wydalać (ucznia ze szkoły, członka z organizacji)
Vocational
But with the help of a support group he now has an NVQ – that's a National Vocational Qualification here in Britain – in gardening.
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Zawodowy
vocational training
providing ​skills and ​education that ​prepare you for a ​job
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kształcenie zawodowe

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