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She smiled, as though solaced by the memory. When his wife left him, he found solace in the bottle. Music was a great solace to me.
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The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer. The flames quickly devoured the building. She loves to read - she devours one book after another.
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silny, zacięty, gorliwy; gwałtowny, porywczy start learning
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Despite vehement opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor. Both men were vehement in their denial of the charges against them. They launched a vehement attack on the government's handling of environmental issues.
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zasługiwać na coś; dobrze ci tak! start learning
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idiom inf If you say that something bad serves someone right, you mean that that person deserves it: "He hit me!" "It serves you right. You shouldn't have been so mean to him
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uderzanie; oddziaływanie, naruszanie start learning
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something that has an effect on something else, often causing problems by limiting it in some way: He resented any impingement on his academic freedom. Many people viewed the trade deal as an impingement of national interests.
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działający na wyobraźnię, sugestywny; przywołujący na myśl, wywołujący wspomnienie (w przyjemny sposób) start learning
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evocative music a sound. evocative of the sea. Her new book is wonderfully evocative of village life.
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I know he's well meaning, but I wish he'd leave us alone. a well-meaning attempt to be helpful.
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niszczyć, dewastować, zatapiać (statek) start learning
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The explosion shattered nearby windows and wrecked two cars. Our greenhouse was wrecked in last night's storm. He has been warned that his behaviour might wreck his chances of promotion.
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wyniszczający (choroba); paraliżujący; rujnujący, przygniatający, obezwładniający start learning
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A crippling illness makes someone unable to use their arms or legs in a normal way. A crippling debts ruinę his life.
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zacierać, zamazać; unicestwiać, zrównać z ziemią; zasłaniać (widok); usuwać z pamięci start learning
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The missile strike was devastating - the target was totally obliterated.; All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.; Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.
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denerwujący, wkurzający, męczący start learning
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I found the restrictions irksome. The vibration can become irksome after a while.
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wybić coś, wytłuc coś, wytępić coś; wykończyć kogoś, uśmiercić kogoś start learning
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kill something or somebody off Some drugs kill off useful bacteria in the user's body. He has effectively killed off any political opposition. We have to kill the rodents off - there are lots of mice in our house. We need to kill him off before he reveals our secrets.
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