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grumpiness start learning		a fussy and eccentric disposition
lurk start learning		To lie in wait, as in ambush. 2. To move furtively; sneak.
fall out start learning		To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity
testy start learning		Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help
summit start learning		szczyt
gloom start learning		An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office. b. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.
conceded start learning		To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).
buttress start learning		A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.
half-baked wheeze start learning		not very good idea
starve start learning		To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.
bolt start learning		move quickly
congenial start learning		odpowiedni
stinker start learning		One that stinks.
tottering start learning		a. To sway as if about to fall. b. To appear about to collapse: an empire that had begun to totter. 2. To walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger.
currency start learning		Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.
bundle start learning		A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping. 2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.
hard-wired start learning		kontrolowany przez system komputerowy
gauntlet start learning		A protective glove worn with medieval armor.
blood is up start learning		zdenerwowani
murmure start learning		szeptać
declined start learning		To express polite refusal.
flawed start learning		1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness: a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter. See Synonyms at blemish. 2. A defect or shortcoming in something intangible: They share the character flaw of arrogance. 3. A defect in a legal document that can render it invalid.
overpriced start learning		charging or charged at too high a price
languid start learning		1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand. 2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood. 3. Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.
unprecedented start learning		Having no previous example: unprecedented economic growth.
stumbling start learning		1. a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall. b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See Synonyms at blunder. c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily. 2. To make a mistake; blunder. 3. To fall into evil ways; err.
flux start learning		a. A flow or flowing. b. A continued flow; a flood. See Synonyms at flow.
fate start learning		1. a. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. b. The inevitable events predestined by this force. 2. A final result or consequence; an outcome. 3. Unfavorable destiny; doom.
fiscal pact start learning		pakt fiskalny
mud start learning		Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.
tally start learning		1. A reckoning or score. 2. a. A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score. b. A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed. 3. A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line.
struggle start learning		1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load. 2. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled with his math homework.
woefully start learning		1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors in judgment.
long-cherished start learning		cenny
inner core start learning		jądro ziemi
secure start learning		being protected against danger or loss
boast start learning		Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech
wield start learning		dzierżyć {czas.}
clout start learning		Political power, refers especially to power within a political organization
trump start learning		atu
caucus start learning		a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.
stitch up start learning		znaczyć
seething (to seethe) start learning		kipieć
contingency-planning start learning		the status of facts that are not logically necessarily true or false. and prepared
sanguine start learning		sangwinik
Treasury start learning		In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Treasury is overseen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The traditional honorary title of First Lord of the Treasury is held by the Prime Minister. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs administers the taxation system
perilous start learning		niebezpieczny
leverage start learning		wywierać nacisk
bail-out start learning		in economics and finance is a term used to describe a situation where a bankrupt or nearly bankrupt entity, such as a corporation or a bank, is given a fresh injection of liquidity, in order to meet its short term obligations. Often bail outs are by governments, or by consortia of investors who demand control over the entity as the price for injecting funds.
nasty start learning		paskudny
barely start learning		ledwo
conceal start learning		ukrywać
vow start learning		przyrzeczenie
nonetheless start learning		jednakże
woes start learning		niedole
pushing start learning		pych
sought (to seek) start learning		prosić
opt-out start learning		Rozszczepienie (media) sygnału
ally start learning		sprzymierzeniec
grumble start learning		marudzić
competitive start learning		konkurencyjny
hostile start learning		wrogi
fractious start learning		zrzędliwy, marudny

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