humblebrag

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fałszywa samokrytyka
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humblebrag
strój na rower
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cycling gear
bieg w samochodzie
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gear
wysiłek
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effort, gear
wychwalanie
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praising
rozważać
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to consider (doing)
najwidoczniej
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apparently
przemyślany
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considered
dowodzić
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command, be in charge
pojawić się
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appear
opierać się o coś
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be based on stg, lean on sth, lean against sth
eleganckie, luksusowe
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fancy
popisywać się
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to show off
fałszywa skromność
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false modesty
wymagać
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to demand
na pozór
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apparently
zwracanie uwagi w ostentacyjny sposób
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draw attention
pokorny, skromny
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humble, modest
przechwalać się
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brag
obcy
foreign language
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foreign
padać ofiarą czegoś
many people who have learnt a foreign language have fallen victim to communication problems.
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fall victim to something
zawstydzający
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embarrassing
trudny do zdefiniowania
elusive words
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elusive
nieszczęście
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misfortune
wspomniany
Situations metioned above.
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mentioned
chyba że
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unless
niemniej jednak
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nevertheless
przekazywać informację
Nevertheless, if you say „a small green friut with sharp bits” this usually gets your point across.
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to get one’s point across
wózek gondola
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pram
znać coś na pamięć
Not every student od English knows this word off by heart.
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know something off by heart
wózek dziecinny
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cart
pilot do telewizora
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remote control
w rzeczywistości
Even if some students of English actuslly knows this word - theoretically - the chances are that they don’t use it regulary.
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in fact
wypaść komuś z głowy
This phrase will propably slip their minds just when they need it most.
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to slip one’s mind
w przeciwieństwie do czegoś
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contrary to something
obciążenie, ciężar
However, contrary to popular belief a wider vocabulary may actually be more of a burden than an asset.
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burden, the burden
atut
However, contrary to popular belief a wider vocabulary may actually be more of a burden than an asset.
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asset
na pierwszy rzut oka, od pierwszego wejrzenia
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at the first sight
sprzeczny sam w sobie
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self-contradictory
idiotyczny, absurdalny
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ridiculous
ziarnko prawdy
There is actually more that a grain of truth in it.
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grain of truth
uniknąć czegoś
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avoid something
As students of foreign language accumulate more and more new vocabulary, it may appear that they have more and more options to help them avoid comunication problems.
potrzeba
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urge, need
However the trouble is that more advanced students feel the urge to use more advanced expressions to impress the people they are speaking to.
zamiast czegoś
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instead of something
They tend to pause and look for advanced vocabulary when conversing instead of saying the first relevant word or phrase which springs to mind.
odpowiedni, wlaściwy
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relevant
They tend to pause and look for advanced vocabulary when conversing instead of saying the first relevant word or phrase which springs to mind.
przychodzić na myśl
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to spring to mind
They tend to pause and look for advanced vocabulary when conversing instead of saying the first relevant word or phrase which springs to mind.
odwrotny
To jest odwrotny efekt płynności i jest pulapką dla wielu studentów obcych języków, w ktorą w głowie czesto wpadają.
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adverse
This has an adverse effect on fluency and is a trap many students of foreign languages have frequently fallen into-head first.
bez względu na coś
bez względu na to jak satysfakcjonujące i imponujące może być pamiętanie bardziej zaawansowanego słowa lub wyrażenia i użycie go prawidłowo jeśli słowo lub zdanie ucieka ci, może być lepiej zastąpić je czymś prostszym.
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regardless of something
regardless of how satysfying and ipressive it may be to remeber a more advanced word or expression and use it correctly, if such a word or phrase escapes you, it may be better to replace it with something simpler.
zastąpić coś czymś
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to replace sth with sth
regardless of how satysfying and ipressive it may be to remeber a more advanced word or expression and use it correctly, if such a word or phrase escapes you, it may be better to replace it with something simpler.
sprawdzić coś
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to look up
nieszczęsny
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hapless
dać się oszukać, nabrać na coś
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to be fooled into something
w takich okolicznościach
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under such circumstances
zapisać, zanotować
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to write sth down
w rzeczy samej
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indeed
pozornie, rzekomo
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ostensibly, apparently,
niestety
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regrettably, unfortunately
wzajemnie
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mutually
zrozumiały
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intelligible, understandable,
z powodu czegoś
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because of something / due to something / caused by something
brak czegoś
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lack of sth
niezbędny, konieczny
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indispensable, necessary

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