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baffling
hard to understand
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zbijający z tropu, zaskakujący
baffling
the crime is a baffling mystery for the police
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zbijający z tropu, zaskakujący
baffle
She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.
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zbijający z tropu, zaskakujący
perplex
To perplex is defined as to confuse or complicate.
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pogmatwać
perplex
An example of perplex is to challenge a class with a very difficult question.
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pogmatwać
on the way out
on the way out disappearing; declining in popularity and use
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być w odwrocie, tracić na popularności
interrogative
question
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pytający
win out
To be victorious.
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odnieść sukces
win out
You can be sure that justice will win out in the end.
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odnieść sukces
obligation
having a duty to do something
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zobowiązanie / obowiązek
authoritarian
A government who is more concerned with having people obey laws than in people having some freedom is an example of an authoritarian government
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autorytarny, despotyczny
authoritarian
demanding obedience from people
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autorytarny, despotyczny
obedience
Obedience is the willingness to obey.
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posłuszeństwo
to obey
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słuchać się / służyć
obedience
An example of obedience is a dog listening to his owner.
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posłuszeństwo
shying away from
avoiding
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wycofać się z czegoś, wycofać się ze zrobienia czegoś
ongoing
progressive, ongoing; continuing
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toczący się
ongoing process
The ongoing process started 12 years ago
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Trwający proces
feel up to
I don't feel up to going out tonight
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czuję się na /być w stanie coś zrobić
feel up to
I have a quiz question forming in my mind, Alice – so I hope you're feeling up to the challenge
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czuję się na /być w stanie coś zrobić
occur
what changes are occurring here
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występować
interrogative
Why would we lose 'shall'? I mean, if especially as we hold it in the interrogative. We say, you know, 'Shall we go swimming'?
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patajacy
authoritarian
Must' sounds authoritarian, and people are choosing to express obligation – or having a duty to do something – in different ways.
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autorytarny, despotyczny
recap
Recap is short for recapitulation or briefly going over what has already been said.
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podsumować
recapitulation
a concise summary.
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podsumowanie
recap
An example of a recap is the summary of a new program before the show is over.
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podsumować
concise
brief, short with no unnecessary information
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zwięzły
summarizing
summary
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podsumowując

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