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Question		Answer
taxes imposed on imported goods / the place or procedure of inspecting those goods cło, urząd celny start learning		customs
to move about nervously wiercić się start learning		to fidget
church bench start learning		a pew
religiously devoted pobożny start learning		pious
to search actively by moving around, turning over przetrząsać start learning		to rummage
Lacking in harmony; incompatible, inappropriate niestosowny start learning		incongruous
an excavation for the extraction of building stone kamieniołom start learning		a quarry
to twist the body skręcać się start learning		to squirm, to wriggle, to writhe
wrinkled and untidy start learning		rumpled a rumpled shirt
to throw violently start learning		to hurl He hurled himself to the ground
to strike or beat heavily; pound grzmotnąć start learning		to thump
to squat kucać start learning		to crouch
a piece of wood used for striking the ball in cricket or baseball start learning		a bat
A look of anger or disapproval grymas niezadowolenia start learning		a scowl
Quick and skillful zręczny start learning		deft Daniel is deft at tickling people.
a Y-shaped stick used as a catapult proca start learning		a slingshot
influence, power start learning		a clout
revenge, retaliation start learning		vengeance
to dislike intensely; loathe nienawidzić start learning		to detest
Morally degraded, filthy plugawy start learning		sordid
soft wet land moczary, bagno start learning		marsh
Warm and extremely humid parny start learning		muggy a muggy summer day
salty like brine start learning		briny
pathologic start learning		morbid
sick in the way one shows his excessive interest in death etc. chorobliwy start learning		morbid
To place side by side for comparison zestawiać start learning		juxtapose
A large group of fish / a shallow water łąwica, mielizna start learning		a shoal
a great respect start learning		a reverence
Unverified information heard from another; rumor pogłoska start learning		a hearsay
a hole or cavity in the ground start learning		a pit
Made of brass / shameless and rudely bold bezczelny start learning		brazen
To cut short or reduce skracać start learning		to curtail
a throw / a brief period of indulging one's impulses rzut / wyskok start learning		a fling
a false and malicious statements damaging someone's reputation oszczerstwo start learning		a slander
unwilling to talk or be sociable; sulky ponury start learning		sullen
to fear intensely start learning		to dread
To make a deep, long, rolling sound. dudnić start learning		to rumble
A sewer crossing under a road start learning		a culvert
a sloping channel for sending down rubbish etc. zsyp start learning		a chute
annoyed, irritated start learning		peeved
puzzled; confused oszołomiony start learning		bewildered
relating to a monarch; royal start learning		regal
a spiderweb start learning		a cobweb
to humble oneself, to lie or crawl with the face downward płaszczyć się start learning		to grovel
Bulky in figure; thick, corpulent start learning		stout
a crack or narrow opening szpara start learning		a crevice
To give up or abandon wyrzec się start learning		to relinquish
To make an indirect reference start learning		to allude
Everlasting punishment potępienie start learning		a damnation
To fail to notice start learning		to overlook
the part of a limb remaining after the rest has been cut off kikut start learning		stump
the sensation of being poked lightly with many needles mrowienie start learning		tingle
to hurry; to rush pośpieszyć start learning		to hasten
to examine and compare zestawiać start learning		to collate
A tower rising above the roof of a building start learning		steeple
Stale or moldy in odor or taste stęchły start learning		musty mustiness
Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way odpustowy, krzykliwy start learning		garish, gaudy
Dark; gloomy ponury start learning		somber
to make a sound of falling into water chlupnąć, plusk start learning		plop
A religious speech delivered as part of a service. kazanie start learning		sermon
A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one bachor start learning		a brat
graduates start learning		alumni
irritable or covered with prickles kolczasty, drażliwy start learning		prickly
A room in a church where the clergy put on their vestments start learning		vestry

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