Lekcja 8

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assert
He asserts that she stole that money.
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assert in English
zapewniać
futility
It is completely futile trying to reason with him - he just won't listen.
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daremność
aggregate
The company aggregates news and information from a number of sources on its website.
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łączyć, zbierać
compartmentalize
His life was carefully compartmentalized, with his work in one city and his social life in another.
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podzielić
derisive
also: derisory
derisive laughter
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szyderczy
underscore
The need for fire detectors in cargo bays was underscored by some accidents in the 1980s.
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podkreślać znaczenie czegoś
opine
Ernest Rutherford opined that his work on radioactive substances would be of little or no practical use.
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być zdania
stark
The children were splashing in the river, stark (adverb) naked. / It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture.
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całkowicie/ prosty, bez dekoracji
homogenous
Never has the human race been less homogenous.
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jednorodna
chutzpah
approving; synonym - nerve: I wanted to ask her out, but I lost my nerve and couldn't go through with it.
It took a lot of chutzpah to talk to your boss like that.
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odwaga, śmiałość
respective
Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our respective classes.
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poszczególny
actualize
the techniques that athletes use to actualize their potential
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urzeczywistniać
impending
impending disaster
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zbliżający się
topple
The tree toppled and fell.
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przewrócić
implode
Their economy is in danger of imploding.
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zapaść się, zawalić się
immutable
an immutable law
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niezmienny
fleeting
This is just a fleeting visit.
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przelotny
outlive
He outlived all of his brothers.
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przeżyć
undue
Such a high increase will impose on an undue burden on the local tax payer.
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nadmierny
concur
The new report concurs with previous findings.
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zgodzić się
partisan
the nature of partisan warfare/ Gore was speaking before a partisan crowd of about 500 Democrats.
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partyzant/zwolennik
także jako przymiotniki
quip
It was Oscar Wilde who made the famous quip about life mimicking art.
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żart
proprietor
He is the proprietor of one of the best hotels in Orlando.
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właściciel
wind up
The company was wound up in February with debts of $5.2 milion.
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to close a business, especially when it is not successful and has debts:
to the gills
The restaurant was packed to the gills.
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całkowicie pełny
jammed
This drawer is jammed.
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zablokowany
ambience
Despite being a busy city, Dublin has the ambience of a country town.
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atmosfera
exude
She just exudes confidence.
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wydzielać
muffle
The house has double-glazed windows to muffle the noise of aircraft.
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stłumić
paycheck
UK: pay packet
It's easy to go on expensive holidays when you have a paycheck the size of hers.
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wypłata
errand
I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to run first.
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krótkie wyjście

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