Lesson 1 21/10/2020

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agile
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able to move your whole body easily and quickly or to think quickly in an intelligent way; zwinny, sprawny
an agile mind
potion
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a liquid that is believed to have a magical effect on someone who drinks it; eliksir
We don’t have a magic potion to make you tell the truth.
scared to death
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extremely scared; śmiertelnie przerażony
She was scared to death of flying.
spell
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spoken words that are thought to have magical power, orthe influence or control of such words; zaklęcie
The witch cast/put a spell on the prince and he turned into a frog.
freak out
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to become or cause someone to become extremely emotional; wariować
She just freaked when she saw the police.
devilish
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evil or morally bad; diabelski
There was a devilish look on her face as she said that.
veil
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a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head; welon
The women wore black veils that covered all but their eyes.
fairy
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an imaginary creature with magic powers, usually represented as a very small person with wings; wróżka
She used to think there were fairies at the bottom of her garden.
spirit
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something that can be felt to be present but cannot be seen, similar to a ghost; duch
It is a belief of many religions that your spirit lives on after your body dies.
keep someone/something at bay
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to prevent someone from moving closer; trzymać kogoś / coś na dystans
He held the police at bay for several hours.
a guise
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the appearance of someone or something, especially when intended to deceive; przebranie
The men who arrived in the guise of drug dealers were actually undercover police officers.
rigid
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stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved; sztywny
a rigid steel and concrete structure
to flood
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to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems; zalać
The whole town flooded when the river burst its banks.
to carve
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to make something by cutting into especially wood or stone, or to cut into the surface of stone, wood, etc.; rzeźbić
He carved her name on a tree.
a coinage
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(the inventing of) a new word or phrase in a language; tworzenie nowych wyrażeń
The expression "boy band" is a 1990s coinage.

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