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przeważać, brać górę nad
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prevail, prevail over(dominate)
to get control or influence/to be common among a group of people
Optimism prevails over pessimism.
udowodnić/udowodnić naukowo
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prove/prove scientifically
to show that you are good at something:/to show that something is true:
I wish he'd stop trying to prove himself all the time/They proved him innocent/guilty.
zabłysnąć
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shine/shone/shone
(often with at) to be very good (at something)/to be extremely good at an activity or skill, in an obvious way:
nieuchronne, nieuniknione
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inevitable/unavoidable
something that cannot be prevented/If something is inevitable, you cannot avoid or prevent it.
It was inevitable that his crime would be discovered./Eventually the inevitable happened and he had a heart attack.
zgubne
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fatal
very serious and having an important bad effect in the future:
przebrnąć, przejść przez cos z trudem
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scrape through
to succeed in something but with a lot of difficulty:
He managed to scrape through his final exams.
pasjonować się
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have a passion for
an extreme interest in or wish for doing something, such as a hobby, activity, etc.:
He retired from professional football years ago but still has a passion for the game.
zrezygnować
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give up on
to expect someone or something to fail:
Most people gave up on him when he dropped out, but he went back and earned his degree two years later.
wycofać się
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drop out
to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished:
He dropped out of the race after two laps.
odkladać słuchawke
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hang up/hung
to finish a conversation on the telephone by putting the phone down
I tried to talk to her, but she hung up (on me).

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