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twist
Game Of Thrones, opened their final episode with a bang and provided enough shocking twists,
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zwrot akcji
seemingly
against last week’s seemingly unbeatable “Battle Of The Bastards.”
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pozornie
feat
that was one of the most ambitious production feats ever seen on a TV screen.
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wyczyn, dokonanie, osiągnięcie
vie
the field vying to rule the Seven Kingdoms got smaller;
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rywalizować
forge
new alliances were forged,
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tworzyć, rozpoczynać (np. znajomość=
loom
icy Night King and his undead horde serving as the looming doomsday menace.
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wyłaniać się, majaczyć, widnieć
menace
icy Night King and his undead horde serving as the looming doomsday menace.
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zagrożenie, niebezpieczeństwo
pit
Battle of the Bastards, which pitted Jon Snow against Ramsay Bolton.
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wyjmować pestki, drylować, wyłuskać
comprise
comprised of his infantry and the enemy.
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zawierać, obejmować, składać się (z czegoś)
infantry
comprised of his infantry and the enemy.
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piechota
gritty
gritty, grim reality of those films.
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realistyczny, brutalnie szczery (o osobie, o powieści)
courtesy of
The Estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy of Henrietta Garnett
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dzięki uprzejmości
tangled
n the tangled affairs of the Bloomsbury group
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splątany, zawikłany
overshadow
Bloomsbury group has overshadowed the serious talent of a pioneering modern British artist
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przyćmić
clutch
But Bell cannot be freed entirely from the clutches of the Bloomsbury set,
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sprzęgło, chwyt, uścisk
labyrinthine
Their labyrinthine relationships were so tortuous that previous exhibitions about the group have included diagrams to make sense of it all.
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labiryntowy, zawiły, pogmatwany
tortuous
Their labyrinthine relationships were so tortuous that previous exhibitions about the group have included diagrams to make sense of it all.
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kręty, wijący się
weary
including her weary sister Virginia slumped in a chair,
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zmęczony, znużony
slump
including her weary sister Virginia slumped in a chair,
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osunąć się, zapaść się
pledge
who had been present at her birth, admired her beauty and pledged to marry the baby.
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przyrzekać, ślubować, zobowiązywać się
startling
: the farmhouse became a startling showhouse for the style
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zadziwiający, zdumiewający
allegedly
2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 German women on New Year’s Eve
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rzekomo
carry out
mass sexual assaults and other crimes carried out on New Year's Eve in the German city of Cologne.
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przeprowadzić coś, zrealizować coś, wykonywać coś (np. zlecenia)
upward
the previous estimates have to be dramatically revised — upward.
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w górę
perpetrator
e also predicted that many of the New Year's Eve perpetrators will never be convicted
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przestępca, sprawca przestępstwa
grope
Most of the perpetrators in that city stand accused of groping and facilitating sex assaults
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macać, obmacywać (kogoś, kto sobie tego nie życzy)
crushing
Including the crushing amount of attention that this week's Facebook Live broadcast received,
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przygniatający, miażdżący, druzgocący, przytłaczający (np. większość, ciężar)
a sit-in
a group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives held a sit-in to push for a vote on gun control measures.
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strajk okupacyjny, protest
polarizer
A display has multiple functional layers such as cover lenses, touch panels and polarizers, all made of different materials.
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polaryzator
circuit
The size of batteries and circuits are of lesser concern in designing bendable screens
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obieg, obwód elektryczny
siphon
IHS projects such screens to continue siphoning market share from non-flexible displays.
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wyprowadzać, wypompować (nielegalnie, np. pieniądze)
debris
Dawn revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children’s strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about the promenade
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gruzy, rumowisko, odłamki (np. szkła, metalu)
strew - strewed - strewn
The baby's toys were strewn all over the floor.
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porozrzucać
Zabawki dziecka były porozrzucane po całej podłodze.
dual carriageway
There were no cars and the wide dual-carriageway was completely taken over by pedestrians.
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droga szybkiego ruchu
landward
We crossed over to the landward side and had just reached the point where there was traffic again.
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w stronę lądu
nose to tail
On our side of the road, where the traffic was heading out of town, there was nose to tail traffic
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zderzak w zderzak
swerve
Suddenly on the other side of the road we could see a white truck driving very fast and swerving from side to side.
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gwałtownie skręcać, zbaczać (z drogi)
plough into
A large truck has ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice at about 11pm local time.
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wpaść na, wjechać na
grenade
the truck was loaded with weapons and grenades
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granat
frantically
Some told of parents frantically throwing their children over fences
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frenetycznie, szalenie
lorry
The lorry carrying glass bottles overturned on the M6.
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ciężarówka
Ciężarówka przewożąca szklane butelki przewróciła się na autostradzie M6.
ram
The truck driver who rammed his vehicle into a massive crowd in Nice fired a pistol several times before being shot
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baran, uderzać (w coś), walić w coś (z dużą siłą), taranować (coś)
overhaul
The commission highlighted a “global failure” of French intelligence and recommended a total overhaul of the intelligence services
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przegląd, naprawa, remont kapitalny
sour
privacy fears and ongoing confusion about security have soured the internet for many
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zepsuć się, skwaśnieć, kwaśny
converge
When cybersecurity professionals converged in Las Vegas last week to expose vulnerabilities
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zbiegać się, zejść, schodzić się, łączyć się
savvy
As we conduct more of our lives online, we’re being asked to become increasingly savvy about computer security
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obyty, rozumny
be up to something
Many are simply uninterested or not up to the task.
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być wystarczająco dobrym/gotowym
crook
cyber crook
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oszust
haul
2016’s haul is expected to be significantly higher.
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łup, zdobycz, holowanie, połów
untainted
you can simply restore the untainted files to your machine
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nieskażony
jack
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slangowo: kradzież, złodziejstwo, buchnąć
a hassle
restoring data can be a hassle.
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kłopot
dupe somebody
the people who get duped into clicking random links or opening rogue files.
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oszukać kogoś
rogue
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łobuz, przymiotnik: zbójecki
bogus
targeting a specific person via a message containing bogus links
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fałszywy, podrabiany, zmyślony, fikcyjny, udawany
unwitting
Unwitting test subjects picked up 98% of them;
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bezwiedny, mimowolny, nieświadomy
scant
scant few will do all of them all the time.
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iedostateczny (o ilości), ograniczony (np. wzrost), znikomy (np. procent czegoś)
outline
When searching for Palestine on Google Maps, it shows an outline, but with no label for Palestine and Israel labelled alongside it.
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arys, szkic (najważniejsze informacje, bez szczegółów)
cease
Removing Palestine from the map doesn't mean it ceases to exist.
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przerwać, przerywać, zaprzestać, zaprzestawać
get into hot water
This is not the first time Google has got into hot water over disputed territories
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popaść w tarapaty
resurgence
But now Windows PCs are having a resurgence, this time in a new, 21st-century skin: the two-in-one.
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odrodzenie, nawrót
dwindle
As tablet sales peaked as consumers realised they were great for consuming media but then dwindled
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słabnąć, zanikać, zmniejszać się
resistive
They had short battery lives and resistive touchscreens that were unresponsive and bulky.
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porny, sprzeciwiający się, stawiający opór
bulky
They had short battery lives and resistive touchscreens that were unresponsive and bulky.
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nieporęczny, masywny
bear-borne-born
large-format touchscreen development borne of the mobile tablet generation triggered by the launch of the iPad in 2010. (born - rodzić)
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ścierpieć (coś), znieść (coś), wytrzymać (coś)
makeshift
PC that can double as a makeshift tablet for media consumption is appealing
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prowizoryczny, zastępczy
span
Now the two-in-one category spans almost every capability and cost.
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obejmować, sięgać, rozciągać się
shortcomings
At the same time the shortcomings of the tablet form factor
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niedociągnięcia, braki, wady
gimmick
Treated as laptop replacements, Windows 10 two-in-ones are no longer a gimmick
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sztuczka, chwyt (np. reklamowy, marketingowy), gadżet
borough
a mosque in the New York borough of Queens
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gmina
garb
Both men were wearing religious garb at the time of shooting.
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strój, ubiór (sposób ubierania się)
rally
More than 100 people attending a rally at the shooting site Saturday night chanted “We want justice!”.
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zbiórka (zwolenników lub przeciwników czegoś), zgromadzenie ludzi (we wspólnym celu)
to mount
it’s very important to mount a thorough investigation.”
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organizować, urządzić
ważne, żeby przeprowadzić drobiazgowe śledztwo
assailant
they saw a lone armed assailant fleeing the scene
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apastnik, agresor, najeźdźca (na kraj)
austerity
Greeks would be hit by yet more austerity to foot the bill for saving their country from economic collapse,
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trudna sytuacja ekonomiczna, bieda
foot the bill
Greeks would be hit by yet more austerity to foot the bill for saving their country from economic collapse,
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zapłacić rachunek
go bust
they realised their business would go bust if it continued operating legally.
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splajtować
eviscerate
For a middle class eviscerated by relentless rounds of cuts and tax rises
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wypatroszyć, osłabiać
renege
Greeks now reneging on loan repayments, property taxes and energy bills.
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nie dotrzymywać umowy
backdrop
Against a backdrop of monumental debt – €320bn, or 180% of GDP
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horyzont, prospekt (sceneria za czymś, na co patrzymy), tło
GDP Gross Domestic Product
Against a backdrop of monumental debt – €320bn, or 180% of GDP
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profligacy
the accumulation of decades of profligacy
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rozrzutność
bailout
The 14 August bailout deal was meant to have put paid to that.
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dofinansowanie, subwencja
chirpily
EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker chirpily announced that Greece was “irreversibly” part of the euro area.
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radośnie, wesoło
disburse
eurozone finance ministers disbursed a whopping €10.3bn in emergency loans
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wypłacać pieniądze
whopping
eurozone finance ministers disbursed a whopping €10.3bn in emergency loans
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ogromny
reviled
the once popular leftwing prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, is now a reviled figure.
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wydrwiony, napiętnowany
stump
the stumps of its decaying timbers poking through the sand of a north Devon beach
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pieniek, kikut, niedopałek
timber
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drzewo, belka drewniana
mouth
he remains of a much older boat near the mouth of the river Axe.
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ujscie rzeki
strand
The crew was rescued as the ship became stranded in shallow water.
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osiąść na mieliźnie (o statku), opuścić, pozostawić
salvage
Most of the cargo, barrels of wine being shipped from Portugal, is believed to have been salvaged,
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ocalić, uratować
villainy
“We think bad luck rather than any villainy was involved,”
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podłość, łajdactwo
sodden
timbers are increasingly exposed and the sodden timber dries out and begins to decay
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rozmokły (o gruncie), przemoczony (o ubraniach)
itinerary
Try one, two or all three of the picks in this itinerary
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plan, przewodnik, rozpiska
fluffy
Edinburgh is full of young companies making fluffy, whimsical theatre
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puszysty, milusi
whimsical
Edinburgh is full of young companies making fluffy, whimsical theatre
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dziwaczny, kapryśny
two-hander
at first sight This Egg’s two-hander about love, friendship and breaking free seems to be just one more
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sztuka dla dwóch aktorów
beady-eyed
London’s housing crisis and its effects upon relationships is explored with beady-eyed sharpness
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świdrujący spojrzeniem
idle
It’s no idle boast: in 2015 he did, after all, become only the second comic ever to win Melbourne’s Barry
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bezpodstawny, czczy, daremny, jałowy (np. działanie)

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