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Question		Answer
keep something away (for example: insects/water) odpuchać start learning		repel
something/someone you find disgusting or unpleasant and want to stay away from start learning		something/someone repels you
prevent/discourage someone from doing something by making it difficult or unpleasant for them to do it, odstraszać start learning		deter
a funny way of using a word so that more than one meaning is suggested start learning		a pun
to avoid someone or something start learning		steer clear of
worringly start learning		alarmingly
very dirty start learning		filthy
waste material from homes and other buildings start learning		sewage
containing a large number of start learning		teeming with
not surprised or worried start learning		unfazed
poor and crowded area of a city in Brazil start learning		favela
person with a strong belief in a certain cause who takes action to achieve their aims start learning		activist
time during which someone refuses to eat as a protest start learning		hunger strike
period of time when a person chooses not to eat start learning		fast
Here used as an adjective used to describe a person who is mentally and emotionally strong start learning		'iron'
when someone beats the team or player that was expected to win start learning		an upset
to succeed in doing something that is difficult start learning		pull something off
encourage someone or urge someone to do something (especially something they shouldn't do) start learning		egg somebody on
a situation in which there is a lot of noise or craziness because people are excited, angry, or frightened start learning		pandemonium
begin or cause something to begin start learning		kick off
give responsibility for something important to another person or group start learning		pass the baton
finish something start learning		wrap up
to quickly leave a place, normally because it is dangerous or unpleasant start learning		flee
used here as an adverb before a number to mean 'approximately' start learning		some
a place which is the the centre of a particular activity start learning		hub
short missions start learning		sorties
not stable; likely to break start learning		rickety
(here) thought to be lower than it really is start learning		underestimated
ways of earning money in order to live start learning		livelihoods
rising quickly start learning		soaring
falling quickly and suddenly start learning		plummeting
very shocking and surprising start learning		staggering
suffer the worst part or effect of something bad or harmful start learning		bear the brunt of
hold/keep/play your cards close to your chest start learning		not share key information; be secretive
come clean start learning		tell the truth about something you were keeping secret
big deal start learning		something important
not that big a deal start learning		important, but not very important
bout start learning		short period when you are ill or unhappy; a short period of activity
bat away start learning		(here) reject
very big start learning		giant / massive / gigantic
from outside planet Earth start learning		extraterrestrial
secretly listen to a conversation start learning		eavesdrop

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