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utrzymanie
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upkeep
the process of keeping something in good condition/ financial or material support of a person or animal
Payments for the children's upkeep/We will be responsible for the upkeep of the access road
pełen złudzeń
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delusional
Don't delude yourself
pokonać
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vanquish
vanquish your enemies
łagodzić
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alleviate
rozpacz
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despair
opuszczony
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forlorn
use to express loneliness and feeling left out. When someone is forlorn it means that they not only feel miserable but simultaneously desolate because the also believe the are alone
His face looked forlorn.
być w żałobie/opuszczonym
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to be bereaved
deprived of or lacking (sth) / (of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone's death or departure/past form: bereft oraz bereaved
Her room was stark and bereft of colour./ His death in 1990 left her bereft./ Everyone who has been bereaved has to find his or her own way of coping.
boleść
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anguish
extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering
Hus anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. / In her anguish she forgot to leave a message.
opowiadać wspomnienia
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reminisce
to talk or write about past expereinces that you remember with pleasure
I love to reminisce about old stuff./ My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.
porzucić
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relinquish
to give up sth suwch as responsibility or claim/ to unwillingly stop holding or keeping sth
She relinquished control of the family investments to her son./ She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.
czelność
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effrontery
extreme rudeness without any ability to understand that your behaviour is not acceptable to other people
He was silent all through the meal and then had the effrontery to complain that I looked bored!
przebłagać, udobruchać
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placate
to stop someone from feeling angry
Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.
nieszkodliwy
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innocuous
completely harmless, causing no harm
Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.
skandal
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outrage
a feeling of anger and shock/ a shocking, morally unacceptable, and usually violent action
These murders have provoked outrage across the country./ It's and outrage that so much public money should have been wasted in this way.

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