Piotrek

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Question American English Answer American English
groovy
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trendy
fashionable and stylish
groovy clothes
Entrust
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to make someone responsible for doing something or looking after something
I was entrusted with the task of organizing the party.
artificial
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not natural, but made by people
an artificial flower/lake, an artificial heart
inquiry
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a question that you ask when you want more information OR an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened
The company has received a lot of inquiries about its new Internet service. OR There will be an official inquiry into the train crash.
embedded
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fixed into the surface of something
A small piece of glass was embedded in his finger.
vault
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a special room in a bank where money, jewellery, and other valuable objects are kept
I mean it
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mówię serio
sincere
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honest and saying or showing what you really feel or believe
He seems to be sincere.
bold
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not frightened of taking risks
It was a bold decision to go and live abroad
pupil
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a student at school
The school has 1.100 pupils aged 11 to 18
eager
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wanting to do or have something very much
Sam was eager to go home and play on his computer
distinguish
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to recognize the differences between two people, ideas, or things
Children must learn to distinguish between right and wrong
digit
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any of the numbers from 0 to 9, especially when they form part of a longer number
a seven digit telephone number
vanish
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to disappear suddenly
The sun vanished behind the trees. The report mysteriously vanished from the files.
trace
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to find someone or something that was lost
Police have so far failed to trace the missing woman.
flat
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a set of rooms to live in, with all the rooms on one level of a building
a large block of flats
porridge
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a soft, white food made of oats (= type of grain) and water or milk
to kill two birds with one stone
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upiec, dwie pieczenie, na jednym ogniu
sensation
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a physical feeling, or the ability to physically feel things
a burning sensation, or Three months after the accident she still has no sensation in her right foot.
afternoon
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the time between the middle of the day, and the evening
I played tennis on Saturday afternoon. OR The train arrives at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
evening
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the part of the day between the afternoon and the night
Are you doing anything this evening? OR I go to band practice on Monday evenings.
scholarship
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an amount of money given to a person by an organization to pay for their education, usually at a college or univeristy
exaggerate
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to make something seem larger, better, worse, etc than it really is
Don't exaggerate - it didn't cost that much!
haze
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the air when it is not very clear because of something such as heat or smoke, making it difficult to see well
mgiełka, opary
endorse
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to say publicly that you support a person or action
The idea was endorsed by a majority of members.
esteem
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respect and admiration for someone
My father was held in high esteem by everyone who knew him.
thorough
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careful and covering every detail
The government has promised a thorough investigation of the mater.
rough
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A rough surface is not smooth OR approximate
rough hands, rough ground OR Can you give me a rough idea of the cost?
scope
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how much a subject or situation relates to OR the opportunity to do something
Do we know the full scope of the problem yet? OR There is plenty of scope for improvement.
assess
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to make a judgment about the quality, size, value, etc of something
The tests are designed to assess a child's reading skills.
backlog
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work that should have been done earlier
zaległości
boredom
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the feeling of being bored
I nearly died of boredom.

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