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double entendre a word or phrase that might be understood in two ways, one of which is usually sexual start learning		podwójne dno coś co ma dwa różne znaczenia, jedno z nich często ma podtekst erotyczny
hyperbole a way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they are: The blurb on the back of the book was full of the usual hyperbole - "enthralling", "fascinating", and so on. start learning		hiperbola
irony start learning		ironia
malapropism the wrong use of one word instead of another word because they sound similar to each other, with results that are unintentionally funny start learning		Malapropizm złe użycie słówka przez ich wizualne/dźwiękowe podobieństwo do siebie, tak, że efekt jest komiczny
metaphor start learning		metafora
metonymy the act of referring to something using a word that describes one of its qualities or features start learning		metonimia
paradox start learning		paradoks
pun a humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word: This is a well-known joke based on a pun: "What's black and white and red (= read) all over?" "A newspaper." start learning		kalambur
repartee quick and usually funny answers and remarks in conversation: Oscar Wilde's plays are full of witty repartee. start learning		riposta
sarcasm start learning		sarkazm
satire Her play was a biting/cruel satire on life in the 80s. a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, or a piece of writing or play that uses this style: start learning		satyra
simile (the use of) an expression comparing one thing with another, always including the words "as" or "like": The lines "She walks in beauty, like the night..." from Byron's poem contain a simile. start learning		porównanie
soliloquy a speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters: Hamlet's soliloquy starts "To be or not to be". start learning		monolog
spoonerism a mistake made when speaking in which the first sounds of two words are exchanged with each other to produce a not intended and usually funny meaning: The Reverend William Spooner used to produce spoonerisms such as "a scoop of boy trouts" instead of what he meant to say - "a troop of boy scouts". start learning		łyżka
synecdoche a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it, for example "a pair of hands" for "a worker", or the whole of something is used to refer to a part, for example "the law" for "a police officer" start learning		synegdocha
understatement a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements: To say that her resignation was a shock would be an understatement - it caused panic. start learning		niedomówienie
wellerism Everyone to his own taste - the old woman said when she kissed her cow start learning		Wellerism
oxymoron two words used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings start learning		oksymoron dwa słowa o przeciwstawnym znaczeniu