Robin Hood

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crusade
In the early stories of Robin Hood, Robin doesn't live in the time of bad Prince John, or the crusades, doesn't lead a large and merry gang, and never robs the rich to give to the poor
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krucjata/ wyprawa krzyzowa
to lead
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prowadzić
merry
In the early stories of Robin Hood, Robin doesn't live in the time of bad Prince John, or the crusades, doesn't lead a large and merry gang, and never robs the rich to give to the poor
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wesoły, radosny
reference
When do we find the first reference to Robin Hood in English literature?
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odniesienie
outlaw
outlaw = criminal
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wyjęty spod prawa
medieval period
Middle Ages
medieval period or Middle Ages the period in Europe from the 5th to the 15th century
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Okres średniowieczny
disturbing
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niepokojący
assassinations
assassinations the murder of important people, often for political reasons
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zamachy
assassinate
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mordować/ dokonać zamachu
dismembered
dismembered bodies bodies that have been cut or torn into pieces
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rozczłonkowane
trickster
trickster someone who deceives or cheats people
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oszust
deceive
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oszukać
operate on your own terms
operate on your own terms do what you want according to your own rules
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pracować na własnych warunkach
tights
he wore green tights...
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rajstopy
archery
He was good at archery
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łucznictwo
heroically
Heroically fighting against injustice and corruption?
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Heroicznie
heroic
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heroiczny
being an outlaw
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byc Wyjety spod prawa
appeal
why do you think the stories of Robin Hood have lasted from the Middle Ages through to the modern day? I suppose it's got appeal on lots of levels – action, adventure – there's some comedy stuff there with the merry men.
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czar, urok, atrakcyjność
appeal
Children are appealed to the toys in this supermarket.
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czar, urok, atrakcyjność
bow
But Robin is always a trickster, and a man with a bow in a wood.
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luk
appealing
So what's so appealing about this man with a bow?
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czar, urok, atrakcyjność
operate
What he represents I think is a kind of strong and forceful masculinity that operates on its own terms and for its own interests and that's I think what we admire in these stories.
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działać
masculinity
masculinity means the qualities typical of a man
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męskość
occur
The first reference occurs in the English poet William Langland's book Piers Plowman written between 1370 and 1390.
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występować/ pojawic sie

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