sherlock season 3

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floating
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unoszący się; niestabilny, zmienny; pływający; latający
He saw it moving, like a floating head in space. In particular, most systems did not have a floating point unit.
paving slab
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płyta chodnikowa
uproar
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oburzenie; hałas, wrzawa zamieszanie
Officials are trying to put the best face on things despite all the uproar.
dismantle
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rozmontować; rozbrajać, demontować; pozbyć się
There has really been no political will to dismantle the system. All but two were dismantled at the end of the war.
scheme
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schemat, program, system; plan intryga spisek
amiss
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nie tak, nie w porządku, źle
There is something amiss with her
wade in
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wtrącać się (do dyskusji)
Can I wade in? I want to add something. Don't wade in our conversation, it's rude.
milieu
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środowisko, otoczenie
So is there anything you can tell me about his milieu? A milieu can be a building, a street an area, a city or a region.
slip
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poślizg, poślisgnąć się; wsuwać; wtrącić (uwagę); wślizgnąc się
He slipped into the room. He slipped a note into my hand. The blanket slipped off the bed. Can I slip a suggestion?
tuxedo
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smoking, marynarka
grieve
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smucić, martwić się, rozpaczać, opłakiwać kogoś
He grieved for the companion he had lost.
confidant
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powiernik
scent
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zapach, woń; trop, ślad; perfumy
bristly
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szczeciniasty, najeżony; wybuchowy
cesspool
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szambo; siedlisko zła
kennel
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buda dla psa; kynologiczny
appalling
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przerażający, okropny
shocking and very bad:
appalling weather. The drive home was appalling. appalling injuries. Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.
halitosis
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cuchnący oddech choroba
mawkishly
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ckliwie, sentymentalnie
in an awkward or silly way of showing emotion or love:
I was surprised and mawkishly heartbroken. Mawkishly sentimental. the book's mawkishly sad closing lines
fibre
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błonnik; włókno
tensile
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rozciągliwy (metal, guma)
This requires a material with enormous tensile strength and light weight.
ostensible
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rzekomy, pozorny
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else:
The ostensible subject was the struggle for human rights in China. Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
bobble
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pompon; podskakiwać (o piłce); US zmarnować piłkę;
to drop or almost drop a ball that you are trying to catch or stop:
The right fielder bobbled an easy grounder.
underscene
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Pod spodem
scend
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gwałtowne podniesienie się; podnosić się gwałtownie na fali fali
Then he felt the deck surgeunder his feet at the first strong scend of the ocean.
stepfather
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ojczym
swear off
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odprzysiąc; zerwać; odwoływać
wage
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płaca / zarobki
a very low/high wage an hourly/daily/weekly/annual wage He gets/earns/is paid a good wage, because he works for a fair employer.
corker
/ˈkɔː.kər/
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korkownica do wina; coś fantastycznego, wspaniałego, wspaniała rzecz, też zabawna
a person or thing that is especially good, attractive, or funny:
She told an absolute corker of a story about a priest she'd mistaken for an ex-lover.
torment
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męka, męczarnia, udręka, tortura
baffled
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skonsternowany, zdumiony; zbity z tropu
baffle
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zbić z tropu; udaremnić, oszukać
to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something:
She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.
facile
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płytki, powierzchniowy; zręczy; zbyt łatwy (sukces)
When you penetrate but a little way, it is facile ground.
nebulous
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chaotyczny; mglisty, zamglony
I'd guess there might be some nebulous ideas we could play around with.
rescind
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odwołać, uchylać, unieważniać
I did not want her to come out and rescind the order. This party has the right to have the contract rescinded.
deception
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oszustwo, podstęp
His elaborate deception fooled everyone.
audacious
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śmiały, zuchwały (plan), bezczelny (uwaga, zachowanie), odważny, innowatorski
siding
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bocznica
disposal
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sprzedaż; wywóz, usuwanie, pozbycie się
something that is sold by a company, such an asset, property, or part of its business, or the act of doing this. the act of getting rid of something, especially by throwing it away:
No firm timetable was set for asset disposals.; This agency regulates the disposal of hazardous substances. the disposal of toxic wastes
bomb disposal
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unieszkodliwianie niewybuchów
He was assigned to bomb disposal and sent to Iraq.
diffuse
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ulegać dyfuzji, rozpraszać się; przesiąkać, szerzyć, rozpowszechniać
Each side tried to diffuse the situation after the game. But as this happened, my clarity of mind began to diffuse.
to have/get the upper hand
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Mieć / zdobyć przewagę
But the bad side seems to have the upper hand.
paramount
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najważniejszy, nadrzędny
assault
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napad, atak, szturm
bonfire
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ognisko
indestructible
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niezniszczalny
muck around
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wałęsać sie bez celu, marnować czas
lethal
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śmiertelny
injection
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zastrzyk
barn
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stodoła, obora
erectile
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wzwodny
erectile dysfunction
usher
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bileter,; osoba usadzająca gości; przewodnik
acquaintance
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znajomy
encounter
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spotkanie
maggot
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larwalarwa; bydlę, kanalia
beheading
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ścięcie (głowy)
recluse
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pustelnik
He is a millionaire recluse who refuses to give interviews.
mingle
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przyłączać się, wmieszać się w tłum, socjalizować się
squishy
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grząski, gąbczasty, rozmiękły
cuddle
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przytulać
poppet
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dziecinka
a person, especially a child, that you like or love:
[as form of address ] Come on, poppet, it's time for bed. Oh, Becky's a real poppet - such a sweet girl.
oodles
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kupamasa, mnóstwo
broach
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poruszyć (wstydliwy temat)
disclose
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ujawniać
daunt
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nastraszyć; odstraszać, zniechęcać
Don't be daunted by the high costs
in the face of sth
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w obliczu czegoś
transpire
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transpirować; okazywać się, wychodzić na jaw
If it transpires that something has happened, this previously secret or unknown fact becomes known:
It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment. As it later transpired, she had known him at school.
ailing
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chory; bolący, niedomagajacy, trapiący
experiencing difficulty and problems:
ailing world, the country's ailing economy Ted asked me if I could help him fix his ailing car.
beetle
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chrząszcz
acuity
/əˈkjuː.ə.ti/
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ostrość, bystrość, przenikliwość (umysłu)
the ability to hear, see, or think accurately and clearly:
Tiredness also affects visual acuity. He was a man of great political acuity.
ludicrous
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śmieszny
stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
a ludicrous idea/suggestion He looked ludicrous in that suit!
obnoxious
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nieznośny
very unpleasant or rude:
Some of his colleagues say that he's loud and obnoxious. When she's in a bad mood she's obnoxious to everyone.
dismissive
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lekceważący
virtuous
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cnotliwy
having good moral qualities and behaviour; A virtuous person thinks himself or herself morally better than other people:
He described them as virtuous and hard-working people.; He only does charity work so he can feel virtuous.
uncomprehending
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nierozumiejący
They walked through the ruins of the city with dazed, uncomprehending looks.
redeem
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wykupić; odkupić, rehabilitować się, zrekompensować
Would you like to redeem your coupon? Only Jesus will redeem your sins. Casting famous actors wasn't enough to redeem bad screenplay.
ridiculous
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śmieszny / żałosny
inexplicable
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niewytłumaczalny
decathlete
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dziesięcioboista
rehearsal
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próba
a bog
/bɒɡ/
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bagno
soft, wet ground, or an area of this
fibbing
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kłamanie
fib
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bujda, kłamstewko
thorough
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gruntowny, dokładny, skrupulatny
We'd better go take a thorough look around.
burst
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rozerwanie, pękać
to break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this: to feel a strong emotion, or strong wish to do something:
If I eat any more cake I'll burst. The river was threatening to burst its banks.; I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing. [+ to infinitive ] Tom was bursting to tell everyone the news.
burst
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wybuchać (śmiechem); pękać, pęknięcie; [w/wy] skakiwać
She burst into laughter and hugged him. The water pipe burst during the winter. The cat burst out of the bushes and ran away
bum
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pupa, tyłek
itch
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swędzenie
crows
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wrony
alter
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zmieniać
it won't alter anything
dickhead
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tępy chuj, kretyn, bałwan

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