Slimming through the ages 3

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Pol. zachłanny, chciwy, łakomy
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greedy
Gluttony is leading greedy men to a banquet in hell
a wild plant like a mushroom, that can be poisonous
Pol. muchomor
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toadstool
sulphur sauces and toadstools from stinking rivers were stuffed into their mouths
eating or wanting large quantities of food, having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something
Pol. żarłoczny, nienasycony
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voracious
Gargantua has become proverbial as a voracious guzzler,
Pol. przysłowiowy
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proverbial
Gargantua has become proverbial as a voracious guzzler,
extremely beautiful and very delicately made
Pol. piękny, cudowny, wyjątkowy
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exquisite
Jan van Eyck painted the exquisite Betrothal of the Arnolfini,
an agreement that two people will be married [engagement]
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betrothal
Jan van Eyck painted the exquisite Betrothal of the Arnolfini,
old use a woman paid to give her breast milk to another woman's baby
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wet nurse
gentlewomen had wet nurses,
Pol. ordynarny, lichy, pośledni
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coarse
large breasts were deemed coarse
very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem real
Pol. eteryczny
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ethereal
pale and ethereal faces
a disease that makes your toes, fingers, and knees swollen and painful
Pol. podagra, skaza moczanowa
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gout
He was bedbound, severely overweight and suffered from gout and digestive disorders.
to represent, mean, or be a sign of something
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signify
a large stomach signified fertility.
what is expected to happen in the future
Pol. perspektywy, widoki
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outlook
his outlook was poor
from this time on
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henceforth
Henceforth he would throw their medicines away
Pol. powściągliwy
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temperate
Henceforth he would lead a temperate life
Pol. naszkicować, opisać
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outline
He wrote a book outlining his methods
the written abbreviation of ounce (Pol. uncja)
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oz
he had limited his food to 12oz a day
a unit for measuring weight, equal to 28.35 grams. There are 16 ____s in a pound.
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ounce
your ability to think quickly and make the right decisions (plural)
Pol. rozum, rozsądek
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wits
He walked around Venice to improve his wits and his limbs.
to make someone experience serious problems or dangers
Pol. dręczyć, nękać
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beset sb with
Cornaro felt a new man, free from the pain and sickness that had beset him.
the feeling that sb or sth is stupid or does not deserve respect [= contempt]
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scorn
all the doctors who had thrown scorn on his ideas for longevity.
to strongly criticize sb or sth because you think they do not deserve respect
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throw scorn on
pour scorn on sb
he had outlived all the doctors who had thrown scorn on his ideas for longevity.
the amount of time that someone or something lives
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longevity
all the doctors who had thrown scorn on his ideas for longevity.
a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty:
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remedy
His doctors all agreed his outlook was poor and pressed remedies upon him.

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