słówka 1

anguish

extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering – udręka; His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. Udręka

Tedious

tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring – nudny, nużący

TO SQUIRREL AWAY

- to hide or store something, especially money, in order to use it in the future – chomikować

Solely

only and not involving anyone or anything else – wyłącznie;

Fussy/ finicky

not easily satisfied/having v high standards about particular things – drobiazgowy, wybredny

to subtract

to take away; deduct – odejmować;

Deprived

not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions – pozbawiony;

Compound

something consisting of two or more different parts (form.) – połączenie, złożony

Hight pitched

higher than usual; high and sometimes also loud or unpleasant – piskliwy;

to upgrade

to improve the quality or usefulness of something, such as a machine or a computer program, or give a person a more important job or state that their job is more important than it was in the past – uaktualniać, modernizować, podnieść jakość;

to cut off

to stop people from continuing a phone conversation by breaking the phone connection – przerwać połączenie (tel.); We got cut off before she could give me directions.

decent

socially acceptable or good – przyzwoity, porządny;

upmarket/ upscale

appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale – ekskluzywny;

brisk

quick, energetic, and active – żwawy, rzeźki raźny;

to clutch

to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain – ściskać, trzymać kurczowo

untenable

not capable of being maintained or defended

ravenous

extremely hungry – wygłodniały; Growing boys have ravenous appetites.

to transpire

to come about; happen or occur; to become known; come to light – nastąpić, okazać się; It may yet transpire that ministers knew more than they are admitting at the moment.

BEYOND THE REALMS OF PLAUSIBILITY

unplausible / implausible

to concieve

to imagine something – uwierzyć, postrzegać;

posh

expensive and of high quality (inf.) – ekskluzywny, wytworny;

broadband

a system that makes it possible for many messages or large amounts of information to be sent at the same time and very quickly between computers or other electronic devices – szerokopasmowy;

fed up

bored, annoyed, or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long – znudzony, rozdrażniony;

hooked

enjoying something so much that you are unable to stop having it, watching it, doing it, etc. – uzależniony;

to wean sb off sth

to make someone gradually stop using something that is bad for them – odwieść kogoś od czegoś

counselling

the job or process of listening to someone and giving that person advice about their problems

relapse

a deterioration in someone’s state of health after a temporary improvement – nawrót;

instalment

a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time – rata; The novel has been serialized for radio in five instalments.

to get trough

to succeed in talking to someone on the phone – dodzwonić się; I got through to the wrong department.

plodder

a person who plods (move or walk heavily or laboriously), especially one who works in a slow and persevering but uninspired manner – guzdrała;

to niggle/niggling

to worry someone slightly, usually for a long time; to criticize someone about small details or give too much attention to details – nurtować, tracić czas na drobiazgi;

to fester

become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect/indifference – jątrzyć

to officiate

to be in charge of or to lead a ceremony or other public event – prowadzić, odprawiać; A priest officiated at the wedding.

to shut off

to separate something or someone from other parts, places, or people – odciąć, odgraniczyć; On cooler evenings we shut the living room off and stay warm by the fireplace.

seizure

the action of taking something by force or with legal authority – konfiskata, rekwizycja; Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30 percent this year.

multipronged

involving several different directions, aspects, elements – wielopłaszczyznowy; a multipronged attack; a multipronged tax bill.