Slowka 2

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respite
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wytchnienie
on the other hand
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z drugiej strony
hide behind a smile
hide painful feelings by presenting a happy outward appearance
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ukryć się za uśmiechem
physically challenging
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trudny fizycznie
stamina
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wytrzymałość, kondycja
upside down
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do góry nogami
recap
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podsumować
head over to
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udaj się do
a big ask
a big ask - if you ask someone to do something difficult
Asking me to do anything before I’ve had my morning coffee is a big ask
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wielkie pytanie
lounge
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hol
1. to unfold
He unfolded the letter. The story unfolds slowly. Events unfolded very quickly
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rozwinąć coś, poszerzyć coś
compelling
compelling argument • compelling reason • compelling evidence • compelling story
It was a compelling story. She gave a compelling argument.
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przekonujący
competetive
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konkurencyjny
the unrest
niepokój społeczny • zamieszki • napięcie społeczne • (rzadziej) wewnętrzny niepokój
Social unrest broke out after the election There is growing unrest in the country.
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niepokój
condition
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warunek, stan, kondycja
life skill
essential skill which is useful or important in everyone’s life, such as reading, cooking, problem-solving or time management
Yes and reading, of course, is a life skill – an essential skill which is useful or important in everyone's life.
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umiejętności życiowe
read people
ability to understand people’s real intentions through their behaviour and body language
If you think about what you have to do as a spy, you have to be reading people really quickly, spotting complex patterns and solving problems really quickly, so you can see whether there's a terror threat
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czytać ludzi
value (something)
consider something important
We need to know our skills and value all the skills.
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wartość (czegoś)
reach for the stars
idiom) have high or ambitious aims; try to achieve something difficult even if it seems impossible
We do it in science and that's when we reach for the stars, but to do that, we need to know our skills and value all the skills.
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dosięgnąć gwiazd
struggle with sth
But reading can be a struggle for people with dyslexia – a learning difficulty making it hard for people to read, write or spell.
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zmagać się z czymś, walczyć z czymś
to excel
to excel in, to excel at
They can excel in creative thinking, problem solving and inventiveness
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przodować, wyróżniać się w czymś, przewyższać
vital
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istotny
problem-solving
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rozwiązywanie problemów
prepper
someone who believes disaster is likely to happen soon, and so prepares for it
A prepper might learn survival skills or they might build a bunker – an underground shelter.
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prepper
make fun of someone / something
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żartować z kogoś/czegoś
kid
I'm not kidding," which means, "I'm not joking."
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żartować
mentality
the way someone thinks about things
They pop up quite regularly and it's all about, kind of, the prepper mentality
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mentalność, sposób myślenia
apocalypse
an event which causes destruction and change
What are you going to do when the apocalypse happens?
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apokalipsa
status
Someone's status is the amount of respect or importance given to them by other people.
But secondly, it's also a mark of societal status
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status
compromise
lower the standard of something
So, no matter what happens, no matter what comes our way, if you're a tech billionaire, you're going to be able to live through that comfortably without compromising your lifestyle, without compromising the standard that you have
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kompromis
pop up advert
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wyskakująca reklama
bunker
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bunkier
for a while
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przez chwilę
freeze-dried food
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żywność liofilizowana
nuclear tensions, AI risk, climate disaster
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napięcia nuklearne, ryzyko związane ze sztuczną inteligencją, katastrofa klimatyczna
essentially = basically = primarily = fundamentally = substantially
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zasadniczo = zasadniczo = przede wszystkim = zasadniczo = zasadniczo
world-ending event
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wydarzenie kończące świat
without compromising your lifstyle
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bez kompromisów w kwestii stylu życia
quote-unquote
So, because these tech billionaires are essentially building the future, the fact that they're so afraid of it, quote-unquote, is telling within itself.
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cytat bez cudzysłowu
mark of social status
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oznaka statusu społecznego
vibrant
Synonimy: lively, energetic, dynamic, bright
a vibrant city. She is a vibrant person
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Pełen energii, życia; Intensywny, żywy (o kolorach, dźwiękach)
deforest
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wylesiać
absorb
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pochłaniać
dry out
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wysychać
magnitude
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rozmiar, waga
ticking point
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punkt zwrotny
eco-friendly
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przyjazny dla środowiska
eco-freak
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fanatyk ekologii

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