Słówka 23.05.12

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timely and timeless
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happening at the right time and never-ending, perennial, enduring
perennial
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wieczny, nieprzemijający
to enslave
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to make sb a slave
inadvertently
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by an accident, not intentionally, nieumyślnie, przez nieuwagę
outcome
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final result
velocity
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speed (when it comes to physic)
to surpass
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do better than sb else
wager
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stawka, zakład
ill-disposed toward sth
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not favouring, unfriendly
unalloyed
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pure, not mixed with negative feelings (about happiness)
annihilation
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complete destruction
to offset
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to compensate
scarecrow
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strach na wróble, a figure dressed in shabby clothes in order to scare crows in the field
to feel ratty
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to feel angry
beastly
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brutal, unpleasant (weather), ... cold - extremely cold
mercurial
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often changing moods
to lionise
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to treat sb as a celebrity
asinine
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extremely stupid, foolish (remark, comment), niemądry
a skittish woman
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a woman fond of flirting, horse difficult to control and playful, płochliwy, lekkoduszny, kokieteryjny
to be conversant with sth
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to have knowledge about sth
jittery
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nervous, frightened, roztrzęsiony, stremowany (informal)
jovial
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good-humoured
to be felicitous about sth
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to be real. y nice, take care of all the person's needs
touchy
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sensitive, drażliwy, przewrażliwiony, nadwrażliwy
flirtatious
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bound to flirt
a cat burglar
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sb who burgles from window that isn't on the ground level or through the roof
royalties
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$ paid to author for using his works, tantiemy
on your tod
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on your own
cobblers
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kocie łby
newt
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traszka
to crane one's neck
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to make your neck as long as it is possible to see sth
to be into one's element
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to be good at sth and like it very much, w swoim żywiole
to leave no stone unturned
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to search for sth thoroughly
the privates
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szeregowcy
comatose
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w stanie śpiączki
spendthrift
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marnotrawca, rozrzutnik (o osobie)
sth that fell off the back of a lorry
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stolen goods (idiom)
to carry a torch for sb
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to have a passion for sb, in love with sb (idiom)
to come unstuck
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to fail in one's plans (idiom)
to be in a delicate condition
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to be pregnant (idiom)
to have design upon sth
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to have plans towards sth (idiom)
a wise guy
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a person who speaks as if he knew more than other people (idiom)
one's hopes go west
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one's hoped didn't succeed (idiom)
to tell sb where to get off
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to tell sb to go away when you are fed up with him (idiom)
to pick up the tab
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to pay for sth, pokryć koszty (czegoś) (idiom)
to pay sth on the nail
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to pay for sth immediately (idiom)
sth is beyond one's ken
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sth is beyond the limit of one's knowledge (idiom)
to hold the fort
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popilnować, przypilnować (w zastępstwie kogoś) (idiom)
to lead someone up the garden path
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to deceive sb (idiom)
'what a load of old cobblers'
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we say it when sth is a complete nonsense (idiom)
to see things though rose tinted spectacles
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to be rather over optimistic (idiom)
to be time out of mind
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it was long time ago (idiom)
sth is right up one's street
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sth which you are very familiar and which you enjoy doing (idiom)
to throw out the baby with the bath water
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to get rid of many good things at the same time as getting rod of the bad (idiom)
sth is not your strongest suit
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you are not particularly very good at doing sth (idiom)
to toy with sth
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to treat sth in a way which is only half serious (idiom)
to go great guns
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to do sth with a lot of energy and very well (idiom)
sth holds water
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it is true/valid and can be proved (idiom)
to drive sb up the wall
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to drive sb crazy/irritate them immensely (idiom)
sb brings the house down
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sb receives great applause/have been very successful (idiom)
to take a shine to sb
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to like sb very much (idiom)
to fly off the handle
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to loose one's temper (idiom)
sth is on the blink
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sth is beginning to show signs of breaking down (idiom)
to do a bunk
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to play truant/run away (idiom)
to be pissed as a newt
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to be drunk (idiom)

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