Slowka 4

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the strain
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napięcie
unfettered
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nie skrępowany
undermine
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podkopać
to regret
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żałować
to degrade
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degradować
offshore
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znajdujący się na morzu
tied up with
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związany z
claims
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roszczenia
the tenets
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zasady
the treaty
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Traktat
Do you find you generally have the same opinions as your friends, or different?
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Czy uważasz, że ogólnie rzecz biorąc macie takie same poglądy jak twoi znajomi, czy też różne?
we might like to
Ah! Well, we might like to believe that we're accepting and tolerant of others' beliefs, but for many people it can be difficult to communicate with people who have very different opinions to our own
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moglibyśmy chcieć
lack of experience/acceptance
And this lack of acceptance could be increasing with our use of social media
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brak doświadczenia/akceptacji
more and more common
But some worry that it's becoming more and more common to react with violence when they disagree, than to solve disagreements together peacefully.
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coraz bardziej powszechne
divided
So, are we becoming a more divided society?
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podzielony
aroused
Paul thinks we should take time to calm down when we feel aroused, which here means to feel anger or strong disagreement
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pobudzony, podekscytowany
motivational
Anger can be motivational and positive emotions actually can be very good for us.
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motywacyjny
the heat
Heat in this context means an intense feeling like anger.
Generally, people make better decisions and are more engaging and more open when they're happier, but much of the time it will be just a case of calming down to try and take some of the heat out of the environment.
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upał, fala gniewu, emocji
the silver bullet
Paul says political scientists think the silver bullet is to get offline and meet people. A silver bullet means a simple solution to a complicated problem
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srebrna kula (proste rozwiązanie skomplikowanego problemu)
sex-offender
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przestępca seksualny
let go of sth
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puścić coś
miffed
Była trochę urażona, że nikt jej nie zaprosił. 👉 To jest emocja (irytacja / uraza).
She was a bit miffed that nobody invited her.
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lekko obrażony, zirytowany, dotknięty.
confused
To jest stan umysłu, nie emocja. zdezorientowany, nie rozumiejący czegoś.
I’m confused by this explanation.
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zmieszany, zdezorientowany
Understatement
celowe umniejszenie, niedopowiedzenie, powiedzenie czegoś słabiej niż jest naprawdę.
The weather is a bit cold. It’s not ideal.
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Niedomówienie
vessels, vessel
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statki, statek
a food seasoning
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przyprawa do potraw
grind - ground - ground
Often a peppermill is used to grind pepper – to crush it into powder by pressing it between two hard surfaces
Yeah, I love a bit of pepper. I grind pepper onto everything. Well... not everything! But I do like it.
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mleć, mielić
a huge range of activities/ of other reasons
Here, customers can find a huge range of peppers, from fruity red Cambodian Kampot pepper to Borneo's Sarawak black pepper with its woody aroma
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ogromny zakres działań/innych powodów
give a kick
provide extra stimulation or excitement
It will give a kick and transform it, but you will still have the savour of the different ingredients
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dawać kopa, wzmacniać
a catalyst
something that causes another action to start, or speeds it up
Pepper also makes flavours more intense. Mathilde calls it a catalyst – something that causes another action to start or makes it happen more quickly
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katalizator
like an exclamation mark
used to describe something which shows strong emotion, surprise or excitement
In fact, she says pepper is like an exclamation mark.
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jak wykrzyknik
food maturity
stage when a food item is fully grown and ready for harvest
The different colours of pepper though, as Mathilde started to say, do not correspond to the different varieties but to the maturity of the peppercorns and what people do to them
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dojrzałość pokarmowa
sprinkle
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posypać
It's one of the most loved sweet treats in Europe
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To jeden z najpopularniejszych słodkich przysmaków w Europie
relief
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ulga
chocolate lovers
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miłośnicy czekolady
big fans of
Europeans are big fans of chocolate, just like us!
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wielcy fani
mid-morning snack
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przekąska rano
dark chocolate
I do love a bit of dark chocolate. Do you know, I really like the one that's got some chilli in it
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czekolada deserowa
sea salt
Oh, I also love dark chocolate, but chilli is a bit spicy for me. I like it with sea salt.
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sól morska
deforestation.
The process of cutting down trees is called deforestation.
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wylesianie.
the cocoa beans
Albert adds that they already know where the cocoa beans come from, as they work with farmers from co-ops or social enterprises
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ziarna kakaowe
a co-op
• co-op (company) → spółdzielnia • consumer co-op → spółdzielnia konsumencka • housing co-op → spółdzielnia mieszkaniowa • farmers’ co-op → spółdzielnia rolnicza
a farm owned by its workers
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spółdzielnia
social enterprise
a business that wants to help the community
Albert adds that they already know where the cocoa beans come from, as they work with farmers from co-ops or social enterprises
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Przedsiębiorstwo społeczne
to trace something back to something
to find out where something has come from
The problem was traced back to a software error This tradition can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Scientists traced the disease back to contaminated water.
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powiązać coś z czymś, dojsc do źrodla
geolocation
data taken from a device which can show you exactly where a person or thing is
Mapping means that farmers have to actually provide the geolocations of their plantation
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geolokalizacja
to notice something
Because of these changes, the price of chocolate might go up even more, meaning that chocolate lovers us could really notice the difference in our bank accounts
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zauważyć coś
irrelevant
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nieistotny, niezwiązany z tematem
clay, mud
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glina, błoto
kick the can down the road
put something off → odłożyć coś • delay a decision → opóźniać decyzję
We can’t just kick the can down the road — we need a decision now. The government keeps kicking the can down the road on this issue.
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odkładać problem na później zamiast go rozwiązać, unikać podjęcia decyzji teraz
to delay sth
And it means the same – when you kick something into the long grass, you delay dealing with it. Yes, for example if you know you're leaving a job, you might want to delay some problems for someone else to deal with.
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opóźniać coś

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