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Question		Answer
zżyty, zwarty, zgrany start learning		klose-knit She comes from a close-knit family.
konwencjonalne, tradycyjne wychowanie start learning		conventional upbringing He wanted his children to have a conventional upbringing.
dalsza rodzina start learning		extended family My extended family is huge; I have twenty cousins!
przyjaciel od święta, tylko na dobre czasy start learning		fair-weather friend When I went bankrupt it became clear that I mostly had fair-weather friends.
najbliższa rodzina start learning		immediate family Most of my immediate family are doctors.
rodzina nuklearna (rodzice i dzieci) start learning		nuclear family The nuclear family is in decline; more and more people are from single-parent families.
życie pod kloszem start learning		sheltered upbringing (existence, life) My mother, who had a sheltered upbringing, has wonderful memories of her childhood.
napięty (o stosunkach) start learning		strained Relations are still strained between the two countries.
stawać się sobie obcym start learning		drift apart Most people drift apart from their old school friends.
pokłócić się (f...) start learning		fall out with He's fallen out with his brother again.
polubić się, przypaść sobie do gustu start learning		hit it off I didn't really hit it off with his sister.
trzymać na dystans start learning		keep at arm's length Sheryl’s unfriendly manner kept most people at arm's length.
obracać się w tym samym towarzystwie start learning		move in the same circles He began to move in the same scientific circles as Charles.
nadawać na tych samych falach, świetnie się rozumieć start learning		be on the same wavelength We are completely on the same wavelength.
znosić kogoś/coś start learning		put up with sb/sth She always puts up with his bad behavior.
przebywać wśród kogoś, ocierać się o kogoś start learning		rub shoulders with sb He’s rubbed shoulders with millionaires.
całkowicie się (z kimś) zgadzać start learning		see eye to eye (with sb) I don’t see eye to eye with my father on many things.
wrabiać kogoś; zaaranżować spotkanie start learning		set sb up I think we should set Ryan up with my cousin.
być podobnym do kogoś, wrodzić się w kogoś start learning		take after sb In looks she takes after her father.
przyjmować kogoś start learning		take sb in We took him in when he had nowhere else to go.
polubić kogoś/coś start learning		take to sb/sth I took to John immediately.
ustępstwo start learning		concession Both sides will have to make concessions.
przywykanie, przystosowywanie się (h...) start learning		habituation
przewyższać, przekraczać start learning		surpass The book's success surpassed everyone's expectations.
realny, wykonalny, opłacalny start learning		viable a viable alternative to nuclear power
określać, zmierzyć start learning		quantify It is difficult to quantify the damage that this storm has caused.

StA - Unit 2

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