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Anti-war
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opposed to a particular war or to all wars
Antisocial
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harmful to society: Antisocial also means not wanting to spend time with or be friendly with other people:
Antibiotic
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a medicine or chemical that can destroy harmful bacteria in the body or limit their growth
Autograph
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a signature (= your name written by yourself) of a famous person
Auto-pilot
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a device which keeps aircraft, spacecraft and ships moving in a particular direction without human involvement
Autobiography
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a book about a person's life, written by that person
Bicycle
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a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move by turning the two pedals (= flat parts you press with your feet)
Bi-monthly
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happening or appearing every two months or twice a month
Biannual
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happening twice a year
Bilingual
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(of a person) able to use two languages for communication, or (of a thing) using or involving two languages
Ex-wife
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A man's ex-wife is a woman that he was married to but is not now married to.
Extract
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to remove or take out something, to make someone give you something when they do not want to
Exhale
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to send air out of your lungs
Excommunicate
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When the Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church, excommunicates someone, it refuses to give them communion and does not allow them to be involved in the Church.
Micro-computer
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a small computer containing a microprocessor (= part which controls operations)
microwave
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(also microwave oven) an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly a very short electromagnetic wave used for cooking food or for sending information by radio or radar
microscopic
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(informal humorous) extremely small
misunderstand
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to think you have understood someone or something when you have not
mistranslate
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źle przetłumaczyć
misinform
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to tell someone information that is not correct
monotonous
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staying the same and not changing and therefore boring
monologue
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a long speech by one person, a short play for one actor
monogamous
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a monogamous relationship
multinational
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involving several different countries, or (of a business) producing and selling goods in several different countries
multipurpose
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describes a tool, etc. that can be used in several different ways
multiracial
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involving people of several different races
overdo
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to do something in a way that is too extreme
overtired
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extremely tired, often so that you can not sleep
oversleep
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to sleep for longer than you intended to and so wake up late
overeat
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to eat more food than your body needs, especially so that you feel uncomfortably full
postwar
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happening or existing in the period after a war, esp. World War II
postgraduate (noun)
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a student who has already got one degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced qualification
post revolutionary
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po rewolucyjne
pro-government
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pro rządowy
pro-revolutionary
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pro rewolucyjny
retype
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powtórzyć
replace
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to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else
rewind (rewound, rewound)
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to put a tape recording back to the beginning
semicircular
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having the shape of half a circle:
semifinal
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the game or set of games before the final game in a competition:
semi-detached
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A house that is semi-detached is one that is joined to another similar house on only one side
subway
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UK an underground passage which allows people on foot to cross a busy road
submarine
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a ship which can travel under water
subdivision
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[C or U] any of the parts into which something is divided, or the act of creating these
underused
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not used as much as it could or should be
undercooked
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to not cook something enough
uncomfortable
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not feeling comfortable and pleasant, or not making you feel comfortable and pleasant
inconvenient
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causing problems or difficulties (niewygodny)
dissimilar
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different
unjust
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not fair

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