test 26

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pull the wool over someone's eyes
He doesn't have any special powers – he's just trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
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zamydlić czyichś oczach, to fool sb
exquisite
exquisite joy, happiness, an exquisite piece of china Look at this exquisite painting She has exquisite taste.
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przepiękny, znakomity, przejmujący; very beautiful and delicate
evocative
evocative music
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sugestywny, poruszający, making you remember or imagine something pleasant:
to be evocative of sth
a sound evocative of the sea
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przywoływać wspomnienie czegoś
evocatively
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sugestywnie, poruszjaco (dverb)
highbrow
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dla intelektualistów
lowbrow
He regards the sort of books I read as very lowbrow. I like a lowbrow action movie once in a while.
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amlo ambitny; (of entertainment) not complicated or demanding much intelligence to be understood:
peerless
peerless beauty/ability
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niezrównany
pedestrian
pedestrian life, pedestrian dreams His speech was long and pedestrian.
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bez polotu, przyziemny, prozaiczy not interesting; showing very little imagination:
tongue in cheek
He said that he was a huge fan of the president, although I suspect it was tongue in cheek. Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.
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ironicznie, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious:
to say sth tongue in cheek
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powiedzieć coś żartem
dreary
a dreary little town She had spent another dreary day in the office.
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ponury, paskudny
drearily
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ponuro. paskudnie
dazzling
dazzling good looks a dazzling smile; a dazzling performance/display
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olśniewający, oślepiający extremely attractive or exciting:
dazzle
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olśniewać, oślepiać
earnest
He was a very earnest young man.
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poważny
run-off-the-mill
He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech.
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przeciętny, zwykkly
drab
She walked through the city centre with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed. I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
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bezbarwny, nieciekawy

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