The Christmas Truce

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The Christmas Truce
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Rozejm świąteczny
Truce
The definition of a truce is an agreement between opponents or enemies to temporarily stop fighting.
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Rozejm
unification
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zjednoczenie
sign a truce
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podpisać rozejm
cooperative
The definition of cooperative is someone who is willing to work with others nicely, or is working together towards achieving a common goal.
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skłonny do współpracy
goodwill
goodwill = cooperative attitude
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życzliwość
centenary
centenary one hundred year anniversary
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stulecie
anniversary
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rocznica
truce
truce agreement between people to stop fighting, with no winner or loser
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rozejm
authorised
unofficial = not authorised by people in authority
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upoważniony/ zezwolony
trenches
Workers dug a trench to install the sewage system.
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rowy
trenches
trenches = big holes dug by soldiers from which they attacked the enemy
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rowy
sewage system
Workers dug a trench to install the sewage system.
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kanalizacja
fraternise
fraternise to meet people socially
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soptkać w celach towarzyskich
fraternize
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bratać się
fed up with
I'm really fed up with her.
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mieć kogoś dość
message of peace
Today we're talking about this celebration. It's a Christian festival but its message of peace among people is universal.
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orędzie pokoju
brief moment
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krótki moment
brief
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krótki
spirit rose above wars
But there was once a brief moment in history when the human spirit rose above wars.
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Duch wzrosła powyżej wojen
centenary
It's the perfect occasion to talk about it, because this year marks the centenary - the 100 year anniversary - of the start of Britain's involvement in this European conflict.
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stulecie
unofficial truce
let's talk about this unofficial truce which happened 100 years ago in the Western Front of the First World War.
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nieoficjalny rozejm
truce
so a truce is an agreement between people to stop fighting, with no winner or loser.
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rozejm
trenches
soldiers from both trenches, all of a sudden, started to fraternise - which means they began to meet each other socially.
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rowy
trenches
And the trenches were big holes dug by soldiers from which they attacked the enemy. Living conditions were terrible in these holes.
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rowy
fed up
I think it happened because they were all fed up with the war.
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mieć dość
century
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wiek
a long way off; far away
And you were a long way off.
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daleko; daleko
parcel
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paczka

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