The two sides of Churchill

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anniversary
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death.
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rocznica
to defeat
He is known throughout the world for his role in defeating Nazi Germany but he also made mistakes.
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pokonać
surrender
surrender = give up a fight and submit to the enemy
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poddanie się
enemy
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wróg
determined
determined persistent, someone who doesn't give up on something easily
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zdeterminowany
persistent
Her persistent character always impressed me. The definition of persistent is someone or something that is stubborn or keeps on going.
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uporczywy/ trwały, niezmienny
skate over
skate over = avoid.
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omijać coś, ignorować coś (np. problem
skate over the main issue
I didn't understand what the teacher said about prepositions, because she only skated over it.
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omijać coś
misjudged
misjudged= got the wrong opinion. to judge wrongly or unfairly
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mylnie oceniać, niewłaściwie osądzać
flawed
flawed = weak in character.
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wadliwa
flaw
There are some flaws in your argument. An example of a flaw is an incorrect name on a legal document.
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skaza
lacklustre
lacklustre dull, uninspiring
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nijaki, bez wyrazu
beaches
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!
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plaże
landing grounds
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lądowiska
persistent
He was very determined, in other words, he was persistent.
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trwały, niezmienny
assess
One example is that Churchill actually went to Germany in the 1930s to assess the situation in the country first hand.
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oszacować
flawed
Churchill was fundamentally flawed.
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wadliwa
replicated
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replikowane/ POWIELONE/ powtarzać
underbelly
soft underbelly of Europe
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podbrzusze
flawed
Nigel Knight calls Churchill 'flawed', it means he had a weakness in his character. And Churchill didn't get it right all the time.
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wadliwa
occupied
He occupied different posts in government and sometimes he didn't get his strategy, which means his plan of action, right.
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zajmowac
contributed
And his strategy regarding the British economy may have actually contributed to a period of economic crisis known as the Great Depression.
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