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roughly
AI is contributing to a transformation of society “happening ten times faster and at 300 times the scale, or roughly 3,000 times the impact”
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w przybliżeniu, z grubsza
unrest
many fear that machines will make millions of workers redundant, causing inequality and unrest.
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zamieszki, niepokój, wzburzenie
to turn on
superintelligent computers might not share mankind’s goals and could turn on their creators.
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skoczyć na kogoś, zaatakować kogoś
to summon
with artificial intelligence, we’re summoning the demon.
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przywołać
to fret about
Mr Musk frets about a future AI overlord becoming too powerful for humans to control.
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niepokoić się o, martwić się czymś
an overlord
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pan, władca
prompt
Such concerns have been prompted by astonishing recent progress in AI
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wywoływać (np. uczucia), wyzwalać
notorious
a field long notorious for its failure to deliver on its promises.
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cieszący się złą sławą
to crunch
AI technique called “deep learning”, which allows systems to learn and improve by crunching lots of examples rather than being explicitly programmed,
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To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
exquisite
Romanian ballerina Alina Cojocaru—an exquisite artist
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znakomity, wyborny, wyśmienity
belie
delicacy on stage belies a ferociously exacting temperament in the studio
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skryć, skrywać, dać mylne wyobrażenie, dawać mylne wyobrażenie
ferociously
delicacy on stage belies a ferociously exacting temperament in the studio
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zaciekle, dziko
exacting
delicacy on stage belies a ferociously exacting temperament in the studio
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wymagający, rygorystyczny
unreceptive
Polunin was in an unreceptive mood
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mało otwarty na coś
rendition
Frederick Ashton’s Nocturne pas de deux is a masterly rendition of the battle of the sexes,
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interpretacja, wykonanie
reciprocity
the two dancers must find total reciprocity of technique and emotion.
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wzajemność, obopólność
to jack-knife
her torso jack-knifes under her extended leg.
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skręcić w niekontrolowany sposób, złożyć się jak scyzoryk
a jack-knife
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scyzoryk
defection
For the Royal Ballet his sudden defection was something of a backhander.
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sprzeniewierzenie się (wartościom, ideom), odstępstwo (od zasad), zdrada (np. lojalności)
a backhander
For the Royal Ballet his sudden defection was something of a backhander.
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pośredni atak
to beam
his Romeo debut, beamed live to cinemas around the world.
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nadawać, wysyłać (np. sygnał telewizyjny)
blueprint
To see him demonstrate a movement is to see a blueprint of perfection.
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kopia, plan, podstawa
feral
adding Nureyev’s feral impulse to Baryshnikov’s phenomenal virtuosity and clarity
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dziki, powtórnie zdziczały
ricochet
And yet he was ricocheting out of control.
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rykoszet, odbijać się rykoszetem
arcane
beyond the arcane world of balletomanes
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nieprzenikniony, tajemniczy
rumblings
he management was aware of “rumblings”
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pomruki, szmery
to champion
Mason had championed him, but their rapport was professional
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orędować za czymś, opowiadać się za czymś
unfathomable
He’s quite mysterious and unfathomable.
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niezgłębiony, niezbadany
adamant
But he was adamant.
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nieugięty
reckon
He reckoned he would be paid far more as a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre
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myśleć, sądzić, przypuszczać
solicitous
Instinctively solicitous, Polunin offered to carry my bag.
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zatroskany
insipid
He’s not me. He’s romantic, insipid.
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mdły, bezbarwny, pozbawiony wyrazu
voracious
He has a voracious appetite for books and London culture,
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zapalony, entuzjastyczny, chętny, ochoczy
slab
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płyta
strained
strained, desolate face
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napięty, zmęczony
desolate
strained, desolate face
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niepocieszony, pogrążony w smutku (o osobie)
fearsome
Galina Polunina seems about as fearsome as Dasha,
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bojaźliwy
a wardrobe mistress
she now works as a wardrobe mistress at the opera house.
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garderobiana
rebound on
knowing that her dreams for him have rebounded on her
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odbijać się na kimś (o zdarzeniu)
consolation
Her consolation is a trove of memories
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pocieszenie
a trove
Her consolation is a trove of memories
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skarb, znalezisko
pliable
an energetic baby, so pliable that the midwife who delivered him exclaimed with alarm
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giętki, sprężysty, elastyczny
limbs
she exclaimed with alarm when she manipulated his limbs
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kończyny
a somersault
He’d climb up the wall of the corridor and do somersaults over the sofa.
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koziołek, fikołek, obrót
innate
a skinny seven-year-old whose innate dancer’s posture makes him stand out
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wrodzony
a split
he slides into 180-degree splits
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szpagat
wiry
a short, wiry man with glinting gold fillings
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żylasty, zwarty
glinting
a short, wiry man with glinting gold fillings
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migoczący, błyszczący
fortnightly
He was 12 when she began entering him in fortnightly competitions.
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dwutygodniowy
seamstress
she was a pretty blonde seamstress who had left technical school at 16,
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krawcowa, szwaczka
a porter
a porter in a bread factory.
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portier, odżwierny
a strain
living with in-laws proved too much of a strain
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obciążenie, stres, napięcie
forfeit
even at the cost of forfeiting his love.
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utracić, zaprzepaścić
looseness
the incredible looseness,
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rozluźnienie
to chaperone
volunteered to prepare and chaperone them.
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opiekować się
a boarder
Erick would become a boarder
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pensjonariusz, osoba mieszkająca w internacie
a keep
Their husbands volunteered to pay for their keep by finding better jobs.
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utrzymanie, wikt
tenement house
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dom czynszowy
eyesore
Kiev’s State Choreographic Institute is a 1960s eyesore stuck way out in a rough suburb.
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paskudztwo, szkarada
to stick out
Kiev’s State Choreographic Institute is a 1960s eyesore stuck way out in a rough suburb.
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wystawać, wysuwać do przodu
mugging
a park notorious for its muggings;
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rozbój, bandycki napad
a half-heartedness
her presence was reason in itself for Sergei’s half-heartedness
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brak entuzjazmu, brak przekonania
a despot
But I never thought of Galina as a despot
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despota
to cuff
his mother would cuff him on the head to get him to focus
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uderzyć lekko, trzepnąć (np. w ucho)
ruttish
the arrogance of a ruttish young stag.
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lubieżny
stag
the arrogance of a ruttish young stag.
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jeleń
dilapidation
AFTER THE DILAPIDATION of the Kiev institute
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ruina, zniszczenie
a hunting lodge
it started life as a hunting lodge built for King George II
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domek myśliwski
let off
he was let off academic work
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puszczać wolno, puszczać płazem (zdecydować się nie karać kogoś za coś)
tame
Sergei told Galina how tame the boys were
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nudny, nieciekawy, mdły, uległy
unanimous
There was a unanimous realisation that someone with prodigious ability was in our midst
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jednomyślny
in our midst
There was a unanimous realisation that someone with prodigious ability was in our midst
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pośród nas
to strut
he didn’t strut about as though he knew that.
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puszyć się, pysznić się (czymś)
rodent
Sergei also had a soft spot for insects and rodents.
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gryzoń
gangliness
there was still an adolescent gangliness about him
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patykowatość, niezgrabność
intricate
the intricate footwork at which English dancers excel
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zawiły, złożony, skomplikowany, misterny, powikłany
digs
Sergei was allowed to move out into shared digs
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stancja, wynajęty pokój
squalor
he found himself living in impressive squalor.
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brud, nędza, ubóstwo
raver
a horse tranquilliser known to ravers as Special K.
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światowiec
numb
“Falling into a K-hole” can leave the user emotionally numb
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zdrętwiały, odrętwiały (np. z zimna)
heft
with newly acquired muscular heft and strength
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waga, ciężar
crazily
all the crazily off-kilter tricks were there,
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szaleńczo
off-kilter
all the crazily off-kilter tricks were there
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przekrzywiony, zwichrowany
impish
none of the impish grace notes.
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figlarny, psotny, łobuzerski, szelmowski
a slump
he was cast in “a lot of rubbish”, he fell into a slump.
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spadek, zastój (w gospodarce), kryzys
a buggy, stroller, pushchair
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wózek dziecięcy
delinquent
Now he began recapturing Kherson’s delinquent culture in north London’s underworld,
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przestępczy (o działaniu), naruszający prawo (o osobie)
parlour
putting money into a tattoo parlour run by a new friend
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salon (np. kosmetyczny, tatuażu, masażu)
scarification
red stripes of scarification
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płytkie nacięcie, płytkie zadrapanie skóry
to incise
He incised these himself.
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nacinać
a lavatory
a disabled lavatory at the Opera House
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toaleta, ubikacja (o pomieszczeniu, budynku)
disabled
a disabled lavatory at the Opera House
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wyłączony, nieaktywny (np. o jakiejś funkcji)
a pinnacle
By 21 Polunin had reached the pinnacle of his career
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szczyt, wierzchołek
to augment
He began looking for ways to augment the rush of performing,
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powiększać się, zwiększać się, rosnąć
turn a blind eye to something
Colleagues turned a blind eye,
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przymykać na coś oko (udawać, że się czegoś nie widzi lub że się o czymś nie wie)
cockily
his cockily provocative tweets—such as “Does anybody sell heroin?
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z tupetem, z pewnością siebie
to tax
His upside-down clock was also taxing his home life.
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obarczać ciężarem, poddawać próbie
a buzz
A buzz of anticipation in the foyer
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gwar, podniecenie, podekscytowanie
soulful
ten minutes of soulful emoting mixed with Soviet bravura
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uduchowiony, pełen emocji, głębokich uczuć
emoting
ten minutes of soulful emoting mixed with Soviet bravura
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odgrywanie uczuć (często o nieprzekonującej grze aktorskiej), wpadanie w egzaltację

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