Twas the Nightshift before Christmas Chapter 2 PART 4

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szafka łazienkowa
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a bathroom cabinet
pojemnik (np. na masło), pudełko (np. z lodami)
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a tub
grzebać; to look for something by turning things over
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to root
She rooted through/among the papers on her desk./The pigs rooted for acorns in the forest.
something that hurts or damages a person or thing that usually seems strong
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kryptonite
A slowing economy is kryptonite for the U.S. dollar./His personal kryptonite comes in the form of a romantic entanglement.
nabrzmienie, opuchlizna, obrzęk (na ciele)
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swelling
założyć cewnik, cewnikować
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to catheterize
cewnik, kateter
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a catheter
dopochwowy
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intravaginal
ścieki, nieczystości
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sewage
There's raw sewage running directly into the water!
książka telefoniczna
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telephone directory
ochrona przed zakażeniem
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phylaxis
1) werdykt, wyrok, orzeczenie 2) ustalenie, ocena
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adjudication
zastępca
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locum
grafik
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timesheet
płaczliwym tonem
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plaintively
szkolić, trenować
Ona szkoli psy policyjne.
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to condition
She conditions sniffer dogs.
czas, kiedy zawodnik uderza w krykiecie
Stallard poddał 6 podejść w ostatnich pięciu uderzeniach.
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innings plural: innings
Stallard gave up six runs in the first five innings.
być w coś zamieszanym, być w coś zaangażowanym
On był zamieszany w tę sytuację z mojego powodu./Ona nie jest zamieszana w nic nielegalnego.
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to come into something
He came into this situation because of me. /She doesn't come into anything illegal.
sprawiać, czynić
Zajęło mi tylko cztery tygodnie, żeby sprawić, byś był bezradny.
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to render
It took me just four weeks to render you helpless.
1) z nieobecnym wyrazem twarzy 2) bezmyślnie;//showing no interest or mental activity
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vacantly
She gazed/stared vacantly into space/ahead.
milczący (o przyzwoleniu, zgodzie)/understood without being expressed directly
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tacit
tacit agreement/approval/support
morfologia krwi (badanie krwi)
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full blood count
oddychanie wysilone
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laboured respiration
cętkowany, nakrapiany
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mottled
dostrojony, dobrany, dopasowany; able to understand or recognize something
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attuned
A good nurse has to be attuned to the needs of his or her patients./Politicians must be highly attuned to these dangers./Teenage slang is of interest to socially attuned linguists.
ściągawka, ściąga, bryk
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BR En: crib sheet/Am En: cheat sheet
We've created a cheat sheet of cool gadgets that can make campus life more productive and fun./Cheat sheets, once written on the palm of the hand, now can be stored on programmable calculators and watches.
powtarzający się (np. sen), powracający (np. ból)
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recurring
Francis suffered all his life from a recurring nightmare that he was trapped in a falling house./The father-daughter relationship is a recurring theme in her novels./For much of his life he suffered from recurring bouts of depression.
wymigać się
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to cop out
She copped out of the parachute jump at the last minute with some feeble excuse.
to give someone false or confusing information to prevent them from discovering something that you do not want them to know about
That outlier data threw me off the scent for a while, but I think my research is back on track now.
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to throw/put sb off the scent
The mafia accountant managed to throw the authorities off the scent of the mob's money laundering for years, but they finally caught up with him after an anonymous source tipped them off.
krztyna, odrobina
Czuję odrobinę imbiru w tej herbacie.
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a hint
I can taste a hint of ginger in this tea.
truchtać, biec (małymi kroczkami), umykać; to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape
Krab umknął pod kamień, gdy przechodziliśmy obok.
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to scuttle
A crab scuttled under a rock as we passed./The children scuttled off as soon as the headteacher appeared.
szczery, uczciwy
On jest szczerym mężczyzną, zawsze mówi prawdę.
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straight
He's a straight man, he always tells the truth.
połączyć ze sobą (urządzenia elektryczne)
Podłączyłem telefon do ładowarki./Czy możesz pomóc mi podłączyć drukarkę do laptopa?
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to hook/to hook up (hook (sb/sth) up (to sth))
I hooked the phone to the charger. / Can you help me hook my printer to the laptop?
brnąć, iść z trudem
Nie możesz brnąć przez ten śnieg. Jest zbyt głęboki./Zdejmij buty zanim dobrniesz na górę.
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to trudge
You can't trudge through this snow. It's too deep. / Take your boots off before you trudge up the stairs.
przemowa podnosząca na duchu, mowa dopingująca, rozmowa mająca zachęcić do działania
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a pep talk
The boss gave the staff a pep talk this morning in an attempt to boost sales.
A person who is of outstanding character. Has done something exceptional. The term is an extension of the phrase a good egg as a double yolker is the best kind of egg.
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a double yolker

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