Unit 18

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bombshell
bombshell (here) piece of unexpected and shocking news
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bomba, sensacja (np. szokująca informacja)
sanctions
(here) official orders to stop a country or organisation from trading or communication
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Sankcje
Treasury
It was later sanctioned by the US Treasury for raising funds for the North Korean regime and being linked to a bank helping to fund the regime's nuclear weapons programme.
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Skarb Państwa
regime
It was later sanctioned by the US Treasury for raising funds for the North Korean regime and being linked to a bank helping to fund the regime's nuclear weapons programme.
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rządy autorytarne lub totalitarne
bring about something
= cause. It can bring about serious consequences.
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spowodować coś, doprowadzić do czegoś
honoured
publicly praised for doing something good
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uhonorowany
emerge
The problem was emerging from our long discussions
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wyłaniać się
Problem wyłaniał się z naszych długich dyskusji.)
indicted
He was indicted for crimes against humanity.
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postawiony w stan oskarżenia
indigenous artefacts
The discovery of thousands of indigenous artefacts
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miejscowe / tubylcze dziła (rąk ludzkich)
excavation pits
More than 20,000 artefacts have been found in the excavation pits
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doły wykopaliskowe
sniff something out
A military dog who lost a leg when sniffing out a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has been honoured at a ceremony in London
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wywąchać coś, wywęszyć coś
diabetes
A rise in diabetes has prompted the government to start a healthy-eating campaign.
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cukrzyca
obesity
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otyłość
indict
to accuse someone officially of a serious crime
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oskarżać
to charge
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zarzut, oskarżenie (w sądzie)
Indict
Indict is defined as to accuse or formally charge someone with a wrongdoing. An example of indict is someone being charged with a crime.
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Oskarżać
indictment
So far, no one has been indicted in the case.
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akt oskarżenia
officials
It is not clear whether the company or any of its officials will be indicted.
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urzędnicy
Indigenous
Indigenous people of North America.
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Rodzimy / rdzenny
pit
He tried to trap the animal in the pit he dug.
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dół, jama, dziura
excavation
the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past archaeological excavations
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wykop
artefact
A pot or tool made by ancient Roman people and dug up by archaeologists is an example of an artefact.
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dzieło rąk ludzkich
dig something up
A pot or tool made by ancient Roman people and dug up by archaeologists is an example of an artefact.
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wykopać coś

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