Unit 8 Speak Out B2+

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curfew
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godzina policyjna, a law that forces people to stay indoors after a particular time at night, or the time people must be indoors
greed
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chciwość, a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need
harmony
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Harmonia, when people live or work together without fighting or disagreeing with each other
idealism
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idealizm, the belief that you should live your life according to high standards and principles, even when they are very difficult to achieve
innocence
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niewinność, lack of experience of life or of knowledge of the bad things in the world
justice
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sprawiedliwość, fairness in the way people are treated
oppression
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ucisk, when someone treats a group of people unfairly or cruelly and prevents them from having the same rights as other people have
paradise
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raj, a place or situation that is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or enjoyable
paranoia
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paranoja, an unreasonable belief that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you
social unrest
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niepokoje społeczne, a political situation in which people protest or behave violently
surveillance
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dozór / nadzór, when the police, army etc watch a person or place carefully because they may be connected with criminal activities
tranquillity
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spokój, peace, calm and quiet
activate
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Aktywować, to make an electrical system or chemical process start working
convert
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konwertować, to change something into a different form, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way
detect
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wykryć, to notice or discover something, especially something that is not easy to see, hear etc
emit
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emitować, wydzielać, to send out gas, heat, light, sound etc
generate
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generować
modify
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modyfikować
monitor
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monitorować, to carefully watch and check a situation in order to see how it changes over a period of time
recharge
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doładować, to put a new supply of electricity into a battery
revolutionise
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zrewolucjonizować, to completely change the way people do something or think about something
energy-efficient
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energooszczędny, not wasting any energy
hand-held
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a hand-held machine is small enough to hold in your hand when you use it
hazardous
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niebezpieczny, dangerous, especially to people’s health or safety
recyclable
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zdatny do recyklingu
state-of-the-art
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najnowocześniejszy, using the most modern and recently developed methods, materials, or knowledge
user-friendly
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przyjazny dla użytkownika, easy to use, understand, or operate
allowance
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zasiłek, an amount of money that you are given regularly or for a special purpose
expenditure
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the total amount of money that a government, organisation, or person spends during a particular period of time
frugal
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oszczędny, careful to buy only what is necessary
overdraft
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the amount of money you owe to a bank when you have spent more money than you had in your account
put aside money
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odkładać pieniądze (na coś), to save money regularly, usually for a particular purpose
splash out on sth
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to spend a lot of money on something
steady job
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stała, stabilna praca
stingy
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skąpy, not generous, especially with money
complimentary
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bezpłatny, given free to people
cost-effective
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opłacalny, bringing the best possible profits or advantages for the lowest possible costs
discounted
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with the usual price reduced
economical
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ekonomicznie, using money, time, goods etc carefully and without wasting any
overpriced
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zbyt drogi, more expensive than it should be
pricey
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drogie
conveyor
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przenośnik, a thing that carries something
delivery bot
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automated robot that delivers goods
fully-automated
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całkowicie zautomatyzowany, only using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people
robot
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robot, a machine that can move and do some of the work of a person, and is usually controlled by a computer
scan
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skanować
shuttle
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a plane, bus, or train that makes regular short journeys between two places
teleport
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teleportować się, in science fiction, to send a person or thing from one place to another in the form of energy or a copy, or to travel in this way

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