vocab 2 quiz1 3/6

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101. keep-up-with-the-Joneses
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- to always want to own the same expensive objects and do the same things as your friends or neighbours, because you are worried about seeming less important socially than they are
102. shrink
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- become or make smaller in size or amount
103. hut
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a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter.
104. income
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dochód
105. affluent
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zamożny
106. jump-start
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start (a car with a flat battery) with jump leads or by a sudden release of the clutch while the car is being pushed.
107. well-being
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dobrobyt
108. window-shopping
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the activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything.
109. studded
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decorated or augmented with studs."a studded leather belt"
110. in terms of
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with regard to the particular aspect or subject specified.
111. fatal
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causing death. Leading to failure or disaster
112. objective
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not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. "historians try to be objective and impartial. / aim, intention
113. unavoidable
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nieunikniony
114. prosaic
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having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry, lacking imaginativeness or originality., przyziemny
115. dejected
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sad and depressed, przygnębiony, strapiony
116. gap
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luka, przerwa
117. glum
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ponury, posępny
118. famine
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głód, głodowanie
119. encircle
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form a circle around, surround
120. call in sick
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you telephone to say that you are unable to work because of illness.
121. revolutionary
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involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.
122. meet with opposition
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to receive a negative response or reaction.
123. hardliner
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a member of a group, typically a political group, who adheres uncompromisingly to a set of ideas or policies., twardogłowy
124. churn out
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produce something routinely or mechanically and in large quantities."artists continued to churn out uninteresting works"
125. meet the demand
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to be supply enough products and/or services to satisfy the desire of people who wish to buy them
126. struggle
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walka, zmagać się
127. make ends meet
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łączyć koniec z końcem
128. nest
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gniazdo
129. lay eggs
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składać jaja
130. be on the lookout for
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to watch or search for (something or someone): be alert to.
131. predator
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drapieżnik
132. seabed
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dno morskie
133. lay the table/set the table
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nakryć do stołu
134. spread lies
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powtarzać kłamstwa, rozprzestrzeniać kłamstwa
135. urge
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pęd, impuls, nalegać namawiać
136. spread your wings
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rozwinąć skrzydła
137. hard drug
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twardy narkotyk
138. good-natured
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dobroduszny, życzliwy
139. learn things the hard way
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to discover what you need to know through experience or by making mistakes
140. favourable
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korzystny, expressing approval, to the advantage of someone or something
141. underrate
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nie doceniać, underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something).
142. reclusive
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samotniczy, solitary, avoiding the company of other people
143. troop
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soldiers or armed forces, stado, gromada / zgromadzić się
144. defiant
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wyzywający, prowokujący
145. in short supply
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not easily obtainable, scarce (deficytowy)
146. aftermath
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następstwa, the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event
147. for short
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If a person or thing is called something for short, that is the short version of their name.
148. short list
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ostateczna lista, a list of selected candidate from which a final choice is made
151. incite
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nawoływać, podburzać

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