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Question		Answer
raucous I heard the raucous call of the crows. start learning		chropawy, szorstki, ochrypły - głośny i nieprzyjemny Cambridge: loud and unpleasant.
except And art has nothing to say in response to this except, „Yeah, go for it!” start learning		za wyjątkiem / oprócz
trade He’s a carpenter by trade. start learning		handel, ale też „zawód”
pursuit Philisophers have argued that through the pursuit of beauty we shape the world as home. start learning		ściganie, pogoń, dążenie
come to sth She sat by the child bedside until he came to. We come to understand our own nature as spiritual beings. start learning		przyjść do siebie (odzyskać przytomność), dochodzić do czegoś
to turn sb’s back on sth start learning		odwrócić się plecami do czegoś
persuade someone that start learning		przekonać kogoś do tego inaczej niż „convince”
worthwhile można używać szerzej niż ‚worth’ Do you think working in a supermarket is a worthwhile career for a highly intelligent person? start learning		wart
weary of Many modern artists have become weary of this sacred task. start learning		mający dość
snobery start learning		snobizm
extrement start learning		odchody zwierzęce
disturbing Art once made a cult of beauty, now we have a cult of ugliness instead. Since the world is disturbing, art should be disturbing too. start learning		niepokojący
endorse start learning		podpisywać się, deklarować publiczne poparcie
come upon something start learning		natknąć się na coś
captivate With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere. start learning		Urzec Ze swoją urodą i wdziękiem, urzekła widownie filmowe wszędzie.
whatsoever start learning		w ogóle
besieged by We are besieged by messages on every side, titillated, tempted by appetite, never addressed and that is one reason why beauty is disappearing from our world. start learning		oblegany przez
brash Artworks often try to capture our attention as adverts do, by being brash or outrageous. start learning		zuchwały
outrageous In our culture today, the advert is more important than the work of art. And artworks often try to capture our attention as adverts do, by being brash or outrageous. start learning		skandaliczny
sterile Architecture too has become soulless and sterile start learning		jałowy Architektura także stała się bezduszna i jałowa.
elaborate This makes art into an elaborate joke though by now that has ceased to be funny, we had the critics go on endorsing it, afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes. start learning		skomplikowany, wyszukany
cease This makes art into an elaborate joke though by now that has ceased to be funny, we had the critics go on endorsing it, afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes. start learning		zaprzestać żart przestał być śmieszny
amusing Of course, ideas can be interesting and amusing, but this does not justify the appropriation of the label “art.” start learning		zabawny, dowcipny Oczywiście, idee mogą być interesujące i zabawne, ale to nie usprawiedliwia nadawania im etykiety "sztuki".
titillated We are besieged by messages on every side, titillated, tempted by appetite. start learning		podekscytowany
assailed Beauty is assailed from two directions: by the cult of ugliness in the arts and by the cult of utility in everyday life. start learning		zaatakowany, napadnięty
smart Reading was a charming Victorian town with terraced streets and gothic churches crowned by public buildings and smart hotels. start learning		elegancki
to crown The town is crowned by elegant public buildings and smart hotels. start learning		koronować, wieńczyć
homely The homely streets were demolished to make way for office blocks. start learning		przytulny, niewyszukany Przytulne ulice zostały zdemolowane, by zrobić miejsce dla biurowych bloków.
boarded up This building is boarded up because nobody has a use for it, and nobody has a use for it because nobode wants to be in it. start learning		zabity deskami
foul The only things at home here are the pigeons fouling the pavements. start learning		zanieczyścić, skalać
a forge Once a forge, now a cafe. start learning		kuźnia
in the midst In the midst of all this desolation we find a fragment of the streets that were destroyed. start learning		w środku, pomiędzy w środku całego tego opuszczenia znajdujemy fragment ulic...
govern We are partly governed by animal appetites. start learning		rządzić Jesteśmy częściowo rządzeni przez zwierzęce apetyty.
needs go unsatisfied If our spiritual needs go unsatisfied, so do we. start learning		potrzeby pozostają niezaspokojone Jeśli nasze duchowe potrzeby są niezaspokojone, my także jesteśmy.
distracted start learning		roztargniony
divine start learning		boski / boska
behold start learning		ujrzeć
nourish start learning		karmić
glimpse a glimpse into the world of the wealthy start learning		dojrzeć, ujrzeć w przelocie zerknięcie na świat bogaczy
arouses If human beauty arouses desire, how can anything to do with the divine? start learning		wzbudza Jeśli ludzkie piękno wzbudza pożądanie, jak zatem może mieć coś wspólnego z boskością?
lust start learning		pożądanie
disposable Lust brings ugliness. The ugliness of human relations in which one person treats another as a disposable instrument. start learning		jednorazowy, do rozporządzenia

Why beauty matters? Roger Scruton

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