world of a day

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nowomodny
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newfangled
smarkacz / smarkula
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pipsqueak
Despite his good grades, or perhaps because of them, Andrew was regarded as no more than a pipsqueak by his pals.
iskierka; odrobina
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scintilla
None of them showed a scintilla of professional rivalry.
haniebny
sromotna porażka
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ignominious
ignominious defeat
klęska; fiasko; porażka
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debacle
The meeting ended in a debacle.
rycerskość
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chivalry
pojawiać się; dochodzić do skutku
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eventuate
It's not clear at this stage just exactly how that will be eventuating.
swawolny; żartoblwy; skory do żartów
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jocose
rościć prawo do czegoś
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arrogate
Clearly, no country can arrogate to itself the right to sell those resources.
rdzenny; tubylczy; autochtoniczny
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indigenous
The colonisers killed the indigenous peoples of this island.
dziać się; zdarzać się; okazywać się; wychodzić na jaw
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transpire
formal
Nobody knows what transpired there.
atakować; wszczynać kłótnię
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to aggress
I just wanted to make sure that no one aggresses against my boys.
żeńskość; kobiecość
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muliebrity
formal
nikczemny
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dastardly
rozpraszać
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disperse
żarłoczność, zachłanność
człowiek pochłaniający książki
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voracity
voracious reader
skarcić, złoić skórę; udzielić ostrej nagany
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chastise
zgniły
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putrid
rugać
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fustigate
zwodzić (kogoś); łudzić (kogoś)
Kusiła ich możliwość wygranej
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to tantalise
They were tantalised by the prospect of winning
męczyć, dręczyć, torturować
Ten chłopak zawsze dręczy inne dzieci w szkole.
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torment
This boy always torments other children at school.
zarozumiały
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conceited
szpiegostwo
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espionage
przyśpieszyć
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hasten
rozczochrany, zaniedbany
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disheveled
A man with dishevelled hair entered the room

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