Z książek - lekcja 9

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purported
She is not the person she purports to be
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rzekomo
predominant
She is predominant among new writers
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dominujący, przeważający
concomitant
She loved travel, with all its concomitant worries
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towarzyszący
retort
She opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort
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retorta, riposta
resent
She resented the fact that I had children
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oburzać się
merely
She seemed to him not merely an intelligent woman, but a kind of soul mate
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tylko, wyłącznie, jedynie
by virtue of
She succeeded by virtue of persistence
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z racji (czegoś), na mocy
copious
She took copious notes
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rzęsisty, obfity
forgo
She wanted to forgo the dessert and leave while they could
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zrzec się
acquitted
She was acquitted on all counts
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uniewinniony
relinquish
She was forced to relinquish control of the project.
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porzucić, zaniechać, zrezygnować
exertion
She was panting with the exertion
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wysiłek, wywieranie
paltry
She would earn a paltry $33 more each month
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marny
rancid
Some foods become rancid quickly
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zjełczały
stakeholder
Stakeholders were very disappointed on how this project was delivered
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interesariusz
airtight
Store the food in an airtight container.
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hermetyczny
subcutaneous
Subcutaneous fat
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podskórny
tantalizing
Such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers
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kuszące
foster
Such conditions foster the spread of the disease
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sprzyjać, popierać
avert
Talks failed to avert a rail strike
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zapobiec

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