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what is adverb in english

A

przysłówek, tell you … sth was/is done

  1. how
  2. when
  3. degree
  4. how often
  5. sentence/ opinion
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2
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state verbs

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verbs that aren’t used in continuous tenses

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3
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semistate verbs

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no difference in meaning between continous and simple form

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4
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simple/ continous typical questions

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how much/ how many –> simple

how long –> continous

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5
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a short period of illness or involvement in an activity

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a bout of

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6
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If you are in someone’s …, they are pleased/not pleased with you

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to be on sb good/ bad books

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group differently

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bunch

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a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop

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crèche

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złożyć wymówienie

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hand a notice

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10
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a situation in which people are not at school or work when they should be

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absenteeism

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a situation in which someone starts to deal with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way

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crackdown

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12
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actions taken by an employer that intentionally make working conditions for an employee difficult or unfair so that the employee feels forced to leave their job

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constructive dismissal

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a situation in which an employer orders someone to leave their job, when there is not a good reason to do so

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unfair dismissal

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14
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decided or controlled by law mininum wage

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statutory mininum wage

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extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect cuts

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swingeing cuts

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a situation in which someone agrees to leave their job because their employer wants to reduce the number of employees

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voluntary redundancy

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17
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find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold (have a plugged nose)

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be all bunged up

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18
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a very severe pain that you feel in your head

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have a splitting/ blinding headache

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feel little ill

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feel under the weather

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feel tired and not healthy, especially because of working too much

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feel run down

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feel a pain from a tooth

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have a tooth ache

22
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zwichniecie reki

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have a sprained ankle

23
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another name for stomach ache

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have an upset stomach

24
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be very tired or near to death

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be on your last legs

25
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have high temprature

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be running a high temprature

26
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feel a little tired or in poor condition because of a lot of work or use

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feel a little worse for wear

27
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to have a big pain in a leg

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my leg’s killing me

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have a nose hemorrhage

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have a nose bleed

29
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have an allergy (with only symptoms from nose)

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have hay fever

30
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miec zwichniete ramie

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have a dislocated shoulder

31
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can not speak

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to lose your voice

32
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uszkodzic wiezadlo

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tear a ligament

33
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have a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot, or by burning on your feet

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get blisters (on your feet)

34
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an unpleasant rash appears on your skin

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come out in an itchy rash

35
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a condition in which your skin is sore and red because you have spent too long in the strong heat of the sun

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get sun burn/ stroke

36
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to return to your usual state of health or happiness after having a bad or unusual experience, or an illness

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get over (an illness)

37
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become (seriously) sick

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fall (seriously) ill

38
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have a viral gastroenteritis

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have a stomach bug

39
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an area of skin around the eye that has gone dark because it has been hit

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have a black eye

40
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after a fight you can have … on your skin

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have some cuts and bruises

41
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drinking more alcohol to treat hangover

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a hair of the dog (that bit you)

42
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people who are healthy but see a doctor because they think that they may have a disease or medical problem

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worried well

43
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be on the receiving end of an attitude that shows you doubt whether something is true or useful

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be met with scepticism

44
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issues that have little importance or a low rank

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low-level complaints

45
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extremely painful

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excruciating pain

46
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sth was … ago and still is

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date back over … years

47
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a situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another

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downward spiral

48
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to make an unpleasant condition less strong

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relieve minor condition

49
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ring a bell

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spark neural connections

50
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the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time

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mortality

51
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he morbidity of a disease is how many people have it in a particular population

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morbidity