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rugged

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of land) wild and not even; not easy to travel over

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an arm and a leg

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a lot of money

  • ‘I paid an arm and a leg for my surgery.’
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a swath

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a strip or belt, or a long area of something

  • ‘vast swathes of countryside’
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a goof

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a foolish or stupid person

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happy-go-lucky

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beztroski

= A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried.

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to hold (down) the fort

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to have responsibility for something while someone is absent

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incredulity

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niedowierzanie

= not wanting or not able to believe something, and usually showing this

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catch-all

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general and intended to include everything

  • ‘“South London” is a catch-all term for anywhere south of the river.’
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valiant

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very brave or bravely determined, especially when things are difficult or the situation gives no cause for hope

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dreaded

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budzący postrach

= regarded with great fear

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apprehension

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worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen

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well intentioned

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wanting to have good effects, but sometimes having bad effects that were not expected

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maddening

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making you angry

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solely

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only and not involving anyone or anything else

  • ‘I bought it solely for that purpose.’
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to devise

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to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination

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give or take

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possibly a little more or less than the amount or time mentioned

  • ‘It cost £200, give or take.’
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to vent

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to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way

  • ‘Please don’t shout - there’s no need to vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on me.’
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to pan out

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to develop in a particular way or in a successful way

  • ‘We’ll have to see how things pan out.’
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little (or nothing) short of

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almost (or equal to); little (or nothing) less than

  • ‘The party was nothing short of a disaster.’
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meandering

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moving slowly in no particular direction or with no clear purpose

  • ‘a meandering river’; ‘a long meandering speech’
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off the cuff

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bez przygotowania

= If you speak off the cuff, you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first.

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expectant

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wyczekujący
= thinking that something pleasant or exciting is going to happen

  • ‘the children’s expectant faces’
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to chat away

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gawędzić, uciąć sobie pogawędkę

= talk in a free and friendly manner

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to issue congratulations

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gratulować, składać gratulacje

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to flit

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to fly or move quickly and lightly

  • She’s always flitting from one thing to another (= changing her activities).
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figurative

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przenośny

= used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect

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to bolt

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to move very fast, especially as a result of being frightened

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shifty

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looking or seeming dishonest

  • ‘He has shifty eyes.’
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posterity

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the people who will exist in the future

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to latch onto sth

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  1. to become connected to something
  2. to become interested
  • ‘Unfortunately the press have already latched onto the story.’
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a course

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an area of land or water used for a sports event

- ‘a golf course/cross-country course’

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on all fours

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with your hands and knees on the ground

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to subdue

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to reduce the force of something, or to prevent something from existing or developing

  • ‘The fire burned for eight hours before the fire crews could subdue it.’
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indomitable

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used to say that someone is strong, brave, determined, and difficult to defeat or frighten

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a ripple

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a small wave on the surface of water

  • ‘The stone she threw caused ripples to spread across the lake.’
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defiance

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nieposłuszeństwo, lekceważenie

= behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something

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to confer

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skonsultować się, naradzić się

= to exchange ideas on a particular subject, often in order to reach a decision on what action to take

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a dupe

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a duplicate

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a knockoff

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a cheaper copy of an expensive and popular product

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to cave (in)

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to give in someone else’s needs or accept defeat

  • ‘He’s totally gonna cave when I give him my sad puppy face.’
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tacitly

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in a way that is understood or implied without being directly stated

42
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a vigilante

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a person who tries in an unofficial way to prevent crime, or to catch and punish someone who has committed a crime, especially because they do not think that official organizations, such as the police, are controlling crime effectively

43
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to splurge (out)

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przepuszczać pieniądze
= to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods:

  • ‘I feel like splurging (out) on a new dress.’
44
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to sop sth up

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to absorb liquid into a piece of something solid

  • ‘It’s surprising how much milk the bread sops up.’
45
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sod it

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used to express anger

  • ‘Oh sod it - I’ve left my glasses behind!’
46
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thorny

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A thorny problem or subject is difficult to deal with

47
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to trample

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to step heavily on something or someone, causing damage or injury

  • to trample to death = zadeptać na śmierć
48
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creaky

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skrzypiący

= Something that is creaky creaks

49
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disparity [C/U]

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dysproporcja

= a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is not fair

50
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on the latch

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closed but not locked

  • ‘Don’t forget to leave the front door on the latch if you go to bed before I get back.’
51
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to unnerve

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wytrącić z równowagi

= to make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened

52
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sturdy

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solidny, tęgi, niezachwiany

= physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt

53
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a jimmy

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łom
= a short, strong metal bar with a curved end, often used to force things open, for example by thieves to force open windows or doors

54
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to ransack

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przetrząsnąć
= to search a place or container in a violent and careless way

  • ‘The burglars ransacked the house for valuables but found nothing.’
55
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to tread lightly

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to speak or behave carefully to avoid upsetting or causing offence to anyone

56
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fragrant

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aromatyczny

= with a pleasant smell

57
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a gooseberry

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agrest

= a small, green fruit covered with short hairs

58
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a pyre

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stos

= a large pile of wood on which a dead body is burned

59
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standoffish

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behaving in a slightly unfriendly and too formal way

60
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to err

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to make a mistake or to do something wrong

  • ‘He erred in agreeing to her appointment to the position.’
61
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a clam

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małż

= a type of sea creature with a shell in two parts that can close together tightly, and a soft body that can be eaten

62
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a pokey

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prison

63
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a hornet

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szerszeń

= a large wasp that can give you a bad sting

64
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to be on the cards

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to be likely to happen

  • ‘So you think they’ll get married next year? I think it’s on the cards.’
65
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to hedge your bets

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to protect yourself against loss by supporting more than one possible result or both sides in a competition

66
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in vain

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unsuccessfully; of no value

  • ‘I tried in vain to start a conversation.’
67
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to look up to someone

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to view someone with respect and admiration

68
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a make of a car

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marka samochodu

69
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to go through the roof (inf.)

to hit the roof (f.)

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to become very angry

70
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to drop someone a line

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to send someone a note or letter

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intrinsic

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nieodłączny, wrodzony
= being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing

  • ‘Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.’
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to be in the red

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to owe money to a bank

73
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head first

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without sufficient forethought

  • ‘Don’t plunge head first into a new relationship.’
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to be like chalk and cheese

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If two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other

75
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the rat race

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a way of life in modern society, in which people compete with each other for power and money

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frantically

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gorączkowo, szaleńczo

= done in a hurried way and in a state of excitement or confusion

77
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to tackle

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to try to deal with something or someone

  • ‘There are many ways of tackling this problem.’
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to withdraw

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wypłacić

= remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position

79
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to give priority

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If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else

80
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a clear trend

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pewna tendencja

= obvious tendency

81
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to stand sb up

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to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with

  • ‘My sister got stood up by a jerk last night.’
82
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a cougar

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A 35+ year old female who is on the “hunt” for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male.

83
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short-sighted

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not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future

  • ‘a short-sighted idea’
84
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a bad thing never dies

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złego diabli nie biorą

85
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wary of/about

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not completely trusting or certain about something or someone

  • ‘I’m a little wary of giving people my address when I don’t know them very well.’
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unequivocally

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jednoznacznie

= in a way that leaves no doubt

87
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a bite to eat

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a meal, often a small or quick one

88
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instill something in (to) someone

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to impress something into someone’s mind

  • ‘Good manners were instilled in me at home.’
89
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to munch on sth

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to eat something, especially noisily

  • ‘He was munching on an apple.’
90
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hives

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pokrzywka
= a condition in which a person’s skin develops swollen red areas, often suddenly, esp. as a reaction to something the person has eaten

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a pang

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a sudden sharp feeling, especially of painful emotion

  • ‘a pang of jealousy’
92
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to square the circle

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If you try to square the circle, you try to do something that is very difficult or impossible.
= dokonać niemożliwego

93
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an ordeal

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a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience

  • ‘The hostages’ ordeal came to an end when soldiers stormed the building.’
94
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to grate

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zetrzeć
= to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into a lot of small pieces

  • ‘grated cheese’
95
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to slather

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grubo posmarować

= to spread something thickly on something else

96
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discordant

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producing an unpleasant sound

97
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jarring

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a jarring sight, sound, or experience is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on something or someone

98
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incorguous

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niestosowny, nie na miejscu

= unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

99
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to comprise

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consist of; be made up of

  • ‘the country comprises twenty states’
100
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not a peep from/out of (someone)

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not a single word or sound from someone

  • ‘I put kids to bed at 8, and there hasn’t been a peep out of them since!’

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