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2
Q

9C

Festival/fair

A

Carnival

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9C

To see the real nature of sth

A

To get under the skin of sth

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9C

Walked on by many people for a long time; already done or discussed, and no longer neccessery or useful

A

Well-trodden route/path

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5
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9C

Someone who is selling a building or a piece of land

A

Vendor

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9C

To take something away from sb, or to prevent them from having it

A

To deprive sb of sth

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9C

To argue with sb in order to reach an agreement, especially about the price of sth

A

To haggle

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9C

Sth such as work that provides the money that you need to live

A

Livelihood

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9
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9C

Change the size

A

Scale back/up/down

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9C

To gradually make sb feel, think or believe in a particular way over a period of time

A

To instill in sb

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11
Q

9C

What you put on the cushion

A

Pillow sham

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9C

To begin to understand and deal with sth difficult

A

Get to grips

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13
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9C

Fresh and clean

A

Crisp

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14
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9C

Available to be used at any time

A

On tap

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9C

To protect sb or sth from loss, harm or damage

A

To safeguard

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9C

Sth to support or form the basis of an argument

A

Underpin

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9C

To promise sincerely that you will definitely do sth, to keep to an arrangement or agreement

A

To commit

18
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9C

A place that sb visits often or where they spend a lot of time

A

Haunt

19
Q

9C

Famous, respected

A

Renowned

20
Q

9C

People on holiday (wczasowicze)

A

Holidaymakers

21
Q

9C

Replace sb or sth; expel ( a person/population)

A

To displace

22
Q

9C

Spotless, perfect

A

Immaculate

23
Q

9C

Crops

A

Produce

24
Q

9C

Flawless; about taste or manners

A

Impeccable

25
Q

9C

To take a good care of sth

A

Nurture

26
Q

9C

Oschle

A

Waspishly

27
Q

9C

Do not harm the environment but is beneficial to people

A

Sustainable development

28
Q

9C

Amount of greenhouse gasses that you emit to the atmosphere

A

Carbon footprint

29
Q

9C

A process that you do when you want to balance the amount of greenhouse gasses that you emit

A

Carbon offset

30
Q

9C

Łuna światła

A

Light pollution

31
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9C

Kind of pollution caused by motorboats

A

Noise pollution

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