English words

Question 1

Oar

Put/stick one’s oar in

Answer 1

wiosło, wiosłować ( też w przenośni)

give an opinion without being asked

Question 2

Thole

thole

Answer 2

dulka w łodzi
Scotish:endure ( something ) without complaint or resistance
znosić bez oporu, tolerować

Question 3

gunwale (also gunnel)

to the gunwales (inf.)

Answer 3

burta łodzi;

so as to be almost overflowing, po brzegi, the bus is filled to the gunwales with commuters

Question 4

befit

Answer 4

to be appropriate, suit; pasować, jak przystoi (as befits)

Question 5

woe (lit.); woes; woe is me ( hum.)

Answer 5

great distress or sorrow, męka; things causing distress, troski; O ja biedny

Question 6

microfiche, fiche

Answer 6

mikrofilm

Question 7

Bristle

Answer 7

Hair that stands upright.

Włos jeży się na głowie. + wszystkie przenosnie

Question 8

Self immolation

Answer 8

Sacrifice death usually by self burning

Question 9

maelstrom n.

Answer 9

Powerful whirlpool on river/sea; situation, state of confused movement, violent turmoil

Question 10

reluctant

Answer 10

adj. hesitant, unwilling (with infinitive) reluctant to answer

Question 11

revoke

Answer 11

verb. Officially cancel, odwołać, poddać kasacji

Question 12

snub

Answer 12

zrobić afront, utrzeć nosa

rebuff, ignore or spurn

Question 13

snub- nosed

Answer 13

Of persons nose short and turned up at the end. Zadarty nos

Question 14

reins

Answer 14

straps used to control horse movement

Question 15

scarcely

Answer 15

only just, almost not; very short time before; prawie, (że w cale)

Question 16

beckon

Answer 16

make a gesture with the hand, arm or head to encurage or instruct someone to approach or follow

Question 17

lucid

Answer 17

Easy to understand, showing ability to think clearly, also conscious dreaming

Question 18

perpetrate

Answer 18

Carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, immoral action

Question 19

ebb

Answer 19

tide movement out to the sea, odplyw

Question 20

upholstery

Answer 20

tapicerka

Question 21

exaggerate

Answer 21

Represent sth as being larger, better or worse than it really is.
Wyolbrzymiać.

Question 22

hindrance

Answer 22

noun. obstacle

Question 23

underplay

Answer 23

Represent sth as being less important than it really is.

Perform sth I’m restrained way

Question 24

jest

Answer 24

a joke
dowcip, wic
zartowac sobie

Question 25

deadbeat

Answer 25

adj. completely exhausted

N. Amer. a person who evade to pay their debts

Question 26

tad

Answer 26

to a small extent, somewhat, ( it’s a tad expensive) or a small amount ( I have a cup of tea with a tad of honey)

Question 27

impeccable

Answer 27

faultless, in accordance with the highest standards

Question 28

gut

Answer 28

the stomach or belly, inform. a fat stomach

też w przenośni: wnętrzności, trzewia

Question 29

unequivocal

Answer 29

leaving no doubt, unambiguous

jednoznaczny

Question 30

indulgence

Answer 30

pobłażliwość

Question 31

relentless

Answer 31

unceasingly (continuously) intense

harsh, inflexible (notch less than ruthless)

Question 32

consent

Answer 32

permission of sth to happen, agreement to do something

Question 33

aptitude

Answer 33

talent

Question 34

pedigree

Answer 34

rodowód

Question 35

overzealous

Answer 35

nadgorliwy

Question 36

busker

Answer 36

grajek uliczny