MIES VAN DER ROCHE Flashcards

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1
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Ludwig Mies van der Roche
was a …………… son

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stonemason’s

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Kamieniarz

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Stonemason

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He was from ………. in …………….

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Aachen;
Germany

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4
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He had little ……….. education

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formal

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5
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He was one of the three most important and influential architects of the tweentieth century
with ………………, …………………

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F.L.Wright;
Le Corbusier

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Wpływowy

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Influential

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pozbawiony

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stripped of

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kapryśny

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whimsical

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metal

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steel

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10
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Najwyższa integralność

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Supreme integrity

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11
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Seagram building is in the ……….

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New York

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Seagram building is a building of supreme ……………… in which ……….., ……….. and the finest ……………… are truly one and the same thing

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integrity;
form, function;
materials

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13
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Seagram building - materials

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bronze, brass and marble,
steel and glass

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14
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mosiądz

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brass

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15
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Seagram building is set ………… on its own plaza on Park ……………..

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back;
Avenue

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16
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Why is Seagram building set back?

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Mies want to show respect for italian palazzo which is located near

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17
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vertical lines of Seagram building extend the facility into ……….

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infinity

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18
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obiekt

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facility

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19
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His building can be experienced as much as works of …………….

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contemplation

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20
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His building were designed to be models of ………….

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perfection

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21
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Seagram building was Mies ……….. project????

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latest

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22
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Mies first building

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Neoclassical house for Professor Riehl

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schemat

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scheme

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24
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Mies also design the German ……………. in ……………..

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pavilon;
Barcelona

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Zankomity

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Exquisite

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Jednopiętrowy

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Single-storey

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Barcelona pavilon is one of the most exquisite modern …………….

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“temples”

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Barcelona pavilon
there is one ……………, ……………….. roof

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horizontal;
sweeping

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Barcelona pavilon
is a ……-storey building

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single

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30
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Barcelona pavilon
divide space by …… and ……… ……….

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glass;
marble screens

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Barcelona pavilon
is set on a …………. …………….

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cokół z trawertynu

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cokół

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plinth

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33
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bogate materiały

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lavish materials

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34
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Barcelona pavilon
there are ……………. materials

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lavish

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35
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Barcelona pavilon is ranked with Le Corbusier’s ……………. ……………. and Frank Lloyd Wright …………… ……….
as one of the three most important twentieth-century houses

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Villa Savoye;
Robie house

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36
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Mies building were created at the ………… possible …………… and also show that “……… …………… …………..”

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highest;
standard;
less is more

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37
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Finding it increasingly hard to work under Hitler’s regime, Mies …………. Germany in 1937, having closed down to the …………. (his third and the last director)

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left;
Bauhaus

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38
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Mies went to teach the ………. ………….. of architects

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whole generation

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39
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Mies designed the …….. Crown Hall in Chicago

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memorable

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40
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Crown Hall is a great use of ………, its …………

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steel and glass;
transparent

41
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Przezroczyste

A

Transparent

42
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His last designs - included an unbuilt headquarters in Havana AND Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin - had ………. …………. roof

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prefabricated steel

43
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Wzmocniony

A

Prefabricated ?????????????????

44
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Mies was one who connectedthe spirit of ……………. …………… with Modern ……………

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ancient Greece;
movement

45
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pillars in the Seagram building looks like …….. columns from Parthenon

A

Fluted

46
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Mies broke the stereotype of modernism that modern architects …………………

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don’t use decorations

47
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Seagram building is deeply set back to pay respect to the …………………. (great italian palazzo)

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Racquet and Tenis Club

48
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Mies “I don’t want to be ………….. I want to be ………”

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interesting;
good

49
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Użyłby (bo używał regularnie)

A

He would use

50
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Byłam tam 4 razy (w zeszłym roku)

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I have been there 4 times

51
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Byłam tam 4 razy (w tym roku)

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I was there 4 times

52
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wieżowiec

A

skyscraper

53
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Najwyższy budynek na świecie

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Burj Khalifa in Dubai

54
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Burj Khalifa is …… years old (………..),
has …………… levels and ………… meters

A

14 (2010);
162;
828

55
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………. was the tallest word’s building

A

Taipei (in Tajwan?)

56
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odporny na

A

resistant to

57
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Why is Taipei resistant to eartquakes?

A

Taipei has ability to bend under seismic forces

58
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uginać się

A

bend

59
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Curtain wall

A

don’t bear any loads,
cover building - decoration
light material

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ściana osłonowa

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curtain wall

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load-bearing wall

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wall that bears the building

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Ściana nośna

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load-bearing wall

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partition wall

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wall that doesn’t bear the building and
divide the interior space

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Ściana działowa

A

partition wall

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tinted glass

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coloured glass;
it could be a material for stained glass

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szkło barwione

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tinted glass

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I-beam

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shape use in architecture (for example in Seagram buildig - Mies van der Roche use this as part of curtain wall - to decorate exterior)

68
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Teownik

A

I-beam

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Mies was fascinated by ………….. architecture in his home town

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cathedral

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whimical

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capricious, unusual

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nieustępliwy

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relentless

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relentless

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persistent, never stopping

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trwały

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persistent

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nieskazitelny

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immaculate

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immaculate

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extravagant, over-the-top

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przesadny

A

over-the-top

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uderzający

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striking

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striking

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conspicious, noticeable

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rzucający się w oczy, zauważalny

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conspicious, noticeable

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sweeping

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extensive, wide

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szeroki

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wide

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lavish

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spotless, perfect

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refined

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sophisticated, superior

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wyrafinowany

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refined

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sophisticated, superior

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wyrafinowany, doskonały

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philistine

A

filozof ?????????????

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zniechęcający

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daunting

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daunting

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discouraging, frightening

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discouraging, frightening

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zniechęcający, przerażający

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incalculable

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vast, enormous, countless

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vast, enormous, countless

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rozległy, ogromny, niezliczony

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konfigurować, ustawić

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configure

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zapadnięty

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sunken

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blachownica, dźwigar zbudowany z odpowiednich blach

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plate girder

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spawać, zgrzewać

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weld

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Dwuteownik

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H-column

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wyrażać

A

articulate

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Przezroczystość

A

Transparency

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Rozczłonkować, podzielić na części

A

compartmentalize