Narrative Flashcards
to stagger
to walk unsteadily/chwiejny krok
to stroll
to walk leisurely/spacerować
to trudge
to walk heavily/wlec się
to dash
to depart quickly from one place to another, a short distance/popędzić
to plunge
to leap into something/zanurzyć się
to stride
to walk with long steps, in a pround matter, quickly/wkroczyć
to dart
to run out of somewhere with speed/rzucić się
to march
to walk with long, regular strides/maszerować
to saunter
to walk without hurrying/przechadzać
to wander
to walk aimlessly/błądzić
to plod
to walk slowly and heavily, as if you were tired/posuwać się z trudem
to step
to lift one foot and put it down/stąpać
to creep
to move in a secret manner/pełzać
to stumble
to hit’s one foot against something/potknąć się
to mutter/to mumble
to say something under your breath/mamrotać
to chatter
to say a lot of unimportant things/ględzić
to stutter
to speak, repeating certain sounds or vowels in words/jąkać się
to wail
to cry out in sorrow/wyć
to bellow
to make a lound, empty sounds like a bull/ryczeć
to groan
to make a low, guttural sound in pain/jęczęć
to growl
to make a loud, deep cry form a strong emotion/warczeć
to scowl
to express displeasure in an angry frown/zmarszczyć brwi
to sneer
to make a grimace, contemptuous expression/szyderczy uśmiech
to sigh
to make a single, deep exhale/westchnąć
to gaze
to look as if you weren’t present/spoglądać
to glare
to stare angrily/piorunować wzrokiem
to peep
to look secretly, most of the times through a hole/podejrzeć
to peer
to look at something really hard, because you have difficulites seeing it/przyjrzeć się
to glance
to have a quick look/spojrzeć
to glimpse
to look at something, unwillingly/ujrzeć
to inspect
to look closely at something, studying it/oglądać
to clutch
to grip tightly/chwytać
to glisten
to shine and be wet/lśnić
to glitter
to shine with tiny, flashing spots of light/błyszczeć
to grip
to take a hold of something/opanować, złapać
to linger
to remian in a certain place/trwać
to evaporate
to disappear/wyparować
to be stunned
to be caught off guard/być ogłuszonym
to drift
to move, pushed by the force of wind or water/dryfować
to be in ruins
to be a disorganised mess/być w ruinie
to slump
to collapse heavily, helpessly/osunąć się
to toss
to discard, to throw/rzucać
to lift
to raise/podnieść
to crush
to squeeze so hard something gets destroyed/zgnieść
to embrace
to cherish, to hug/ogarnąć, objąć
to thrust
to lunge forward/ciskać
to seize
to capture, to grasp, to take an advantage of something/chwycić, pojąć
to slither
to slide smoothly like a snake/pełzać
to shrug
to raise your shoulder in doubt/wzruszać ramionami
to flicker
to shine in a unsteady way/migotać
to spurt
to come out quickly/trysakć
to heave a sigh
to let out a sigh/oddetchnąć
to swirl
to spin fast/wirować
to grimace
to make a weird facial expression/krzywić się
to snatch
to grasp something quickly, to steal/wydrzeć
to cling
to hold onto something/przywierać
to cram for something
to study hard/zakuwać
ajar
slightly open/niedomknięte
flushed
red cheeks due to being embarassed/rumienić się
a splinter
a short, sharp piece of wood/drzazga
scorching heat
extreme heat/palący
parched
really dry/wysuszone
huddled
close/skulony
strout
sturdy, fat/krzepki
rustled
making a soft, crackling sound/szeleścić
frenzied
in state of hurry or wild activity/oszalały
an uproar
noisy excietement/wrzawa
stunned
shocked/oszołomiony
a rumour
gossip/plotka
radiant
beaming with joy/promienny
thrilled
extremely delighted/wtrząśnięty
ambiguous
to have more than one meaning/niejednoznaczny
prolific
about an artist - producing a lot of art/płodny
to appal
to get scared/przerazić się
abruptly
quickly/nagle
