Narrative Flashcards

(75 cards)

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to stagger

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to walk unsteadily/chwiejny krok

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2
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to stroll

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to walk leisurely/spacerować

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3
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to trudge

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to walk heavily/wlec się

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to dash

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to depart quickly from one place to another, a short distance/popędzić

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5
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to plunge

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to leap into something/zanurzyć się

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to stride

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to walk with long steps, in a pround matter, quickly/wkroczyć

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7
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to dart

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to run out of somewhere with speed/rzucić się

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8
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to march

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to walk with long, regular strides/maszerować

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9
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to saunter

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to walk without hurrying/przechadzać

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10
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to wander

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to walk aimlessly/błądzić

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to plod

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to walk slowly and heavily, as if you were tired/posuwać się z trudem

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12
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to step

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to lift one foot and put it down/stąpać

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13
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to creep

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to move in a secret manner/pełzać

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14
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to stumble

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to hit’s one foot against something/potknąć się

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15
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to mutter/to mumble

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to say something under your breath/mamrotać

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16
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to chatter

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to say a lot of unimportant things/ględzić

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17
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to stutter

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to speak, repeating certain sounds or vowels in words/jąkać się

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18
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to wail

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to cry out in sorrow/wyć

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19
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to bellow

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to make a lound, empty sounds like a bull/ryczeć

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20
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to groan

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to make a low, guttural sound in pain/jęczęć

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21
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to growl

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to make a loud, deep cry form a strong emotion/warczeć

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22
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to scowl

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to express displeasure in an angry frown/zmarszczyć brwi

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23
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to sneer

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to make a grimace, contemptuous expression/szyderczy uśmiech

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24
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to sigh

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to make a single, deep exhale/westchnąć

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to gaze
to look as if you weren't present/spoglądać
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to glare
to stare angrily/piorunować wzrokiem
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to peep
to look secretly, most of the times through a hole/podejrzeć
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to peer
to look at something really hard, because you have difficulites seeing it/przyjrzeć się
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to glance
to have a quick look/spojrzeć
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to glimpse
to look at something, unwillingly/ujrzeć
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to inspect
to look closely at something, studying it/oglądać
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to clutch
to grip tightly/chwytać
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to glisten
to shine and be wet/lśnić
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to glitter
to shine with tiny, flashing spots of light/błyszczeć
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to grip
to take a hold of something/opanować, złapać
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to linger
to remian in a certain place/trwać
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to evaporate
to disappear/wyparować
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to be stunned
to be caught off guard/być ogłuszonym
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to drift
to move, pushed by the force of wind or water/dryfować
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to be in ruins
to be a disorganised mess/być w ruinie
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to slump
to collapse heavily, helpessly/osunąć się
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to toss
to discard, to throw/rzucać
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to lift
to raise/podnieść
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to crush
to squeeze so hard something gets destroyed/zgnieść
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to embrace
to cherish, to hug/ogarnąć, objąć
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to thrust
to lunge forward/ciskać
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to seize
to capture, to grasp, to take an advantage of something/chwycić, pojąć
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to slither
to slide smoothly like a snake/pełzać
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to shrug
to raise your shoulder in doubt/wzruszać ramionami
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to flicker
to shine in a unsteady way/migotać
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to spurt
to come out quickly/trysakć
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to heave a sigh
to let out a sigh/oddetchnąć
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to swirl
to spin fast/wirować
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to grimace
to make a weird facial expression/krzywić się
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to snatch
to grasp something quickly, to steal/wydrzeć
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to cling
to hold onto something/przywierać
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to cram for something
to study hard/zakuwać
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ajar
slightly open/niedomknięte
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flushed
red cheeks due to being embarassed/rumienić się
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a splinter
a short, sharp piece of wood/drzazga
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scorching heat
extreme heat/palący
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parched
really dry/wysuszone
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huddled
close/skulony
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strout
sturdy, fat/krzepki
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rustled
making a soft, crackling sound/szeleścić
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frenzied
in state of hurry or wild activity/oszalały
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an uproar
noisy excietement/wrzawa
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stunned
shocked/oszołomiony
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a rumour
gossip/plotka
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radiant
beaming with joy/promienny
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thrilled
extremely delighted/wtrząśnięty
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ambiguous
to have more than one meaning/niejednoznaczny
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prolific
about an artist - producing a lot of art/płodny
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to appal
to get scared/przerazić się
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abruptly
quickly/nagle