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to stagger

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to walk unsteadily/chwiejny krok

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to stroll

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to walk leisurely/spacerować

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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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to dart

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to run out of somewhere with speed/rzucić się

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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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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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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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to stumble

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to hit’s one foot against something/potknąć się

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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

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to look as if you weren’t present/spoglądać

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26
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to glare

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to stare angrily/piorunować wzrokiem

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27
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to peep

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to look secretly, most of the times through a hole/podejrzeć

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28
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to peer

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to look at something really hard, because you have difficulites seeing it/przyjrzeć się

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29
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to glance

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to have a quick look/spojrzeć

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30
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to glimpse

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to look at something, unwillingly/ujrzeć

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31
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to inspect

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to look closely at something, studying it/oglądać

32
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to clutch

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to grip tightly/chwytać

33
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to glisten

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to shine and be wet/lśnić

34
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to glitter

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to shine with tiny, flashing spots of light/błyszczeć

35
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to grip

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to take a hold of something/opanować, złapać

36
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to linger

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to remian in a certain place/trwać

37
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to evaporate

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to disappear/wyparować

38
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to be stunned

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to be caught off guard/być ogłuszonym

39
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to drift

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to move, pushed by the force of wind or water/dryfować

40
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to be in ruins

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to be a disorganised mess/być w ruinie

41
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to slump

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to collapse heavily, helpessly/osunąć się

42
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to toss

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to discard, to throw/rzucać

43
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to lift

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to raise/podnieść

44
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to crush

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to squeeze so hard something gets destroyed/zgnieść

45
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to embrace

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to cherish, to hug/ogarnąć, objąć

46
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to thrust

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to lunge forward/ciskać

47
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to seize

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to capture, to grasp, to take an advantage of something/chwycić, pojąć

48
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to slither

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to slide smoothly like a snake/pełzać

49
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to shrug

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to raise your shoulder in doubt/wzruszać ramionami

50
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to flicker

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to shine in a unsteady way/migotać

51
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to spurt

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to come out quickly/trysakć

52
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to heave a sigh

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to let out a sigh/oddetchnąć

53
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to swirl

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to spin fast/wirować

54
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to grimace

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to make a weird facial expression/krzywić się

55
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to snatch

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to grasp something quickly, to steal/wydrzeć

56
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to cling

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to hold onto something/przywierać

57
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to cram for something

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to study hard/zakuwać

58
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ajar

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slightly open/niedomknięte

59
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flushed

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red cheeks due to being embarassed/rumienić się

60
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a splinter

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a short, sharp piece of wood/drzazga

61
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scorching heat

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extreme heat/palący

62
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parched

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really dry/wysuszone

63
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huddled

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close/skulony

64
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strout

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sturdy, fat/krzepki

65
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rustled

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making a soft, crackling sound/szeleścić

66
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frenzied

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in state of hurry or wild activity/oszalały

67
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an uproar

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noisy excietement/wrzawa

68
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stunned

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shocked/oszołomiony

69
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a rumour

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gossip/plotka

70
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radiant

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beaming with joy/promienny

71
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thrilled

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extremely delighted/wtrząśnięty

72
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ambiguous

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to have more than one meaning/niejednoznaczny

73
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prolific

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about an artist - producing a lot of art/płodny

74
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to appal

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to get scared/przerazić się

75
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abruptly

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quickly/nagle