Słówka zestaw 10

Question 1

wzruszający

Answer 1

poignant [pojnient]

• It’s a poignant story about a poor family’s struggle to survive.*
• You acted on an impulse so poignant and deep.*

Question 2

skrucha

wyrzuty sumienia

Answer 2

remorse

• He has shown no remorse for his actions.*
• Men like us, there is no room for remorse.*

Question 3

1 - rozkładać na kawałki, demontować

2 - doprowadzić do upadku

Answer 3

to dismantle

• He’s specially trained to dismantle bombs.*
• Cruz has been working with us for the past nine months helping us dismantle Tavio’s distribution network.*

Question 4

przekazywać np. geny, wiedzę

(frejzal)

Answer 4

to pass down

• I also know that knights always pass down their knowledge to their sons.*
• That is the most important lesson I can pass down.*

Question 5

całkowicie, w pełni

Answer 5

entirely

• > completly
• I’m not entirely convinced that it will work.*

Question 6

kamień z serca

(fraza)

Answer 6

a wight off your mind

Finally selling that house was a weight off my mind.

Question 7

niedopatrzenie

Answer 7

an oversight

• I trust it was purely an oversight.*
• It was an oversight, and I apologize, sir.*

Question 8

nadzorować

Answer 8

to oversee

• A committee has been set up to oversee the project.*
• I’ve helped to oversee its development at area 51.*

Question 9

rozmach / faktyczne rozmiary / “sama” skala

(fraza)

Answer 9

sheer scale

I’m shocked by the sheer scale.

Question 10

1 - czysty, najzwyklejszy

(wzmocnienie jakieś emocji)

2 - urwisty

Answer 10

sheer

• a look of sheer delight/joy*
• sheer determination/hard work*

sheer = very steep

a sheer cliff face

Question 11

zwiastuje

zapowiada

Answer 11

to herald

Thick black clouds heralded rain.

Question 12

zwiastun

Answer 12

a herald

It was the lark… The herald of the morning, no nightingale.

lark - skowronek

nightingale - słowik

Question 13

odkryć

(3 opcje)

Answer 13

to discover

to uncover

to reveal

Question 14

1 - zepsuty

2 - skorumpowany, przekupiony

Answer 14

corrupt

• corrupt files*
• Their government is as corrupt and as ineffective as ours.*

Question 15

nipohamowany, niemożliwy do kontroli

+

niepohamowanie

Answer 15

uncontrollable

• uncontrollable anger*
• an uncontrollable desire to cry*

uncontrollably

I simply want to weep uncontrollably.

Question 16

ryczeć, płakać

Answer 16

to weep

• I couldn’t weep till I wrote this.*
• She couldn’t even weep because of the pain.*

Question 17

wyczyn

Answer 17

a feat

The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.

Question 18

być nie lada wyczynem

(fraza)

Answer 18

to be no mean feat

• Learning to ski at 60 is no mean feat!*
• That’s no mean feat.* - to nie lada wyczyn

Question 19

wrażliwość

słabość

podatność

Answer 19

a vulnerability

• He’s a cure for your loneliness and for your vulnerability.*
• In addition, the gas crisis has once again demonstrated our dependency and vulnerability.*

Question 20

złowieszczy

złowrogi

źle wróżące

Answer 20

ominous

• an ominous sign*
• ominous clouds*
• Wherever I go, there’s only hunger and warfare… and ominous shadows.*

Question 21

zarzucać coś na

przerzucać coś przez

Answer 21

to drape something across / on / over

He draped his jacket over the chair and sat down to eat.

Question 22

być owiniętym w coś

Answer 22

to be draped in / with something

The coffin was draped in a flag.

Question 23

zasłony

Answer 23

drapes

• Maybe we’ll get those new drapes.*
• Cat destroyed my brand new drapes.*

Question 24

1 - grzywka

2 - frędzle

3 - skraj, obrzeża

Answer 24

fringe

• Seriously, look at his fringe when he gets out.*
• These fringe cases need old-fashioned police work to solve them.*

Question 25

skrajny

odstający od grupy, alternatywny

nie mainstreamowy, awangardowy

Answer 25

fringe

• These fringe cases need old-fashioned police work to solve them.*
• Which was primarily in an area called ‘fringe science’.*

Question 26

improwizowany

spontaniczny

Answer 26

impromptu [impromptju]

• an impromptu performance/party*
• What better place for an impromptu honeymoon?*

Question 27

subtelny

delikatny

Answer 27

subtle [satl]

• a subtle change/difference*
• a subtle hint*
• a subtle way of solving the problem*

Question 28

jednoczesny

równoczesny

+

jednocześnie

równocześnie

Answer 28

simultaneous [saj mul tejnies]

He says our only chance is a simultaneous attack.

simultaneously [saj mul tejnies li]

It was broadcast simultaneously in Britain and France.

Question 29

1 - panierka, ciasto

2 - pałkarz

Answer 29

a batter

• I mixed pancake batter in this!*
• The batter, number nine, Bill Mazerosky, second base.*

Question 30

być na łożu śmierci

(fraza)

Answer 30

to be in someones death throes

• Listen to that. It sounds like it’s in its final death throes.*
• I think the Third Reich is in its death throes.*