Słówka zestaw 5

Question 1

dać się ponieść emocjom

(fraza)

Answer 1

to get carry away

I was just trying to cover for you, but I got carried away.

Question 2

nieśmiały, bojaźliwy

Answer 2

timid (=shy)

He was quiet, timid, almost invisible.

Question 3

1 - martwić

2 - dotyczyć

Answer 3

to concern

• The loss didn’t bother him, but his team’s confidence concerns him.*
• Further provisions concern training and the non-regression clause.*

Question 4

zmartwienie

obawa

Answer 4

a concern

• My second concern is about fundamental rights.*
• What happens between the two of them is none of my concern. - to nie mój problem*

Question 5

podły

Answer 5

vile

It was a terrible, vile, disgusting letter.

Question 6

obowiązkowy

Answer 6

mandatory [na pierwszą sylabę]

• > compulsory, obligatory
• The minister is calling for mandatory prison sentences for people who assault police officers.*

Question 7

zmagać się z czymś

walczyć z czymś

Answer 7

to struggle

• The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose.*
• I’ve been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.*
• Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake.*
• He struggled with his attacker who then ran away.*

Question 8

zmagania

Answer 8

a struggle

• Our struggle is known and respected worldwide.*
• Life is a struggle here below.*

Question 9

zachwiać

Answer 9

to unsettle

The airline’s decision to cut air fares is likely to unsettle the market.

Question 10

niepokojący

Answer 10

unsettling

• > disturbing, distressing
• Lily had received some unsettling news.*
• It’s very unsettling to see all those metal tools just flying around.*

Question 11

nudny

męczący

uciążliwy

Answer 11

tedious [tidies]

• Paris has become so tedious since the war.*
• Spare me your tedious story, Kif.*

Question 12

atrakcyjny

kuszący

Answer 12

appealing

• I’d say aesthetically it’s very appealing.*
• Surely there’s a world more appealing.*

Question 13

zostać pociągnięty do odpowiedzialności

(fraza)

Answer 13

to be held accountable

World would be a better place if people were held accountable for their actions.

Question 14

wycofać (zazwyczaj zeznanie)

Answer 14

to retract

• One cannot retract what one has said.*
• Can I retract an earlier statement?*

Question 15

to mi przypomina…

(fraza)

Answer 15

it reminds me of…

You know, it reminds me of what President Kennedy said when he appointed his brother as attorney general.

Question 16

obejmować, zawierać

zaangażować się

włączyć w coś

Answer 16

to involve

• The system under paragraph 1 may involve different qualification stages.*
• You will involve yourself in the life of the hospital.*
• It is important to involve producers in waste prevention.*

Question 17

współczucie

Answer 17

sympathy

I would like to express my sympathy to all affected Hungarians.

Question 18

wplątać, wmieszać

Answer 18

to implicate

• Two senior officers are implicated in the latest drugs scandal.*
• Peter, why would this man implicate you in a murder?*

Question 19

w odniesieniu do / jeśli chodzi o / w sprawie…

(fraza)

Answer 19

in regard to…

• I’m calling in regard to your daughter Roxanne.*
• We have heard the same again and again in regard to the budget.*

Question 20

sugeruje

oznacza

daje do zrozumienia

Answer 20

to imply

• Are you implying that I’m fat?*
• I didn’t mean to imply…*
• I do not understand what is trying to imply.*

Question 21

uderzyło mnie

(w sensie bardzo zaskoczyło, zdziwiło)

(fraza)

Answer 21

Something / someone struck me (that)

• But what struck me more than all that was had the most lovely smile.*
• The only thing that has struck me in a competition was rope jumping.*

Question 22

dowiedzieć się

Answer 22

to find out

• Take it apart, find out how it works.*
• Let me find out what he wants.*

Question 23

opłakiwać, rozpaczać

Answer 23

to grieve

They’re all expecting me to grieve and mourn.

Question 24

żałoba

Answer 24

a grief

• Your grief has turned into hatred.*
• Apparently, it was grief over Trey.*

Question 25

insynuacja

podtekst

Answer 25

an innuendo

• Anything else that you read or hear is gossip and innuendo.*
• I find this innuendo most disturbing, Dr. Callahan.*

Question 26

uwzględnić

wziąć pod uwagę

Answer 26

to take into account

Planning a school trip you have to take into account those 3 boys.

Question 27

sprytny, “śliski”

zgrabny

Answer 27

slick

• He was a bit slick - I didn’t trust him.*
• He was that slick lawyer that got Farnum a parole.*
• a slick presentation*

Question 28

spryciarz

goguś

cwaniak

Answer 28

a slick

• Something I can do for you, slick?*
• Better get a move on, slick.*

Question 29

szkodliwy

Answer 29

detrimental

• a detrimental effect*
• Perhaps this is a situation where excessive honesty can be detrimental.*

Question 30

wzór

próbka

okaz, egzemplarz

Answer 30

a specimen

• All we need now is a specimen of Christine Price’s DNA.*
• Good, healthy-looking specimen, too.*

Question 31

rozszyfrować

Answer 31

to decipher

It’s a complex formula that only your computers could decipher.

Question 32

zakończyć się

sfinalizować, zawrzeć

dojść do wniosku

Answer 32

to conclude

• The concert concluded with a firework display.*
• I would like to conclude by thanking you all for attending.*
• The report concluded that the drug was safe.*
• The European Union must conclude the framework agreement as soon as possible.*

Question 33

tańczył, jak mi zagra

(fraza)

Answer 33

dancing to somebodys tune

He wants all of us dancing to his tune.

Question 34

namówić, przekonać

Answer 34

to persuade

• Can you persuade them to come here?*
• She could persuade a horse to lay eggs.*

Question 35

wrażliwy

podatny

bezbronny, słaby

Answer 35

vulnerable [wal ne re bl]

• She was a vulnerable sixteen-year-old.*
• The troops are in a vulnerable position.*
• He’s more vulnerable to infection because of his injuries.*
• Your infiltration proves Dooku is vulnerable.*