Słówka zestaw 6

Question 1

dziwaczny

Answer 1

odd

• People find you odd and alienating.*
• She has an odd way of showing it.*

Question 2

zwlekać

ociągać się

utrzymywać się (np. niesmak, zapach)

Answer 2

to linger [linGer]

• You must not linger in idle conversation.*
• Come. We mustn’t linger.*
• The smell from the fire still lingered hours later.*

Question 3

różne, różnorakie, rozmaite

Answer 3

various

• They have offices in various parts of the country.*
• I started learning Spanish for various reasons.*

Question 4

odpowiedni, właściwy

Answer 4

suitable

• > appropriate
• This film is suitable for children.*
• That is not a suitable way for a young lady to travel.*

Question 5

rozpaczać, tracić nadzieję

Answer 5

to despair

In this darkest hour, in the gloom of night… we must not despair.

Question 6

rozpacz

Answer 6

a despair

• Poverty, prejudice, bitterness, and despair.*
• I learned here there can be no true despair without hope.*

Question 7

ograniczyć

Answer 7

to constrain

• > to limit
• regulations that constrain industry*
• [often passive] I’m constrained by decisions made in the past.*

Question 8

rzetelny

(2 opcje)

Answer 8

decent

reliable

Question 9

bieżący

toczący się

trwający

Answer 9

ongoing

• an ongoing process/investigation*
• I’m well aware of your ongoing medical condition.*

Question 10

szczególny

konkretny

również WYBREDNY

Answer 10

particular

• Is there any particular restaurant you’d like to go to?*
• “Why did you ask?” “No particular reason.”*
• “Was anything important said at the meeting?” “Nothing of particular interest.”*
• Teenagers are very particular about the clothes they’ll wear.*

Question 11

w szczególności

Answer 11

in particular

• > especially
• Are you looking for anything in particular?*

Question 12

kompleksowy

wyczerpujący temat

Answer 12

comprehensive

• a comprehensive study of the subject*
• A pretty comprehensive collection of weaponry.*

Question 13

w końcu

wreszcie

Answer 13

at last

• Now at last you realize what medicine is all about.*
• It does me such good to speak with a man at last.*

Question 14

być / zostać ogarniętym emocjami / bólem / żalem…

(fraza)

Answer 14

to get / to be overcome with emotion / pain / grief

• He was young, impulsive, overcome by emotion.*
• My head was overcome with great pain.*

Question 15

prawdopodobne

+ przeciwieństwo

Answer 15

plausible

a plausible excuse/explanation

implausible

That is the most implausible, far-fetched, desperate theory.

Question 16

wiarygodność

Answer 16

plausibility

The Commission then verified the plausibility of the bankruptcy scenario developed by Ernst&Young.

Question 17

prawdopodobieństwo

(3 opcje)

Answer 17

likelihood

probability

possibility

Question 18

drwić

wyśmiewać

Answer 18

to taunt

• If you’re here to taunt us, please don’t.*
• He started to announce his route, to taunt the police.*

Question 19

bezczynny, nieużywany

jałowy, pusty

leniwy

Answer 19

idle

• The factory has stood idle for over a year.*
• idle gossip*
• This is no idle threat.*
• He knows what has to be done, he’s just bone idle (= extremely lazy).*
• It doesn’t do you good to hang around idle.*

Question 20

uprzedzenie

Answer 20

prejudice [pre dżudiz]

• prejudice against women*
• You judge before - That’s what prejudice is.*

Question 21

podstawowy

zasadniczy

Answer 21

fundamental

• a fundamental change/difference*
• Training is fundamental to success.*
• This was a fundamental requirement for our group.*

Question 22

przewidywać

Answer 22

to foresee

There are some things we can’t foresee how they’ll change.

Question 23

iść na skróty

(fraza)

Answer 23

to cut corners

• > to take shortcuts
• You can’t cut corners with nature.*
• Can’t cut corners on this one.*

Question 24

tak zwane

Answer 24

so-called

We are going to open so-called “European Houses” in every country.

Question 25

uczynić coś bardziej znośnym, osłodzić

(fraza)

Answer 25

sugar / sweeten the pill

• make an unpleasant or painful necessity more palatable.
• Plans to improve public services are a way of sugaring the pill of increased taxation.*

Question 26

gwałtownie spadać

Answer 26

to plummet

• Temperatures plummeted to minus 20.*
• The thief will suffer when prices plummet with the next harvest.*

Question 27

bezkompromisowy

Answer 27

uncompromising

• an uncompromising attitude*
• What a bold, uncompromising move.*

Question 28

być na skraju…

(fraza)

Answer 28

to be on the brink of something

• This world is on the brink of war.*
• Michael, I’m on the brink of madness.*

Question 29

dobitny

surowy

Answer 29

stark

• His death is a stark warning to other people about the dangers of drugs.*
• a stark, snowy landscape*

Question 30

w przeciwieństwie do

(fraza)

Answer 30

as opposed to…

• But a large knife was used, as opposed to a scalpel.*
• I keep my word, as opposed to you.*

Question 31

odporny, elastyczny

Answer 31

resilient

• The barrier is more resilient than expected.*
• Only a very small percent are resilient to its effects.*

Question 32

przyćmić, przysłownić

Answer 32

to overshadow

• Man’s desires must overshadow his needs.*
• These clouds will overshadow our economic landscape in the coming years.*

Question 33

olśniewający

oślepiający

Answer 33

dazzling

• a dazzling display/performance*
• a dazzling white light*
• A thought that is dazzling in its purity.*
• Sometimes the light is so dazzling it’s all you can see.*

Question 34

zwracający na siebie uwagę

Answer 34

obtrusive

• The logo was still visible but less obtrusive this time in beige.*
• The soldiers were in civilian clothes, to make their presence less obtrusive.*

Question 35

stąd

z tego względu

Answer 35

hence

• A compound fracture, hence the scar.*
• But I kept him at bay, hence his rage.*
• You said your client’s situation was sensitive, hence the hurry.*