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Unit 10 Flashcards

0
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To look at sth with all your attention

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Be glued to

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Newsreader (UK)

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anchor

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A system of broadcasting television programmes by cable

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Cable television

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When you change from one television channel to another, only watching a few minutes of any programme

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Channel-hop

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Someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television

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Couch potato

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News about sth on TV or radio in the newspaper

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Coverage

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Aktualne wydarzenia

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Current affairs programme

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Telewizja dzienna

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Daytime television

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Czas najwiekszej ogladalnosci

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Prime time television

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The list that shows which films, tv programmes etc are the most popular

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Ratings

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10
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Najwazniejsze wiadomosci

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Recorded highlights

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Pilot telewizyjny

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Remote control

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Telewizja satelitarna

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Satellite television

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Situation comedy; a funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week

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Sitcom

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A television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly

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Soap opera

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TV etc that is broadcast from the Earth rather than from a satellite

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Terrestrial

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16
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Someone who watches television

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Viewer

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17
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Przegrana sprawa

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A lost cause

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18
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Highly unsuccessful or unprofitable film

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Box-office flop

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19
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To experience sth unpleasant

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Come to grief

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To be worthless

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Come to nothing

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Not happen

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Fall through

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Zbankrutowac

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Go bankrupt

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.To ruin sth

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Make a mess of sth

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To achieve one’s goal

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Make it to

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25
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Nie przynosic efektow

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Not do any good

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26
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Plan

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Work out

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27
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To succeed in doing sth , especially after trying very hard

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Accomplish

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28
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To form or make sth from a curved shape

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Arch

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29
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An official document promsing that a government or company will pay back money that it has borrowed, often with interest;
Obligacja

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Bond

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30
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Odbic sie od

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Bounce up to

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31
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Written to wave sth around in dangerous or threatening way,especially a weapon

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Brandish

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32
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Wywolac smiech

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Break into a fit of giggles

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33
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.

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Bring sth to a close captalize on

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34
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A small metal or plastic object that holds or fastens things together

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Clip

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35
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To reduce an amount, size, costs etc of sth

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Cut back on

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36
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The first public appearance of an entertainer, sports player etc of sth new and important

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Debut

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37
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The lack of sth that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable or happy

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Deprivation

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38
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A main road that has two lines of traffic travelling in each direction

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Dual carriageway

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39
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The ability to continue doing sth difficult or painful over a long period of time

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Endurance

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40
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To move lightly or quickly and not stay in one place for very long

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Flit

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41
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To worry about sth, especially when there is no need

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Fret about

42
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Money that is provided by an organization for a particular purpose

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Funding

43
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Make sb sad

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Get sb down

44
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To frighten someone or make nervous

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Give sb the shivers

45
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To do sth as well as you possibly can, although you are not sure whether you can succeed

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Give sth one’s best shot

46
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Migoczacy, blyszczacy

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Glimmering

47
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To agree with or support sb/ sth

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Go along with

48
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The use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive sb

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Guile

49
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Unlucky

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Hapless

50
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To annoy sb, especially by asking them many times to do sth

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Hassle

51
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A leather object for carrying a small gun, that is worn on a belt

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Holster

52
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To keep following sb and asking them questions in an annoying or threatening way

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Hound

53
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Part of body that is red and swollen

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Inflamed

54
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Always wanting more and more of sth

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Insatiable

55
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Push hard

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Jam

56
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To go as quickly as sb else

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Keep up with

57
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A lot of people find out about sth secret

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Leak out

58
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Inheritance

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Legacy

59
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Wyluzowac sie, rozluznic

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Let one’s hair down

60
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Abonament radiowo-telewizyjny

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Licence fee

61
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A dark brownish red color

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Marooned

62
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ćma

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Moth

63
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Not likely to cause arguments or make people angry

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Non-confrontational

64
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Paddle (wioslo)

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Oar

65
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Saczyc sie; emanowac

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Ooze

66
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Over the side of a ship or boat into the water

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Overboard

67
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To ask for sth that you want very much

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Plead with sb to do sth

68
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Stawic komus wyzwanie

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Pose a challange

69
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A lot of money

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Pots of money

70
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Rekwizyt

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Prop

71
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To show sb that he was mistaken

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Prove sb wrong

72
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One car gets in front of another by moving faster

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Pull ahead

73
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Strike a deal

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Pull off a deal

74
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To stop doing or being involved in sth or to make sb do this

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Pull out of

75
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Przyspieszac

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Put on a spurt

76
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A strong feeling of being sorry that you have done sth very bad

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Remorse

77
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Withdraw; you say you did not mean what you said earlier

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Retract

78
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Money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services

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Revenue

79
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Wioślarz

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Rower

80
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You start to have a feeling because you are with another person who has it

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Rub off on

81
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Wyczuc podstep

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Smell a rat

82
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To cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts

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Sob

83
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Iskra

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Spark

84
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To refuse to accept unfair tratment from a person or organization

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Stand up to

85
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A company that is owned or controlled by another larger company ; company

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Subsidiary

86
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Walk slowly

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Trail

87
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A small door that covers an opening in a roof or floor

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Trapdoor

88
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To push sth especially the edge of a piece of cloth or paper into or behind sth so that it looks tidier or stays in place

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Tuck

89
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To get someone’s support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them

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Win sb over

90
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Osiagnac cel

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Achieve an aim

91
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Swietlana przyszlosc

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Bright future

92
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Act in one’s own or everybody’s best interest

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Do well

93
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To progress a career or to make it successful

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Further one’s career

94
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To make progress in your life

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Get on in life.

95
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Give sb a feeling of fulfillment

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Give sb a sense of achievement

96
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Isc zle

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Go badly

97
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Someone who is extremely successful in their job or in school

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High-flier

98
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Nagly, niespodziewany sukces

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Overnight success

99
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To give sb all the money you owe them

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Pay off

100
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Miec wysok pozycje, wysoko w wykresach

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Ride high in the charts

101
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Miec szanse powodzenia w czyms

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Stand a chance of

102
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Very successful

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Thriving

103
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To happen in a particular way or to have a particular result especially one that you did not expect

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Turn out

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