unit 8 Flashcards
very interesting
absorbing
to allow or officially agree to sth
approve
to kill someone
assassinate
a ballpoint pen
biro
to make a short, high electric noice
to bleep
zbieg okoliczności
coincidence
potępiać
condemn
the shape of an object
contour
romansowac, zalecac sie do siebie
courting
very modern with all the newest features
cutting-edge
the part at the front of the car, facing driver, showing speed for example
dashboard
something that can be thrown out
disposable
very interesting
engrossing
something that can easily bend
flexible
skrzynia biegów
gearbox
a phrase or an idea which has been said or used so often that it became boring and meaningless
hackneyed
very ugly
hideous
badly planned, not wise
ill-conceived
new, original, clever pomyslowy
imaginative
sth so good that you couldn’t manage without it
indispensable
sth cleverly made
ingenious
sth utilising new ideas, methods etc
innovative
sth showing a lot of skill and good ideas
inspired
to be going to do sth very soon
to be on the point of sth
to prevent someone from being able to act or think in the usual way
to overcome
able to turn around a fixed point (obrotowe)
pivotable
to loose your job
be made redundant
ten cosiek na puszce do otwierania
ring-pull
to fill a bath with water
to run a bath
nawigacja
SatNav
ability to see
sight
to put sth in a particular place until it’s needed
to stow
extremely beautiful
stunning
a rubber piece which sticks to surface
suction pad
be proud of sth
take pride in sth
bieżnia
treadmill
small and unimportant
trivial
too interested in your own appearance (prozny)
vain
stracic zainteresowanie
disengage
uparty
pigheaded
prowadzic wesele, mszę
officiate a wedding/ a mass
participate
partake
upasc, byc wrzuconym
plunge into
to be made of
to comprise of
therefore
thus
rama, stelaz
frame
zepsuc
mess up
a stroller
a pram
folded
stowed
absorbing
engrossing
excellent, marvelous
inspired
odurzajacy
appalling
zbedny, niepotrzebny
gratuitous
sth doesn’t happen often
take odd photo
“prawomocny” mąż
lawfully wedded husband
agrafka
safety pin
spod stopy
soles
przydatny, wazny
instrumental
zyskac rozpoznanie
receive recognition
okablowanie
wiring
wlokno weglowe
carbon-filament
przebudzony
awake
czuwajacy
wakeful
used to vs would
used to - no limits
would - only action verbs (not state like love, know, believe etc)
scattered around
scattered about
regardless of
irrespective of
znaczaca pozycja
prominent position
a fellow citizen
compatriot
consized (zwiezly, krotki)
succinct
on the point
on the verge
bez ograniczen
no-holds-barred
to accelerate
to up one’s pace
roic sie
to swarm
podupadly, zniszczony
dilapidated
czaic sie
lurk around
bizzare, inaccessible
extravagant
take pride in
pride oneself on
decisively
flatly
to plan to
to set out to
to determine
establish
uzyskac
acquire
badanie porownawcze
comparative study
students that haven’t yet received their diploma (I st studiow )
undergraduate
rozniace sie dlugosci czasu
varying lengths of time
to start, begin
to embark on
previous
prior to
the primary reason
chief reason
w celu
with a view of doing sth
w stopniu
the extend to which
to give out
to administer
to expect
to anticipate
to establish
to ascertain
miedzykulturowy
cross-cultural
podpowiedziec
to prompt
a person who tends to assume
assumptions
oznaczac
to signify
Przeznaczony czas na coś
Allotted for