unit 8

Question 1

very interesting

Answer 1

absorbing

Question 2

to allow or officially agree to sth

Answer 2

approve

Question 3

to kill someone

Answer 3

assassinate

Question 4

a ballpoint pen

Answer 4

biro

Question 5

to make a short, high electric noice

Answer 5

to bleep

Question 6

zbieg okoliczności

Answer 6

coincidence

Question 7

potępiać

Answer 7

condemn

Question 8

the shape of an object

Answer 8

contour

Question 9

romansowac, zalecac sie do siebie

Answer 9

courting

Question 10

very modern with all the newest features

Answer 10

cutting-edge

Question 11

the part at the front of the car, facing driver, showing speed for example

Answer 11

dashboard

Question 12

something that can be thrown out

Answer 12

disposable

Question 13

very interesting

Answer 13

engrossing

Question 14

something that can easily bend

Answer 14

flexible

Question 15

skrzynia biegów

Answer 15

gearbox

Question 16

a phrase or an idea which has been said or used so often that it became boring and meaningless

Answer 16

hackneyed

Question 17

very ugly

Answer 17

hideous

Question 18

badly planned, not wise

Answer 18

ill-conceived

Question 19

new, original, clever pomyslowy

Answer 19

imaginative

Question 20

sth so good that you couldn’t manage without it

Answer 20

indispensable

Question 21

sth cleverly made

Answer 21

ingenious

Question 22

sth utilising new ideas, methods etc

Answer 22

innovative

Question 23

sth showing a lot of skill and good ideas

Answer 23

inspired

Question 24

to be going to do sth very soon

Answer 24

to be on the point of sth

Question 25

to prevent someone from being able to act or think in the usual way

Answer 25

to overcome

Question 26

able to turn around a fixed point (obrotowe)

Answer 26

pivotable

Question 27

to loose your job

Answer 27

be made redundant

Question 28

ten cosiek na puszce do otwierania

Answer 28

ring-pull

Question 29

to fill a bath with water

Answer 29

to run a bath

Question 30

nawigacja

Answer 30

SatNav

Question 31

ability to see

Answer 31

sight

Question 32

to put sth in a particular place until it’s needed

Answer 32

to stow

Question 33

extremely beautiful

Answer 33

stunning

Question 34

a rubber piece which sticks to surface

Answer 34

suction pad

Question 35

be proud of sth

Answer 35

take pride in sth

Question 36

bieżnia

Answer 36

treadmill

Question 37

small and unimportant

Answer 37

trivial

Question 38

too interested in your own appearance (prozny)

Answer 38

vain

Question 39

stracic zainteresowanie

Answer 39

disengage

Question 40

uparty

Answer 40

pigheaded

Question 41

prowadzic wesele, mszę

Answer 41

officiate a wedding/ a mass

Question 42

participate

Answer 42

partake

Question 43

upasc, byc wrzuconym

Answer 43

plunge into

Question 44

to be made of

Answer 44

to comprise of

Question 45

therefore

Answer 45

thus

Question 46

rama, stelaz

Answer 46

frame

Question 47

zepsuc

Answer 47

mess up

Question 48

a stroller

Answer 48

a pram

Question 49

folded

Answer 49

stowed

Question 50

absorbing

Answer 50

engrossing

Question 51

excellent, marvelous

Answer 51

inspired

Question 52

odurzajacy

Answer 52

appalling

Question 53

zbedny, niepotrzebny

Answer 53

gratuitous

Question 54

sth doesn’t happen often

Answer 54

take odd photo

Question 55

“prawomocny” mąż

Answer 55

lawfully wedded husband

Question 56

agrafka

Answer 56

safety pin

Question 57

spod stopy

Answer 57

soles

Question 58

przydatny, wazny

Answer 58

instrumental

Question 59

zyskac rozpoznanie

Answer 59

receive recognition

Question 60

okablowanie

Answer 60

wiring

Question 61

wlokno weglowe

Answer 61

carbon-filament

Question 62

przebudzony

Answer 62

awake

Question 63

czuwajacy

Answer 63

wakeful

Question 64

used to vs would

Answer 64

used to - no limits
would - only action verbs (not state like love, know, believe etc)

Question 65

scattered around

Answer 65

scattered about

Question 66

regardless of

Answer 66

irrespective of

Question 67

znaczaca pozycja

Answer 67

prominent position

Question 68

a fellow citizen

Answer 68

compatriot

Question 69

consized (zwiezly, krotki)

Answer 69

succinct

Question 70

on the point

Answer 70

on the verge

Question 71

bez ograniczen

Answer 71

no-holds-barred

Question 72

to accelerate

Answer 72

to up one’s pace

Question 73

roic sie

Answer 73

to swarm

Question 74

podupadly, zniszczony

Answer 74

dilapidated

Question 75

czaic sie

Answer 75

lurk around

Question 76

bizzare, inaccessible

Answer 76

extravagant

Question 77

take pride in

Answer 77

pride oneself on

Question 78

decisively

Answer 78

flatly

Question 79

to plan to

Answer 79

to set out to

Question 80

to determine

Answer 80

establish

Question 81

uzyskac

Answer 81

acquire

Question 82

badanie porownawcze

Answer 82

comparative study

Question 83

students that haven’t yet received their diploma (I st studiow )

Answer 83

undergraduate

Question 84

rozniace sie dlugosci czasu

Answer 84

varying lengths of time

Question 85

to start, begin

Answer 85

to embark on

Question 86

previous

Answer 86

prior to

Question 87

the primary reason

Answer 87

chief reason

Question 88

w celu

Answer 88

with a view of doing sth

Question 89

w stopniu

Answer 89

the extend to which

Question 90

to give out

Answer 90

to administer

Question 91

to expect

Answer 91

to anticipate

Question 92

to establish

Answer 92

to ascertain

Question 93

miedzykulturowy

Answer 93

cross-cultural

Question 94

podpowiedziec

Answer 94

to prompt

Question 95

a person who tends to assume

Answer 95

assumptions

Question 96

oznaczac

Answer 96

to signify

Question 97

Przeznaczony czas na coś

Answer 97

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