Unit 9 Flashcards
0
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Placed in a good location
A
Conveniently located
1
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Old and often valuable
A
Antique
2
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Small, comfortable and warm
A
Cosy
3
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A person who prefers to do things by himself
A
DIY enthusiast
4
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Cold air blowing through the room
A
Draughty
5
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Depressing
A
Gloomy
6
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Crowded place; does not have enough space for people in it
A
In cramped conditions
7
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Sth is in a bad state
A
In poor condition
8
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Sth has to be repaired very quickly because is in a very poor condition
A
In urgent need of repair
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A small house, especially one built of wood in an area of forest or mountains
A
Log cabin
10
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House that can be moved
A
Mobile home
11
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Building that was built recently
A
Newly built
12
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Covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way
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Overgrown
13
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A particular lenght of time with a beginning and an end
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Period
14
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With only a few basic pieces of furniture
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Poorly furnished
15
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Old and in a very poor condition (furniture)
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Rickety
16
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A building that is in a very bad condition
A
Run-down
17
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Bierzaca woda
A
Running water
18
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Made with taste, nice and attractive
A
Tastefully decorated
19
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Roof made with straw
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Thatched
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Clothes, carpets that are very thin and in a bad condition
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Threadbare
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Areas that has a lot of buildings and not many open spaces
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Built-up
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Bored and annoyed with sth
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Cheesed off
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Fairly rich
A
Comfortably off
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A long distance away
Faraway
25
You do not have much money
Hard up
26
Crash, collide; front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other
Head-on
27
Inside the building
Indoor
28
Clothes, curtains etc are especially made to fit
Made-to-measure
29
Clothes made in standard sizes, not especially to fit a person
Off-the-peg
30
Car etc that is coming towards you
Oncoming
31
Conected to internet
Online
32
Outside the building
Outdoor
33
Remote, place where is not many people
Out-of-the-way
34
To, from or in another town
Out-of-town
35
Expressing your opinions honestly and directly
Outspoken
36
For or during the night; happening suprisingly quickly
Overnight
37
Meal served to people who are sitting at a table
Sit-down meal
38
Very difficult
Uphill struggle
39
Including all the latest information
Up-to-date
40
Exhausted
Worn out
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A room, building etc that is next to sth
Adjacent
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A feeling of not being part of a group
Alienation
43
To make sth less painful or difficult
Alleviate
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To walk slowly in a relaxed way
Amble
45
Sufficient
Ample
46
With a single sudden action
At a stroke
47
A structure in a park that has a roof but no walls and is used by a band playing music
Bandstand
48
Materials that can change naturally into substances that do not harm the environment
Biodegradable
49
Eyes covered by a piece of cloth
Blindfolded
50
To talk too proudly about your achievements
Boast
51
Galaz
Branch
52
Very impressive
Breathtaking
53
To reduce sth into lower level ; to land; obalic rzad, property values
Bring sth down
54
To do sth that needs to be organized and planned
Carry sth out (into study)
55
Very upset
Choked
56
Warstwa farby
Coat of paint
57
Limits or borders
Confines
58
A line of hard rocks formed by a coral, found in warm sea water that is not very deep
Coral reef
59
Elegancko, schludnie ubrany
Crisply uniformed
60
Shaped like a cross
Cruciform
61
Pokruszony
Crumbling
62
A situation where no more progress is possible; a street with no way out at one end
Dead end
63
To eat sth quickly because you are veryhungry
Devour
64
To repair a car or a building
Do sth up
65
A series of printed spots
Dotted
66
To prepare a written document (list, contract)
Draw sth up
67
To visit someone you know, usually without arranging any particular time
Drop by
68
To damage or destroy sth with dynamite
To dynamite
69
Sewage
Effluent
70
Jasny; to make sth clear to someone
Enlightening
71
To tell sb legally that they must leave the house they are living in
Evict
72
To separate one area from another with a fence
Fenced off
73
To keep moving your hand or feet especially because of being bored or nervous
Fidget
74
To behave in a way towards sb that shows you are sexually attracted to them
Flirt
75
In order to help sb
For the sake of
76
To begin to feel comfortable in a new situation, place
Get settled in
77
To understand or deal with sth difficult
Get to grips with
78
Ciagac po sadach
Go through the courts
79
Green leaves and plants
Greenery
80
To argue when you are trying to agree about the price of sth
Haggle
81
A lot of hair on a person's body; dangerous
Hairy
82
Doing sth yourself rather than just talking about it or telling other people to do it
Hands -on (exhibits)
83
Sth annoying because it causes problems or is difficult to do
Hassle
84
A place someone likes to go to often
Haunt
85
To make it difficult for sth to develop or succedd
Hinder
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A large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way
Horde
87
Szukanie domu
House-hunting
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Very clean and tidy
Immaculate
89
Perfect
Impeccably
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To teach someone to think, behave or feel in a particular way over a period of time
Instill
91
Exchange (ideas)
Interchange
92
A lazy person who avoids work
Layabout
93
A building of historical interest and is protected by a government order
Listed building
94
A long list of problems, excuses
Litany
95
Awful, terrible
Lousy
96
Building that does not have many storeys
Low-rise
97
Plants that have many leaves and grow healthy and strong
Lush
98
an area of low wet ground that is always soft (bagna)
Marshland
99
Unnecessarily
Needlessly
100
Sth that is ready to use when you need it
On tap
101
A structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it
Pier
102
Pierze w poduszce
Pillow sham
103
A game played on a machine with a sloping board
Pinball
104
A series of stages in owning houses (first small and later more expensive/ bigger)
(To get on the) property ladder
105
Ustawic sie w kolejce po
Queue up for
106
Refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason
Refuse point blank
107
Famous
Renowned for
108
Someone who has just started doing the job and has little experience
Rookie
109
Behaving in a noisy, rough way
Rowdy
110
To protect sth from harm or demage
Safeguard
111
Spread over a wide area or a long period of time
Scattered
112
A game in which you need to find a treasure
Scavenger hunt
113
A mark or slight injury caused by rubbing against a rough surface
Scrape
114
Scieki
Sewage
115
Swimming under water with a snorkel (pipe)
Snorkelling
116
To explain sth clearly and in detail
Spell sth out
117
To lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way
Sprawl
118
Robic przysiady; to live in a building without permission and without paying rent
Squat
119
Someone who lives in an empty building without permission
Squatter
120
Press
Squeeze
121
Zespol grajacy na garnkach
Steelpan band
122
Extremely attractive or beautiful
Stunning
123
Able to be touched; relating to the sensation of touch
Tactile
124
Napawac sie widokami
Take in the sights
125
Warstwowy; with many levels
Tiered
126
A reptile that has a hard shell and usually is green
Turtle
127
To give strength and support to sth and help it succeed
Underpin
128
To seperate pieces of wire etc that are twisted together
Untangle
129
A path that is used a lot by people
Well-trodden
130
Wetlands
Areas that are partly covered with water or are wet most of the time
131
To spend time in a pleasant and lazy way
While sth away
132
To turn or twist sth several times around sth else
Wind
133
Bogaty
Affluent
134
Platac
Tangle
