Unit 9 Flashcards

0
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Placed in a good location

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Conveniently located

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Old and often valuable

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Antique

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2
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Small, comfortable and warm

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Cosy

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3
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A person who prefers to do things by himself

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DIY enthusiast

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4
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Cold air blowing through the room

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Draughty

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5
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Depressing

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Gloomy

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Crowded place; does not have enough space for people in it

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In cramped conditions

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7
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Sth is in a bad state

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In poor condition

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Sth has to be repaired very quickly because is in a very poor condition

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In urgent need of repair

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9
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A small house, especially one built of wood in an area of forest or mountains

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Log cabin

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10
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House that can be moved

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Mobile home

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11
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Building that was built recently

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Newly built

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12
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Covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way

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Overgrown

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13
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A particular lenght of time with a beginning and an end

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Period

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14
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With only a few basic pieces of furniture

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Poorly furnished

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15
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Old and in a very poor condition (furniture)

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Rickety

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16
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A building that is in a very bad condition

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Run-down

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17
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Bierzaca woda

A

Running water

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18
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Made with taste, nice and attractive

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Tastefully decorated

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19
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Roof made with straw

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Thatched

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20
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Clothes, carpets that are very thin and in a bad condition

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Threadbare

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21
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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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22
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Bored and annoyed with sth

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Cheesed off

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23
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Fairly rich

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Comfortably off

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24
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A long distance away

A

Faraway

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25
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You do not have much money

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Hard up

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26
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Crash, collide; front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other

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Head-on

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27
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Inside the building

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Indoor

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28
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Clothes, curtains etc are especially made to fit

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Made-to-measure

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29
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Clothes made in standard sizes, not especially to fit a person

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Off-the-peg

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30
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Car etc that is coming towards you

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Oncoming

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31
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Conected to internet

A

Online

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32
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Outside the building

A

Outdoor

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33
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Remote, place where is not many people

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Out-of-the-way

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34
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To, from or in another town

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Out-of-town

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35
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Expressing your opinions honestly and directly

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Outspoken

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36
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For or during the night; happening suprisingly quickly

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Overnight

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37
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Meal served to people who are sitting at a table

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Sit-down meal

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38
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Very difficult

A

Uphill struggle

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39
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Including all the latest information

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Up-to-date

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40
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Exhausted

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Worn out

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41
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A room, building etc that is next to sth

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Adjacent

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42
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A feeling of not being part of a group

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Alienation

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43
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To make sth less painful or difficult

A

Alleviate

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44
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To walk slowly in a relaxed way

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Amble

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45
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Sufficient

A

Ample

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46
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With a single sudden action

A

At a stroke

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47
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A structure in a park that has a roof but no walls and is used by a band playing music

A

Bandstand

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48
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Materials that can change naturally into substances that do not harm the environment

A

Biodegradable

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49
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Eyes covered by a piece of cloth

A

Blindfolded

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50
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To talk too proudly about your achievements

A

Boast

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51
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Galaz

A

Branch

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52
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Very impressive

A

Breathtaking

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53
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To reduce sth into lower level ; to land; obalic rzad, property values

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Bring sth down

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54
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To do sth that needs to be organized and planned

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Carry sth out (into study)

55
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Very upset

A

Choked

56
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Warstwa farby

A

Coat of paint

57
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Limits or borders

A

Confines

58
Q

A line of hard rocks formed by a coral, found in warm sea water that is not very deep

A

Coral reef

59
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Elegancko, schludnie ubrany

A

Crisply uniformed

60
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Shaped like a cross

A

Cruciform

61
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Pokruszony

A

Crumbling

62
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A situation where no more progress is possible; a street with no way out at one end

A

Dead end

63
Q

To eat sth quickly because you are veryhungry

A

Devour

64
Q

To repair a car or a building

A

Do sth up

65
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A series of printed spots

A

Dotted

66
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To prepare a written document (list, contract)

A

Draw sth up

67
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To visit someone you know, usually without arranging any particular time

A

Drop by

68
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To damage or destroy sth with dynamite

A

To dynamite

69
Q

Sewage

A

Effluent

70
Q

Jasny; to make sth clear to someone

A

Enlightening

71
Q

To tell sb legally that they must leave the house they are living in

A

Evict

72
Q

To separate one area from another with a fence

A

Fenced off

73
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To keep moving your hand or feet especially because of being bored or nervous

A

Fidget

74
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To behave in a way towards sb that shows you are sexually attracted to them

A

Flirt

75
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In order to help sb

A

For the sake of

76
Q

To begin to feel comfortable in a new situation, place

A

Get settled in

77
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To understand or deal with sth difficult

A

Get to grips with

78
Q

Ciagac po sadach

A

Go through the courts

79
Q

Green leaves and plants

A

Greenery

80
Q

To argue when you are trying to agree about the price of sth

A

Haggle

81
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A lot of hair on a person’s body; dangerous

A

Hairy

82
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Doing sth yourself rather than just talking about it or telling other people to do it

A

Hands -on (exhibits)

83
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Sth annoying because it causes problems or is difficult to do

A

Hassle

84
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A place someone likes to go to often

A

Haunt

85
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To make it difficult for sth to develop or succedd

A

Hinder

86
Q

A large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way

A

Horde

87
Q

Szukanie domu

A

House-hunting

88
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Very clean and tidy

A

Immaculate

89
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Perfect

A

Impeccably

90
Q

To teach someone to think, behave or feel in a particular way over a period of time

A

Instill

91
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Exchange (ideas)

A

Interchange

92
Q

A lazy person who avoids work

A

Layabout

93
Q

A building of historical interest and is protected by a government order

A

Listed building

94
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A long list of problems, excuses

A

Litany

95
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Awful, terrible

A

Lousy

96
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Building that does not have many storeys

A

Low-rise

97
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Plants that have many leaves and grow healthy and strong

A

Lush

98
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an area of low wet ground that is always soft (bagna)

A

Marshland

99
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Unnecessarily

A

Needlessly

100
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Sth that is ready to use when you need it

A

On tap

101
Q

A structure that is built over and into the water so that boats can stop next to it or people can walk along it

A

Pier

102
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Pierze w poduszce

A

Pillow sham

103
Q

A game played on a machine with a sloping board

A

Pinball

104
Q

A series of stages in owning houses (first small and later more expensive/ bigger)

A

(To get on the) property ladder

105
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Ustawic sie w kolejce po

A

Queue up for

106
Q

Refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason

A

Refuse point blank

107
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Famous

A

Renowned for

108
Q

Someone who has just started doing the job and has little experience

A

Rookie

109
Q

Behaving in a noisy, rough way

A

Rowdy

110
Q

To protect sth from harm or demage

A

Safeguard

111
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Spread over a wide area or a long period of time

A

Scattered

112
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A game in which you need to find a treasure

A

Scavenger hunt

113
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A mark or slight injury caused by rubbing against a rough surface

A

Scrape

114
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Scieki

A

Sewage

115
Q

Swimming under water with a snorkel (pipe)

A

Snorkelling

116
Q

To explain sth clearly and in detail

A

Spell sth out

117
Q

To lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out in a lazy or careless way

A

Sprawl

118
Q

Robic przysiady; to live in a building without permission and without paying rent

A

Squat

119
Q

Someone who lives in an empty building without permission

A

Squatter

120
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Press

A

Squeeze

121
Q

Zespol grajacy na garnkach

A

Steelpan band

122
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Extremely attractive or beautiful

A

Stunning

123
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Able to be touched; relating to the sensation of touch

A

Tactile

124
Q

Napawac sie widokami

A

Take in the sights

125
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Warstwowy; with many levels

A

Tiered

126
Q

A reptile that has a hard shell and usually is green

A

Turtle

127
Q

To give strength and support to sth and help it succeed

A

Underpin

128
Q

To seperate pieces of wire etc that are twisted together

A

Untangle

129
Q

A path that is used a lot by people

A

Well-trodden

130
Q

Wetlands

A

Areas that are partly covered with water or are wet most of the time

131
Q

To spend time in a pleasant and lazy way

A

While sth away

132
Q

To turn or twist sth several times around sth else

A

Wind

133
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Bogaty

A

Affluent

134
Q

Platac

A

Tangle