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Question 1

an ambitious and expensive goal, widely expected to have great significance

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loonshot

Question 2

crazy (2)

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loony // as mad as a hatter

Question 3

uwazac, strzec sie, wystrzegac

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beware
e.g. Beware of bad road conditions.

Question 4

oczywisty problem, o ktorym sie nie mowi, niewygodny temat

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the elephant in the room
e.g. Their strange relationship is an elephant in the room.

Question 5

wytrzymac probe czasu

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stand the test of time
e.g. The goal of this article is to review those ideas that have stood the test of time.

Question 6

innymi slowy

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to put it another way

Question 7

przychodzic do glowy

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spring to mind

Question 8

zysk, korzysc, rentownosc

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yield
e.g. The yield of our company is lower than last year.

Question 9

zyla zlota, maszynka do robienia pieniedzy

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cash cow

Question 10

zwykly, uczciwy czlowiek

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the salt of the earth

Question 11

zwykle, zazwyczaj, najczesciej (3)

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more often than not
ofttimes
oftentimes

Question 12

zwalniac kogos z pracy

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lay sb off
e.g. Lyft lays off 17% of workforce. The boss told me he would lay me off if I came to work late once again.

Question 13

zwalac kogos z nog (z zachwytu)

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knock sb out

Question 14

zostac zapamietanym

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go down
e.g. She will go down as a real hero.Your act will go down.

Question 15

znosic, cierpiec, wytrzymac np. bol, biede, zachowanie

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endure
e.g. I endured a lot of pain during those last few years.

Question 16

znizac sie do czegos

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descend to sth
e.g. I wouldn’t descend to such behaviour.

Question 17

znakomity, wspanialy (2)

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splendid, sensational

Question 18

znajdowac w czyms ukojenie

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find solace in sth

Question 19

znac cos jak wlasna kieszen

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know sth like the back of one’s hand
e.g. I’ve read this book so many times, I know it like the back of my hand.

Question 20

zmuszac do dymisji, odsunac od wladzy

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oust
e.g. The opposition ousted the dictator from power.

Question 21

zmieszany, wprawiony w zaklopotanie
wprawiac w zaklopotanie

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perplexed // perplex
e.g. He seemed a bit perplexed, and who could blame him.

Question 22

zmieniac bieg (doslownie i w przenosni)

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switch gears (American)
change gear (British)
e.g. You have to use the clutch, if you want to change gear.
Then he switched gears: My goal is to put people to work.

Question 23

zmeczenie, znuzenie, wyczerpanie // przymiotnik: znuzony, zmeczony // czasownik: meczyc

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weariness // weary == tired

Question 24

zmanipulowac, sfalszowac

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rig
e.g. The vote was rigged.

Question 25

zly omen, zapowiedz nieszczescia

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the writing is on the wall
e.g. The writing has been on the wall for this government ever since the street protests against it first began.

Question 26

zlagodzic, ulzyc

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alleviate
e.g. I can help alleviate some of what you’re going through.
You can do sth to alleviate the situation.

Question 27

zjechac na pobocze

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pull over
e.g. He was stopped by the police and asked to pull over.

Question 28

zgielk, harmider

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hustle and bustle
e.g. I can’t hear you because of this hustle and bustle

Question 29

zbierac sie w sobie

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hunker down
e.g. It took him a long time to hunker down and propose to her.

Question 30

zbieg

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fugitive

Question 31

zbesztac kogos

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rebuke
e.g. I was rebuked by my manager for being late.

Question 32

zawziecie, nieustepliwie

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relentlessly | in a relentless manner

Question 33

zawodnik, kandydat

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contender
e.g. I will be a contender in the OlympicsHis son is a contender to the throne.

Question 34

zawieszac sie o komputerze

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go down
e.g. My computer goes down very often, so I think I have to buy a new one.

Question 35

zawiesic kogos w obowiazkach
wyrok w zawieszeniu

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suspend // suspended sentence
e.g. She got suspended for being racist.

Question 36

zauroczyc, zahipnotyzowac

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mesmerize
e.g. You’ve mesmerized me 7 years ago. ,

Question 37

zastanawiac sie, badac, zglebiac (4)
e.g. He likes to … about the universe.
They … his house but they didn’t find any evidence

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probe
delve into
comb through
dissect

Question 38

zasobozernosc

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software bloat, bloatware

Question 39

zasmiecic, przeladowac np. zbednymi informacjami
rzeczownik: balagan

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clutter
e.g. Sorry about the clutter in the kitchen.
We want our message to stand out among the clutter of advertising.
I try not to clutter my mind with useless information.

Question 40

zasieg (mozliwosc osiagniecia czegos)

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grasp
e.g. Victory was in my grasp, but I failed to achieve it.

Question 41

zarobic kupe forsy

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make a killing
e.g. Lots of people made a killing when property values when so high back in the nineties.

Question 42

zardzewialy

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rusty
e.g. a rusty car

Question 43

zaprzeczenie, negacja czegos

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denial
e.g. Despite her denials, I knew she felt lonely

Question 44

zaprzec sie / dac wyraz bezaprobacie

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vote with your feet
e.g. When the price of skiing doubled, tourists voted with their feet and just stopped going.
I’m prepared to vote with my feet if the meeting appears to be a waste of time.

Question 45

zapomniec o klopotach

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leave sb’s troubles behind

Question 46

zapisac, zanotowac cos (2)

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put down | jot down
e.g. Put my phone number down.

Question 47

zamieszac komus w glowie

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boggle the mind

Question 48

zakwaterowanie z czesciowym wyzywieniem (sniadanie i kolacja)

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half board
e.g. This hotel offers half board accommodation at a good price.

Question 49

zakwasy

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muscle sores

Question 50

zakonczyc sie, calkowicie sie zatrzymac

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come to a halt

Question 51

zakladac, podawac z gory
zalozenie, przeslanka

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premise
e.g. He premised that we will lose the game.
The premise is that freedom of religion must apply to all religions.

Question 52

zajsc w ciaze

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get pregnant, conceive

Question 53

zagrozenie, niebezpieczenstwo

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peril

Question 54

zaczac sie gwaltownie, wybuchac np. o wojnie, epidemii

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break out
e.g. The second World War broke out in 1939.
An epidemic broke out in our city.

Question 55

zaczac cos robic (cos duzego i waznego)

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set out on sth / set out to do sth
e.g. A team of scientists has set out to discover a way of predicting earthquakes.

Question 56

zachowywac sie jak dziecko

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spit out the dummy

Question 57

z miejsca, z marszu, bez przygotowania (zwykle o przemowieniu)

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off the cuff
noun & adj: off-the-cuff
e.g. She wasn’t expecting to win, but she managed to say a few words off the cuff after being given the award.
The prime minister keeps making off-the-cuff remarks that get him into trouble.

Question 58

you can say an insult or criticism is … if it doesn’t upset you

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(like) water off a duck’s back
e.g. I asked Amy if she got upset when journalists wrote negative things about her, and she said it was like water off a duck’s back

Question 59

wzruszyc ramionami

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shrug your shoulders

Question 60

wzniosly, szczytny cel

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lofty goal

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wywolywac porod

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induce
e.g. In this hospital, twins are often induced.

Question 62

wyszukiwanie informacji || wyszukiwac

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trawl

Question 63

wystroic sie

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dress up to the nines
e.g. Have you seen Frank? He is dressed up to the nines and he looks amazing.

Question 64

wyrzucic cos z siebie, zrzucic kamien z serca

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get sth off sb’s chest
e.g. I can see that something’s upsetting you, so why don’t you get it off your chest and tell me what it is.

Question 65

wyrzucac

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toss out
e.g. When reading an article you toss out the things that you find boring.

Question 66

wyrwac sie, wyzwolic sie np. z rutyny, dawnego stylu zycia

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break out
e.g. I can’t break out of my old lifestyle.

Question 67

wypuscic dzina z butelki - pozwolic, zeby stalo sie cos, czego nie mozna zatrzymac

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let the genie out of the bottle

Question 68

wyprzedzac np. osobe, samochod, rozwoj

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overtake
e.g. The car sped up and quickly overtook him, blocking his way.
Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe.

Question 69

wypracowac cos np. porozumienie

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hammer out sth
e.g. It took their lawyers nearly a year to hammer out a divorce settlement.

Question 70

wyobrazac sobie (cos)

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conceive
e.g. Stop conceiving your future, it’s a great unknown.

Question 71

wynagradzac czyjes straty

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recoup one’s losses

Question 72

wymagac, zmuszac do (2)

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compel / necessitate
e.g. Reduction in government spending will necessitate further cuts in public services.

Question 73

wyluzowac sie, zrelaksowac sie, pojsc w tango

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let your hair down
e.g. It’s hard to imagine Francine letting her hair down and having fun.
Come on, George! It’s Saturday night so why don’t you stop being so serious and let your hair down for a change?

Question 74

wykorzystac cos, zrobic z czegos uzytek (w celu osiagniecia celu)

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make of
e.g. What you make of the money is none of my concern.
What should I make of this advice?

Question 75

wykopac, wyrzucic np niechcianego goscia

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kick off
e.g. He broke the rules and was kicked off the team.

Question 76

wykazywac np zdolnosci, umiejetnosci

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exhibit
e.g. He exhibits exceptional music abilities

Question 77

wydzielenie sie spolki / produkt uboczny

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spin-off

Question 78

wydus to z siebie

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say it! spit it out!

Question 79

wydobyc istote czegos

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distil
e.g. The philosopher wanted to distil knowledge from those texts.

Question 80

wyczyniac cuda, robic rzeczy niemozliwe

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jump through hoops

Question 81

wyciac kogos np. z klopotow

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pull sb through
e.g. His faith pulled him through the crisis.
My best friend pulled me through troubles.

Question 82

wtracic np. uwage, komentarz

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interject

Question 83

wtracac sie w cos

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pry into
e.g. Why are you prying into my affairs all the time?

Question 84

wszystkie szczegoly czegos

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the ins and outs of sth

Question 85

wspolne czesci

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commonalities

Question 86

wplacic zaliczke za cos

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put the deposit down on sth
e.g. It’s time to put the deposit down on the car.
I put the deposit down on the flat

Question 87

woda pitna

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potable water / drinking water

Question 88

wnikliwy

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insightful
e.g. You are by far the most insightful boy in our class.

Question 89

wlec sie, raczkowac, czolgac sie

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crawl
e.g. His son started to crawl.
The car in front of us is crawling and we can’t overtake it.
Do you really have to crawl like that? We’ll be late!

Question 90

wladza

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grasp
e.g. The king’s grasp is destroying this kingdom.

Question 91

wjechac i zatrzymac sie

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pull in
e.g. Her car just pulled in outside.

Question 92

wizytowka czyichs umiejetnosci .

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showcase
e.g. I would like to see a showcase of your abilities

Question 93

wietrzny

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blustery
e.g. blustery weather

Question 94

wieszak (2)

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rack, hanger
e.g. Hang your coat on the rack.
He hung the shirt on a coat hanger.

Question 95

wierzcholek gory lodowej

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the tip of the iceberg
e.g. The homeless kids who just visit us for help are just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands more we never see.

Question 96

wierny, oddany

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staunch
e.g. He has a reputation as being a staunch supporter of monarchy.

Question 97

wiernosc / niewiernosc

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fidelity / infidelity
e.g. I take this ring as a sign of your love and fidelity.

Question 98

widze swiatlo w tunelu

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I can see light at the end of the tunnel

Question 99

wiatr zmienny

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baffling wind

Question 100

wezwanie do sadu / wezwac do sadu

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subpoena
e.g. I got a subpoena in the mail today.

Question 101

wczesniejszy, uprzedni // przed czyms

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prior // to sth
e.g. The results were not known prior to official publication.
I wasn’t able to attend because of a prior plan.

Question 102

wczesne dziecinstwo, niemowlectwo

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infancy
e.g. I’ve known him since his infancy.

Question 103

wchodze w to

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deal me in / count me in
e.g. When I told Tommy we were going bowling, he said: Great! Deal me in

Question 104

wbijac komus cos do glowy

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drive sth home to sb
e.g. The teacher repeated the point three times just to drive it home.
The accident drove home the importance of wearing seatbelts to everyone concerned.

Question 105

wada // usterka // skaza (np. materialu)

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flaw
e.g. There are some flaws in your argument.

Question 106

w sposob dajacy sie udowodnic

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provably
e.g. provably fair (umozliwiajacy potwierdzenie uczciwosci - o algorytmach w hazardzie)

Question 107

w slad za czyms / w wyniku czegos

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in the wake of sth
e.g. Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday’s bomb attacks.,

Question 108

w przyszlosci (2)

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down the road // down the line

Question 109

w ostatecznosci

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if the worst comes to the worst

Question 110

vomit (2)

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throw up // spew up

Question 111

visit bars, nightclubs to have a good time

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paint the town red
e.g. It’s Ian’s birthday so he’s going out with some friends tonight to paint the town red.

Question 112

very small portion of sth

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a drop in the bucket (American)
a drop in the ocean (British/Australian)
e.g. Our government’s sending a thousand tons of food, but that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to what’s needed.

Question 113

very important day for some reason

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a red-letter day
e.g. The day Tatiana graduated from university was a red-letter day for the whole family.

Question 114

very different from sth else

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in stark contrast to
e.g. His comments were in stark contrast to his earlier statements.

Question 115

uzywac czegos przeciwko komus

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hold sth over somebody
e.g. If my boss doesn’t give me a raise, I will hold embarrassing pictures over him.

Question 116

uznac kogos za / uwazac / uwazac za konieczne

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deem
e.g. How could anyone deem this film funny?
He was deemed insane.
deem necessary

Question 117

uwzgledniac cos

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allow for sth
e.g. Did you allow for my opinion?
You have to allow for the fact that I was sick all week.

Question 118

uwodzic, balamucic kogos (2)

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seduce | vamping

Question 119

utkwic w miejscu

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bog down
e.g. I got bogged down in the model implementation.

Question 120

ustapic, ustepowac (np. pierwszenstwa przejazdu) (2)

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yield // give way
e.g. Do not yield until our every enemy has fallen.
You have to give way to this car.

Question 121

uspiony, w okresie spoczynku np. organizacja

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dormant

Question 122

used for saying that sth is much more extreme than your words suggest

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to put it mildly
eg. to put it mildly, it has been a remarkable day.

Question 123

uprzejmosc, grzecznosc

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courtesy
e.g. They don’t even have the courtesy to do it behind my back.

Question 124

upiec dwie pieczenie na jednym ogniu

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kill two birds with one stone

Question 125

uparty, obstajacy przy swoim, zawziety

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opinionated
e.g. I’m very opinionated person, but I keep my opinions to myself.

Question 126

uniwersalny, wszechstronny

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versatile

Question 127

undertake an impossible task or project or make a job unnecessarily difficult

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boil the ocean
e.g. to avoid boiling the ocean, focus on the most critical parts of a project,

Question 128

ukuc, wymyslic np. powiedzenie (2)

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coin // concoct
e.g. In the 1980s we coined the phrase XYZ. Many English words were coined by Shakespeare.

Question 129

ukryty, utajniony

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latent
e.g. latent needs: Marketers know more about your latent needs than you!

Question 130

uciec z wiezienia

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break out
e.g. The prisoner broke out of prison yesterday.

Question 131

uchylanie sie np. od placenia podatkow

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tax evasion

Question 132

uchwyt, chwytac

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grasp
e.g. He shook my hand with a very strong grasp.

Question 133

tymczasowe rozwiazanie (nienakierowane na zrodlo problemu)

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band-aid solution
e.g. We know that band-aid solutions won’t fix the problems.
// plaster z opatrunkiem

Question 134

turn a bad situation into a good one

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turn lemons into lemonade
e.g. when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Question 135

try sth first before deciding whether to get involved in it (2) // probowac cos
e.g. You should go to a couple of classes to … before you decide whether to take the course.
Bob is very cautious about committing to anything, and always … before making a decision.

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test the waters // dip one’s toe in

Question 136

treat sb badly / deceive sb in some way (3)

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jerk around / mess around / mistreat
e.g. I wish the insurance company would stop jerking us around and just pay us the money they owe us.

Question 137

trafic w dziesiatke

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be spot-on

Question 138

trafic na rownego sobie

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meet your match
e.g. I think I’ve met my match at last. This new guy at the chess club nearly beat me yesterday.

Question 139

to write the details on a check or a legal document (often used with: check, will, insurance claim, bill, tax return, receipt) (2)

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make out // write out
e.g. Who should I make the check out to?
I’m going to see my lawyer and he’s going to help me make out my will.

Question 140

to the degree that

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insofar as
e.g. She had done her best to comfort him, insofar as she was able.

Question 141

to take or buy sth in a quick and eager way

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scoop up
e.g. Customers scooped up the free samples.

Question 142

to succeed in doing sth difficult

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pull off / bring off
e.g. James has just pulled off one of the biggest deals of his career.

Question 143

to stop sth from rising by pressing down on it or putting a heavy object on it

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hold down
e.g. The vet’s assistant held down our dog while the vet gave her the injection.

Question 144

to spread over an area quickly and in large numbers

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overrun
e.g. The city has become increasingly unpleasant because it is overrun with tourists.

Question 145

to serve or reserve sth like time, money, food, etc., for a particular purpose, or for use in the future (3)

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put aside // set aside // reserve
e.g. Laura put aside a few dollars a week for her granddaughter’s education.

Question 146

to review sth, or look at it again, in order to learn or memorize it

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go over
e.g. You’ll learn the new vocab if you go over your word lists every day for a week.

Question 147

to remove sth that’s fixed to a wall like a picture or a poster

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take down sth
e.g. Let’s take down all our pictures before painters get here.

Question 148

to put an item of clothing on, usually in hurry

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pull on // put on // don (formal)
e.g. After pulling on his jeans, Sam dashed outside to get the washing in before it rained.

Question 149

to present an event such as a concert, a seminar, a sporting tournament, etc

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put on // stage
e.g. Is the marketing department putting a sales seminar on this month?

Question 150

to persuade sb to do sth

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induce sb to do sth
e.g. Nothin could induce me to climb a mountain.

Question 151

to offer someone sth that he/she wants in order to persuade that person to do sth

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dangle
e.g. I’ve tried dangling all kinds of offers in front of him to get him to work harder at school.

Question 152

to nie moja bajka

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it’s not my cup of tea

Question 153

to move around and talk to other people at a social event

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mingle
e.g. You’ve been talking to Roger all evening - you really ought to be mingling with the other guests.

Question 154

to mix or combine, or to be mixed or combined

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mingle
e.g. The two flavours mingle well.
The excitement of starting a new job is always mingled with a certain apprehension.

Question 155

to meet or begin to work with another person or other people, to begin a romantic relationship

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hook up
e.g. When did you two first hook up? He hooked up with some cool dogs.

Question 156

to make something stronger, more extreme, or more exiting zwiekszyc/nakrecic/podniecic

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amp up
e.g. They are amping up the pressure on their opponents.If you’re ready to amp up the adventure, you can climb up via the waterfall.

Question 157

to make somebody busy with something (2)

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tie up with sth // occupy
e.g. He’ll be tied up with day-to-day tasks all afternoon, but he can see you tomorrow morning.

Question 158

to make a place or a thing look more cheerful and more lively (2)

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brighten up, liven up
e.g. Some pictures and plants would definitely brighten up the apartment.

Question 159

to make a judgment about something, usually people’s feelings

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gauge
e.g. It’s difficult to gauge how they’ll react.
A poll was conducted to gauge consumer’s attitudes.

Question 160

to keep sth/sb inside a building or in a small space especially for a long period of time

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coop up

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to include different types of things // obejmowac

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encompass
e.g. The festival is to encompass everything from music, theatre, and ballet to literature, cinema, and the visual arts.

Question 162

to finish work, or have a break from work

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get off
e.g. We start work at 9 in the morning, and we get off at 5.

Question 163

to end a phone conversation

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hang up (on sb)
e.g. He started shouting so I hung up (on him)

Question 164

to do nothing instead of making an effort to get what you want

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sit back
e.g. If you want to make friends, you have to make an effort. You can’t just sit back and wait for people to call you.

Question 165

to discuss a situation with sb, usually before making a decision

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talk sth over with sb
e.g. I’d like to talk it over with my family first.

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to decide not to do something that you had planned to do

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scrub
e.g. We had to scrub our plans when I lost my job.

Question 167

to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired

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write off
e.g. If you write off my car, you’ll have to buy a new one.

Question 168

to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group

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assemble
e.g. We assembled in the meeting room after lunch.
The plan consist of assembling the data transformations into stages.

Question 169

to cause a death of a whole population or an entire species (2)

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kill off // wipe out
e.g. Hopefully these new drugs can kill off the AIDS virus in someone who’s infected.

Question 170

to calculate an amount, especially by using a measuring device

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gauge
e.g. Use a thermometer to gauge the temperature.

Question 171

to become very excited or angry

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go bananas
e.g. The crowd went bananas when the concert began.

Question 172

to be sold for a certain amount of money (2)

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go for // fetch
e.g. How much did your neighbour’s house go for?

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to allow or force someone to be absent temporarily from work

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furlough
e.g. After safety concerns, the company furloughed all 4,000 of its employees.

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to act or dress in a certain way

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go around
e.g. He used to go around in jeans and a t-shirt, but now he wears a bespoke suit.
Ever since Lee got his promotion, he’s been going around telling everyone what to do.

Question 175

things are improving

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things are looking up
e.g. Things are looking up now that the tourist season is here.

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the quality of being no longer new or fresh

Answer 176

staleness
e.g. model staleness refers to the predictive power of an ML model decreasing over time, as trends or tastes change.

Question 177

the natural ability to talk in a way that people find entertaining or persuasive

Answer 177

the gift of (the) gab
e.g. All good salespeople have the gift of the gab, so people trust them and believe whatever they say.

Question 178

the person or issue that’s preventing forward progress on a project
the person or issue that will take up the most time on a project.

Answer 178

the long pole in the tent
e.g. calling and getting big corporate sponsors is the long pole in the tent.,

Question 179

the basic elements or essentials

Answer 179

bare bones
e.g. They outlined the bare bones of the proposal
bare-bones implementation

Question 180

the act of checking that something does not contain elementary mistakes or impossibilities

Answer 180

sanity check
e.g. Running sanity checks is an important part of the code review.

Question 181

tarcia, napiecie

Answer 181

friction
e.g. There is strong friction here in the relationship between the European and national levels.

Question 182

tamowac (krew), hamowac (lzy)

Answer 182

staunch

Question 183

take the best possible approach to meet the specific requirements

Answer 183

take the best-of-breed approach

Question 184

ta, akurat! // jakby, jak gdyby

Answer 184

as if
e.g. Did you get a pay rise? As if!
He wants to get another car - as if we don’t have enough cars in the driveway already!

Question 185

szybko reagowac

Answer 185

be quick off the mark

Question 186

szukac dziury w calym, czepiac sie czasownik + rzeczownik

Answer 186

nitpick // nitpicking
e.g. You’re always nitpicking - it’s so annoying

Question 187

szlochac | szlochanie

Answer 187

sob // sobs
e.g. I found her sobbing in the attic.

Question 188

szczery, nieudawany (3)

Answer 188

sincere | frank | genuine

Question 189

szczerosc, otwartosc

Answer 189

candour - british
candor - american

Question 190

swieto, uroczystosc

Answer 190

festivity
e.g. family festivity, wedding festivity

Question 191

support sth and stop it from falling down

Answer 191

hold sb/sth up
e.g. He was so tired after climbing the mountain that I had to hold him up.

Question 192

sukcesywnie

Answer 192

successively

Question 193

submit/send sth like a document or a report

Answer 193

get sth in
e.g. Make sure you get your application in on time, or you won’t get the job.

Question 194

stwarzac np. pomysl

Answer 194

conceive
e.g. He conceived this brilliant idea

Question 195

stubbornly resist sth / refuse to change

Answer 195

dig your heels in
e.g. Even though the developer offered them more than their houses were worth, the owners dug their heels in and refused to sell up.

Question 196

strzelic sobie w stope

Answer 196

shoot yourself in the foot

Question 197

strzelic gafe, palnac cos

Answer 197

put your foot in your month
e.g. I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked her how her husband was. I forgot that he died last year.

Question 198

strych

Answer 198

attic

Question 199

stracic panowanie nad soba, wpasc w szal

Answer 199

run amok

Question 200

stosowny, odpowiedni

Answer 200

befitting
e.g. befitting for the occasion

Question 201

start / succeed

Answer 201

get (sth) off the ground
e.g. A lot more money will be required to get this project off the ground.

Question 202

stanowiace wyzwanie/zniechecajace zadanie

Answer 202

daunting task
e.g. Working with federal agencies can often be a daunting task.

Question 203

stan rzeczy, sytuacja

Answer 203

state of affairs
e.g. Can you tell us what the state of affairs is?
we should first review the current state of affairs.

Question 204

sprzeglo

Answer 204

clutch
e.g. I took my foot off the clutch.

Question 205

sprzedaz hurtowa // hurtowy

Answer 205

wholesale
e.g. at wholesale - hurtem
at wholesale price
wholesale market

Question 206

sprzeczny z intuicja

Answer 206

counterintuitive

Question 207

rewelacja, pozytywne zaskoczenie

Answer 207

revelation
e.g. Did you hear the revelation about John?

Question 208

robic cos w ostatniej chwili

Answer 208

knock sth together
e.g. We’ve got some investors coming this afternoon, would it be possible to knock a presentation together for them?

Question 209

robic sobie z czegos/kogos jaja

Answer 209

take the mickey out of sth/sb

Question 210

rownolegly

Answer 210

parallel

Question 211

rozbieznosc, roznica

Answer 211

dichotomy
e.g. The dichotomy between good and evil is the basic foundation of human culture.

Question 212

rozkladac na czynniki

Answer 212

factor
e.g. Let’s factor this question.
This is an abstruse problem, so if we factor it, we will solve it much quicker.

Question 213

rozmaity, rozny

Answer 213

miscellaneous

Question 214

roznica zdan, sprzeciw || miec odmienne zdanie

Answer 214

dissent
e.g. Let’s not become enemies due to our dissent.
I’m going to dissent from this popular opinion.

Question 215

rozpoczynac, podejmowac, przedsiewziac np kampanie

Answer 215

embark on sth

Question 216

rozprzestrzeniac sie, przesiakac

Answer 216

permeate
e.g. Dissatisfaction with the government seems to have permeated every section of society.
Watch out! Misiek’s fart is going to permeate a first-class compartment.

Question 217

rozszyfrowywac, rozwiazywac np. zagadke

Answer 217

decipher

Question 218

rozwazny, przezorny (2)

Answer 218

prudent, provident
e.g. A prudent woman always has with her pepper spray.

Question 219

rozwodnic np drinka

Answer 219

water down
e.g. They water down beer.

Question 220

rutyna, utarte sposoby postepowania

Answer 220

rut
e.g. I’m in a rut and I need a change.
I started doing extreme sports to escape the rut.

Question 221

rycerz w lsniacej broni

Answer 221

a knight in shining armour
e.g. Jason was my knight in shining armour. He brought food and newspapers every day until I got better.

Question 222

rzucic na cos okiem

Answer 222

cast an eye on sth

Question 223

sedno sprawy

Answer 223

crux of the matter
e.g. Remember that number it is the crux of the matter.

Question 224

senny, spiacy

Answer 224

drowsy
e.g. The sun had made him drowsy.

Question 225

seperate sth/sb from other things or people
noun: a part of company/ organization/ system that doesn’t work well with other parts

Answer 225

silo
e.g. We found that a lot of people work in silos - they don’t see the connections between what they do and how another part of the airline operates.
The goal is to level the barriers created when an organization’s data is siloed.

Question 226

siano

Answer 226

hay

Question 227

siekac

Answer 227

chop up // cut up
e.g. Chop the onion finely! (drobno)

Question 228

sierota

Answer 228

orphan

Question 229

sklep odziezowy // ubrac // odziez

Answer 229

apparel retailer // clothing retailer

Question 230

sklonny do / podatny na np. choroby (3)

Answer 230

prone (to sth) // susceptible to sth // predisposed to sth e.g. error prone
Elderly people are susceptible to osteoporosis.

Question 231

skonczyc z kims np rozmowe / skonczyc z czyms

Answer 231

be through with somebody / sth

Question 232

skrot

Answer 232

shorthand for sth
e.g. Wi-fi is shorthand for wireless fidelity.

Question 233

smiechu wart, smiesznie (maly)

Answer 233

derisory
e.g. they offered me a derisory amount of money

Question 234

smieciowe jedzenie

Answer 234

junk food

Question 235

solve a problem / calculate sth (3)

Answer 235

nut out // work out // figure out
e.g. We’re having a meeting to nut out the best way to promote the new model.

Question 236

something that is very impressive

Answer 236

showstopper
e.g. That dress she wore was a showstopper!

Question 237

something that prevents an activity or process from continuing

Answer 237

showstopper
e.g. It’s something to be aware of and for us to work through, but I don’t think it’s a showstopper.

Question 238

sonda kosmiczna

Answer 238

space probe

Question 239

sowicie wynagrodzony

Answer 239

amply rewarded
e.g. You will be amply rewarded for loyalty.

Question 240

sporo, niemalo

Answer 240

quite a few

Question 241

sprawca // przyczyna czegos

Answer 241

culprit
e.g. murder culprit
Sugary drinks are the main culprit of obesity among children.

Question 242

sprowadzac kogos na zla droge

Answer 242

derail sb

Question 243

sprowadzac sie do czegos // skrocic cos

Answer 243

boil down
e.g. He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs.
A summary of a book should boil down the story to the main idea.

// dodatkowe znaczenie: odparowac cos np zupe

Question 244

sprytne zagranie

Answer 244

nifty foot

Question 245

sprzeciw, zastrzezenie / zglosic sprzeciw

Answer 245

caveat
e.g. He agreed to the interview, with the caveat that he could approve the final article.
One caveat: know when passengers must be back on board the plane.

Question 246

rok do roku

Answer 246

year in, year out
e.g. Our family gets together year in, year out at Christmas time.

Question 247

return money that you borrowed (2)

Answer 247

pay back / repay
e.g. You promised you’d pay all the money back to me this week. So where is it?

Question 248

resolve the problems associated with the situation

Answer 248

work out the kinks
e.g. working out the kinks of a potential trade agreement.

Question 249

relax and take it easy (3)

Answer 249

veg out // laze around // chill out
e.g. I’m really tired tonight. I think I’ll just go home and veg out in front of the TV.,

Question 250

relax and feel comfortable in someone else’s home

Answer 250

make yourself at home
e.g. When we arrived at my apartment, I showed my guests the sofa and said, Make yourself at home

Question 251

dotyczyc (2)

Answer 251

apply to // pertain to sth
e.g. The company’s new regulations on sexual harassment apply to everybody.,

Question 252

impossible for someone to understand or explain, zaskakujacy, zbijajacy z tropu

Answer 252

baffling
e.g. I found what he was saying completely baffling.
The book features a detective who can penetrate the most baffling mysteries.

Question 253

zamykac np. w pokoju, w celi / przykuc do lozka

Answer 253

confine
e.g. He was caught and confined to jail.The illness confined him to his bed

Question 254

nikczemny, podly (2)

Answer 254

despicable | malicious

Question 255

dowolnosc, swoboda decyzji (2)
pozostawic cos w czyjejs gestii

Answer 255

discretion // leeway in sth
leave sth up to sb
e.g. We need to upgrade our computer network, and Harry is our computer expert so we will leave it up to him.
You have full discretion on this operation
I shall leave it to your discretion.
Payment to redundant workers is at the company’s discretion

Question 256

miec pustke w glowie, nie moc znalezc rozwiazania

Answer 256

draw a blank
e.g. I did a search on the web for information, but I drew a blank.
He said he tried to remember the date of the meeting, but he drew a blank and couldn’t tell us

Question 257

spadaj! idz do diabla!

Answer 257

drop dead!

Question 258

drzemac, przysypiac (2)
rzeczownik: drzemka

Answer 258

drowse off || doze off
drowse
e.g. I was reading a very boring book and just dozed off.

Question 259

unikac czegos (2)

Answer 259

evade | dodge
e.g. The prisoner evaded questioning by pretending to be sick He tried to dodge questions he didn’t know how to answer.

Question 260

zalapac cos, zrozumiec podstawy czegos (3)

Answer 260

get a grasp of sth
get the gist
wrap one’s head around sth

e.g. I still can’t wrap my head around this situation.

Question 261

rzucic cos, dac sobie z czyms spokoj (2)

Answer 261

hang it up || blow sth off
e.g. Tom blew his job off.

Question 262

przeczucie (2)

Answer 262

hunch | gut feeling
e.g. I’ve got a hunch that somehow today you’ll find a job.

Question 263

niezbedny, niezastapiony

Answer 263

indispensable to sb // indispensable for sth
e.g. This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.
None of our players is indispensable

Question 264

rozpoczac (2)

Answer 264

kick off || commence
e.g. Indonesia’s parliamentary election campaigned kicked off at the weekend.
I hesitated before commencing my speech.
The ceremony will commence at 11 o’clock.

Question 265

zapomniec cos

Answer 265

leave sth behind
e.g. I’m afraid I’ve left my wallet behind.

Question 266

rutynowe prace (nuzace i wymagajace sporo zachodu)

Answer 266

legwork

Question 267

wyolbrzymiac cos (2)

Answer 267

make too much of sth // make a song and dance about sth,

Question 268

opacznie zrozumiec, zle pojac (3)

Answer 268

misconceive || take sth the wrong way || misconstrue
e.g. She misconceived my remarks.

Question 269

poniesc konsekwencje czegos (2)

Answer 269

pay the price // face the music
e.g. You did a bad thing and now you have to face the music.

Question 270

zasieg, zakres, obszar

Answer 270

purview

Question 271

odlozyc cos na pozniej, schodzic na drugi plan (5)

Answer 271

put sth on the back burner
remit
park
put sth in the cold storage
kick sth into the long grass

Question 272

dziwak (2)

Answer 272

queer fish || weirdo

Question 273

kaprys, wybryk, niepoprawne zachowanie (2)

Answer 273

quirk // whim

Question 274

powstrzymac sie np. od glosowania | wstrzymanie sie od (2)

Answer 274

refrain / abstain
abstention from sth

Question 275

drazliwy punkt / temat (2)

Answer 275

sore/thorny point / subject

Question 276

a sudden and great increase to increase suddenly and strongly

Answer 276

surge
e.g. An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash.
There has been a surge in house prices recently.
The company’s profits have surged.

Question 277

a sudden and great movement forward to move quickly and powerfully

Answer 277

surge
e.g. At the end of the game, there was a surge of fans onto the field.
An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president’s palace.

Question 278

porwac kogos (o wodzie lub powodzi)

Answer 278

wash sb away
e.g. The water washed a little girl away and she drowned.

Question 279

calkowicie, kompletnie (2)

Answer 279

wholly, utterly
e.g. be wholly responsible

Question 280

bez zbednej straty czasu, nie zwlekajac (2)

Answer 280

Without further ado || right off the bat
e.g. Yes, I’ll clean this mess right off the bat.

Question 281

byc czyms konikiem, mocna strona

Answer 281

be in sb’s wheelhouse
e.g. It’s clear that the political implications of this issue are well in the author’s wheelhouse.

Question 282

dwa tygodnie

Answer 282

fortnight

Question 283

pochwala | pochwalic kogos (2)

Answer 283

a pat on the back || pat sb on the back || lavish sth on sb
e.g. Don’t you think Salim deserves a pat on the back for his report?
My teacher lavishes praise on you.

Question 284

skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as business or politics

Answer 284

acumen
e.g. She has considerable business/financial acumen.

Question 285

zawiesic, wstrzymac np. negocjacje, produkcje

Answer 285

suspend
e.g. I intend to suspend the sitting for five minutes

Question 286

zawily, skomplikowany (3)

Answer 286

abstruse || tangled || intricate
e.g. This is an abstruse problem, so if we factor it, we will solve it much quicker.

Question 287

24 godziny na dobe, na okraglo, dzien i noc (np.pracowac)

Answer 287

around the clock
e.g. They’ve been working around the clock to meet the deadline.
He requires around-the-clock care.

Question 288

a cheap copy of a popular product

Answer 288

knock-off
e.g. Is that the real thing or a knock-off?

Question 289

a connection to an electricity supply, the internet etc // polaczyc ze soba urzadzenia elektryczne

Answer 289

hook-up
e.g. The campsite has water and electric hook-ups.
I hooked up the phone to the charger.
Can you help me hook up my printer to the laptop?

Question 290

a legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment (2)

Answer 290

moratorium // payment holiday
e.g. The debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium.

Question 291

a person who learns new things quickly

Answer 291

a quick study

Question 292

a short part taken from a speech, book, film and the like

Answer 292

excerpt
e.g. These are excerpts from his report, which you can find here.
I want you to watch another excerpt from the film.

Question 293

a small mistake when speaking

Answer 293

a slip of the tongue
e.g. I really meant to say Miss Davis, not Mrs Davis, so it was just a slip of the tongue, but Judy thought I was teasing her.

Question 294

a special quality or feature regarded as the chief factor in the success of something or someone

Answer 294

secret sauce
e.g. The company’s secret sauce is its grasp of how content spreads online.

Question 295

a temporary prohibition of an activity

Answer 295

moratorium
e.g. What is needed now is a moratorium on the nuclear issue.

Question 296

a time allowed for a person to be absent, esp. from the army or a prison

Answer 296

furlough
e.g. I’m home on furlough.

Question 297

accept sth even if you don’t like it (3)

Answer 297

put up with // tolerate // stand
e.g. We’ve been putting up with these noisy neighbours for long enough. I’m going to complain to our landlord.
I can’t put up with the heat any longer!

Question 298

aczkolwiek, chociaz, jednak

Answer 298

albeit
e.g. He finally agreed to come, albeit unwillingly.

Question 299

adjust to a new place or a new situation

Answer 299

find your feet
e.g. It takes a while to find your feet when you start a new job.

Question 300

an overall look at something

Answer 300

from a bird’s eye view
e.g. Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower if you want a bird’s eye view of Paris.
In order to determine why the company was headed towards a fiscal disaster, the CFO had to take a step back and get a bird’s eye view of the situation.

Question 301

announce some shocking news

Answer 301

drop a bombshell
e.g. The Liverpool football club dropped a bombshell when they announced that they had sacked (wyrzucic z pracy) their manager.

Question 302

attend to see what happens without joining it

Answer 302

sit in on sth
e.g. Some trainee teachers will sit in on our class today and watch what we do.

Question 303

avoid being found guilty of a crime

Answer 303

beat the rap
e.g. Henry was charged with drunk driving, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap on some technical detail.

Question 304

awansowac (2)

Answer 304

rise through the ranks //promote

Question 305

be busy

Answer 305

have my hands full
e.g. I’d love to teach but I’ve got my hands full at the moment.

Question 306

be careful / warn sb of a danger (2)

Answer 306

watch out / look out
e.g. Watch out! There’s a car coming!

Question 307

be kept in a very secure place

Answer 307

under lock and key
e.g. Make sure these documents are under lock and key until we need them.

Question 308

being accepted by a group of people and seen as one of them

Answer 308

fit in
e.g. When my daughter starts at a new school, she has no trouble fitting in.
Barry started his new job and he tried to fit in with the local staff.

Question 309

bez cienia watpliwosci

Answer 309

beyond a shadow of a doubt
e.g. Are you absolutely sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he is guilty of the crime?

Question 310

bez wprawy

Answer 310

rusty
e.g. My Italian is a bit rusty these days.
We’re a little rusty after having the summer off.

Question 311

bez zarzutu

Answer 311

without rebuke

Question 312

bezbronny

Answer 312

vulnerable
e.g. She is a very vulnerable girl.

Question 313

blad, pomylka // popelnic blad

Answer 313

blunder // commit a blunder
e.g. A woman died as a result of a doctor’s blunder.
I blundered badly by calling my wife by my ex-girlfriend’s name.

Question 314

blady

Answer 314

pale

Question 315

bladzic / zablakany, zagubiony

Answer 315

stray
e.g. The sheep strayed onto the road.
The police are looking for a stray girl.

Question 316

blahostki, drobiazgi

Answer 316

trivia

Question 317

bogactwo, nadmiar czegos (2)

Answer 317

plethora of sth // abundance of sth
e.g. Still, given the plethora of books already available, is there anything left to say?

Question 318

borykac sie z czyms

Answer 318

wrestle with sth
e.g. The government has appointed a team of experts to wrestle with complex issues like xxx research.

Question 319

boski, bozy || boski, cudowny

Answer 319

divine
e.g. He has a divine voice.
I think that everything is a part of some divine plan.

Question 320

brodacz

Answer 320

beardo

Question 321

budzacy szacunek, bardzo trudny

Answer 321

formidable

Question 322

bulka z maslem

Answer 322

a piece of cake

Question 323

byc czujnym (2)

Answer 323

be vigilant / be watchful

Question 324

byc na czyjejs czarnej liscie

Answer 324

be in someone’s bad books
e.g. I think I’m in Jenny’s bad books. I forgot her birthday, and now she’s not answering my calls.

Question 325

byc nauczka dla kogos

Answer 325

serve somebody right
e.g. They’re so lazy that it would serve them right if they failed their exams.
You knew it was illegal to smuggle drugs, and now you’re in jail.
All I can say is it serves you right.

Question 326

byc ograniczonym do czegos

Answer 326

be confined to sth
e.g. In the previous job I was confined to doing only one thing.

Question 327

byc swiadomym czegos, miec cos na uwadze

Answer 327

be mindful of sth
e.g. I was mindful of the tension in the room.

Question 328

byc w roznych rolach

Answer 328

wear different hats

Question 329

byc zakazanym / byc objetym zakazem wstepu dla kogos

Answer 329

be off limits for/to sb

Question 330

byc zlym jak osa

Answer 330

be like a bear with a sore head

Question 331

can’t see the whole situation clearly because you’re looking too closely at small details (2)

Answer 331

can’t see the wood/forest for the trees
e.g. Marcus is so focused on product details that he can’t see the wood for the trees when it comes to the overall needs of the company.

Question 332

cel sam w sobie i.e. you do sth with pleasure or benefit rather than for some other purpose like making money

Answer 332

an end in itself
e.g. Billy says playing music in a band is an end in itself for him, but I think he does it to meet girls.

Question 333

change the time it’s meant to happen to a later time or date

Answer 333

put off / postpone
e.g. It it’s too hot to play the final game today, they’ll put it off until tomorrow.

Question 334

change your opinion about sth or attitude towards sb

Answer 334

change your tune
e.g. At first Bill was against selling the rights to his book, but he change his tune when he realized how much money he could make.

Question 335

chcac nie chcac

Answer 335

willy-nilly
e.g. He would be forced to collaborate willy-nilly.

Question 336

chlonac np. wiedze/ksiazki

Answer 336

devour
e.g. My gradma devours five mystery books each week.

Question 337

ciekawostka

Answer 337

tidbit (American) / titbit (British)
e.g. titbit of news

Question 338

ciezki, surowy, trudny

Answer 338

severe
e.g. It was a severe criticism, I don’t agree with your opinion
Weather conditions were severe but we managed to continue our trip
She has a severe problem with alcohol

Question 339

cofniecie uznania

Answer 339

derecognition

Question 340

cokolwiek, jakkolwiek

Answer 340

whatsoever
e.g. Whatsoever he says, I won’t believe him anyway.The insurer is liable to pay for any damage whatsoever.

Question 341

oddzielac, odlaczac

Answer 341

decouple
e.g.Europe and Japan might decouple from the US by growing on their own, but right now they’re dependent.

Question 342

nabrac wprawy

Answer 342

get the knack of sth
e.g. After a few minutes he got the knack of this game., font-family:Arial

Question 343

cos przejsciowego prowadzacego do celu

Answer 343

stepping stone
e.g. It is a stepping stone to the next stage of getting into a job.

Question 344

cymbergaj

Answer 344

penny football, coin football

Question 345

czas miedzy wyslaniem zadania a otrzymaniem odpowiedzi // czas oczekiwania

Answer 345

latency // latency time
e.g. Many times a player would be shot and killed without ever seeing his enemy due to high latency times.

Question 346

czekac za kulisami oczekujac na wlasciwy moment

Answer 346

waiting in the wings
e.g. In politics, there are always plenty of people waiting in the wings for a chance to take power.

Question 347

czerpac z czegos garsciami

Answer 347

make most of sth

Question 348

czolowka, smietanka

Answer 348

the cream of the crop
e.g. We are only interested in the cream of the crop, so don’t send us any second-rate samples.

Question 349

czyhac, czaic sie // obserwowac z ukrycia

Answer 349

lurk

Question 350

dac komus zwolnienie chorobowe

Answer 350

sign sb off
e.g. The doctor signed me off because I had a terrible cough.

Question 351

dac noge, uciekac

Answer 351

take to the woods e
.g. They took to the woods without paying the bill.
When they heard that the teacher was coming, they just took to the woods.

Question 352

dac sobie na wstrzymanie, przystopowac

Answer 352

take a beat

Question 353

dajacy sie wyszkolic

Answer 353

trainable

Question 354

damaged by being used a lot / don’t feel well

Answer 354

the worse for wear
e.g. Don’t you think we should have the sofa recovered? It’s looking a little the worse for wear.
Tom looks a bit the worse for wear.

Question 355

dawac, skutkowac, uzyskac np. wynik, odpowiedz, profity

Answer 355

yield
e.g. We hope that this latest improvement will help us yield better results.
The experiment yielded an answer the scientists have been looking for.
The company yields a lot of profit.

Question 356

deal with a problem or a challenge in a direct and fearless way

Answer 356

take the bull by the horns
e.g. Pauline wasn’t happy with the manager’s decision, so she took the bull by the horns and demanded to see him in order to discuss the matter.

Question 357

difficult to believe

Answer 357

hard to swallow
e.g. His excuse for coming late was a bit hard to swallow, don’t you think?

Question 358

discuss something seriously, usually to do with business or money

Answer 358

talk turkey
e.g. I started to say sth about the deal, but Mr Hamilton said, Not now, my boy. We never talk turkey at the dinner table.

Question 359

dla jasnosci (2)

Answer 359

for the record / for the sake of clarity

Question 360

dla uczciwosci

Answer 360

in all fairness

Question 361

do czyichs kompetencji / poza czyimis kompetencjami

Answer 361

within the purview of sb // outside the purview of sb

Question 362

do sth as somebody suggests

Answer 362

act on sb’s advice
e.g. I really should act on my doctor’s advice and try to eat less and exercise more.

Question 363

do Twojej dyspozycji

Answer 363

at your disposal

Question 364

dochodzenie, sledztwo

Answer 364

probe
e.g. The probe is nearly finished, we found a killer.

Question 365

doing sth risky or being in a situation that could quickly become dangerous

Answer 365

skate on thin ice
e.g. Don’t you think you’ll be skating on the thin ice if you go to the U.S. without getting health insurance?

Question 366

dokladnosc, scislosc

Answer 366

fidelity
e.g. We measure complexity and fidelity of data.

Question 367

dokuczliwy, natretny

Answer 367

pesky

Question 368

dolewac oliwy do ognia

Answer 368

add insult to injury
e.g. He said my clothes didn’t suit me, and then to add insult to injury he said I needed to lose some weight!

Question 369

don’t go to bed at the usual time

Answer 369

stay up
e.g. I wonder how many of our students stayed up all night studying for the exam.

Question 370

doplyw, rzeka

Answer 370

creek
e.g. This creek of Oder is about 50 km long.

Question 371

doprowadzic do szalu, ogromnie irytowac czasownik + przymiotnik

Answer 371

infuriate // infuriating

Question 372

doslownie | doslowny

Answer 372

verbatim

Question 373

dreszczyk emocji | podekscytowac sie

Answer 373

thrill
e.g. I love the thrills of riding on a roller coaster.The news of his arrival thrilled me.

Question 374

dupa, zadek, tylek

Answer 374

winker stinker

Question 375

dusic

Answer 375

suffocate
e.g. Amazon is holding over 4.2M dollars, suffocating our business,

Question 376

dzwiny, osobliwy, szczegolny

Answer 376

peculiar
e.g. He has a peculiar way of showing his gratitude.

Question 377

effect causing other events or situations to happen, although not directly

Answer 377

a knock-on effect
e.g. High petrol prices could be having a knock-on effect among manufacturers.

Question 378

eliminowac, pozbywac sie np. kogos lub czegos

Answer 378

purge
e.g. Party leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.Hard-liners are expected to be purged from the administration.

Question 379

enter into a situation/process that is particularly difficult, complex or chaotic

Answer 379

go down the rabbit hole
e.g. Owning your own business is a huge responsibility, are you sure you’re ready to go down the rabbit hole?,

Question 380

etc

Answer 380

x,y,z, and the like

Question 381

everything is turning out very well for sb or sth

Answer 381

everything is coming up roses.
e.g. It looks like everything is coming up roses for Manchester United this year.

Question 382

existing as a physical bulding rather than doing business only on the internet

Answer 382

brick-and-mortar
e.g. brick-and-mortar bookstores. Online retailers try to lure customers away from their brick-and-mortar competitors.

Question 383

falsyfikat, falszerstwo

Answer 383

forgery
e.g. banknote forgery // documents forgery

Question 384

szorowac np rece, oczyszczac cos z brudu

Answer 384

scrub
e.g. She scrubbed the mark on the wall for a long time.

Question 385

feeling surrounded by people who are different to you which is making you feel a little uncomfortable

Answer 385

like a fish out of water
e.g. I was the only black person in a church full of white people, and I felt like a fish out of water at first. ,

Question 386

droczyc sie, dokuczac

Answer 386

tease
e.g. My brother is always teasing me,

Question 387

hamowac, utrudniac np ruch, postep (3) //

rzeczownik: hamowanie, ograniczanie (1)

e.g. In short, states couldn’t .. the development of a national market.
Remember, our objective is full and complete .. of the threat.
The government has to … the water treatment until the corruption enquiry is over.

Answer 387

impede
put the breaks on
hamper //
containment

Question 388

have lots of energy and enthusiasm for life (2)

Answer 388

have vim and vigor // be as fresh as a daisy
e.g. Our gradma is always full of vim and vigor when we go to visit her.
If you want to have lots of vim and vigor when you get older, you need to eat good food.,

Question 389

kusic, necic, wabic (4)

Answer 389

lure // tempt // entice sb to do sth // seduce
e.g. lure people, lure customers fishing lure,

Question 390

niepewny, ryzykowny (3)

Answer 390

dicey | dodgy | dubious
e.g. the whole undertaking seemed dicey.,

Question 391

oczyszczac np. dane, umysl

Answer 391

purge
e.g. You’ll never purge your data set of all noise.,

Question 392

po namysle (2)

Answer 392

as an afterthought, upon reflection
e.g. Then, as an afterthought, he added I’ll go with you,

Question 393

ponizej normy, gorszej jakosci (2)

Answer 393

substandard // offgrade

Question 394

pozorny, nieprawdziwy (2)

Answer 394

spurious || deceptive
e.g. One of these is the correct key, the rest are spurious. You should know that appearances can be deceptive.,

Question 395

skonczyc, pozegnac sie np. na koncu maila

Answer 395

Signing off, Magdalena

Question 396

stadium poczatkowe np. projektu/firmy

Answer 396

infancy / be in one’s infancy
e.g. Our project was in infancy when we got the donation.
when the Internet was still in its infancy,

Question 397

ujawniac (2)

Answer 397

unearth || unravel
e.g. My research unearthed some little known facts.

// wykopywac spod ziemi

Question 398

zboczyc z tematu / zmienic temat (3)

Answer 398

get off the track
be off the track
my thoughts strayed for a moment

Question 399

byc w kropce (3)

Answer 399

be on the spot // be all at sea // be out of your depth
e.g. I’ll think of something when you are on the spot. Can you give me some advice? I’m all at sea.,

Question 400

glowic sie nad czyms (2)

Answer 400

rack my brain(s) over sth || bend my mind to sth

Question 401

niejasny, niewyrazny (3)

Answer 401

as clear as mud // blurry // fuzzy

Question 402

zaniedbac, lekcewazyc (4)

Answer 402

neglect / shrug sth off / make little of sth / slack
e.g. You shouldn’t be slacking at work
You shouldn’t neglect your homework.

Question 403

jechac na tym samym wozku, byc w takiej samej sytuacji (zlej, trudnej)

Answer 403

be in the same boat

Question 404

trafny, zwiezly np o komentarzu, spostrzezeniu (2)

Answer 404

pithy| pertinent
e.g. pithy statement | pertinent to sth

Question 405

fuknac, prychnac // wypluwac

Answer 405

spit out
e.g. He spat with contempt. It tasted so horrible that I spat it out at once

Question 406

galka (np. u drzwi), pokretlo

Answer 406

knob
e.g. She turned the door knob and went in.
There are several knobs to set the configuration correctly.

Question 407

garbic sie

Answer 407

hunch
e.g. He always hunched at this desk.

Question 408

gawedzic, ucinac sobie pogawedke
gadka-szmatka

Answer 408

v: chitchat
n: chit-chat

Question 409

gazowa woda mineralna (3)

Answer 409

fizzy // carbonated // sparkling mineral water

Question 410

gesia skorka

Answer 410

goosebumps
e.g. I could already see the goosebumps forming on her skin.

Question 411

getting a product ready to be saled / getting a software ready for release

Answer 411

getting sth out the door

Question 412

give things to people, often without thinking about the effects or the costs of doing so (4)

Answer 412

dish out || dole out || give out || hand out
e.g. The college was accused of dishing out degrees to anyone who could pay for them.

Question 413

go to the toilet

Answer 413

answer the call of nature
e.g. Could we stop somewhere? I need to answer the call of nature.

Question 414

gorowac nad kims, przescigac, przezwyciezac

Answer 414

trump
e.g. She trumps over all of them, and is perfectly aware of that

Question 415

gotowy, ustalony np. decyzja, plan oczywisty, bezdyskusyjny

Answer 415

cut-and-dried
e.g. The plan is cut-and-dried and no changes will be made to it.This was a cut-and-dried decision for me.

Question 416

granica - w znaczeniu przekroczyles granice

Answer 416

pale
e.g. You crossed a pale!
Where is the pale between honesty and meanness?

Question 417

gromadzic, zbierac, zdobywac np. informacje

Answer 417

glean
e.g. I am not able to glean any useful information from the producer’s site.

Question 418

hit someone with a vehicle (3)

Answer 418

knock down / knock over (british) / run over
e.g. One of our workers was knocked down right outside our building.

Question 419

hojny, szczodry

Answer 419

lavish
e.g. My grandpa is very lavish. He gave me 100 dollars.

Question 420

if sth or sb is …, you are glad to see them

Answer 420

a sight for sore eyes
e.g. You’re a sight for sore eyes, man! Haven’t seen you for ages!
It’s been raining here for a week, so it sure was a sight for sore eyes when we saw the sun this morning

Question 421

if you meet someone for the first time and the two of you …, you get along really well

Answer 421

hit it off
e.g. I met a guy at Alan’s wedding and we hit it off straight away.

Question 422

imie i nazwisko

Answer 422

legal name

Question 423

in a way that is perfect or without mistakes

Answer 423

flawlessly
e.g. This is an action film that is very well crafted and flawlessly executed.

Question 424

in a way that is very difficult to control, manage or solve

Answer 424

intractably
e.g. Many of the problems they face are intractably hard.
The minister talked of an intractably broken health care system

Question 425

in prison

Answer 425

behind bars
e.g. I heard they put Mike’s uncle behind bars for robbing a liqour store!

Question 426

isc z nurtem, robic to co inni

Answer 426

go with the flow
e.g. Don’t you find that everything goes better when you go with the flow instead of trying to force things to happen?

Question 427

izolatka || samotnik, pustelnik

Answer 427

solitary
e.g. He was put in solitary for his bad behaviour.He is a weird solitary.

Question 428

ja sie na to nie pisze

Answer 428

count me out

Question 429

jak popadnie, na chybil trafil

Answer 429

willy-nilly
e.g. Politicians expanded spending programmes willy-nilly.

Question 430

jedyny plus // jedyna zaleta

Answer 430

saving grace of sth
e.g. You have a lot of flaws - I must admit that honesty is your saving grace.

Question 431

jesli chodzi o, w zwiazku z

Answer 431

vis-a-vis
e.g. I need to speak to you vis-a-vis our project.

Question 432

kadencja | staly etat wykladowcy

Answer 432

tenure
e.g. I am working hard to get tenure at this university.We were a prosperous country during his tenure.

Question 433

kaucja, poreczenie

Answer 433

bail
e.g. We ask that bail be set at ttwo million dollars.

Question 434

keep inaccurate accounts for a business, usually in order to pay less tax

Answer 434

cook the books // cook the accounts
e.g. Their accountant was charged with cooking the books.

Question 435

kiepski, banalny, oklepany

Answer 435

corny
e.g. I actually think it’s corny to make friends online.

Question 436

klasc, polozyc cos

Answer 436

put down
e.g. I don’t remember where I’ve put down my glasses.

Question 437

kleknac

Answer 437

kneel down
e.g. She knelt down beside the bed (obok lozka).

Question 438

know people in powerful positions in business or government

Answer 438

have friends in high places
e.g. You’ll need friends in high places if you want to get to the tops.

Question 439

kopac swoj wlasny grob

Answer 439

dig your own grave
e.g. She dug her own grave when she made fun of the boss.

Question 440

korzystac z wyniku czegos // zbierac (plony)

Answer 440

reap the benefits
e.g. We can do our own job, and he can reap the benefits

Question 441

kosztowac majatek

Answer 441

cost an arm and a leg
e.g. The tickets costed an arm and a leg.

Question 442

krach

Answer 442

meltdown
e.g. We have avoided a meltdown of the financial system.

Question 443

krecic sie w miejscu / nie odnoscic sukcesu

Answer 443

spin one’s wheels
e.g. When asked if he plans any last-minute brainstorming, they say that talking to people is just spinning your wheels.

Question 444

krotko mowiac, w skrocie

Answer 444

in short // for the sake of brevity

Question 445

krzywda, zlo, przestepstwo

Answer 445

wrongdoing
e.g. I didn’t cause any wrongdoing to him.There is no evidence that I or my company have committed any wrongdoing.

Question 446

kuj zelazo poki gorace

Answer 446

make hay while the sun shines
e.g. We’ve got a few days off work so let ‘s make hay while the sun shines and do some landscaping around the back of the house.

Question 447

kulec, kustykac

Answer 447

limp

Question 448

laczyc sie w bolu (3)

Answer 448

my heart goes to sb // feel for // sympathize with

Question 449

latwa zdobycz, latwo osiagalny cel

Answer 449

low-hanging fruit

Question 450

miec zdanie na temat kogos/czegos, sadzic o czyms

Answer 450

make of
e.g. What do you make of the current situation in the company?
What you make of him is none of my concern.

Question 451

lepiej dmuchac na zimne

Answer 451

better safe than sorry

Question 452

made for a particular customer or user

Answer 452

bespoke
e.g. a bespoke suit / a bespoke software

Question 453

make an effort to arrange/organize sth

Answer 453

see about sth
e.g. When are you going to see about that job? // Mark’s going to see about getting a loan for his new business.

Question 454

making a software release only available to a small group of end users

Answer 454

canary release

Question 455

mamy problem

Answer 455

we have a situation

Question 456

manipulowac, majstrowac

Answer 456

tamper

Question 457

martwy sezon, zastoj np w handlu

Answer 457

slack || slack season
e.g. We are in a bit of slack now.

Question 458

marudny (2)

Answer 458

cranky // grumpy about sth
e.g. Since he changed his job, he became very cranky.

Question 459

masa czasu

Answer 459

the bulk of time

Question 460

miec cos w zanadrzu, miec cos w rekawie

Answer 460

have sth up one’s sleeve
e.g. I’d been doing some quiet investigating in the meantime and had an ace up my sleeve.

Question 461

miec leb na karku, ogarniac so sie dzieje dookola

Answer 461

be on the ball
e.g. He is the president of the company, so he has to be on the ball.

Question 462

miec resztki sil, ledwo sie trzymac (2)

Answer 462

on one’s last legs || barely hold on
e.g. It looks as though her grandfather is on his last legs.

Question 463

miec sokoli wzrok

Answer 463

have eyes like a hawk

Question 464

miec wladze nad kims, trzymac kogos w garsci

Answer 464

have a hold over somebody
e.g. The gangsters had a hold over me and I had to pay them.

Question 465

miernik, wskaznik, licznik

Answer 465

gauge
e.g. The gauge said nineteen miles per hour.

Question 466

mierny, sredni, przecietny

Answer 466

mediocre
e.g. Your composition was rather mediocre - you cretainly could do better.

Question 467

miescic sie w dopuszczalnych granicach

Answer 467

be in the ballpark

Question 468

mieszanka umiejetnosci // variety of skills

Answer 468

a blend of skills

Question 469

monotonny, nudny (3)

Answer 469

dull, tedious, strenuous
e.g. His life had been dull and lonely before he met her.

Question 470

morderstwo

Answer 470

homicide

Question 471

moving // uncertain what to do or changing repeatedly between two options

Answer 471

wobbly
e.g. wobbly table/ladder
Last week I felt sure I was doing the right thing but I’ve started to feel a bit wobbly about it.

Question 472

mowic prosto z mostu

Answer 472

lay sth on the line

Question 473

mowic wprost, bez ogrodek

Answer 473

to put it bluntly

Question 474

nabrzmiewac, wzdymac

Answer 474

bloat up
e.g. If I eat it, my stomach bloats up.

Question 475

nadawac na innych falach (2)

Answer 475

be on a different wavelength || talk past each other

Question 476

nadawac na tych samych falach

Answer 476

be on the same wavelength

Question 477

nadgorliwy (3)

Answer 477

overzealous | overeager | officious

Question 478

nadmiar, zalew, nasycenie, przesyt

Answer 478

glut
e.g. The fall in demand for coffee could cause a glut in the market.
glut of information
glut of new data scientists

Question 479

nadmierny rozrost np. wydatkow czy zatrudnienia

Answer 479

bloat

Question 480

nadrzedny, najwazniejszy, glowny

Answer 480

paramount

Question 481

nadzwyczajnie, ogromnie

Answer 481

drop-dead == extremely
e.g. It’s drop-dead simple.

Question 482

nagana, reprymenda

Answer 482

rebuke
e.g. Her statement provoked a sharp rebuke from the Senator.

Question 483

napisz do mnie kilka slow

Answer 483

drop me a line

Question 484

naprawiac/skorygowac/sprostowac

Answer 484

rectify
e.g. House service did everything they could to rectify the situation.

Question 485

nasladowac, nasladowca, nasladujacy

Answer 485

copycat
e.g. At the market you can buy affordable copycat versions of expensive perfumes.

Question 486

natkac sie przypadkiem na cos

Answer 486

stumble across/on/upon sth
e.g. I stumbled upon it by accident
She stumbled across these documents in the office yesterday.

Question 487

nawalac, stwarzac problemy, dokuczac

Answer 487

play up
e.g. My phone is playing up.
He plays you up because he likes you.

Question 488

new enthusiasm for living

Answer 488

a new lease of life
e.g. After recovering from her illness, Kathy had a new lease of life and made lots of plans for the future.

Question 489

nie do odparcia, wazny, przekonujacy

Answer 489

compelling
e.g. compelling argument // evidence // reason // analysis

Question 490

nie do pojecia

Answer 490

beyond apprehension

Question 491

nie ma mowy, nigdy w zyciu (2)

Answer 491

not a chance // no dice
e.g. I won’t do this. Not a chance.

Question 492

nie martwic sie na zapas

Answer 492

cross that bridge when one comes to it
e.g. We will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Question 493

nie moc usiedziec w jednym miejscu

Answer 493

have itchy feet

Question 494

nieefektywny (o dzialaniach) // zawiklany (np.system) // powolny (np.proces)

Answer 494

cumbersome
e.g. But the process is cumbersome and takes an average of one to two years to complete.

Question 495

niechlujny

Answer 495

slipshod

Question 496

niejednolity (np deszcz) czastkowy, niepelny np wiedza

Answer 496

patchy

Question 497

nieostrozny, nierozwazny

Answer 497

reckless

Question 498

nieprzyjaciel, przeciwnik, wrog

Answer 498

foe
e.g. You should be careful not to press a desperate foe too hard.

Question 499

niespojny

Answer 499

incohesive
e.g. Cataldo felt that album was actually simpler and less interesting than it sounds, finding it to be well-made but slightly incohesive.

Question 500

niestety

Answer 500

alas
e.g. The question may seem simple but, alas, the answer is not.

Question 501

niewazny, bezwartosciowy

Answer 501

void

Question 502

niewlasciwy termin/okreslenie

Answer 502

misnomer
e.g. The group’s name is something of a misnomer, since the members are high school students.

Question 503

niewyobrazalny

Answer 503

mind-bending

Question 504

niewyrazny zarys

Answer 504

blob
e.g. So all I could see was a kind of brown blob.

Question 505

niewzruszony, niezachwiany np. ambicja

Answer 505

unwavering ambition

Question 506

niezaprzeczalnie, bezsprzecznie

Answer 506

indisputably

Question 507

niezawodny, pewny, sprawdzony (3)

Answer 507

surefire // go-to // tried-and-trusted
e.g. Running into the street like that is a surefire way to get hurt.

Question 508

niezbadany, niezglebiony

Answer 508

unfathomable

Question 509

niezliczona ilosc rzeczy

Answer 509

myriad of things
e.g. He’s got myriad of things to do every day
He’s got myriads of ideas every second.

Question 510

nigdy

Answer 510

when two Sundays come together// when two Fridays come together

Question 511

nosic na barania / noszenie na barana

Answer 511

piggyback

Question 512

obciazac, przytlaczac // byc przytloczonym czyms (2)

Answer 512

weigh down by sth
weigh sb down
be deluged with sth
e.g. She feels weighed down by all of her responsibilities.
The pressure his parents put on the boy to succeed in school weighed him down so much that he run away from home.

Question 513

obciazenie, obowiazek, brzemie // obciazac, obarczac

Answer 513

burden
e.g. I wanted to ask you a favour, but I don’t want to burden you more.
I have to carry this burden on my own.
financial burden
tax burden
burdened with debt

Question 514

obelzywy, ublizajacy

Answer 514

vituperative

Question 515

obfity, ogromny

Answer 515

lavish
e.g. This dinner was lavish. I could eat everything I wanted.
Lavish spending // lavish gifts

Question 516

obietnice bez pokrycia

Answer 516

hot air

Question 517

obijac sie, nieuwaznie pracowac, stwarzac pozory ze sie cos robi

Answer 517

go through the motions of doing sth
e.g. They’ve told Jamal that he has to leave his job, so he is just going through the motions until the end of the month.

Question 518

objasniac, wyjasniac, synonim do explain/clarify

Answer 518

elucidate

Question 519

obowiazek (nieprzyjemna praca)

Answer 519

chore
e.g. I have some chores to do around the house.

Question 520

obowiazujacy, ciazacy na kims

Answer 520

incumbent on sb to do sth
e.g. We believe that it is incumbent on us to improve the market for our citizens.
incumbent president

Question 521

obronca, adwokat, radca prawny (2)

Answer 521

counsel || barrister (british english)

Question 522

obrzydliwy, brudny

Answer 522

filthy
e.g. His hands were filthy.
The weather is just filthy today.
I’m in a filthy temper.

Question 523

oczko w glowie

Answer 523

the apple of my eye

Question 524

oczko w rajstopach

Answer 524

ladder

Question 525

oczywisty, razacy

Answer 525

glaring
e.g. glaring bug

Question 526

od a do z

Answer 526

from soup to nuts

Question 527

oddawac sie czemus, ulegac (2)

Answer 527

indulge in sth // succumb to sth (sukamb)
e.g. I can see from the size of his stomach that the chef indulges in many of his own creations

Question 528

odgadnac

Answer 528

divine
e.g. Can you divine my name?

Question 529

odpowiednik np. osoby, instytucji

Answer 529

counterpart
e.g. My counterpart in their company earns more money.

Question 530

odprowadzac kogos / pozegnac kogos

Answer 530

see off
e.g. I will see you off. It is too dark to walk on your own.

Question 531

odroczyc (2)
e.g. The case was … due to the lack of evidence.

Answer 531

hold off on sth // defer

Question 532

odrzucac np oferte, propozycje

Answer 532

turn down
e.g. I have to turn down your job offer.
She turned down my invitation.

Question 533

odstawic dziecko od piersi

Answer 533

wean

Question 534

odstraszac (kogos)

Answer 534

deter
e.g. New security measures are being introduced to deter thieves.

Question 535

odwrotnie, na odwrot (2)

Answer 535

Conversely | On the contrary

Question 536

odziedziczyc

Answer 536

come into // inherit
e.g. She’s very rich, so her children expect to come into a lot of money when she dies.

Question 537

ogarnac np. strach, zmeczenie // byc ogarnietym np strachem (2)
e.g. After a long day, weariness … Lily.
When I entered the house, fear … me.

Answer 537

overtake //
engulfed in/by sth

Question 538

ogolny, ogolnikowy

Answer 538

sweeping
e.g. I conducted a sweeping analysis of the Polish economy.

Question 539

omijac // obejsc np. prawo // przechytrzyc

Answer 539

circumvent // circumventing the law
e.g. Trying to circumvent the planning process is not the real problem

Question 540

opracowac, wymyslic

Answer 540

device
e.g. They have devised a cure for this illness.

Question 541

osa

Answer 541

wasp

Question 542

oskarzac kogos o cos

Answer 542

charge with
e.g. The company’s directors were arrested and charged with tax evasion.

Question 543

osoba towarzyska

Answer 543

people person

Question 544

ostateczna rozgrywka

Answer 544

showdown
e.g. Sunday’s showdown will decide whether Mexico or Italy is the world soccer champion.

Question 545

ostrzezenie dostarczone z odpowiednim wyprzedzeniem

Answer 545

heads-up

Question 546

oszalamiajacy, przyprawiajacy o zawrot glowy

Answer 546

head-spinning

Question 547

otrzymac lwia czesc czegos

Answer 547

get the lion’s share of sth
e.g. The lion’s share of the government’s budget goes to the military.

Question 548

palacy sie, by zaczac dzialac // rwac sie do czegos

Answer 548

be raring to go
e.g. After the coach gave a great team talk, the player were raring to go.

Question 549

pasc trupem

Answer 549

drop dead
e.g. If I don’t get sleep, I’ll drop dead.

Question 550

pass the exam easily and get high marks

Answer 550

pass with flying colours (British) | colors (American)
e.g. I was given a tough assignment at work this week, and today the boss told me I passed with flying colors.

Question 551

pay for someone’s education through school, college, university, etc.

Answer 551

put sb through sth
e.g. It’s costing her a lot of money to put herself through law school.

Question 552

pech, wtopa, rozczarowanie

Answer 552

bummer
e.g. I left my notes at home. What a bummer.

Question 553

pecherz moczowy

Answer 553

bladder | urinary bladder

Question 554

pestka, latwizna (2)

Answer 554

no-brainer, snap
e.g. My driving test was a snap.

Question 555

piac sie w gore po szczeblach kariery

Answer 555

come up through the ranks

Question 556

plan, strategia

Answer 556

blueprint
e.g. China is merely following the globalist blueprint for the world.

Question 557

po dziurki w nosie (2)

Answer 557

be up to your neck in sth | up to your eyeballs
e.g. I’m up to my neck in emails and I don’t think I can get away at the moment.

Question 558

pojsc po linii najmniejszego oporu

Answer 558

take the line of the least resistance

Question 559

pogmatwana sytuacja // zawilosci prawne

Answer 559

entanglement // legal entanglements
e.g. There are too many entanglements in the relationship between a man and a woman, he told himself.

Question 560

pogarszac sie o stanie czegos np ekonomii czy zdrowia || pogarszanie sie

Answer 560

deteriorate || deterioration
e.g. We cannot allow for any further deterioration of our country’s economy.
With proper rest and medicine, we can slow down the deterioration.

Question 561

pogarda wyrazac pogarde

Answer 561

contempt // back of sb’s hand
give the back of sb’s hand
e.g. He looked at them with contempt.
I give the back of my hand to anyone who says I’m not a good parent.

Question 562

podtrzymywac decyzje/werdykt // utrzymanie wyroku w mocy

Answer 562

uphold a decision
e.g. The board’s final vote was 8 to 3 to uphold the earlier decision.

Question 563

podstep

Answer 563

gambit

Question 564

podrobka

Answer 564

copycat
e.g. The jeans company says it will fight to have all copycats removed from stores.

Question 565

podrasowanie, ulepszanie, dopracowywanie // podrasowac, ulepszac, dopracowac (2)

e.g. He made some … to his computer, and now it works faster.
He spent the entire week … his car.

Answer 565

tweak // ameliorate

Question 566

podpora, fundament czegos (2)
e.g. He is the … of our whole company.

Answer 566

linchpin of sth // backbone of sth

Question 567

podniesc na duchu, wspierac (2)

Answer 567

comfort // solace

Question 568

podliczac, przeliczac, kalkulowac

Answer 568

tally up
e.g. Tally up how many points you each have.

Question 569

podkreslac istote czegos, kurczowo sie czegos trzymac

Answer 569

make much of sth

Question 570

podjac, zobowiazac sie (2)

Answer 570

undertake // take on
e.g. the firm undertook to keep price increases to a minimum
a firm of builders undertook the construction work

Question 571

podenerwowany, nerwowy

Answer 571

antsy

Question 572

poddawac sie (czyjejs woli), ustepowac (komus)

Answer 572

defer
e.g. Children deferred to their father’s wishes.

Question 573

pochodzenie np. kraj pierwotnego pochodzenia

Answer 573

provenance
e.g. country of provenance // of doubtful provenance

Question 574

poblazliwy, lagodny

Answer 574

lenient
e.g. lenient punishment // lenient measures

Question 575

po kolei

Answer 575

in turn
e.g. Let’s look at each of the problems in turn.

Question 576

niepokoj, obawa, zle przeczucie (2)
e.g. I know that there is some … with regard to these figures.

Answer 576

misgiving // apprehension

Question 577

miec powazne watpliwosci co do czegos

Answer 577

have serious misgivings about sth

Question 578

wisienka na torcie

Answer 578

the icing on the cake

Question 579

obracac sie przeciw komus, odnosic odwrotny skutek

Answer 579

backfire

Question 580

zasada (stosowana w codziennym zyciu)
To do to others as you would do to yourself - that is my ….

Answer 580

mantra

Question 581

przypowiesc

Answer 581

parable of sth

Question 582

wpadac w zachwyt, byc oszolomionym
e.g. She … at the sight of him

Answer 582

swoon

Question 583

podstawowy, zasadniczy

Answer 583

rudimentary

Question 584

miec juz najgorsze za soba, wychodzic na prosta
e.g. It’s still too soon to say they …

Answer 584

be out of the woods

Question 585

sasiedni, przylegajacy, graniczacy

Answer 585

adjacent

Question 586

zanieczyszczenie, skazenie (moze byc tez uzyte odnosnie danych)
e.g. Release of toxic fumes (oparow) resulted in a … of the area.
You should monitor your training and serving data for …

Answer 586

contamination

Question 587

hustac sie, skakac np. wyniki sondazy || hustawka
e.g. … of prices

Answer 587

seesaw

Question 588

byc zrodlem czegos, zrodzic
e.g. Her latest book has … a lot of controversy

Answer 588

engender

Question 589

robic postepy (2)

Answer 589

make headway
come along

Question 590

z perspektywy czasu
e.g. In …, maybe you shouldn’t have told that part of the story.

Answer 590

in hindsight

Question 591

wolno pojmowac, wolno rozumiec

Answer 591

be slow on the uptake

Question 592

wywierac (nasik, wplyw)
e.g. … influence / pressure / control

Answer 592

exert

Question 593

wychowac sie na czyms

Answer 593

be weaned on sth

Question 594

gluchy, nieslyszacy

Answer 594

deaf

Question 595

spioch

Answer 595

sleepyhead

Question 596

potulny jak baranek

Answer 596

as gentle as a lamb

Question 597

wypelniony po brzegi
e.g. this book is … of images.

Answer 597

chock-full

Question 598

obarczac czyms kogos (zwalac odpowiedzialnosc)

Answer 598

unload sth on somebody

Question 599

przeciwstawiac sie (prawu), ignorowac (nakazy), postepowac wbrew (komus/czemus)
e.g. More and more students are … their teachers and school rules

Answer 599

defy

Question 600

przezorny zawsze ubezpieczony

Answer 600

forewarned is forearmed

Question 601

smakowac, rozkoszowac sie
e.g. We will … this trip for the rest of our lives
I want to … this moment because it’s a big victory for me.

Answer 601

savor (American)
savour (British)

Question 602

zamiatac cos pod dywan, tuszowac cos

Answer 602

sweep sth under the carpet

Question 603

udoskonalenie (umiejetnosci), doprowadzenie do perfekcji
rzeczownik // czasownik

e.g. some of the best players in the world … their skills playing street football

Answer 603

honing / hone

Question 604

tracic nadzieje na cos

Answer 604

despair of sth

Question 605

stosowac sie do // usilnie popierac kogos
e.g. Your son is a helpless case - he doesn’t … to any of the rules.
I do not … to any organized religion

Answer 605

adhere

Question 606

uczucie zrozumienia i uznania dla kogos
e.g. She displayed a great level of .. towards the poor

Answer 606

affinity

Question 607

ratownik medyczny

Answer 607

paramedic

Question 608

folia spozywcza

Answer 608

plastic wrap

Question 609

owijac w bawelne

Answer 609

beat around the bush

Question 610

wylaniac sie
e.g. Here another question … - what is the most effective way to put ML model into production?

Answer 610

loom

Question 611

nadmiernie, przesadnie
e.g. a robust estimator is not .. affected by assumption violations about the data
He told himself he had an … suspicious mind.

Answer 611

unduly

Question 612

pouczajacy

Answer 612

instructive

Question 613

ofiara

Answer 613

casualty

Question 614

dostac ataku serca / ataku padaczki

Answer 614

have a seizure

Question 615

szczeka, buzia
e.g. He almost broke my ….
Close your …, boy

Answer 615

jaw

Question 616

umoralniajaca gadka, kazanie
e.g. My mother gave me a … about drinking alcohol

Answer 616

jaw

Question 617

bezczelna odzywka, odpyskiwanie
e.g. I won’t tolerate your … - go to your room.

Answer 617

jaw

Question 618

mdlosci, nudnosci

Answer 618

nausea

Question 619

jama brzuszna

Answer 619

abdomen, abd

Question 620

zwikniecie, skrecenie / zwichnac skrecic

Answer 620

sprain

Question 621

be complete and finished
e.g. By now the deal was …

Answer 621

be done and dusted

Question 622

defraudacja, sprzeniewierzenie
e.g. A theft of assets is a form of …

Answer 622

embezzlement

Question 623

długo i wytrwale czegoś szukać, mocno się starać coś osiągnąć
e.g. I’ve been … for a bigger apartment, but there’s nothing out there.
He was tired of … for work.

Answer 623

beat the bushes

Question 624

utrudnienie, przeszkoda, niepowodzenie (2)
e.g. The appearance of the second candidate turned out to be a serious … for the incumbent president.

My poor eyesight is not a … for me.

Answer 624

setback (for sb) // hindrance

Question 625

sklonnosc, upodobanie, tendencja
e.g. Neither of us has the time or …. for emotional complications.

Answer 625

inclination

Question 626

usilny (o staraniach), wyczerpujacy
e.g. She is making … efforts to improve her English

Answer 626

strenuous

Question 627

nieproszony, niezamawiany
np. … advice, … offer, … gift

Answer 627

unsolicited

Question 628

do dziela, do roboty

Answer 628

let’s roll

Question 629

przyjemne doswiadczenie, dobra sytuacja (3)
e.g. type checking in Python is not all …

Answer 629

peaches and cream //
sunshine and unicorns //
sunshine and rainbows

Question 630

cos co ma dobre i zle strony (2)
e.g. Being a recognizable person is a kind of …

Answer 630

double-edged sword // double-edged weapon

Question 631

wyzszosc, pierwszenstwo

Answer 631

primacy

Question 632

wiesc prym

Answer 632

have primacy

Question 633

dzialka

Answer 633

plot // plot of land

Question 634

bez mojej wiedzy

Answer 634

unbeknown to me // unbeknownst to me

Question 635

miec do czegos watpliwosci / watpliwy (o osobie) (2)

Answer 635

be iffy about sth / have second thoughts

Question 636

kiedy wejdziesz miedzy wrony, musisz krakac jak i one.
I don’t normally wear elegant clothes, but ….

Answer 636

when in rome do as the romans do

Question 637

gruntowy, dokladny, skrupulatny
e.g. … analysis

Answer 637

thorough

Question 638

wykluczac, uniemozliwiac cos

Answer 638

preclude sth

Question 639

zdecydowanie (z duza przewaga), znaczaco
e.g. John won the race …
She kicked the ball, but she missed the goal …

Answer 639

by a mile

Question 640

przeformulowac np slowa, koncept

Answer 640

reframe

Question 641

dziwactwo, kaprys, moda
e.g. How long do you think this Internet .. is going to last?
This device is not just a …, it’s reality.

Answer 641

fad

Question 642

dluga droga, meczarnia
Writing that essay was a …
Her job is a … but she gets paid a lot of money

Answer 642

long haul

Question 643

wspolwinny czegos // zamieszany w cos

Answer 643

complicit in sth

Question 644

swiety (synonim do holy) // poswiecony (cos albo komus)
e.g. My grandma gave me a … cross
His daily routine is absolutely … to him

Answer 644

sacred (to sb)

Question 645

bez przygotowania, improwizowany (2)

Answer 645

impromptu || off-the-cuff

Question 646

trafic na zyle zlota

Answer 646

strike a gold

Question 647

stronniczy (2)

Answer 647

partisan // prejudiced

Question 648

razace zaniedbanie

Answer 648

gross negligence

Question 649

zredukowac cos (zwlaszcza do minimum)

Answer 649

skinny sth down

Question 650

czyn, wyczyn, uczynek
e.g. Without the memory of his …, he cannot possibly feel guilty.
It would be a good … to visit him.

Answer 650

deed

Question 651

zbierac cos do kupy

Answer 651

lump sth together into sth

Question 652

zacheta, bodziec

Answer 652

spur

Question 653

przygotowanie np do egzaminu

Answer 653

prepping

Question 654

odporny, wytrzymaly, prezny

Answer 654

resilient

Question 655

zwrot obciazenia

Answer 655

chargeback

Question 656

nauczyc sie fachu

Answer 656

learn the ropes

Question 657

porownywac, upodabniac do

Answer 657

liken to sth

Question 658

spaprac cos, zawalic cos

Answer 658

muck sth up // make a muck of sth

Question 659

naprawianie szkod
e.g. … by the storm will take many days

Answer 659

undoing the damage

Question 660

rzucic na kogos urok

Answer 660

cast a spell on sb

Question 661

usprawiedliwienie, pretekst
e.g. What is your … for being late?

Answer 661

plea

Question 662

pokuta

Answer 662

penance

Question 663

zatajac, ukrywac (3)

Answer 663

withhold information
keep sth back
conceal

Question 664

przeklenstwo, klatwa //
przeklinac (uzywac wulgaryzmow) albo kogos lub cos
e.g. This traffic jam is a .., we will be late! //
If you don’t help me, I’ll put a … on your family

Answer 664

curse

Question 665

bezwzgledny

Answer 665

ruthless

Question 666

zrozpaczony // oszalaly z rozpaczy

Answer 666

distraught //
distraught with grief

Question 667

byc nieugietym, nieustepliwym

Answer 667

be steadfast in sth

Question 668

pierwszorzedny

Answer 668

top-notch

Question 669

nienasycony
e.g. … need for advice
He demonstrates an … desire for knowledge.

Answer 669

insatiable

Question 670

z wlasnej woli, dobrowolnie (2)

Answer 670

of my own volition
of my own choosing

Question 671

nastepstwo, wniosek (w slowniku matematycznym)

Answer 671

corollary

Question 672

godzina policyjna // zamykanie na noc drzwi wejsciowych np w schronisku
Make sure you will return home before the…
The … for this shelter is 10 p.m.

Answer 672

curfew

Question 673

lapczywie, zachlannie
e.g. consume that content…. and then find similar tutorials.

Answer 673

voraciously

Question 674

przechytrzyc

Answer 674

outwit

Question 675

makabryczny, okropny (2)
e.g. The conditions in the prison were …
He sounded very cheerful despite the … injuries he had suffered.

Answer 675

gruesome, appalling

Question 676

smucic, zasmucic

Answer 676

sadden

Question 677

potwierdzac

Answer 677

corroborate

Question 678

represyjny, przymusowy

Answer 678

coercive

Question 679

niechec, uraza, zlosc (2)
e.g. She felt a new wave of … towards him.

Answer 679

spite, resentment

Question 680

wtracanie sie, mieszanie sie // wscibski

Answer 680

meddling

Question 681

dokladny, przesadnie staranny

Answer 681

meticulous

Question 682

rozproszenie
e.g. Most of these funds came from the Chinese … living in different parts of the world.

Answer 682

diaspora

Question 683

someone who has thepowertodecidewho getsparticularresourcesandopportunities, and who does not
e.g. Theprofessorsactas … whodeterminewhichstudentsareadmittedinto the competetiveengineeringprogram.

Answer 683

gatekeeper

Question 684

wyluzowany, luzny (np.o podejsciu do zycia, atmosferze)

Answer 684

loosey-goosey

Question 685

swietnie cos robic, wymiatac w czyms (slang)

Answer 685

slay

Question 686

trafic do odbiorcy, odnalezc wspolny punkt

Answer 686

strike a chord with sb

Question 687

plyta indukcyjna

Answer 687

induction hob

Question 688

plyta gazowa

Answer 688

hob burner

Question 689

dowiadywac sie

Answer 689

ascertain

Question 690

mlynek do kawy

Answer 690

coffee grinder

Question 691

kawiarka

Answer 691

coffee percolator / cafetiere

Question 692

obalenie (teorii), udowodnienie fałszywości (np. twierdzenia) //
obalac (2)

Answer 692

rebuttal //
rebut | refute

Question 693

przedplata, depozyt

Answer 693

layaway (American)
prepayment

Question 694

nieoczekiwane i niekorzystne warunki umowy

Answer 694

fine print

Question 695

drobna czcionka, drobny druk

Answer 695

fine print

Question 696

znaczacy, wazny, istotny
e.g. I feel that the time has come for … changes

Answer 696

substantial

Question 697

tandetny, byle jaki

Answer 697

shoddy

Question 698

gwaltowny spadek (glownie cen)
e.g. We were surprised by the .. of prices.

Answer 698

nosedive

Question 699

poza skala (o ilosci, jakosci)

Answer 699

off the charts

Question 700

wytlumaczyc komus cos krok po kroku

Answer 700

talk somebody through sth

Question 701

nie mrugnac okiem (zrobic cos bez mrugniecia oka)
She told him she’dspentall hersavingsbut he didn’t …

Answer 701

US: not bat an eye
UK: not bat an eyelid

Question 702

byc zblizonym do/pokrewnym do czegos

Answer 702

be akin to sth

Question 703

miec odsiadke, siedziec w wiezieniu

Answer 703

do time

Question 704

skruszony, pelen wyrzutow (sumienia)

Answer 704

remorseful

Question 705

dostatek, obfitosc
e.g. in the past, this … of fish has caused us problems with Morocco.

Answer 705

abundance

Question 706

przestarzaly

Answer 706

obsolete

Question 707

gapa, naiwniak // nabrac, oszukac kogos

Answer 707

dupe

Question 708

zamaskowac, utajnic

Answer 708

obfuscate

Question 709

odswiezyc, podszlifowac np. wiedze // odswiezyc sie np po podrozy
e.g. I need to … my Spanish.
We spent many hours on the train, we will ….

Answer 709

brush up

Question 710

w szalonym tempie

Answer 710

at a frantic pace

Question 711

punkt zwrotny, punkt krytyczny

Answer 711

tipping point

Question 712

podstawa
e.g. honesty is the … of a good relationship

Answer 712

bedrock

Question 713

przewidywac, planowac zrobienie czegos (2)

Answer 713

envisage == envision doing sth

Question 714

nadmiernie wykorzystywac, naduzywac
e.g. He … this computer, that’s why it broke down.
How long have you been … this car?

Answer 714

exploit

Question 715

skutecznosc, efektywnosc
e.g. I have no idea what the … of these cures (srodki) is.
There is always criticism of the … of development aid.

Answer 715

efficacy

Question 716

podchodzic do czegos z niedowierzaniem, traktowac cos z przymruzeniem oka

Answer 716

take with a grain of salt

Question 717

mewa

Answer 717

seagull

Question 718

drazliwy, poirytowany (2)

Answer 718

ratty, edgy

Question 719

falszywy, podrabiany, zmyslony
eg So that story was …?

Answer 719

bogus

Question 720

traba powietrzna / wulkan energii

Answer 720

whirlwind

Question 721

bieg przez plotki

Answer 721

hurdling

Question 722

blyskotliwy, bystry

Answer 722

witty

Question 723

cichy, spokojny

Answer 723

tranquil

Question 724

dawac upust czemus e.g. You can … your anger on me

Answer 724

vent sth

Question 725

mamrotac

Answer 725

mutter

Question 726

uwypuklic, uwydatnic

Answer 726

give saliency

Question 727

glowny, naistotniejszy

Answer 727

salient

Question 728

lagodny, skromny, potulny

Answer 728

meek

Question 729

zrzec sie czegos

Answer 729

relinquish sth to

Question 730

spolgloska / samogloska

Answer 730

consonant / vowel

Question 731

naruszenie, wykroczenie, przestepstwo

Answer 731

transgression

Question 732

proznosc

Answer 732

vanity

Question 733

niedozywienie

Answer 733

malnutrition

Question 734

wymijajacy, malo konkretny np odpowiedz, dzialanie

Answer 734

evasive

Question 735

manewr

Answer 735

maneouvre

Question 736

popierac, poprzec
Will you … this decision?
I … that motion

Answer 736

second

Question 737

w momencie, kiedy, w chwili gdy
e.g. I left … the phone rang.
I knew we would get married .. I met you

Answer 737

the second that

Question 738

dzielic na kawalki
e.g. He … the pizza.
Can you … the cake?

Answer 738

chunk

Question 739

majstrowac, dlubac np w danych

Answer 739

tinkering with data

Question 740

uczenie sie na pamiec

Answer 740

learn sth by rote

Question 741

pionierski

Answer 741

trailblazing

Question 742

powszechny, rozpowszechniony (4)
e.g. Computers are becoming … in our society.
These diseases are more … among young children.

Answer 742

ubiquitous // prevalent // omnipresent // pervasive

Question 743

bezczelny, pyskaty

Answer 743

cheeky

Question 744

trzymac za wodze, miec kontrole

Answer 744

rein

Question 745

zyczliwy, uprzejmy (osoba/rozmowa)
e.g. John was … towards me.
Our chat on the street was …

Answer 745

amiable

Question 746

chelpliwy, samochwalczy

Answer 746

boastful

Question 747

bialaczka

Answer 747

leukemia

Question 748

nijaki, nudny jak flaki z olejem

Answer 748

lackluster (American), lacklustre (British)

Question 749

znak, sygnal do rozpoczecia czegos e.g.
You open the door when I give you the ..
You get into the shot on my …

Answer 749

cue

Question 750

bardzo czegos pragnac // laknienie, pragnienie

Answer 750

crave for sth // craving // have a craving for sth

Question 751

sprzymierzeniec, sojusznik // laczyc np sily, sprzymierzac sie z kims
In order to win, we need to find a new …
I decided to … forces with James and do the project together.

Answer 751

ally

Question 752

pasowac jak wol do karety

Answer 752

stick out like a sore thumb

Question 753

wyjatkowo dobry, najlepszy

Answer 753

standout

Question 754

zawziecie walczyc

Answer 754

fight tooth and nail

Question 755

niestosowny, nie na miejscu

Answer 755

incongruent

Question 756

wyparowac, rozwiac np nadzieje, entuzjazm

Answer 756

evaporate

Question 757

przewlekly, notoryczny (np. choroba, problem)
e.g. Diets rich in fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of … diseases.

Answer 757

chronic

Question 758

przenikliwy, przeszywajacy
e.g. I felt … pain in my knee.

Answer 758

acute

Question 759

odwaga, twardy charakter
e.g. He is a man of …

Answer 759

grit

Question 760

wytrwalosc

Answer 760

perseverance

Question 761

miec za duzo np pracy, byc zawalonym np praca

Answer 761

be snowed under

Question 762

dzwignia
e.g. There is gotta be a … or a button over here.

Answer 762

lever

Question 763

srodek nacisku
e.g. The economic crisis was used as a … to force people to vote ‘yes’.

Answer 763

lever

Question 764

puenta

Answer 764

punch line

Question 765

nieodparty np dowod, podejrzenie

Answer 765

irresistible

Question 766

pozbawiony czegos
e.g. The book was boring and … humor.

Answer 766

devoid of sth

Question 767

wtracic sie do rozmowy, dopowiadac cos, dorzucac cos

Answer 767

chime in

Question 768

zdretwialy np. z zimna // zdretwiec

Answer 768

numb // go numb

Question 769

kuszacy np. propozycja // uwodzicielski np. glos
“Hi, Rob” whispered Jade, making her voice as … as possible.

Answer 769

seductive

Question 770

pospieszac kogos do zrobienia czegos

Answer 770

chase sb up

Question 771

zonglowac, balansowac miedzy jakimis czynnosciami
e.g. this model … two different kinds of training

Answer 771

juggle

Question 772

przelotny, krotkotrwaly np o wydarzeniu, spojrzeniu

Answer 772

fleeting

Question 773

ozywiac np. atmosfere // energiczny, pelen werwy o osobie
She is a person who … the atmosphere.
You are so .. today that you are almost jumping.

Answer 773

brisk

Question 774

martwiacy

Answer 774

troubling

Question 775

dylemat, klopot, trudne polozenie
I’m not sure how we found ourselves in this …
I’m in a …. and I completely don’t know what to do.

Answer 775

predicament

Question 776

zarumienie sie, zarumieniony
You can tell she did something wrong, just look at her … cheeks.

Answer 776

blushing

Question 777

wyraznie, zupelnie
She is … aware that somebody follows her.
It’s … clear that you don’t want to live there.

Answer 777

starkly

Question 778

pomniejszanie wlasnych zaslug

Answer 778

self-deprecation

Question 779

prozny, daremny np wysilek, proba; synonim do pointless

Answer 779

futile // it is futile to do sth

Question 780

podstepny
e.g. I didn’t like his … plan.
The passenger took a … glance at the cover of my book

Answer 780

sneaky

Question 781

powyzej czyichs kompetencji

Answer 781

above sb pay grade

Question 782

pracowac do poznej nocy

Answer 782

burn the midnight oil

Question 783

przebiegac wzrokiem przez tekst - synonim do scan

Answer 783

skim over sth

Question 784

pobudzać do życia, ożywiać, pobudzać do działania, pobudzać do zrobienia czegoś (2)

Answer 784

galvanize | invigorate

Question 785

poswiadczac (tez w odniesieniu do sadu), potwierdzac

Answer 785

attest

Question 786

wystawiac sie, ryzykowac wlasna glowa (3)
if you …, you put yourself in a risky position in order to support someone or something

Answer 786

go out on a limb
put one’s head on the block
put one’s neck on the line

Question 787

byc skrepowanym, zazenowanym

Answer 787

be ill at ease

Question 788

decydujesz sie czy nie?

Answer 788

take it or leave it

Question 789

grad

Answer 789

hail

Question 790

zachmurzenie

Answer 790

overcast

Question 791

opady atmosferyczne
e.g. It’s overcast with 100% change of …

Answer 791

precipitation // informal: precip

Question 792

dzielic sie wydatkami po rowno, placic po rowno, placic za siebie
e.g. I’m …, I only had a salad.

Answer 792

go Dutch

Question 793

byc zaskoczonym
e.g. When I told him my answer, he seemed …

Answer 793

be taken aback

Question 794

podzial (np w zespole), czynnik mogacy powodowac rozlam
e.g. The two men are from opposite sides of the nation’s political …

Answer 794

fault line

Question 795

wzmocnić, wzmacniać (np. sygnał)
e.g. We found that distinguishing between different connection types … the signal for fraud detection.

Answer 795

amplify

Question 796

ogromny, obfity (posilek, ilosc czegos np danych)
e.g a Machine Learning model may be used to provide insight given the … amount of data.

Answer 796

copious

Question 797

worek prozniowy

Answer 797

vacuum bag

Question 798

odplamiacz

Answer 798

stain remover

Question 799

gorszy / nizszej jakosci / podwladny

Answer 799

inferior (to sth)

Question 800

doprowadz swoje sprawy do ladu

Answer 800

put/set/get your house in order

Question 801

trudny do zdefiniowania, trudny do zrozumienia, trudno osiagalny
e.g. Success remains … for lazy people.
The definition of love is … for me.
I find names of your friends …

Answer 801

elusive

Question 802

przekonanie
e.g. Some things are just a matter of personal …

Answer 802

conviction

Question 803

skazanie
e.g. Because of her …, she could not run for office until 1992

Answer 803

conviction

Question 804

byc przekonujacym

Answer 804

carry conviction

Question 805

obrazowac, opisywac
e.g. This painting … Saint Joseph.
He vividly … the whole event.

Answer 805

depict

Question 806

you can say a place is … if it’s very far from towns or cities.

Answer 806

in the back of beyond

Question 807

mlody duchem

Answer 807

young at heart

Question 808

okres stabilizacji, zastoj //
ustabilizowac sie, osiagnac staly poziom
e.g. Once we achieve …, we can consider further development.
Unfortunately, these efforts have reached a … and have slowed down.

Answer 808

plateau

Question 809

mglisty, zamglony, niewyrazny
e.g. Even though the morning was …, it cleared up.
I have only a … memory of the childhood birthday parties.

Answer 809

hazy

Question 810

pietno
e.g. Those tragic events have left an … on her.

Answer 810

imprint

Question 811

podatny grunt

Answer 811

fertile ground

Question 812

pozostac przy zdrowych zmyslach

Answer 812

remain sane / stay sane

Question 813

nie ma problemu

Answer 813

no sweat / no prob

Question 814

w poblizu czegos, w okolicy czegos

Answer 814

in the vicinity of sth

Question 815

trzezwo myslacy, opanowany

Answer 815

clearheaded

Question 816

doktryna, dogmat, zasada
e.g. The basic … of the approved report seems to go in the right direction.

Answer 816

tenet

Question 817

nie powiesc sie, nie wypalic np plany (2)

Answer 817

go awry // go astray

Question 818

oponent, przeciwnik // przeciwny

Answer 818

adversary

Question 819

the travel period between the peak (or high) season and off (or low) season. For instance, if summer is peak season and winter is off season, then spring and autumn are generally the …

Answer 819

shoulder season

Question 820

niuanse, zawilosci

Answer 820

twists and turns

Question 821

glowne srodki utrzymania // chleb powszedni

Answer 821

bread and butter

Question 822

wzor dokumentu

Answer 822

boilerplate

Question 823

nasladowac, probowac dorownac

Answer 823

emulate

Question 824

bardzo szybko, gwaltowanie, dynamicznie np wzrastac, rozwijac sie

Answer 824

by leaps and bounds
e.g. He’s improved by leaps and bounds this season.

Question 825

hipoteza przeciwna

Answer 825

counterfactual

Question 826

wstrzasnienie mozgu

Answer 826

concussion

Question 827

mors

Answer 827

walrus

Question 828

jadro

Answer 828

testicle

Question 829

zarazliwy, zakazny
e.g. The disease is very …
synonim: infectious

Answer 829

contagious

Question 830

cacko, skarb (tez o osobie)

Answer 830

gem

Question 831

ochrzaniac kogos, upominac kogos
e.g. The teacher .. the boy …

Answer 831

tell sb off

Question 832

nie wchodzi w rachube, poza dyskusja
e.g. Your plan is …

Answer 832

be out of the question

Question 833

rzecz jasna; nie trzeba dodawac, ze…

Answer 833

needless to say

Question 834

terytorium, teren
e.g. he is aggressively defending his …

Answer 834

turf

Question 835

domniemanie, przypuszczenie

Answer 835

supposition

Question 836

lydka / ciele

Answer 836

calf

Question 837

irytujacy, denerwujacy

Answer 837

aggravating

Question 838

pogarszac sytuacje, utrudniac zrobienie czegos

Answer 838

aggravate

Question 839

wywrocic do gory dnem

Answer 839

capsize

Question 840

obslizgly, lepki

Answer 840

slimy

Question 841

nowicjusz, osoba z niewielkim doswiadczeniem w jakims zawodzie (American English)

Answer 841

rookie

Question 842

przeplacac, zaplacic kupe pieniedzy

Answer 842

pay through the nose

Question 843

zazegnac, likwidowac

Answer 843

obviate

Question 844

zaniedbujacy (obowiazki)
synonim do: neglectful
e.g. His parents were … in their duties

Answer 844

remiss

Question 845

niedbaly, niestaranny
He has potential, but being so… will not help him to succeed.

Answer 845

remiss

Question 846

zaswitac komus w glowie
e.g. A great idea …

Answer 846

dawn on sb

Question 847

bezduszny, bezwzgledny, bezlitosny
synonim do: heartless

Answer 847

callous

Question 848

wscieklosc, furia // wsciekac sie (2)
e.g. I felt myself turning white with …
He … with no good reason

Answer 848

rage, rant about sth

Question 849

przepasc, urwisko // niebezpieczna sytuacja

Answer 849

precipice

Question 850

jak wyzej, jw.

Answer 850

ditto

Question 851

siegnac gwiazd, mierzyc wysoko

Answer 851

reach for the moon/stars/sky

Question 852

calkowicie zalezec od czegos

Answer 852

hinge on sth

Question 853

przedszkole

Answer 853

preschool

Question 854

szczerze, otwarcie

Answer 854

candidly

Question 855

spokoj umyslu, pogoda ducha

Answer 855

serenity

Question 856

wytrwalosc, konsekwentnosc w dazeniach // wytrwaosc fizyczna i psychiczna

Answer 856

stamina

Question 857

chwytac (cos), zawladnac (czyms)
e.g. He … my hand and led me to his room.
The jealousy … my mind

Answer 857

seize

Question 858

prowizoryczny, przyblizony

Answer 858

back-of-the-envelope

Question 859

bliski kontakt, relacje
eg. She has a good … with her boss

Answer 859

rapport

Question 860

an overview of the idea; zwięzłe, lecz przekonywające przemówienie, krótka prezentacja

Answer 860

elevator pitch

Question 861

powsciagliwy (w czynach i slowach), z dystansem

Answer 861

aloof

Question 862

dasac sie, byc obrazonym // dasy, fochy

Answer 862

sulk

Question 863

nie zwazac na cos

Answer 863

be oblivious to sth

Question 864

zarozumialy, pewny siebie

Answer 864

cocky

Question 865

niezgrabny, niezdarny
e.g. She made a … attempt to apologize.

Answer 865

clumsy

Question 866

rozleglosc np. wiedzy, zainteresowac
e.g. Thanks to the … of his knowledge, I could count on him.

Answer 866

breadth

Question 867

ropa naftowa

Answer 867

crude, oil

Question 868

prymitywny, nieopracowany e.g. This is a … prototype, but it shows the basic principle of operation.

Answer 868

crude

Question 869

rzadzic, zarzadzac czyms e.g. She … our budget. // You have no idea what it takes to … this country.

Answer 869

govern

Question 870

przemoczony

Answer 870

soaked

Question 871

miec odwage

Answer 871

have the guts

Question 872

unikac jasnej odpowiedzi, wykrecac sie od odpowiedzi

Answer 872

equivocate on sth

Question 873

przegladac, czytac uwaznie, studiowac e.g. He was … the map to find our camping site.

Answer 873

peruse

Question 874

w nastepstwie czegos

Answer 874

in the aftermath of sth

Question 875

malowac wszystko w czarnych barwach

Answer 875

preach doom and gloom

Question 876

pilnie czegos potrzebowac

Answer 876

be in dire need of sth

Question 877

pietnowac, potempiac e.g. The church … abortion.

Answer 877

condemn

Question 878

robic z igly widly

Answer 878

make a mountain out of a molehill

Question 879

uzywanie wlasnego produktu przez firme, by go ulepszac i zwiekszac sprzedaz

Answer 879

dogfooding

Question 880

czopek

Answer 880

suppository

Question 881

grymasny np. dziecko, kaprysny np. pogoda, nagly np. zachcianka

Answer 881

capricious

Question 882

udowodnic komus, ze nie ma racji

Answer 882

refute sb

Question 883

very easy

Answer 883

easy as pie/easy as abc

Question 884

niejasny, trudny do zrozumienia e.g. They talk in a … jargon.

Answer 884

obscure

Question 885

jasnowidz

Answer 885

clairvoyant

Question 886

stosowac sie do czegos, przestrzegac eg All my life I have been … by the rules

Answer 886

abide by sth

Question 887

znieksztalcac, przeinaczac np. fakty, wypowiedz

Answer 887

distort

Question 888

rozpamietywac cos, rozwodzic sie nad czyms e.g. He … on a boring book // Stop … your problems, it won’t help.

Answer 888

dwell upon/on sth

Question 889

wyrazac opinie

Answer 889

opine

Question 890

popelnic blad, pomylic sie

Answer 890

err

Question 891

opuchlizna, obrzek

Answer 891

swelling

Question 892

wydmuchiwac nos

Answer 892

blow your nose

Question 893

pokonywac (np. trudnosci), przezwyciezac np strach

Answer 893

surmount

Question 894

nieuchwytny, niedajacy sie zmierzyc

Answer 894

imponderable

Question 895

plan awaryjny

Answer 895

contigency plan

Question 896

ewentualnosc, mozliwosc e.g. They are prepared for every possible …

Answer 896

contigency

Question 897

punkt widzenia e.g. He presented a curious ..

Answer 897

slant

Question 898

zawyzyc np wartosc firmy, zwiekszyc, podwyzszyc

Answer 898

ramp up

Question 899

dawac zielone swiatlo e.g. they … the project

Answer 899

greenlit

Question 900

trajkot // paplac, trajkotac

Answer 900

chatter

Question 901

bystrosc umyslu, sprawnosc, zrecznosc

Answer 901

dexterity

Question 902

oszust (podajacy sie za kogos innego)

Answer 902

imposter

Question 903

zarzadzajaca, kierujaca kims/czyms // rozgrywajacy (zawodnik)

Answer 903

quarterback

Question 904

ponury // okropny, fatalny np blad

Answer 904

dismal

Question 905

notorycznie

Answer 905

notoriously

Question 906

bledne rozumowanie, bledne przekonanie

Answer 906

fallacy

Question 907

nieszczescia, klopoty e.g. The causes of our present … are political

Answer 907

woes

Question 908

sprawdzony, wydeptany (np. sciezka)

Answer 908

well-trodden

Question 909

zagadka, lamiglowka

Answer 909

riddle

Question 910

zaniechac, przestac

Answer 910

cease

Question 911

zerwanie (np. wiezow dyplomatycznych), odlaczenie (od czegos)

Answer 911

severance

Question 912

zdrow jak ryba

Answer 912

as right as rain // as fit as a fiddle

Question 913

rozejm, zawieszenie broni

Answer 913

truce

Question 914

plan podrozy, przewodnik

Answer 914

itinerary

Question 915

analfabeta

Answer 915

illiterate

Question 916

nadac komus przydomek fantastyczny

Answer 916

dub sb fantastic

Question 917

możliwy do uratowania,nadający się do wykorzystania

Answer 917

salvageable

Question 918

uprzedzac, zapobiegac

Answer 918

preempt

Question 919

umysl myslacy jednotorowo, jednokierunkowe zainteresowanie

Answer 919

one-track mind

Question 920

nagroda premia np. za znalezienie czegos e.g. There is a … on my head. It is a … from the queen

Answer 920

bounty

Question 921

wszystkie chwyty dozwolone; If something is done with …, it’s done without restriction, rules or restraint.

Answer 921

no holds barred

Question 922

chleb zytni

Answer 922

rye bread

Question 923

włożyć kij w szprychy

Answer 923

throw a spanner into the works

Question 924

ukryc fakt, ze

Answer 924

disguise the fact that

Question 925

zrobic badanie usg

Answer 925

have an ultrasound scan

Question 926

usg brzucha

Answer 926

abdominal ultrasound

Question 927

usg piersi

Answer 927

breast ultrasound

Question 928

smycz

Answer 928

lead (British), leash (American)

Question 929

szczescie w nieszczesciu

Answer 929

blessing in disguise

Question 930

przypuszczenie (2)

Answer 930

conjecture // supposition

Question 931

okaze sie w praktyce

Answer 931

the proof is in the pudding

Question 932

leb w leb, rowno (o wyscigu, rywalizacji)
e.g. The competitors are …

Answer 932

neck and neck

Question 933

trafic w sedno sprawy

Answer 933

hit home

Question 934

biurokracja / ograniczyc biurokracje

Answer 934

Red tape / cut the red tape

Question 935

jak to sie mowi

Answer 935

as the saying goes

Question 936

isc naprzod, ruszyc naprzod e.g. … and do great things!

Answer 936

go forth

Question 937

doskonale sie bawic

Answer 937

have a whale of time

Question 938

w kazdym calu, na wskros

Answer 938

through and through

Question 939

glupkowaty (2)

Answer 939

goofy / dopy

Question 940

byc zdolowanym

Answer 940

be in a funk

Question 941

przemyslec, rozmyslac (3)

Answer 941

ruminate / muse on sth / ponder on sth

Question 942

bez zarzutu, nieskazitelny, nienaganny

Answer 942

impeccable // be impeccable with your word

Question 943

krotkowzroczny

Answer 943

myopic

Question 944

czuc sie wykonczonym

Answer 944

feel drained

Question 945

kazanie

Answer 945

sermon

Question 946

oszczedny (o osobie, stylu zycia) e.g. I am a very … person.

Answer 946

frugal

Question 947

scieki

Answer 947

sewage

Question 948

poswiecac czemus zbyt wiele uwagi

Answer 948

fuss over sth

Question 948

zaszufladkowac kogos

Answer 948

pigeonhole

Question 949

pilny, sumienny (2)

Answer 949

studious / diligent

Question 950

powolanie/zawod/ z powolania

Answer 950

vocation / by vocation

Question 951

martwic sie czyms

Answer 951

fret over sth

Question 952

upojony, uszczesliwiony

Answer 952

elated

Question 953

Łoś

Answer 953

moose / elk

Question 954

Ulotny, przemijajacy

Answer 954

evanescent

Question 955

uzyskiwac np zapewnienie, obietnice
eg this handbook … negative reviews

Answer 955

elicit

Question 956

wywolywac podziw, respect

Answer 956

awe

Question 957

pogarszac sie, podupadac, stracic wartosc

Answer 957

go south

Question 958

byc na granicy czegos np absurdu

Answer 958

border on sth

Question 959

wieczny

Answer 959

perennial

Question 960

oszalaly

Answer 960

berserk

Question 961

pesymista

Answer 961

naysayer

Question 962

powodowac, przyczyniac sie do (2)

Answer 962

beget // induce

Question 962

dajesz, prosze bardzo
eg if you prefer this life, then…

Answer 962

knock yourself out

Question 963

kleska, porazka

Answer 963

debacle

Question 964

zagrozic, narazac na niebezpieczenstwo

Answer 964

jeopardize

Question 965

oddawac (przysluge), odwzajemniac

Answer 965

reciprocate

Question 966

stanowisko, pozycja, postawa

Answer 966

stance

Question 967

jak kuba bogu tak bog kubie

Answer 967

what goes around comes around

Question 968

byc uzaleznionym od czegos

Answer 968

be hooked on sth

Question 969

hobby, zajecie

Answer 969

pastime

Question 970

niemrawy

Answer 970

sluggish

Question 971

przymulony

Answer 971

groggy

Question 972

typowy przyklad, uosobienie

Answer 972

epitome

Question 973

zdobywac motywacje

Answer 973

muster the motivation

Question 974

szczesliwy zbieg okolicznosci

Answer 974

serendipity

Question 975

kadzic, upiekszac

Answer 975

sugarcoat

Question 976

przyslowie

Answer 976

proverb

Question 977

byc mistrzem ceremonii

Answer 977

play the role of emcee

Question 978

work very hard (3)

Answer 978

work your socks off
work your tail off
break your back

Question 979

speszony, zawstydzony

Answer 979

abashed

Question 980

zatkany

Answer 980

jammed with

Question 981

odszkodowanie

Answer 981

severance pay

Question 982

pelen czegos nieporzadanego np Your book … typos

Answer 982

be riddled with

Question 983

tok myslenia

Answer 983

train of thought

Question 984

stracic watek

Answer 984

loose my train of thought

Question 985

platne, wolne od pracy dni w okresie wypowiedzenia

Answer 985

garden leave

Question 986

doszly mnie sluchy

Answer 986

I’ve heard it through the grapevine…

Question 987

winic sie

Answer 987

beat myself up for sth

Question 988

kadzic, upiekszac

Answer 988

sugarcoat

Question 989

wesoly, optymistyczny

Answer 989

upbeat

Question 990

bardzo cos lubic

Answer 990

be fond of sth

Question 991

rozwijajacy sie talent

Answer 991

burgeoning talent

Question 992

rodzacy sie, powstajacy

Answer 992

nascent

Question 993

siec zamet, spustoszenie

Answer 993

wreak havoc (rik hawok)

Question 994

rozplanowac, uzgadniac szczegoly

Answer 994

map sth out

Question 995

moment trzymajacy w napieciu

Answer 995

cliffhanger

Question 996

urwis / krzywda, nieszczescie / psota

Answer 996

mischief

Question 997

przeswietlac, sprawdzac np przeszlosc

Answer 997

vet

Question 998

wrodzony

Answer 998

innate

Question 999

Dziedzina, domena np literatury

Answer 999

realm

Question 1000

sporadyczny, przerywany

Answer 1000

intermittent

Question 1001

na czczo, postny np posilek

Answer 1001

fasting