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1
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a xxxx group of people is one in which everyone knows each other well and gives each other support when they need it

A

Close-knit

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someone who is xxxx has a very strong belief in a religion

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Devout

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to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action

Wymuszac scisle przestrzeganie prawa

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To crack down

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official rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily:
a procedure surrounded by bureaucracy and xxxx

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Red tape

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  1. gentle in nature or behavior
    2 a (1) : moderate in action or effect (2) not sharp, spicy, or bitter
    b. not being or involving what is extreme
  2. not severe : temperate
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Mild

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not connected with or controlled by a church or other religious authority

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Secular

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water in walls or in the air that causes things to be slightly wet

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Damp

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weather that is a combination of light rain and mist:

A light … had started by the time we left.

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Drizzle

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the practice or system of censoring something

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Censorship

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if you are xxxx, you have less money [≠ better off]:

The rent increases will leave use xxx

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Worse off

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Sprawowac kontrole nad grupa ludzi, byc przywodca, grac pierwsze skrzypce

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Run the show

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12
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a performance by a musician or a group of musicians playing modern popular music or jazz, or a performance by a comedian
do/play/have a xxx

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A Gig

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13
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very personal or offensively honest

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Close to the bone

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14
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Nawlec igle

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To thread a needle

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Odkrecic kran

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To run a tap

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extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing

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wring out a cloth/sponge

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17
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a liquid soap for washing plates, knives etc

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Washing-up liquid

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18
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to wash clothes, dishes, vegetables etc quickly with water, especially running water, and without soap

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To rinse (a glass / your face)

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to accidentally make a mark on something, especially one that cannot be removed, or to be marked in this way:

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To stain (your shirt)

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20
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to tear something or be torn quickly and violently:

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To rip (your jeans)

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to make something completely wet:

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To soak (your jeans)

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to repair something that is broken or not working [= fix]:

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To mend (your shirt)

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a) a small object at the end of a wire that is used for connecting a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electricity:
b) a place on a wall where electrical equipment can be connected to the main electricity supply [= socket; = outlet AmE]

A

A Plug

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to talk or complain in a loud excited and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something

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To rant (on/about sb/sth)

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25
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a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etc

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A Mug

26
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1 to make beer:
2 if a drink of tea or coffee is xxxx, the taste is getting into the hot water
3 to make a drink of tea or coffee

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To brew

27
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a conical child’s plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; “he got a bright red top and string for his birthday”

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spinning top

28
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Przywolac komus wspomnienia

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Take sb back

29
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Cofnąć cos (co sie wczesniej pwiedzialo)

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Take sth back

30
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a fashion, game, type of music etc that becomes very popular for a short time [= fad] moda/szal

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A Craze (for sth)

31
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Tasak

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A meat cleaver

32
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Polubic kogos

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To take to sb

33
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Zaczac cos uprawiac, zainteresowac sie czyms

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To take to sth

34
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Melonik

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A bowler hat

35
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to be confused about what choice to make, especially when the decision involves strong beliefs or opinions:

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Conflicted

36
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properties attributable to your ancestry; “he comes from good origins”

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extraction

37
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a false belief about yourself or the situation you are in zludzenie/urojenie

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Delusion

38
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the correct way to behave in a particular social situation (usually negative)

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The done thing

39
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something that you say which means that you would very much like something to happen but there is no possibility that it will

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Chance would be a fine thing

40
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You say xxxxxxx when you want to explain that the reason you have failed to do something is because you have been very busy

A

What with one thing or/and another

41
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Nic takiego

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It’s no big thing

42
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to irritate someone; to bother someone

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To bug sb (annoy)

43
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friendly conversation in which people make a lot of jokes with and amusing remarks about each other (droczyc sie)

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Banter

44
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stragan, na którym ludzie sprzedają rzeczy prosto z bagażników aut

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Car boot sale

45
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Pchli targ

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Swap meet

46
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Zalagodzic, uspokoic, udobruchac

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To Placate sb

47
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to signal someone to come.

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To beckon

48
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to let air from your stomach come out loudly through your mouth [= burp

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To belch

49
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to bend the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking an audience

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To bow

50
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1 technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin

2 literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you

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To slough

51
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Garbic sie

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To slouch

52
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Wskazywac, pokazywac

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To indicate

53
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Palec wskazujacy

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An index finger

54
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Oszukanczy, falszywy

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Fraudulant

55
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Napelnic, zatankowac

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To fuel sth

56
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Oglupiony, otumaniony

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Bemused

57
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confusion resulting from failure to understand

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Bemusement

58
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very unusual or strange

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Bizarre

59
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to carry off; to capture; hence, to get the better of; to defeat.

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To get away with

60
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the ability to keep something in your memory

A

Retention

61
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to remember information

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To retain

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