Vacab_unit_02

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Close-knit

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Devout

Question 3

to take positive regulatory or disciplinary action

Wymuszac scisle przestrzeganie prawa

Answer 3

To crack down

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Red tape

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Mild

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Secular

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Damp

Question 8

weather that is a combination of light rain and mist:

A light … had started by the time we left.

Answer 8

Drizzle

Question 9

the practice or system of censoring something

Answer 9

Censorship

Question 10

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

The rent increases will leave use xxx

Answer 10

Worse off

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Run the show

Question 12

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

Answer 12

A Gig

Question 13

very personal or offensively honest

Answer 13

Close to the bone

Question 14

Nawlec igle

Answer 14

To thread a needle

Question 15

Odkrecic kran

Answer 15

To run a tap

Question 16

extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing

Answer 16

wring out a cloth/sponge

Question 17

a liquid soap for washing plates, knives etc

Answer 17

Washing-up liquid

Question 18

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

Answer 18

To rinse (a glass / your face)

Question 19

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

Answer 19

To stain (your shirt)

Question 20

to tear something or be torn quickly and violently:

Answer 20

To rip (your jeans)

Question 21

to make something completely wet:

Answer 21

To soak (your jeans)

Question 22

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

Answer 22

To mend (your shirt)

Question 23

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]

Answer 23

A Plug

Question 24

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

Answer 24

To rant (on/about sb/sth)

Question 25

a tall cup used for drinking tea, coffee etc

Answer 25

A Mug

Question 26

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

Answer 26

To brew

Question 27

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"

Answer 27

spinning top

Question 28

Przywolac komus wspomnienia

Answer 28

Take sb back

Question 29

Cofnąć cos (co sie wczesniej pwiedzialo)

Answer 29

Take sth back

Question 30

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

Answer 30

A Craze (for sth)

Question 31

Tasak

Answer 31

A meat cleaver

Question 32

Polubic kogos

Answer 32

To take to sb

Question 33

Zaczac cos uprawiac, zainteresowac sie czyms

Answer 33

To take to sth

Question 34

Melonik

Answer 34

A bowler hat

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Conflicted

Question 36

properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

Answer 36

extraction

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Delusion

Question 38

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

Answer 38

The done thing

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Chance would be a fine thing

Question 40

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

Answer 40

What with one thing or/and another

Question 41

Nic takiego

Answer 41

It's no big thing

Question 42

to irritate someone; to bother someone

Answer 42

To bug sb (annoy)

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Banter

Question 44

stragan, na którym ludzie sprzedają rzeczy prosto z bagażników aut

Answer 44

Car boot sale

Question 45

Pchli targ

Answer 45

Swap meet

Question 46

Zalagodzic, uspokoic, udobruchac

Answer 46

To Placate sb

Question 47

to signal someone to come.

Answer 47

To beckon

Question 48

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

Answer 48

To belch

Question 49

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

Answer 49

To bow

Question 50

1 technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin | 2 literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you

Answer 50

To slough

Question 51

Garbic sie

Answer 51

To slouch

Question 52

Wskazywac, pokazywac

Answer 52

To indicate

Question 53

Palec wskazujacy

Answer 53

An index finger

Question 54

Oszukanczy, falszywy

Answer 54

Fraudulant

Question 55

Napelnic, zatankowac

Answer 55

To fuel sth

Question 56

Oglupiony, otumaniony

Answer 56

Bemused

Question 57

confusion resulting from failure to understand

Answer 57

Bemusement

Question 58

very unusual or strange

Answer 58

Bizarre

Question 59

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

Answer 59

To get away with

Question 60

the ability to keep something in your memory

Answer 60

Retention

Question 61

to remember information

Answer 61

To retain