Vocabulary C1 (2)

Question 1

cross-country

Answer 1

na przełaj

Question 2

overshoot

Answer 2

to go further than the place you intended to stop or turn; minąć

Question 3

lose one’s (your) bearings

Answer 3

stracić orientację

Question 4

align

Answer 4

wyrównywać

Question 5

twiddle

Answer 5

to move something repeatedly between your fingers, especially without any purpose; obracać

Question 6

scrutinize

Answer 6

to examine something very carefully in order to discover information

Question 7

vainglorious

Answer 7

​too proud of your own abilities or achievements

Question 8

detour (US)

Answer 8

a different route that is used because a road is closed; zmiana kierunku

Question 9

en route

Answer 9

on the way; po drodze

Question 10

retrace your steps

Answer 10

to go back to a place in the same way that you came

Question 11

get into sth

Answer 11

to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity

Question 12

get over sth

Answer 12

to return to your usual state of health or happiness after having a bad or unusual experience, or an illness

Question 13

sap

Answer 13

to make someone weaker or take away strength or an important quality from someone, especially over a long period of time

Question 14

get through sth

Answer 14

to use up something in large quantities

Question 15

get round to sth

Answer 15

to find the time to do something

Question 16

get away from

Answer 16

escape from

Question 17

get out of

Answer 17

avoid

Question 18

get around

Answer 18

to spread

Question 19

caught up in sth

Answer 19

so involved in an activity that you do not notice other things

Question 20

compulsive

Answer 20

nałogowy, fascynujący

Question 21

dip into

Answer 21

to read or watch only parts of something

Question 22

read sth from cover to cover

Answer 22

to read a book, magazine, etc. all the way through from the beginning to the end

Question 23

read up on sth

Answer 23

to learn about something by reading

Question 24

swap

Answer 24

to give something to somebody and receive something in exchange

Question 25

give sth a go

Answer 25

to try sth