Vocabulary C1 (3)

Question 1

exploratory

Answer 1

badawczy

Question 2

analytical

Answer 2

analityczny

Question 3

atmospheric pressure

Answer 3

ciśnienie atmosferyczne

Question 4

geneticist

Answer 4

a person who studies genetics

Question 5

it’s not rocket science

Answer 5

used to emphasize that something is easy to do or understand

Question 6

rocket

Answer 6

to increase very quickly and suddenly

Question 7

many moons ago

Answer 7

a long time ago

Question 8

spaced out

Answer 8

someone who is spaced out is not completely conscious of what is happening, often because of taking drugs or needing to sleep

Question 9

by sight

Answer 9

z widzenia

Question 10

quick glimpse

Answer 10

szybkie mignięcie

Question 11

peer

Answer 11

to look closely or carefully at something, especially when you cannot see it clearly

Question 12

glance

Answer 12

to look quickly at something/somebody; zerknąć

Question 13

meet sb’s eyes

Answer 13

if you meet somebody’s eye(s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people’s eyes meet, they look directly at each other

Question 14

tell ab apart

Answer 14

to recognize the difference between people or things that are similar

Question 15

stress sth

Answer 15

to emphasize a fact, an idea, etc.

Question 16

like a bull in china shop

Answer 16

if someone is like a bull in a china shop, they are very careless in the way that they move or behave

Question 17

like a dog with a bone

Answer 17

very determined and refusing to give up

Question 18

like a fish out of water

Answer 18

if you feel like a fish out of water, you do not feel comfortable or relaxed because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation

Question 19

like a red rag to a bull

Answer 19

if you describe something as a red rag to a bull, you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry

Question 20

like two peas in a pod

Answer 20

very similar, especially in appearance

Question 21

like water off a duck’s back

Answer 21

you say that criticism is like water off a duck’s back or water off a duck’s back to emphasize that it is not having any effect on the person being criticized

Question 22

a handful of people

Answer 22

garstka ludzi

Question 23

on the horizon

Answer 23

​likely to happen soon, na horyzoncie

Question 24

be on a high

Answer 24

być w stanie euforii

Question 25

in time

Answer 25

w swoim czasie

Question 26

in orbit

Answer 26

na orbicie

Question 27

on the downside

Answer 27

jeśli pomyśleć o minusach;