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łączone semestr 2.2
Term | Definition |
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watch_dog body | safeguarding system |
overhaul | to examine a machine or a system carefully and improve it or repair it |
background | backdrop |
resident | nationals |
harrowing | extremely disturbing |
force_feed | made to eat |
attribute sth to sth else | put sth down to sth else(przypisywać coś czemuś) |
child_centered | focused on the well_being of a minor |
pass on | report further |
inquisitive | inquiring, curious(wścibski) |
educator | wychowawca |
graduate | absolwent |
special needs | |
full potential | |
teaching method | |
child_centered education | |
foster | pielęgnować, rozwijać, wspierać |
capacity | zdolność |
relentless | nieustępliwy, niesłabnący |
constant | stały |
liable | responsible for sth |
get out of daily routine | uciec od rutyny, codzienności |
annually | happening once a year |
monthly | happening once a month |
fortnightly | happening every two weeks |
once in a blue moon | od święta, raz na ruski rok |
at a time | po kolei,z rzędu |
in a black mood | a very unhappy feeling |
humming to | nucenie |
unwaveringly | firmly(stanowczo) |
invariably | always |
frequently | often |
on and off | sth that happens from time to time, sometimes |
Pull one’s socks up | to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough |
Have a flutter | have a bet |
Bark up the wrong tree | to make the wrong choice; to ask the wrong person; to follow the wrong course |
Get into hot water | to get into trouble |
Go(get) for a song | to be sold(bought) for much less than the true value |
Give someone a slip | to escape from someone who is with you, following you, or watching you |
Break the ice | to attempt to become friends with someone; to get sth started |
Bring the house down | if someone or something brings the house down during a play or show, they make the people watching it laugh or clap very loudly |
Burn the midnight oil | to stay up working, especially studying, late at night. |
Take the bull by the horns | to confront a problem head |
Feather one’s nest | to use power and prestige to provide for oneself selfishly |
Hold one’s lounge | to keep quiet; especially, to leave something unsaid |
Hit the nail on the head | to do exactly the right thing; to do something in the most effective and efficient way |
Let the cat cut of the bag | to reveal a secret or a surprise by accident |
Talk through the top of one’s hat | to bluff; to talk nonsense |
Wet one’s whistle | to have a drink; to quench one's thirst. |
Put one’s foot down | to assert something strongly(to tell someone in a strong way that they must do(not) something) |
Fall over oneself to do something | be excessively eager to do something |
Keep sth under one’s hat | keep something a secret |
Make both ends meet | manage so that one's financial means are enough for one's needs |