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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oversee | nadzorować (to supervise, to watch) |
| Overlook | przeoczyć, przymykać oczy na |
| Oversight | niedopatrzenie |
| Depict | przedstawiać |
| Peremptory | władczy, zdecydowany |
| Parity | równość |
| Aghast | osłupiały, zszokowany |
| Equivocal | dwuznaczny, wątpliwy |
| Seductive | pożądany, kuszący |
| Espouse | opowiadać się za czymś (to support some idea, cause) |
| Put~down | docinek, kpina (mockery) |
| Mindset | sposób myślenia, mentalność |
| Entrenched | deeply rooted (głęboko zakorzeniony) |
| Precarious | niepewny, ryzykowny |
| Folly | szaleństwo |
| Blemish | wada, skaza/ szpecić, zniekształcać |
| Prominent/eminent | widoczny, wybitny (noticeable, visible) |
| Imminent | nadciągający, bliski, nieuchronny |
| Chattles | majątek ruchomy (our belongings) |
| Reprisal | odwet (act of taking revenge) |
| Menial work/job | nudna, nie wymagająca kwalifikacji praca |
| Reclaim | za/żądać zwrotu |
| Militant | wojowniczy/ bojownik~czka |
| Concede (sth to sb) | przyznawać, np. komuś rację |
| Deplore | potępiać |
| Deprivation | pozbawienie |
| Amicable | pokojowy, polubowny (syn: friendly) |
| Inherent (to) | wrodzony (syn: inborn) |
| Perilous | niebezpieczny, ryzykowny (syn: precarious) |
| Submissive | uległy (syn: compliant) |
| Frisky | rozbrykany (syn: lively) |
| Empathetic | wrażliwy, pełen zrozumienia (syn: compassionate) |
| Militant | wojowniczy (syn: aggressive) |
| Utter | complete (goes with abstract nouns like: to my utter surprise) |
| Barring (prep.) | o ile nie będzie (Barring any last minute problems, we should finish on Friday) |
| Infer | wywnioskować coś ze słów mówiącego (syn: deduce) |
| Fare well / fare badly | sb fares well/badly komuś dobrze/źle się wiedzie |
| Urge | pragnienie/namawiać (urge sb on) |
| Cerebral | mózgowy (syn: of/about brain) |
| Drudgery | harówka, mordęga (hard, boring work) |
| Startling | zaskakujący |
| Exhort | nawoływać |
| Realm | dziedzina/ syn: area of knowledge (New discoveries in the realm of science), |
| Discern | dostrzegać, rozróżniać |
| Innate | wrodzony (syn: inborn) |
| Tedious work | nużąca praca |
| Poke fun at | make fun of sb |
| To ascend (climb) to the corporate ladder | wspinać się po szczeblach kariery |
| The upper echelons of power | people from the highest positions |
| To take/bear the brunt of sth suffer | to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack |
| Experience the most of consequences | zbierać baty |
| To track sth down | wytropić, wyśledzić |
| Mapping technique | a way of showing where things are |
| Leading questions | a type of question in which the words used suggest the answer |
| Barrage of questions | a great number of questions suddenly directed at someone |
| Jargon (specialist vocabulary) | special words or phrases used in a particular profession or subject |
| Magnifying glass | a piece of curved glass which makes objects look larger than they really are |
| Misconception | a wrong idea based on failure to understand a situation (błędne przekonanie) |
| Cause & effect | the reason sth happens and the result it has |
| Hands-on | praktyczny |
| Keep the ball rolling | keep doing sth that you want lots of others to do |
| Mould | pleśń (soft green or gray that growth on unfresh food) |
| Possesive | zaborczy |
| Upbringing | wychowanie |
| Permissive | pobłażliwy |
| Rebelliousness | Prone to or participating in a rebellion |
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