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łączone 2 I semestr
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Suppress | stłumić, zatajać |
| Formative | formative years/period lata/okres kształtowania się osobowości |
| Juvenile | nieletni, młodociany, infantylny |
| Run wild | wymykać się spod kontroli |
| Inhibited | spięty, skrępowany |
| Authoritarian | totalitarny, dyktatorski |
| Delinquency | przestępczość, esp. nieletnich (juvenile delinquency) |
| Adolescence | okres dojrzewania |
| Steaming | nabuzowany, wściekły |
| Classless | bez klasowy (np. Classless society) |
| Divisive | sporny, kontrowersyjny |
| Inferiority complex | kompleks niższości |
| Prone | podatny (prone to do sth : She’s prone to eat too much sweets = ma skłonność do objadania się słodyczami) |
| Disdain | pogarda (syn. Scorn) |
| Discern | rozróżniać |
| Lateralization | a process involving the development of one side of the brain |
| All~round | wszechstronny |
| Talent will out | special abilities will reveal themselves |
| Riddle | zagadka |
| Give somebody ammunition/provide somebody with ammunition | information that you can use to criticize someone or win an argument against them |
| Verify your facts | check your information is correct |
| Reminisce | enjoy talking about memories |
| The biggest hurdle | the most difficult problem to overcome |
| A gram of truth | a small proportion of correct information |
| Skeletons in the cupboard | shocking personal secrets from the past |
| Draw the line | set a limit for sth |
| Branch of the roots | separate line of your ancestry (odciąć się od korzeni) |
| Accumulate huge amounts of data | collect a lot of data |
| Embellish | upiększać |
| To expose long~buried | investigate to find unpleasant or damaging information |
| To cover sb tracks | make evidence more difficult or impossible to find |
| To muddy sth over sth | confuse an issue under discussion |
| To keep sb in the dark | not share information with people who are interested |
| To dig up dirt on | make information public which was unknown for many years |
| Sweep sth on sth | ignore or avoid discussion of an issue |
| Hoard | zapas, zbiór, skarb |
| Price yourself over market | to overcharge (przeceniać) your business |
| Stark raving mad | totally insane; completely crazy; out of control |
| Stark reminder | sth you would like to forget about, unpleasant memories |
| On the dot | arrive/be/get etc. at exactly the right time |
| Breath of fresh air | creative, innovative |
| Honor your pledge | keep your promises |
| To delve into sth | to examine something carefully in order to discover moreinformation about someone or something |
| (To be back) in a flash | w mgnieniu oka |
| Safe and sound | bezpieczny, w jednym kawałku, bez szwanku |
| Bone dry | without a trace of moisture |
| Bone idle | extremly lazy |
| Dependent population | people that don’t generate income, eg children, pensjoners |
| Complacency | samozadowolenie (be/get complacent : spocząć na laurach) |
| Breakthrough | przełom, a discovery or achievement that follows hard work |
| Ignominious | shameful |
| Saga | a long story |
| Postpone | to delay or put back |
| To backfire | odnosić odwrotny skutek |
| To deter | to make sb decide not to do sth |
| Fertility | urodzajny, żyzny, płodny also fertile imagination = bujna wyobraźnia |
| To enhance | to improve sth or make sth look better |
| To accelerate | to make sth go faster or happen more quickly |
| To coin | to invent a new word or phrase |
| Credibility | wiarygodność |
| Scorn (disdain, contempt) | pogarda |
| Premature | przedwczesny |
| Abrupt | sudden and unexpected |
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