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łączone 3 I semestr
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ungrounded | nieuzasadniony |
| Senile | starczy, zniedołężniały |
| Decline | zmaleć, podupadać |
| Barren (barren on miracle) | exactly ? |
| Hunch | to lean forward with your shoulders (garbić się) |
| Obstetrician | położnik |
| Midwife | położna |
| Drab | boring, especially in appearance (nieciekawy) |
| Dim | przyćmiony, niewyraźny eg. Dim memories |
| Sobriquet | a nickname |
| Thumbed your nose on sb | to show a lack of respect |
| Tribulation | a problem or difficulty (perypetie) |
| Omnipotent | having unlimited power, able to do anything |
| Demure | quiet and well behaved (skromny, powściągliwy) |
| Scrape up | to manage with a great difficulty to collect enough of sth (eg money) or to find the things or people that you need |
| Wretched | very ill or very unhappy |
| Iluminous | producing or reflecting bright light eps in the dark |
| Grim | worried or worrying, without hope (ponury) |
| Rumpled | creased (pogniecione) or untidy |
| Pour scorn on sb | odnieść się do kogoś z pogardą |
| To throw a new light on | clarify |
| Face up to sth | stawić czoła czemuś, pogodzić się z czymś |
| Talk sb into sth | namówić kogoś do czegoś |
| Frowned upon for | disaprove |
| A long standing relationship/career | długotrwały |
| To have had your day (a has~been) | your 5 minutes are over |
| Let alone | not to mention |
| To minute the meeting | to take the notes, protokołować |
| To write off a character | to kill a character in a book, movie etc |
| To spring out of nowhere | to come up out of nowhere |
| To be made worse | to worsen |
| Discern | spostrzegać |
| Red herring | wtrącenie odciągające od tematu |
| Overriding | nadrzędny, ważniejszy |
| All in good time | at some time when it is convenient |
| (be/come/leave) on time | arrive punctually |
| Time and time again | repeatedly |
| A Bit pressed for time | in a bit of hurry |
| At the best of times | in favorable circumstances |
| To kill time | to pass the time |
| To buy time | to delay things |
| Just in the nick of time | with only seconds to spare |
| For the time being | temporary |
| Now’s a fine time | this is a very inconvenient moment |