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łączone 3 I semestr
Term | Definition |
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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 |