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ALP unit 5
Media and advertising
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| broszura | booklet | Read the instruction booklet before using your new digital camera. |
| wiadomości | news bulletin | What time is the next news bulletin? |
| relacja (sportowa) | coverage | This channel doesn't have very good sports coverage. |
| broszura | brochure | I spent all of yesterday evening looking at this holiday brochure. |
| przemęczenie wzroku | eye strain | Does TV cause eye strain? |
| podprogowy | subliminal | Is sending subliminal messages into commercials fair? |
| stworzyć coś | make up | Nick made up a song about them. |
| ogromny | vast | The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money. |
| bezmyślny głupi | inane | Most pop lyrics are pretty inane. |
| przylegać (do czegoś) | adhere | The eggs of these fish adhere to plant leaves. |
| szum medialny | hype | Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing. |
| przesadny | excessive | The time required for full backup becomes excessive. |
| nieczytelny | illegible | His handwriting is completely illegible. |
| sedno istota sprawy | gist | The gist of his argument is that full employment is impossible. |
| obraźliwy | insulting | I told them I found the question insulting. |
| zarys | outline | A debt reduction scheme was agreed in outline. |
| dokładny konkretny | definite | It's impossible for me to give you a definite answer. |
| obrazować przedstawiać | depict | This painting depicts Saint Joseph. |
| wynik rezultat | outcome | In a month or so we'll check the outcome of our efforts. |
| przeszkoda utrudnienie | handicap | Not speaking the language is a real handicap. |
| nakład | circulation | The newspaper has a circulation of over 500,000. |
| produkcja | output | Output is up 30% on last year. |
| obojętnie (gapić się) | blankly | He sits there for hour after hour, staring blankly at the screen. |
| pełna łyżka | spoonful | The man took a single spoonful of a substance and put it in his mouth. |
| wirować kłębić się | swirl | He swirled the brandy around in his glass. |
| na oślep | headlong | Mortimer almost ran headlong into a patrol. |
| skromny | humble | He always remained a very humble man. |
| zmienić zmodyfikować | alter | Why would you want to alter your appearance? |
| rażąco | blatantly | I think the message in this ad is blatantly obvious. |