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ALP unit 9
People and relationships
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| zmarnować zepsuć | spoil | You always have to spoil everything! |
| apodyktyczny | domineering | I had a rather weak-minded mother and by contrast a very domineering father. |
| nadzwyczaj | exceedingly | My father had exceedingly high expectations of me. |
| kolega kumpel | fellow | Paul's an easy-going sort of fellow. |
| mieć złą passę | go through a bad patch | Gemma's going through a bad patch right now. |
| udogodnienia | facilities | Local people are campaigning for better facilities for the elderly. |
| przodek | ancestor | My ancestors were French. |
| potomek | descendant | He was a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
| krewny | relation | We call her 'Auntie Flo', though she is not really any relation to us. |
| sumienny | conscientious | Sharon works very hard and is extremely conscientious. |
| jedyny | solitary | That was the solitary goal of the match. |
| uprzedzony | prejudiced | She's prejudiced against teenagers. |
| obojętny | apathetic | How can you be so apathetic about the world and its problems? |
| rówieśnik | contemporary | Oswald was much admired by his contemporaries at the Academy. |
| wyrzutek | outcast | Criminals often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts. |
| zaniedbywać | neglect | You shouldn't neglect your homework. |
| urazić obrazić | offend | Tom deeply offended Ann by ignoring her at the party. |
| upokażać kompromitować | humiliate | My boss utterly humiliated me in front of important clients, so I resigned. |
| odrzucić | turn down | She turned down my invitation. |
| wystawić kogoś | stand sb up | I was supposed to go to a concert with Kyle on Friday, but he stood me up. |
| drżeć z wściekłości | shake with rage | Jane's father shook with rage when she told him she was pregnant. |
| wstrząsnąć zaszokować | shake | Events in oil-producing countries shook the confidence of investors. |