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ALP unit 10
Social problems
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| raczej dość | fairly | She learns fairly easily. |
| kredens | sideboard | None of my friends owns a sideboard full of family silverware. |
| podczas gdy | whereas | The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple. |
| spłukany (bez pieniędzy) | hard up | I'm a bit hard up at the moment. |
| dziki agresywny | fierce | Keep two or three fierce dogs if you don't want to be burgled. |
| łup zdobycz | loot | I read about the case, where the burglars' loot included family's dog. |
| być zwolennikiem czegoś | hold with sth | I don't hold with hitting children in any circumstances. |
| ofiara wypadku | casualty | There were many casualties of the bombing. |
| odnieść obrażenia | sustain | Some nearby buildings sustained minor damage. |
| wyrwać z korzeniami | uproot | Trees were uprooted and many roads were blocked. |
| mieć niewielką nadzieję | hold out little hope | Rescue teams held out little hope of finding other survivors. |
| wielki pożar | blaze | The firemen couldn't get the blaze under their control. |
| rozchodzić się | disperse | Police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. |
| zamknąć dostę do czegoś | seal off | Police sealed off the town centre for two hours while they searched for the bomb. |
| główna przyczyna | root cause | The cost of the project was enormous, but it was not the root cause of its failure. |
| przestępca | offender | Lack of money leads young offenders into a petty crime. |
| żebrak | beggar | In their eyes I was probably just another beggar. |
| naruszenie prawa wykroczenie | transgression | As a result of that transgression, Kate spent two months in prison. |
| zatwardziały przestępca | hardened criminal | Teenagers should not be sent to prison to mix with hardened criminals . |
| egzekwować | enforce | Governments make laws and the police enforce them. |
| jazda kradzionym samochodem | joyriding | After drinking a bottle of vodka boys decided to do some joyriding. |
| zgwałtownie skręcać | swerve | The car swerved sharply to avoid the dog. |
| pijany | drunken | She lost her mother in a car accident caused by a drunken driver. |
| znaczny znaczący | considerable | They have made considerable progress recently. |
| pozbawienie wolności | detention | He was sentenced to two years detention. |
| zniesiony (przepis prawny) | abolished | Slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century. |
| kara śmierci | death penalty | In most countries, the death penalty has been abolished. |
| śledztwo dochodzenie | inquiry | The police have launched a murder inquiry. |
| napaść | assault | He was jailed for assault. |
| przypuszczać | presume | Each of you will make a speech, I presume? |
| szaleć siać zniszczenie | rampage | The demonstrators rampaged through the town. |
| oszukiwać wyłudzać | swindle | The company swindled money out of millions of people. |
| ułaskawić | pardon | The two spies were pardoned yesterday by the President. |
| squat | kucnąć | She squatted beside me and asked what happened. |
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