eng 5 Flashcards by Luke k

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at the end of one’s tether

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u kresu wytrzymałości

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a misfit

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outsider

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scape

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outlook, prospect

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anoint

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appoint to a high office; bless

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dubb

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[slang] sth lame

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pundit

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specialist

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incurr

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cause

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An unaffectedly sincere laughter

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naturalny, niewymuszony śmiech

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whistleblower

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sb who spills the beans

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senile

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falling in physical and mental capabilities due to old age

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inamorata

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the loved one [hum, lit]

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set about

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start doing sth

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incredulously

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unbelivably

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impartial

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unbiased

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,tan’gential

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mało znaczący, drugoplanowy

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upsurge [of anger, violence]

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przypływ złości, eskalacja przemocy

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to come to the fore

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wysunąć się na pierwszy plan

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totter

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stagger, reel drunkenly

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chide

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scold, rebuke, berate, scorn

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wry comment

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ironic, sarcastic comment

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quack doctor

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znachor

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cron

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old hag

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dicey

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risky

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pER’functory

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superficial, powierzchowny

armistice

zawieszenie broni

manor

mansion

valiantly

bravely, boldly

to commence with

to begin with

1) gauntlet

glove

exacerbating /ig'zaeserbeit/

deteriorate

writ

nakaz sądowy

to be tantamount to sth

być z czymś równoznacznym

totter

to walk drunkengly

oblique

[line] ukośna; [allusion, reference] blurred, unclear

demure

[behavior, girl, dress] reserved, reticent

haze

mist; to dope (otumanienie)

2) to run the gauntlet of criticism

znosić ciągłą krytykę

Voluptuous

[woman] ponętna; [pleasure, taste, music] zmysłowa

to stoop

to bend over

dispersal

scattering, spreading

blatant

bezczelny, outright, unabashed

feebly

słabo, nieprzekonująco

Palpable

Obvious, intense

Exuberant

energetic, enthusiastic, lively, effusive, prolific

as a matter of expediency

ze względów praktycznych

twine

szpagat; coil - owinąć; interweaved

We are as thick as thieves

close friends sharing secrets

to throw sth together

upichcić coś razem

reprieve

amnesty, clemency

to stoop to sth

zniżyć się do czegoś

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