Necessity

Question 1

possessions

Answer 1

*dobytek, posiadane przedmoty

• [usually plural]
• Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time.

Question 2

stuff

Answer 2

*rzeczy

• informal, [un]
• You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing itself by name.

Question 3

belongings

Answer 3

*dobytek, mienie ruchome, odrobnych rzeczach

• [usually plural]
• Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried

Question 4

housewares

Answer 4

• artykuły gospodarsta domowego
• [plural]
• articles for household use, esp. in the kitchen, such as dishes and glassware

Question 5

kitchenware / utensils

Answer 5

naczynia kuchenne / sprzęty

• [un]
• Kitchenware is pots and pans, knives and forks, and other utensils that you use in the kitchen.
• [c, plural]
• any implement (narzędzie) or container ordinarily used as in a kitchen

Question 6

comforts

Answer 6

udogodnienia

• [plural]
• things that make life easier and more pleasant

Question 7

a necessity

Answer 7

artykuł pierwszej potrzeby

• syn: essential, need, necessary, a requirement
• [c]
• A necessity is something that you must have in order to live properly or do something

Question 8

necessity

Answer 8

potrzeba

• [un]
• The necessity of something is the fact that it must happen or exist.

Question 9

the workings

Answer 9

zasady działana, zasady funkcjonowania

• [plural]
• functioning

Question 10

a luxury

Answer 10

rzecz luksusowa

• [c]
• A luxury is something expensive which is not necessary but which gives you pleasure.

Question 11

luxury

Answer 11

luksus

• [uc]
• syn: splendour, richness, extravagance
• Luxury is very great comfort, especially among beautiful and expensive surroundings.

Question 12

staple sth

Answer 12

adj, podstawowy

• syn: principal, main, key
• A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people’s everyday lives

Question 13

staples of sth

Answer 13

podstawa

*A staple is something that forms an important part of something else

Relationship,experience, meaningful work are staples of a happy life

Question 14

the bare minimum

Answer 14

absolutne minimum

*If you talk about the bare minimum or the bare essentials, you mean the very least that is necessary.

• It also shows that others have done little beyond the bare minimum
• Do the bare minimum.
• We’re cutting this thing down to the bare minimum
• keep it to the bare minimum (ograniczyć do nezbędego minimum /utrzymać na poziomie niezbędnego mimimum)

Question 15

cutlery

Answer 15

sztućce

• [uc]
• Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with