Słówka zestaw 11 - nowe Flashcards
(25 cards)
sprzeciwiać się
to defy
- I might be wrong to defy the King.*
- A party so elevated, it’ll defy gravity.*
godzina policyjna
a curfew
- You can’t put a curfew on me.*
- A national curfew begins at midnight tonight.*
zaraźliwy
contagious
No, Alex, cancer is not contagious.
i jako że
(fraza)
and since you…
I need a good second-chair, and since you owe me…
spór, konflikt
a dispute
January’s gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine exposed the EU’s dependence deep on Russian energy.
rozgniewać
to anger [enger]
- He just doesn’t want to anger you.*
- I’ve done something new to anger you.*
sprośny, lubieżny, obsceniczny
lewd
- They think you are lewd and disgusting.*
- You are charged with lewd behavior on four counts.*
makabryczny
straszny
gruesome
- Still, it’s a pretty gruesome way to die.*
- No other reason to kill David in such a gruesome way.*
dlatego też
zatem
tym samym
therefore
- The region has suffered severe flooding and tourists are therefore advised not to travel there.*
- Excellence has therefore to be searched at European scale.*
ponad wszelką miarę
(fraza)
beyond measure
- Lucius, I love you beyond measure.*
- Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.*
wyzwolić
uwolnić
to liberate
- My grandfather says that no-one can liberate Afghanistan.*
- I want to liberate you from this nonsense.*
klin
kawałek (np. sera)
również buty na koturnie
a wedge
- But whoever it was, put a wedge in the door.*
- a big wedge of cheese*
- The most fashionable wedge heel shoes …*
zachować (bezpieczną) odległość
(fraza)
to stay a distance / to stay at a safe distance
- Better to stay at a safe distance, thank you.*
- I’m supposed to stay within a certain distance of the address I gave them.*
wyraźny
jednoznaczny
również - “odważny” w sensie seksualnym
explicit
- She was very explicit about her plans.*
- He made no explicit references to Tess.*
- a sexually explicit film*
1 - wysiłek
2 - próba, trud
an effort
- He was making an effort to be sociable.*
- I put a lot of effort into organizing the party.*
pochwalać
popierać
to condone
- His comments appeared to condone drug abuse.*
- We, the nations of Europe, simply cannot condone this enormous injustice by failing to act.*
1 - składać (np. papiery)
2 - poddać się
to submit
- Applications must be submitted before 31 January.*
- He was forced to submit to a full body search.*
fraza podobna do polskiego
“tęgie głowy myślą podobnie”
Great minds think alike.
bezproblemowy
niezakłócony, płynny
seamless
- European citizens are in need of seamless quality communication.*
- The transition to the implementation phase should be seamless and without delays.*
pojmować
to comprahend
I was too young to comprehend what was happening.
przysłowie jak polskie
“gdzie kucharek sześć tam nie ma co jeść”
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
1 - zwyciężać
2 - być powszechnym, panować
to prevail
- We can only hope that common sense will prevail.*
- And yet you allowed the Avengers to prevail.*
- The use of guns prevails among the gangs in this area.*
1 - zbędny
2 - zwolniony
redundant
- That reference is redundant and should be deleted.*
- And you are redundant, Professor.*
- Eight thousand people have been made redundant in Britain this year.*
odniosłem wrażenie, że…
wydawało mi się, że…
(fraza)
to be under impression, that…
- Funny, I was under the impression everyone was afraid of you.*
- I was under the impression that they are willing for this.*
