Unit 10 Flashcards by olga pniewska

To look at sth with all your attention

Be glued to

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Newsreader (UK)

anchor

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A system of broadcasting television programmes by cable

Cable television

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When you change from one television channel to another, only watching a few minutes of any programme

Channel-hop

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Someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television

Couch potato

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News about sth on TV or radio in the newspaper

Coverage

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Aktualne wydarzenia

Current affairs programme

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Telewizja dzienna

Daytime television

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Czas najwiekszej ogladalnosci

Prime time television

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The list that shows which films, tv programmes etc are the most popular

Ratings

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Najwazniejsze wiadomosci

Recorded highlights

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Pilot telewizyjny

Remote control

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Telewizja satelitarna

Satellite television

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Situation comedy; a funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week

Sitcom

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A television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly

Soap opera

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TV etc that is broadcast from the Earth rather than from a satellite

Terrestrial

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Someone who watches television

Viewer

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Przegrana sprawa

A lost cause

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Highly unsuccessful or unprofitable film

Box-office flop

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To experience sth unpleasant

Come to grief

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To be worthless

Come to nothing

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Not happen

Fall through

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Zbankrutowac

Go bankrupt

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.To ruin sth

Make a mess of sth

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To achieve one's goal

Make it to

Nie przynosic efektow

Not do any good

Plan

Work out

To succeed in doing sth , especially after trying very hard

Accomplish

To form or make sth from a curved shape

Arch

An official document promsing that a government or company will pay back money that it has borrowed, often with interest; Obligacja

Bond

Odbic sie od

Bounce up to

Written to wave sth around in dangerous or threatening way,especially a weapon

Brandish

Wywolac smiech

Break into a fit of giggles

Bring sth to a close captalize on

A small metal or plastic object that holds or fastens things together

Clip

To reduce an amount, size, costs etc of sth

Cut back on

The first public appearance of an entertainer, sports player etc of sth new and important

Debut

The lack of sth that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable or happy

Deprivation

A main road that has two lines of traffic travelling in each direction

Dual carriageway

The ability to continue doing sth difficult or painful over a long period of time

Endurance

To move lightly or quickly and not stay in one place for very long

Flit

To worry about sth, especially when there is no need

Fret about

Money that is provided by an organization for a particular purpose

Funding

Make sb sad

Get sb down

To frighten someone or make nervous

Give sb the shivers

To do sth as well as you possibly can, although you are not sure whether you can succeed

Give sth one's best shot

Migoczacy, blyszczacy

Glimmering

To agree with or support sb/ sth

Go along with

The use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive sb

Guile

Unlucky

Hapless

To annoy sb, especially by asking them many times to do sth

Hassle

A leather object for carrying a small gun, that is worn on a belt

Holster

To keep following sb and asking them questions in an annoying or threatening way

Hound

Part of body that is red and swollen

Inflamed

Always wanting more and more of sth

Insatiable

Push hard

Jam

To go as quickly as sb else

Keep up with

A lot of people find out about sth secret

Leak out

Inheritance

Legacy

Wyluzowac sie, rozluznic

Let one's hair down

Abonament radiowo-telewizyjny

Licence fee

A dark brownish red color

Marooned

ćma

Moth

Not likely to cause arguments or make people angry

Non-confrontational

Paddle (wioslo)

Oar

Saczyc sie; emanowac

Ooze

Over the side of a ship or boat into the water

Overboard

To ask for sth that you want very much

Plead with sb to do sth

Stawic komus wyzwanie

Pose a challange

A lot of money

Pots of money

Rekwizyt

Prop

To show sb that he was mistaken

Prove sb wrong

One car gets in front of another by moving faster

Pull ahead

Strike a deal

Pull off a deal

To stop doing or being involved in sth or to make sb do this

Pull out of

Przyspieszac

Put on a spurt

A strong feeling of being sorry that you have done sth very bad

Remorse

Withdraw; you say you did not mean what you said earlier

Retract

Money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services

Revenue

Wioślarz

Rower

You start to have a feeling because you are with another person who has it

Rub off on

Wyczuc podstep

Smell a rat

To cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts

Sob

Iskra

Spark

To refuse to accept unfair tratment from a person or organization

Stand up to

A company that is owned or controlled by another larger company ; company

Subsidiary

Walk slowly

Trail

A small door that covers an opening in a roof or floor

Trapdoor

To push sth especially the edge of a piece of cloth or paper into or behind sth so that it looks tidier or stays in place

Tuck

To get someone's support or friendship by persuading them or being nice to them

Win sb over

Osiagnac cel

Achieve an aim

Swietlana przyszlosc

Bright future

Act in one's own or everybody's best interest

Do well

To progress a career or to make it successful

Further one's career

To make progress in your life

Get on in life.

Give sb a feeling of fulfillment

Give sb a sense of achievement

Isc zle

Go badly

Someone who is extremely successful in their job or in school

High-flier

Nagly, niespodziewany sukces

Overnight success

To give sb all the money you owe them

Pay off

Miec wysok pozycje, wysoko w wykresach

Ride high in the charts

Miec szanse powodzenia w czyms

Stand a chance of

Very successful

Thriving

To happen in a particular way or to have a particular result especially one that you did not expect

Turn out