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to stimulate (interest or curiosity), wzbudzać
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to pique
But why? My curiosity was...
a good moral quality in a person, but also a C2 word for an advantage
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a virtue
Architectural beauty is not its main ..., density is.
to twist together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated (przeplatać)
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to interweave
Tightly spaced houses, ... alleys and streets.
the situation when the members of a group or society are united
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cohesion
The village couldn't have survived without this structure, without its walls, without its cathedral, because defense and social ... defined its design.
sb who is a 100 years old or more
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a centenarian
But let's go to Villagrande now as a contrast to meet some...
sociable, outgoing (towarzyski)
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gregarious
He was a ... man. He loved to recount stories such as how he lived.
to tell someone about something, give an account of an event or experience (opowiadać, relacjonować)
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to recount
He loved to ... stories such as how he lived like a bird.
the opposite, less good or less popular side of sth
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a flip side
The ...... of social cohesion is a wariness of strangers and outsiders.
easily annoyed and complaining
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grumpy
Meet Giovanni Corrias. He's 101, the ... person I've ever met. (also: ... expat)
to make a low, rough sound, usually in anger but also in music. (warczeć)
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to growl
When I asked him why he lived so long, he kind of looked at me and ...: "Nobody has to know my secrets".
sb who always looks unhappy and annoyed. (ktoś o kwaśnej minie)
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a sourpuss
Despite being a sourpuss, the niece who lived with him and looked after him called him "my treasure".
to come to see sb, usually briefly and without a specific invitation
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to drop by
The neighbors, the priest, people are always there or .......
done or existing alone, (samotny)
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solitary
They are never left to live ... lives.
compress sth into small folds, (zaciskać)
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to crimp
You can ... wires or ... dumplings.
able to perceive or feel things, emotions
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sentient
Our voices and body language convey a rich signal. It shows that we're thinking, feeling, ... human beings who are much more than an algorithm.
a small group of people or things, but also a machine part that allows turning movement to be sent from one part of a machine to another
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a clutch
Those people, that little ... of people are a strong predictor, if you have them, of how long you'll live.
extremely important or urgent (but also rozkazujący)
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imperative
Like Sardinian villagers, it's a biological imperative to know we belong.
to combine two or more separate things, esp. pieces of text, to form a whole. To mix
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to conflate
We ... online activity with the real thing.
to support or improve sth or make it stronger
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to bolster
Building in-person interactions into our cities, into our workplaces, into our agendas ... the immune system.
a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, a moment of realization, also a powerful religious experience (objawienie)
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an epiphany
The ... Day, so caled Three Kings holiday in PL. Also an a-ha moment.
to recall and show respect for sth or sb in a ceremony (uczcić)
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to commemorate
The Tomb of an Unknown Soldier ... the war victims.
used to describe intelligence, senses etc. that are very good, accurate and able to notice very small differences (but also ostry np. ból) and an angle that is less than 90 degrees
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acute
You have ... hearing in a dark
the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, esp. a heart, lungs, liver, intestines
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viscera
based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought
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visceral
The child in the pond who's drowning feels ... to us and feels like our responsibility.
an area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made
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a pond
My mum's neighbor has built a ... and he was breeding fish there.
to start to talk about a particular subject or person
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to bring up
Who is Kellie Gillespie and why was she ...... (past) in the podcast?
to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey. to leave work with permission, usually at the end of the day (phrasal)
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to get off
Who did Kelly meet while she was waiting for her husband to ...... work? If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.
A ... food or product is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives
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staple food
Pancakes are another American ... food. Rice is the ... food of more than half the world's population.
unnecessary because it is more than needed
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redundant
Hey guys, what do you guys wanna do? "Hey guys" is...

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