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z uszczerbkiem, ze szkodą dla czegoś commencer à apprendre
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Unfortunately, his sudden fame was to the detriment of his marriage, which soon ended in divorce.
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pochyłość commencer à apprendre
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Der.: declivitous (adj) The declivity of the hill was thickly wooded.
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gwałtowny commencer à apprendre
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Der.: abruptly (adv), abruptness (n) The concert came to an abrupt end when the singer lost his voice.
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the degree to which the ground slopes pochyłość, stopień nachylenia commencer à apprendre
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The steep gradient of the road made it difficult to climb.
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to give sb the right (e.g. to vote in elections) nadać prawa obywatelskie (np. wyborcze) commencer à apprendre
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Der.: enfranchisement (n) Opp.: disenfranchise Immigrants will be enfranchised, but no definite date has been set for this action.
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the amount of money paid to sb for the work they do wynagrodzenie commencer à apprendre
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His remuneration as a teacher is 25,000 per annum.
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małżeński commencer à apprendre
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The couple were having marital problems, so they decided to separate.
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criminal behaviour, especially among the young przestępczość commencer à apprendre
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Vandalism and joyriding are examples of teenage delinquency.
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the problem that affects a group of people and can neither be easily explained nor solved niemoc, apatia, zastój, fatalna kondycja commencer à apprendre
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The recent conflicts within the government have brought about political and social malaise.
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wredny, paskudny commencer à apprendre
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He was a beastly man who deliberately embarrassed people in public.
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(informal) to talk or write about sth repeatedly for a long time in a boring, uninteresting way „truć“ o czymś commencer à apprendre
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Parents bang on and on about how important it is for children to study hard at school.
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(informal) to be too slow and to lose an opportunity stracić okazję commencer à apprendre
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If you don’t apply for a grant now, you may find you’ve missed the boat!
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a feeling of anxiety and worry niepokój commencer à apprendre
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My teenage daughter is constantly full of angst.
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to replace, take the place of zająć miejsce commencer à apprendre
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The democratic government was supplanted by a dictatorship.
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to scatter, spread over a large area rozproszyć się commencer à apprendre
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Once the demonstration was over, the crowd began to disperse.
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an insight into sb’s character zwierciadło czyjejś duszy commencer à apprendre
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A person’s hobbies or interests can often be a window into their soul.
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to harm sb’s reputation because of sth bad or undesirable they are associated with nadszarpnąć, splamić (np. czyjąś reputację) commencer à apprendre
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The politician’s popularity was tainted by scandals and corruption.
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the most important fact or point istota, sedno commencer à apprendre
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The salience of the company reform was to improve working relations.
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a position from where a better or more powerful position may be gained punkt zaczepienia, korzystna pozycja wyjściowa commencer à apprendre
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The Nestlé Company was anxiously trying to obtain 9.41 a toehold in the Asian market in order to flood it with cocoa drink products.
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regarding sb or sth with very great respect and not criticising them podniesienie do rangi bóstwa, deifikacja commencer à apprendre
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The media are largely to blame for the deification of film stars.
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