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to suddenly stop talking about sth przestać się odzywać, zamilknąć commencer à apprendre
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She clammed up as soon as her mother walked into the room.
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to move away with short, quick steps wynieść się, ulotnić się commencer à apprendre
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She beetled off home as soon as the clock struck five.
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małpować commencer à apprendre
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Most young girls ape the way their favourite musicians and movie stars dress.
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to eat sth quickly and greedily pochłonąć, pożerać commencer à apprendre
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He barely had time to wolf down his breakfast before the school bus arrived.
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to quickly move one’s head or body downwards to avoid being hit or being seen schylić głowę commencer à apprendre
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He was so tall he had to duck every time he came through the front door.
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to search thoroughly for sth and find it wytropić, wywęszyć commencer à apprendre
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The police managed to ferret out where the bank robbers were hiding.
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to make a happy sound or say sth in a self-satisfied way piać, triumfować commencer à apprendre
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She crowed with delight when she saw the new car her father had bought her for her birthday.
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to push sth into sth else using great force wcisnąć, wbić commencer à apprendre
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She rammed all her pullovers into just one suitcase.
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to store sth in a hiding place chomikować, magazynować commencer à apprendre
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They squirrelled away all the family photos in shoeboxes in the attic.
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a rock sticking out of the ground skała wyrastająca z ziemi commencer à apprendre
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We camped next to the outcrop at the foot of the hill.
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thin flexible sheets of metal usually used for wrapping food folia aluminiowa commencer à apprendre
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She wrapped the leftovers in foil and put them in the freezer.
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sceptyczny commencer à apprendre
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Der.: dubiousness (n), dubiously (adv) I am a bit dubious about investing all my money in the stock market.
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pochłonąć commencer à apprendre
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Der.: rivet (n), riveting (adj) As a child, I was riveted by TV cartoons.
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to make a sudden forward movement rzucić się do przodu commencer à apprendre
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Der.: lunge (n) He lunged forward and grabbed the knife out of the attacker’s hand.
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to search a place thoroughly for sth przeszukiwać, przeczesywać commencer à apprendre
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The police scoured the area looking for clues.
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to interfere in or concern oneself with sth that is none of one’s business wtrącać się, mieszać się commencer à apprendre
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Der.: meddler (n), meddling (n), meddlesome (adj) Even though I’m over 40, my mother still tries to meddle in my life.
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a thin flat plate used to make roofs of houses dachówka commencer à apprendre
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We had to replace the slates that had been blown off the roof during the storm.
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to attach objects together using screws and nuts or a metal bar przyśrubować commencer à apprendre
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Der.: bolt (n) On a boat, the furniture is usually bolted to the floor.
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a type of solar panel used on the roofs of houses panel, bateria słoneczna na dachu commencer à apprendre
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We used sunslates on the roof to enable us to run our home on solar power.
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(of lights) to flash on and off migotać commencer à apprendre
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Der.: blink (n) Suddenly, a warning light started blinking on the control panel in the cockpit.
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