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zdecydowane kroki, ograniczenie, ściślejsza kontrola
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clampdown
a sudden action taken by a government or people in authority to stop or limit a particular activity:
Following the military coup, there has been a clampdown on press reporting in the capital.
całkowity zakaz
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blanket ban
lista przebojów, lista de éxitos
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the charts
the lists produced each week of the records with the highest sales:
music chart
zgrzyt (coś nie na miejscu)
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crack, off-note
We had a crack and now we're not talking. It was just a little crack, everything is fine between us.
podział na strefy, podział na rejony, rejonizacja
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zoning
the act of deciding, or the decision that has been taken about, what particular use an area should have:
The town’s new zoning establishes a height limit of eight stories on any new building.
wpisany do rejestru zabytków (np. most, budowla)
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listed
He does not maintain an office under his name and has no listed telephone.
przywołać taksówkę
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hail a taxi
to raise your arm to let a taxi driver know that you wish to hire a taxi
wiadukt
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viaduct
The viaduct was not cut and no aircraft were lost.
wypłata, rozliczenie, łapówka, przekupstwo
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payoff
You have time for payoff until the end of the month. He is known not to take payoffs.
awanturniczy, zawadiacki
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swashbuckling
Our picks include murder mysteries on the high seas, true tales of swashbuckling pirates, and histories spanning thousands of years that paint a picture of our seafaring civilization.
karny naród
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a disciplined nation
objąć władzę
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sweep to power
She lost the job in 1993 after the right swept to power.
rozpędzony samochód
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a speeding car
opancerzony pojazd
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an armored vehicle
szkorbut
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scurvy
When a person gets help for scurvy, they usually get better very quickly.
nagła powódź
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a flash flood
A flood caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours
Did you know they have flash floods in that part of America?
akumulować, gromadzić, nagromadzić (np. kapitał, fortunę
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amass
to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period:
She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed.
bezkarnie
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with impunity
How dangerous it is to think that one can step out of bounds with impunity
przeczyszczający
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purgative, cathartic
Other methods of purging include the use of laxatives or diuretics.
nałożyć embargo
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embargo
The United States embargoed Cuba during the crisis.
zniesławienie
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defamation
The newspaper was sued for defamation.
zawijas
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swirl
He was just drawing some swirls out of boredom.
w mgnieniu oka
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at the drop of a hat
before you can blink
szafot
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scaffold
I went forward like a man on to the scaffold
dni pogodne i szczęśliwie (w przeszłości)
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halcyon days
the word typically describes an idyllic time in the past.
a halcyon era following the American Civil War
ostateczny atak (również rozpaczliwy)
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last-ditch attack
We have to make a last-ditch attempt to save him.
dymisjonować (ze stanowiska), usuwać (z urzędu)
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dismiss form office, depose
to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong:
He has been dismissed from his job for incompetence. The professor dismissed the class early because she had a meeting.
odra
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measles
The number of deaths from measles fell by 30 per cent. One of the children got the measles
zaplecze
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base, background, support area
back office, political base, power base
darowizna
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donation, endowment
The donation of your old clothes has helped my family. His endowment helped me continue my studies.
pocisk moździerzowy
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mortar shell
praworządność (rządy prawa)
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rule of law
Economic growth will not allow for the rule of law. A return to the rule of law is now the first thing that needs to happen.
wizjer 🎯📸
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viewfinder
the part of a camera that you look through to see what it is that you are taking a photograph of
rząd tymczasowy
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a caretaker government
The caretaker government could stay in place for two to three months.
wydany przez policję, ekstradować
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extradide
to make someone return for trial to another country or state where they have been accused of doing something illegal:
He was extradited from Greece earlier this year. He will be extradited to Arizona from Florida.
postawienie w stan oskarżenia (proces)
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arraignment
a legal process in a law court where someone is accused of a particular crime and asked to say if they are guilty or not
She was in custody last night awaiting arraignment. Their arraignments were postponed a month while the men retained solicitors
ładowność
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load capacity
the total amount that can be contained...
przyrost naturalny
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natural increase
miejscowo, tymczasowo, tematycznie
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topically
in a way that is of interest at the present time, or that relates to things that are happening at present:
I think he was struggling to be topically relevant. The book is so topically relevant to our daily lives. This archive consists of a topically organized selection of articles. Links from topically related pages will be beneficial to your website.
całkowicie wysuszony, knasktør
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tinder-dry
iść czyimś śladem
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follow in somebody's wake
przyspieszpne wybory
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snap election
in some countries, an election that is announced suddenly and unexpectedly
The point of a snap election is to have a poll without a long campaign. call a snap election There is speculation about whether the Prime Minister will call a snap election in the coming weeks.
węglowodór
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hydrocarbon
rozdzielić
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decouple
to separate from someone or something else; to separate something from something else that it was joined to or part of:
his main goal was to decouple church institutions from the state. The optimists thought the rest of the world would be able to decouple from the problems of the American housing market. Some people hope to decouple migration policy from party politics.
podeprzeć coś, wesprzeć
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shore something up
The company is also trying to shore up its financial position in other ways.
pętla, stryczek
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noose
one end of a rope tied to form a circle that can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to hang (= kill) them
They put him on the back of a horse and looped a noose around his neck.
władza wykonawcza
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the executive authority

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