Chapter 16

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to pitch
muzycznie - dobierać wysokość tonu (to tune)
Not to mention a couple of hours of human contact that wasn't just pitching high-minded policies to senators and ministers.
zaręczać, poświadczać
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to vouch
to vouch FOR
"But I'm high enough clearance that I can vouch to them for you."
hol wejściowy/przedpokój
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foyer
"Nice," she commented, looking around as he led the way through the foyer and down a long corridor.
subtelny, skromny, pełen prostoty
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understated
to understate - zbagatelizować, zaniżyć
The carpeting, wall hangings, and pillar sculpts were elegant but more understated than the decor she'd seen in other senators' offices.
chaos
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tailspin
też korkociąg
The man who'd sent her entire life into a tailspin.
przewrót, wstrząs
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upheaval
"I would argue from results that the upheaval in your life was the best thing that could have happened to you."
pokrzyżować, udaremnić (plany)
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to thwart
She glanced around as she sat down, noting that Ottlis had taken up position in the center of the doorway behind her as if expecting to thwart an escape.
mglisty, niedokładny
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sketchy
But there was the sketchiness about who else was working for him and what they were doing.
pozornie
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seemingly
There was his seemingly never-ending stack of credits.
uśmieszek (wyższości)
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smirk
From the lack of a self-satisfied smirk it didn't look like he'd heard whatever it was he was looking for.
zmieniać, przerabiać
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to alter
He could hardly know Driller well enough to have noticed the hesitation or the briefly altered tone.
informować
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to apprise
"He's kept me fully apprised of the game this whole time."
niepodparty dowodami
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unsubstantiated
She worked on the computer for the next hour, pulling up data, digging into rumors and unsubstantiated reports, finding obscure financial records and hints.
porządny, staranny
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neat
She waited until she had everything in a neat package.
ukrywać
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to conceal
He was waiting in a corner booth in the Gilroy Plaza Diner when Arihnda arrived, his features half concealed by the hood of his plain robe.
szpiegostwo
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espionage
"He wants me to spy on them for him, and threatened to turn me over to ISB under false charges of espionage if I refuse."
obracać
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to swivel
swivel chair
She keyed the datapad and swiveled it around to face him.
ujawnienie
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disclosure
"And you believe his lack of disclosure is a weapon that can be brought to bear?"
analiza, nadzór, badanie (np. w komisji śledczej)
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scrutiny
"Only with a secret ally could he know the charges against you would escape closer scrutiny."
sedno
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gist
"But I was close enough to catch the gist of what they were saying."
dźwignia
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lever
"Is to use the threat as a lever against your enemy in order to make him into your ally."

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