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question		réponse
scrawny commencer à apprendre		unattractively thin
lanky commencer à apprendre		very tall and thin, usually moving awkwardly
gangling/gangly commencer à apprendre		with long thin arms and legs, rather awkward movements
portly commencer à apprendre		with fat stomach and chest; often used humorously about older man
stout commencer à apprendre		with a quite fat, solid body; used of men and women
corpulent commencer à apprendre		fat
complexion commencer à apprendre		the type of skin (cera)
double chin commencer à apprendre		fat around the chin
unkempt hair commencer à apprendre		untidy, scruffy
swarthy commencer à apprendre		śniada
sallow commencer à apprendre		yellowish and unhealthy looking
haggard commencer à apprendre		with the skin hanging with folds, skin that shows tiredness and age
to pout commencer à apprendre		to make a duck face
to pout commencer à apprendre		positioning lips in the look of annoyance
grimace commencer à apprendre		expression of pain or strong dislike
to scowl commencer à apprendre		to give an angry look
to leer commencer à apprendre		to look at somebody in unpleasant way
to shrug shoulders commencer à apprendre		meh
to fold arms commencer à apprendre		to cross one arm over the other close to your body
to bite your nails commencer à apprendre		obgryzać paznokcie
to pick your nose commencer à apprendre		dłubać w nosie
to clench fist commencer à apprendre		zacisnać pięść
to tap fingers commencer à apprendre		uderzac palcami w stół
impetous commencer à apprendre		acts on a sudden idea without thinking first
impulsive commencer à apprendre		similar to impetous but used in more positive way
effusive commencer à apprendre		gives exaggerated expression of pleasure, praise or gratitude
excitable commencer à apprendre		easily excited by things
pushy commencer à apprendre		always selfishly promoting one’s own position or interest
garrulous commencer à apprendre		talk too much about unimportant things
taciturn commencer à apprendre		reserved or says very little (negative)
diffident commencer à apprendre		lacks confidence
aloof commencer à apprendre		unfriendly and not sociable
haughty commencer à apprendre		aloof
disdainful commencer à apprendre		does not believe other deserve respect
unapproachable commencer à apprendre		not easy to be sociable
conceited commencer à apprendre		thinks her/himself wonderful
gullible commencer à apprendre		easily deceived
conscientous commencer à apprendre		obscinate, stubbord, determined
pig-headed commencer à apprendre		obscinate but stronger
unscrupulous commencer à apprendre		lacks moral principles, prepared to do very bad things
bland commencer à apprendre		lacking taste, character, interest
brash commencer à apprendre		too confident
dowdy commencer à apprendre		dull in apperance
fickle commencer à apprendre		changing opinions suddenly without any reason
grasping commencer à apprendre		always wanting more money
nit-picking commencer à apprendre		too concerned about unimportant things
obnoxious commencer à apprendre		unpleasant and rude
obsequious commencer à apprendre		too eager to praise or obey people
off-hand commencer à apprendre		showing rude lack of interest in others
officious commencer à apprendre		too eager to tell others what to do
ostentatious commencer à apprendre		displaying wealth or possesions
pompous commencer à apprendre		too formal and showing that he or she consider himself or herself as more important than others
pretentious commencer à apprendre		trying to appear more serious or important
puerille commencer à apprendre		childish
sloppy commencer à apprendre		not taking care in the way he or she work
trite commencer à apprendre		banal
all the rage commencer à apprendre		fashionable
scruff commencer à apprendre		messy
frumpy commencer à apprendre		old-fashioned
dress code commencer à apprendre		accepted way of dressing in a particular social group
to dress down commencer à apprendre		to wear less formal clothes
smart-casual commencer à apprendre		informal but stylish
skimpy commencer à apprendre		close fitting, using a little material
snazzy commencer à apprendre		modern, stylish
of the peg/rack commencer à apprendre		second hand
on the high street commencer à apprendre		expensive butique
off the cuff commencer à apprendre		unprepared
to be hand in glove with someone commencer à apprendre		be good friends with sb
cloak-and-dagger commencer à apprendre		spisek
to take the shirt off someone’s back commencer à apprendre		zerwać komuś ostatnią koszulę
on a shoestring commencer à apprendre		to live really humble
without frill commencer à apprendre		simple and plain
to put sb in a straitjacket commencer à apprendre		ograniczyć czyjąś wolność
rewarding commencer à apprendre		gives you a lot of positive emotions
fruitful commencer à apprendre		produces good results
lucrative commencer à apprendre		makes a lot of money
therapeutic commencer à apprendre		makes you healthy
culture-vulture commencer à apprendre		big fan of anything cultural
dabbler commencer à apprendre		person who never keeps doing one activity for a long time
pastime commencer à apprendre		hobby
doer commencer à apprendre		person who believes in doing and acting rather than just thinking
squalid commencer à apprendre		very dirty and unpleasant

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