Do as I say, not as I do

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insult
Nobody likes a hypocrite, and it's often used as an insult.
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obelga
insult
A group of people appear to be insulting this girl.
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obelga
harsh
harsh = stern and unkind
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surowy
stern
The definition of stern is someone who is very serious or strict.
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srogi
compassionate
compassionate = showing sympathy and concern
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współczujący
catch somebody out
catch somebody out = discover somebody has made a mistake
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zaskoczyć kogoś (np. pytaniem)
morally indignant
being angry about something according to principles of right and wrong
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moralnie oburzony
indignant
An indignant boy.
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oburzony
incongruous
incongruous not in agreement with
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absurdalny / nie na miejscu
pernicious
pernicious = deadly or destructive
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zgubny
deadly
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śmiercionośny
pernicious
An example of pernicious is the devastating effects of intense drug use.
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zgubny
pernicious
Smokiing is pernicious
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zgubny
preserve the environment
Rob, aren't you a supporter of the movement to preserve the environment?
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ochronie środowiska
gas-guzzling
A gas-guzzling car for an environmentalist, Rob? Isn't that a contradiction – aren't you being a hypocrite?
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paliwożerny (o samochodzie)
guzzling
greedy eating or drinking
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obżarstwo
fuel-efficient
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paliwo oszczędny
fuel
Fuel is very expensive in Poland.
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paliwo
sincere
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szczery
incline somebody to do something
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skłonić kogoś do zrobienia czegoś
pick on somebody
Do you see yourself as my sister? She used to pick on me.
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czepiać się kogoś
to catch somebody out
They have to express opinions about so many things that it's easy to catch them out being hypocritical... – and then we, the public, get morally indignant about it.
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złapać kogoś
indignant
and then we, the public, get morally indignant about it.
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oburzony
completely incongruous
But their public views may be incongruous – or not in agreement with – their personal views.
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kompletnie absurdalny / niestosowność
morally pernicious
And the difference between their public and personal views can be pernicious - it means deadly or destructive.
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moralnie szkodliwe
scrutiny
Politicians are under scrutiny all the time – their personal lives, their public statements
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analiza (czegoś)
scrutiny
Scrutiny is a careful watch or close examination. An example of scrutiny is a father asking a ton of questions to the date his daughter brought home.
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analiza (czegoś)
conservationists
here is a negative comment from the local conservationists
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ekologów
orator
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mówca
to ridicule
the great orator Demosthenes ridiculed a rival politician
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