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There's only a smattering of people who oppose the proposal. He has a smattering of Catholic conservatism.
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knock someone or something over I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up. She got knocked over by a taxi as she ran for the bus.
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uroczysty (okazja, głos) · solenny commencer à apprendre
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Everyone looked very solemn.
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trzymać się (w trudnej sytuacji, nie tracić ducha) commencer à apprendre
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"How has she been since the funeral?" "Oh, she's bearing up."
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The skin will cicatrise and it will heal soon.
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ostrzyć · zaostrzać · podsycać · wzmagać commencer à apprendre
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I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite. That one kiss had whetted his appetite.
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przepchnąć · przebić · wpychać commencer à apprendre
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She thrust the money into his hand. They thrust a microphone in front of me. She thrust the papers at me The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman.
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They used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop.
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przerażający · wstrząsający commencer à apprendre
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People in Sarajevo live harrowing lives.
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I'm afraid I'm too busy - I'm in the midst of writing up a report. The country is in the midst of an economic crisis.
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It's conjecture. There's been a lot of conjecture about the marriage.
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zdezorientować · zbić z tropu commencer à apprendre
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The instructions completely bewildered me.
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In the distance, we could see elephants lumbering across the plain.
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przyzwyczaić się do czegoś · uodpornić się commencer à apprendre
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After spending some time on the island they became inured to the hardships.
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rozłożyć w czasie · zataczać się commencer à apprendre
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After he was attacked, he managed to stagger to the phone and call for help.
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czuć wstręt, odrazę do kogoś/czegoś commencer à apprendre
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I abhor all forms of racism.
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The hostages' ordeal came to an end when soldiers stormed the building. It's quite an ordeal getting up to Mt. Everest.
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wyrwać · wyszarpnąć · wyskubać · commencer à apprendre
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Birds pluck out their feathers. He plucked the letter from my hand. He was plucked from obscurity to star in the film.
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pośpieszyć · pomknąć · przyśpieszyć commencer à apprendre
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There is little doubt that poor medical treatment hastened her death. These recent poor results have hastened the manager's departure.
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The headteacher is very genial
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I'm merely trying to ascertain the facts. The police have so far been unable to ascertain the cause of the explosion.
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trudna sytuacja, ciężkie położenie commencer à apprendre
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Few of us can be unmoved by the plight of the refugees. Don't compare the plight of women today with slavery.
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szamotać się · nerwowo szukać kluczy · szukać odpowiedniego słowa commencer à apprendre
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fumble, to fumble for one's keys, to fumble for words I fumbled with the lock. He fumbled in his pockets for keys. He fumbled through his prepared speech.
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to be wreathed in sth / wreathe/ The peak of the mountain is perpetually wreathed in cloud.
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The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the murder. US soldiers reported a gruesome discovery in a street near Baghdad
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His hair was lank and greasy.
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There are lots of really sordid apartments in the city's poorer areas.
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The blood had congealed in thick black clots.
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She gave a wince as the nurse put the needle in. It makes me wince even thinking about eye operations.
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She said that the idea was folly.
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His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
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deprymować · odbierać odwagę commencer à apprendre
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I think it unnerved me to be interviewed by so many people.
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sprawunek · załatwiać sprawy commencer à apprendre
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I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to do first.
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A dreary little town. She had spent another dreary day in the office.
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The window cleaner has left dirty streaks on the windows. I dye my hair to hide my grey streaks.
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The leaves rustled in the breeze. He rustled his papers. I've heard a rustle.
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A group, especially of trees or flowers. They sat on the ground by a clump of ancient olive trees.
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She struck a match and lit another cigarette.
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odgłos ciężkich kroków, długi spacer commencer à apprendre
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The streets echoed with the tramp of soldiers' feet. The girls went for a tramp through the countryside.
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You go to and fro endlessly. I lived a few miles away from the factory and cycled to and fro.
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We watched the last of the stragglers come in.
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kościelny · osoba zajmująca się kościołem commencer à apprendre
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The sexton has locked the gate after the last straggler.
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poważne niebezpieczeństwo (związane z utratą czegoś, np życia) commencer à apprendre
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Great danger, or something that is very dangerous. I never felt that my life was in peril.
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ponosić (konsekwencje, koszty) commencer à apprendre
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customers using packaged additives incur the same cost per litre of petrol. you will incur long-distance charges each time you dial in. He'd rather incur the wrath of Brussels than lose election.
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The judge criticized the "outrageous greed" of some of the bankers. hese prices are just outrageous.
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Where's Dad?" "How should I know?" replied my brother, shrugging. He shrugged his shoulders. A friend has just described it with a shrug: "It's over".
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I went to the boss to remonstrate against the new rules. The barrister remonstrated with the judge about the amount of the fine. I heard a woman trying to remonstrate with him
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He's always behaved courteously toward my family.
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She came home exhausted and unutterably sad.
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We were all very excited as we streamed out of our final exam. Officials estimate that 20,000 refugees streamed into the city last week. His hair streamed out behind him as he rode off.
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występ na obwodzie np. rurociągu, który umożliwia połączenie dwóch elementów (kołnierz złączny) lub oparcie jednego na drugim commencer à apprendre
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The flange around the wheels on railway trains helps to keep them on the rails.
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Aid workers were said to have been filled with dismay by the appalling conditions that the refugees were living in.
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obviously very happy, or very beautiful: He gave a radiant smile when he heard her news.
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The sight of so much blood made him shudder. She shuddered at the thought of kissing him.
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Don't be so argumentative.
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My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin.
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The child stared intently at her.
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a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end. I shall drive a stake through her body.
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Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition.
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From an early age the brothers have loathed each other. "Do you like fish?" "No, I loathe it."
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baczyć na coś · zwracać na coś uwagę (szczególnie radę lub ostrzeżenie). commencer à apprendre
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The airline has been criticized for failing to heed advice/ warnings about lack of safety routines.
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ou can read all the lurid details of the affair in today's paper.
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Many outraged viewers wrote to the BBC to complain.
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stuknięty · mający nie pokolei w głowie commencer à apprendre
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I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged.
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cud (ludzki, nie boski)· podziwiać kogoś / coś commencer à apprendre
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marvel · to marvel at sb/sth It is proving to be a medical marvel. We paused to marvel at the view.
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This whole business has me up a tree. I'm up a tree, and I need some help.
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Show me the car first, please. I just want to make sure I'm not buying a pig in a poke.
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I thought he was joking - I didn't realize he was in earnest. She was approached by an earnest young man from the University.
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He looked at me with indignation.
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We could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers.
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His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. In her anguish she forgot to leave a message.
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They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
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It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
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This kind of behaviour is not acceptable," said the teacher sternly.
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She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry. This wrings my heart.
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mknąć po niebie · płynąć z wiatrem commencer à apprendre
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Fluffy white clouds scudded across the clear blue sky.
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przeciwdziałający · neutralizujący commencer à apprendre
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Why does society want one story and shun the other?
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There is a taint of some sort in the whole family.
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The sound was muffled by the door.
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putty, to be putty in sb's hands Her daughter is putty in my hands.
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pasek · pas (materiału, lądu) commencer à apprendre
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Look reverently upon the body and do not touch it.
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Indulgence in a hobby. His main personal indulgence has been to buy the small house.
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Appalled by the situation general Williams took command.
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He was repudiated by his family. They often want to repudiate one kind of life to try another.
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Yet another day of ominous news from Poland.
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He heard the door creak open then close behind him.
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zwiastować · zapowiedzieć commencer à apprendre
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It seemed to presage cruelties that were yet to be!
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zadziwiający · zdumiewający commencer à apprendre
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She was a small woman with startling blue eyes
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They wore their private needs like cerements, and slept in isolation.
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Her sweetness was turned to adamantine cruelty.
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She was very pretty and voluptuous woman.
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Blood had trickled over her chin.
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Lucy said something in a very low and tremulous voice.
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The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them. "Go to hell!", he snarled.
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The enemy were taken unawares. The overnight invasion took the military experts unawares.
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Remnants of the city's former glory. I am lost, running away from the remnants of my old life.
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loathing, to fill sb with loathing The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing.
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He crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
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Bad enough that other people were being so callous, but this was his own mother.
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He died, clutching his stomach.
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It was something he had been trying strenuously to avoid all night.
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The moaning of the man with the broken arm
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rozpostarty (skrzydła) · otwarty (ramiona) · wyciągnięty (ręka) commencer à apprendre
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I held them in my outstretched hands.
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I must dash - I've got to be home by seven.
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Her whole body was quivering.
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I must have looked baffled. I was baffled by that question.
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There did not seem to be any real malice in him.
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He was livid when he found out.
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They have no corporeal form, and thus must take a host body.
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The wall was old and crumbling with plants growing in the interstices of the bricks.
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zaledwie (przysłówek) · rzadki, niewystarczający (przymiotnik) commencer à apprendre
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An interscise in the wall where scarce a knife blade would have gone. Good teachers are really scarce.
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przechadzka · spacer (w wolnym tempie) commencer à apprendre
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She strolled happily through the dark streets of Brighton.
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Which manifestly could have nothing to do with what he was trying to figure out!
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Arthur was trembling like an aspen.
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carnal (relating to the physical feelings and wants of the body) Carnal desires. How can you still have no carnal knowledge of women?
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The trial was a mockery - the judge had decided the verdict before it began. Bill's mockery of his dad was a bit cruel, but it made us laugh.
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Charred corpses lay everywhere.
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What I do here is out of the lore and experience.
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He has not faltered at all in his talking to me.
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Just what are you warning me about?' she asked hoarsely.
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Perhaps this would not be such a hideous day after all.
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pisk (opon) · piskliwy głos commencer à apprendre
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With a screech the car started up to the next floor. The girl's voice went way high up into a screech.
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zsiadłe (mleko) · mrożące (krew w żyłach) commencer à apprendre
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He gave me a look I thought would curdle my blood.
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He could not bring himself to look at the contortions of Oscar.
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champ, to champ at the bit There she sat, happily chomping her breakfast. Now they are champing at the bit to start again.
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Blood welled up from what looked like a second mouth.
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She could feel his hot blood spurting onto her back.
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He was not the person to be seen reeling around in the street.
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Too much reading can put a strain on the eyes.
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I murmured good night and went up to my room.
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I was quite startled and again tried to play off the question.
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And he covered her grinning mouth with his to prove it.
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When they return, there will be mirth And music in the air.
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I entreat you not to reason with me any more.
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In this case, the plowshare can be quickly converted back into a sword.
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With the addition of the two other schools, the building is bustling.
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She was born for all that is beautiful and dainty.
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Communist party gave tacit support to the first democratic government in Poland.
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She has not repressed the details of what happened that night.
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Late one evening, Gianni blurted out that he loved her.
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I asked him to stop, which he did with alacrity.
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Instead, I stammered something about how high up he was.
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They need to act more boldly as a group, he said.
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But with her pallor in the light, she looked already dead.
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There was no time now to think of making atonement.
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For the past 10 years, the station has been beset by significant money problems.
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Do you know how many times a man can put his manhood inside a woman? All the manhood seemed to have gone out of us.
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I had not looked at it hitherto from his point of view.
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