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moot
When you first mooted the idea of a classics list?
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poruszać, rozważać
preposterous
did it seem a little preposterous, even to you?
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absurdalny, niedorzeczny, bezsensowny
pitch
I used to say things like: can we pitch this as the old Sex and the City?
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reklamować, zachwalać
delude
I’m probably deluding myself, but I think it’s very important.
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łudzić, mamić, zwodzić (kogoś)
endeavour
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próba, staranie, wysiłek, przedsięwzięcie
palpable
I am looking for a book that still has the power to surprise: not just shock effects, but some sense of lived experience that is still palpable.
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wyraźny, ewidentny, wyczuwalny, namacalny (np. napięcie, różnica)
notion
The notion of hamartia is important to literature students. I’m extremely suspicious of the notion.
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pojęcie
Pojęcie winy tragicznej jest istotne dla studentów literatury.
yarn
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historyjka, opowiadanie, opowieść, przędza
steely
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nieugięty (o osobie), niezłomny (o postanowieniu)
cloistered
it’s set in a cloistered society – so cloistered that it’s almost surreal.
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odizolowany, klasztorny
unreliable
He’s such an unreliable narrator.
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niesłowny, niesolidny, niepewny, zawodny
coup
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zamach stanu
chasm
On one side of Bolivia’s political chasm people and leaders are denouncing a “coup”.
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przepaść, rozpadlina, szczelina
denounce
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potępiać
volatile
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wybuchowy, nieprzewidywalny
contested
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sporny, zakwestionowany
contest
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zakwestionować, podważyć ważność
mutiny
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bunt, rebelia, rewolta
with alacrity
She seized the position of interim president with alacrity
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skwapliwie, z ochotą
brandish
The criminal brandished his weapon at the police, trying to threaten them.
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wymachiwać
Przestępca wymachiwał bronią w kierunku policjantów, próbując ich zastraszyć.
hefty
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masywny, ciężki, zwalisty
pave the way
the interim government said they had struck a deal to pave the way for a new vote in 90 days
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utorować drogę
clash
Clashes had resulted in at least five deaths by yesterday.
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starcie, utarczka, potyczka, konflikt
thumb on the scale
Yes, it’s always bad when the military put their thumbs on the scale, but it’s really misleading to call it a coup
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A method of deception or manipulation that creates an unfair advantage for the swindler, likened to a merchant holding a thumb on the scale when weighing goods for sale, therefore increasing the weight and price.
bolster
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wałek, podpierać, podnieść, podtrzymywać (np. morale, pewność siebie)
fritter something away
While allies like Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez frittered away cash on unsustainable projects
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marnować coś, trwonić coś
halve
Morales managed to turn Latin America’s poorest country into its fastest growing and more than halved extreme poverty.
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przepoławiać, zmniejszyć o połowę
groom
While he was reshaping his country he refused to groom a successor or contemplate his departure.
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przygotowywać (np. do ważnych egzaminów)
steep
Their machiavellian politics prepared him well for the national stage, but may also have steeped him in a leadership tradition of “big man” bosses
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namaczać
herd
he was working from the age of five, turning his hand to everything from llama-herding and farming to football and trumpet playing.
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zaganiać stado
stewardship
He is charismatic and respected for the careful stewardship of the economy, the greater social equality he created, and the championing of indigenous rights.
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zarządzanie
perpetuate
He passed laws but did nothing to reform the system which perpetuates impunity
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uwieczniać, utrwalać, zachowywać
impunity
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bezkarność
incumbent
handing victory to the incumbent
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osoba piastująca urząd
defiant
But the people who have replaced him remain defiant.
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prowokujący (o zachowaniu), wyzywający (o spojrzeniu), nieposłuszny (o osobie)

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