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rosy
Our financial position is rosy.
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sielankowo, optymistycznie
magnify
Although our skin looks smooth, when magnified it is full of bumps and holes.
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powiększać
emblazoned
the cover was completely black except for three words emblazoned in bright, red letters.
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ozdobiony
resurgence
accompanying this resurgence came sth altogether unanticipated
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odrodzenie
host
In Plantinga's train has followed a host of Christian philosophers.
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dużo ludzi
puzzle over
Philosophers have puzzled over what physicists called 'the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics'.
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łamać sobie głowę nad
pore over something
A mathematical theorist like Peter Higgs can sit down at his desk and, by poring over mathematical equations, predict the existence of a fundamental particle.
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ślęczeć nad czymś
directedness
It signifies the object-directedness of our thoughts.
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kierowanie
blob of tissue
A chair, a stone or a blob of tissue like the brain is not about or of sth else.
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zlepek komórek
parsimonious
Not only is this hypothesis, to borrow Richard Dawkins phrase, 'an unparsimonious extravagance', it faces an insuperable objection.
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oszczędny
far and away
synonym: by far
Spring is far and away the best time to visit the islands.
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used to say that something is much better, worse etc than anything else
tenderness
She treated the children with great tenderness.
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czułość
lump
She found a lump under her arm.
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guz
have a frog in throat
I had a frog in my throat, and I had to clear my throat several times before I could answer.
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mieć trudności z mówieniem, z powodu choroby, bólu gardła
have a lump in throat
I had a huge lump in my throat as I watched my brother get on the plane.
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mieć "ściśnięte" gardło
faint
The lamp gave out a faint glow.
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słaby
significant other
She lives with her significant other in London.
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druga połówka
lodger
She takes in lodgers to make some extra money.
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lokator
next of kin
We cannot release the names of the soldiers who were killed until we have informed their next of kin.
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najbliższa rodzina
winsome
Maria brought along her eldest daughter - a winsome girl with brown eyes and a ready smile.
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pociągający, ujmujący
restless
She spent a restless night (= she did not sleep well), tossing and turning.
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nerwowy
lupus
It appears to be useful in treating the auto-immune disease of lupus in humans.
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toczeń
adjudicate
He was asked to adjudicate on the dispute.
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rozstrzygać, osądzać
vocation
Most teachers regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job.
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powołanie
disenchanted
Many voters have become disenchanted with the president.
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rozczarowany
vindicate
The decision to include Morris in the team was completely vindicated when he scored two goals.
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to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong:

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