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question		réponse
keep something away (for example: insects/water) odpuchać commencer à apprendre		repel
something/someone you find disgusting or unpleasant and want to stay away from commencer à apprendre		something/someone repels you
prevent/discourage someone from doing something by making it difficult or unpleasant for them to do it, odstraszać commencer à apprendre		deter
a funny way of using a word so that more than one meaning is suggested commencer à apprendre		a pun
to avoid someone or something commencer à apprendre		steer clear of
worringly commencer à apprendre		alarmingly
very dirty commencer à apprendre		filthy
waste material from homes and other buildings commencer à apprendre		sewage
containing a large number of commencer à apprendre		teeming with
not surprised or worried commencer à apprendre		unfazed
poor and crowded area of a city in Brazil commencer à apprendre		favela
person with a strong belief in a certain cause who takes action to achieve their aims commencer à apprendre		activist
time during which someone refuses to eat as a protest commencer à apprendre		hunger strike
period of time when a person chooses not to eat commencer à apprendre		fast
Here used as an adjective used to describe a person who is mentally and emotionally strong commencer à apprendre		'iron'
when someone beats the team or player that was expected to win commencer à apprendre		an upset
to succeed in doing something that is difficult commencer à apprendre		pull something off
encourage someone or urge someone to do something (especially something they shouldn't do) commencer à apprendre		egg somebody on
a situation in which there is a lot of noise or craziness because people are excited, angry, or frightened commencer à apprendre		pandemonium
begin or cause something to begin commencer à apprendre		kick off
give responsibility for something important to another person or group commencer à apprendre		pass the baton
finish something commencer à apprendre		wrap up
to quickly leave a place, normally because it is dangerous or unpleasant commencer à apprendre		flee
used here as an adverb before a number to mean 'approximately' commencer à apprendre		some
a place which is the the centre of a particular activity commencer à apprendre		hub
short missions commencer à apprendre		sorties
not stable; likely to break commencer à apprendre		rickety
(here) thought to be lower than it really is commencer à apprendre		underestimated
ways of earning money in order to live commencer à apprendre		livelihoods
rising quickly commencer à apprendre		soaring
falling quickly and suddenly commencer à apprendre		plummeting
very shocking and surprising commencer à apprendre		staggering
suffer the worst part or effect of something bad or harmful commencer à apprendre		bear the brunt of
hold/keep/play your cards close to your chest commencer à apprendre		not share key information; be secretive
come clean commencer à apprendre		tell the truth about something you were keeping secret
big deal commencer à apprendre		something important
not that big a deal commencer à apprendre		important, but not very important
bout commencer à apprendre		short period when you are ill or unhappy; a short period of activity
bat away commencer à apprendre		(here) reject
very big commencer à apprendre		giant / massive / gigantic
from outside planet Earth commencer à apprendre		extraterrestrial
secretly listen to a conversation commencer à apprendre		eavesdrop

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