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question		réponse
tatty commencer à apprendre		in a bad condition, untidy, rather dirty
hustle commencer à apprendre		the state of being busy, in a hurry
resilience commencer à apprendre		resistance
prerequisite commencer à apprendre		a conditon that needs to be fulfilled
sartorial commencer à apprendre		unique, very elegant
mediocrity commencer à apprendre		being of average
lousy commencer à apprendre		poor, not sufficient, not very high quality
ruthlessness commencer à apprendre		cruelty, no limits, no mercy
jaded commencer à apprendre		burnt out, exhausted
notorious commencer à apprendre		famous in a bad way / well-known for sth bad
dress rehearsal commencer à apprendre		a final rehearsal before a real play, with costumes and scenery
to sing backing vocals commencer à apprendre		to support a main singer with your voice in the background
stage fright commencer à apprendre		a feeling of fear or nervousness just before appearing in front of an audience
standing ovation commencer à apprendre		a round of applause where people stand up to show they enjoyed the performance very much
to enter a stage on cue commencer à apprendre		when they call your name and you are ready to enter
emotional recall commencer à apprendre		a technique used by actors to provoke emotions and feelings similar to the characters they act out, they recall personal experiences
curtain call commencer à apprendre		when actors come forward to the front of the stage after a performace in order to receive the applause of the audience
to be in the limelight commencer à apprendre		to be the centre of attention
live performance commencer à apprendre		wystep na zywo
understudy commencer à apprendre		a person who learnt actor's part in a play and can act if the actor is ill
underwriter commencer à apprendre		sb whose job involves agreeing to provide money for a particular activity or to pay any losses
soundtrack commencer à apprendre		a sound, speech and music of a film
soundstage commencer à apprendre		a soundproof room or building in which cinematic films are shot
playwright commencer à apprendre		a person who writes plays
to playact commencer à apprendre		pretending to have attitudes or feelings that you do not really have / to act in a play
to overact commencer à apprendre		to exaggerate your emotions and movements when acting in a play
screenwriter commencer à apprendre		a person who writes screenplays
backstage commencer à apprendre		areas behind the stage
to backtrack commencer à apprendre		to no longer agree or support sth you said or made
to crouch commencer à apprendre		to bend yourself and lower your knees so that you are close to the ground
blessed commencer à apprendre		honored, privileged
obsession commencer à apprendre		an emotional state in which sb is always thinking about sb else
to permeate commencer à apprendre		to spread through
impulse commencer à apprendre		a sudden urge or desire
reinforcement commencer à apprendre		the action of strengthening sth
to erode commencer à apprendre		to destroy gradually, by a slow consumption
fallible commencer à apprendre		capable of making mistakes or being wrong
mundane commencer à apprendre		ordinary and not interesting
to take precedence commencer à apprendre		to take priority over sth
nagging phone commencer à apprendre		an iritating phone, when sb calls over and over again, esp. advertisements
to seep into commencer à apprendre		to soak into, to get into, to pass into, to flow into
to brush through commencer à apprendre		to get or walk through
search engine commencer à apprendre		a tool used to search for some information
recycle bin commencer à apprendre		a special folder on your computer where you keep all deleted files
compelled commencer à apprendre		forced to do sth
compelling commencer à apprendre		interesting or exciting enough
compulsory commencer à apprendre		obligatory
compulsive commencer à apprendre		impossible to control
meaningless commencer à apprendre		without any clear purpose
meaningfull commencer à apprendre		having a clear meaning
representational commencer à apprendre		e.g. works of art show things as they really are
representative commencer à apprendre		a person or things that represent others
representing/ed commencer à apprendre		be entitled to speak for sb
dependent commencer à apprendre		when you need sb in order to live or survive
dependable commencer à apprendre		describes a person who behaves in a sensible way
depended commencer à apprendre		suitable to rely on, to place trust on
informative commencer à apprendre		giving a lot of information in a helpful way
informational commencer à apprendre		relating to facts
eye-opener commencer à apprendre		sth that surprises you and teaches you new facts about life or reveals sth
patch of trees commencer à apprendre		a small area surrounded by trees
backlit commencer à apprendre		lit up from behind, esp. in order to create special effects
barn owl commencer à apprendre		an owl with heart-shaped face
buzzing sensation commencer à apprendre		when you hear exciting news or feel anxious about sth
to dissolve away commencer à apprendre		to dissapear or to end
acute commencer à apprendre		sensitive to details / a pain that quickly becomes severe
lapse commencer à apprendre		a temporary failure
preoccupation commencer à apprendre		the state of being absorbed, interested in sth, concentrated on sth
restless commencer à apprendre		unwilling or unable to stay still or quiet and calm because you are worried or bored
dutiful commencer à apprendre		doing everything that you should do / having a sense of duty
incessant commencer à apprendre		never stopping, endless, never-ending
to back up commencer à apprendre		to make a copy of information on your computer
to back down commencer à apprendre		to stop asking for sth or stop saying you will do sth
to set up commencer à apprendre		to start a business, to organize, to plan sth
to set down commencer à apprendre		to note sth
to break up commencer à apprendre		to end a relationship or friendship
to break down commencer à apprendre		to stop working properly / to feel depressed
to make up commencer à apprendre		to become friends with sb again after an argument
to make it down commencer à apprendre		zejsc
to let up commencer à apprendre		to slow down
to let down commencer à apprendre		to make sb feel disappointed or less hopeful
to play sth up commencer à apprendre		to exaggerate / to behave in a way you think it is funny but it may not be
to play down commencer à apprendre		to try to make a problem seems less important than it is
to follow sth up commencer à apprendre		to investigate, to examine
to catch up with commencer à apprendre		to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as sb or sth
to put up commencer à apprendre		to build sth
to put sth down commencer à apprendre		to criticise, blame or accuse
be riding for a fall commencer à apprendre		to act in a reckless way that is likely to end in trouble
hang by a thread commencer à apprendre		in a very uncertain state, unlikely to survive, in a serious danger
to have a crush on sb commencer à apprendre		to be infatuated with sb
to hit the nail on the head commencer à apprendre		to find exactly the right answer, or to do exactly the right thing
to keep tight rein on sb or sth commencer à apprendre		to maintain strict or tight control over sb or sth
to meet sb halfway commencer à apprendre		to compromise with sb
to pack the house commencer à apprendre		to attract an audience very much
to poke one's nose into sth commencer à apprendre		to show too much interest in a situation that does not involve you / to interfere
to split one's sides commencer à apprendre		to laugh histerically / to burst into laughter
to take sb for granted commencer à apprendre		to not show that you are grateful for sb or sth and forget how lucky you are to have them
to reap benefits commencer à apprendre		to get sth good as a result of your actions
grumpiness commencer à apprendre		easily annoyed and complaining
practitioner commencer à apprendre		a person actively engaged in an art or profession
to buy into commencer à apprendre		to completely believe in a set of ideas
knock-on effect commencer à apprendre		a secondary, indirect effect
to dispel commencer à apprendre		to remove fears and doubts
reticence commencer à apprendre		the quality of being reserved
intimidating commencer à apprendre		frightening, discouraging
downward spiral commencer à apprendre		a situation in which sth decreases, gets worse
to get your teeth into sth commencer à apprendre		to deal with sth with great energy
to tag along commencer à apprendre		to go somewhere with a group, esp. if they have not asked you to go with them
to thrive on commencer à apprendre		to do well in a particular situation
passable commencer à apprendre		acceptable
to hark back commencer à apprendre		to turn back to an earlier topic
inevitable commencer à apprendre		unable to be avoided
sedentary commencer à apprendre		tending to spend a lot of time seated
hilarious commencer à apprendre		extremely amusing
to counteract commencer à apprendre		to prevent, to act against sth
to get the hang of sth commencer à apprendre		to learn sth
to be in two minds about doing sth commencer à apprendre		to hesitate
to be on the breadline commencer à apprendre		to be in desperate need of help
to curry favour with sb commencer à apprendre		do things in order to try to gain sb's support or co-operation
to put down the roots commencer à apprendre		to settle succesfully
on the nail commencer à apprendre		on time, without delay
to come to pass commencer à apprendre		to happen
to get/come grips with sth commencer à apprendre		to deal with sth
to look daggers at sb commencer à apprendre		to look at sb very angrily but not say anything
to make heavy weather of sth commencer à apprendre		to find sth hard to do and spend a lot of time on it
not to have a heart to do sth commencer à apprendre		to feel unable to do sth because you feel it would be unkind
to be down in the dumps commencer à apprendre		to feel depressed and miserable
to count your blessings commencer à apprendre		to see how lucky you are / to reflect on the good things in your life
to wait on sb hand and foot commencer à apprendre		to dote on sb and do everything one wants
to have a finger in every pie commencer à apprendre		to be invloved in several different activities
accessible commencer à apprendre		easily obtained
to go spare commencer à apprendre		to become very angry or iritated
to get on like a house on fire commencer à apprendre		to become good friends very quickly
to be (in) for the high jump commencer à apprendre		to be punished harshly
to make no bones about sth commencer à apprendre		not to hesitate / to act or speak frankly without hesitation
to be left (one) to (one's) own devices commencer à apprendre		without any support
to break the news to sb commencer à apprendre		to reveal information, that is often bad or upsetting
to take in stride commencer à apprendre		to deal with every problem with ease
on the tip of my tongue commencer à apprendre		when you know sth but cannot remember
full of beans commencer à apprendre		lively, energetic, in high spirits
to put a spoke in one's wheel commencer à apprendre		to spoil sb's plan
to act the goat commencer à apprendre		to behave in a foolish way, often to amuse others
to put paid to sth commencer à apprendre		to end or destroy sth
to be hard on sb commencer à apprendre		to criticise, to be harsh toward sb, to treat severely
to scrape a living commencer à apprendre		to only just earn enough money to provide yourself with food, clothing, and a place to live

PNJ - Test 2

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