Profi Lingua C1 - 3

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elicit
Try and elicit agreement.
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wywołać
it occurs to me that
It occurs to me that we should get out of town for the day.
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przyszło mi to do głowy, że
nothing springs to mind
I've been thinking but nothing springs to mind.
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nic nie przychodzi mi do głowy
bounce a few ideas around
I think we should bounce a few ideas around and see what we come up with.
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wymienić się pomysłami
passing thought
OK, relax, we don't do it - it was just a passing thought.
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przemyślenie
brainwave
I've had a brainwave! Let's start a business selling nappies for ducks.
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olśnienie
Właśnie doznałem olśnienia! Załóżmy firmę, która będzie sprzedawać pieluchy dla kaczek.
chip
mint chocolate chip
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żeton
debilitate
Consumer feel debilitated and often make no choice at all.
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wycieńczać
booth
Booth of jam samples offered shoppers 24 jams.
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stragan
latter
The latter choice attracted a larger amount of interest.
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końcowy
acute sense of
An acute sense of disappointment caused by FOMO.
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ostre poczucie
to diminish
The number of obese people will diminish in 2020.
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zmniejszać
Liczba osób otyłych zmniejszy się w 2020.
staggering
If you examine one shelf of products in a supermarket, the choice can be staggering.
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oszałamiający
bricks and mortar
Online retailers often offer consumers a lot more choice than bricks and mortar equivalents.
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cegły i zaprawy
daunting
In my case, learning to play the guitar is a daunting task. I just don't have the talent.
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beznadziejny, zniechęcający
W moim przypadku nauka gry na gitarze to beznadziejne zadanie. Po prostu nie mam talentu.
blatantly obvious
It might sound blatantly obvious
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rażąco oczywiste
take stock
Step back, take stock and calm down.
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oszacować coś
pin sth down
This will help you pin it down in practical terms.
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ustalać coś, określać coś
chagrin
Children are naturally curious, and - often much to our chagrin - will relentlessly ask "Why?"
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zmartwienie
relentlessly
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bezlitośnie
to mull over
Mulling over the problems.
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rozmyślać
to devise
Edward de Bono devised a system called Six Thinking Hats.
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wymyślić, wynaleźć
befuddle
Sometimes when you've been wrestling with a problem for ages you get so befuddled that you just go round in circles.
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zamroczyć
perplexed
She is perplexed about what to do for her son.
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zakłopotany
baffled
I must admit, I'm completely baffled.
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zaskoczony, zdezorientowany, zkonfudowany
ruminate
He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life.
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rozmyślać (na r)
ponder
If you ponder something, you think about it carefully.
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rozważać (na p)
shed light on
The case has shed light on the difficult journeys made by migrants.
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rzucić światło na
misread
The government largely misread the mood of the electorate.
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błędnie odczytany
rack your brains
Synonyms: think hard, try to remember (informal), scratch your head, give a lot of thought to something
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wytężać umysły
grapple with
The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with
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borykać się z, zmagać się z
to zero in on sth
To zero in on a target means to aim at it or move towards it.
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skupić uwagę na czymś
vicinity
We have many shops and restaurants in the vicinity of our new apartment.
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pobliże
Mamy wiele sklepów i restauracji w pobliżu naszego nowego mieszkania.
respite
Green spaces provide a vital respite from everyday life.
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wytchnienie
unsightly
Sound means you can listen to tunes without having to look at unsightly big boxes.
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brzydki, nieatrakcyjny
blot
This drugs scandal is another blot on the reputation.
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plama, skaza
worsening
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pogorszenie
daring
The acrobat was very daring - he always pushed the limits of safety.
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odważny, śmiały
Akrobata był bardzo odważny - zawsze balansował na granicy niebezpieczeństwa.
inferior
inferior dental arch
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dolny
to slant
Fake news is a term commonly used by both politicians and ordinary people alike that is directed at any news stories slanted in a way that goes against their opinion.
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pochylać się
credibility
The police have lost their credibility
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wiarygodność
hoax
it was a hoax
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oszustwo
utterly
Utterly ridiculous inventions
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całkowicie
gradable
'big' and 'small' are gradable adjectives
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stopniowany
impartial
As an impartial observer my analysis is supposed to be objective.
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bezstronna
insubstantial
Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent.
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nierealny, ulotny
unsubstantiated
... unsubstantiated rumours about his private life.
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bezpodstawny
creditable
Not a very creditable attitude, I'm afraid
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chlubny, zaszczytny, dobry moralnie
ludicrous
It was ludicrous to suggest that the visit could be kept secret
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śmieszne, głupie, absurdalne
interplay
... the interplay of political, economic, social and cultural factors.
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wzajemne oddziaływanie
virtually
Virtually all the apples in the store had brown marks on them.
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praktycznie
Praktycznie wszystkie jabłka w sklepie miały brązowe ślady.
to unearth
Researchers have unearthed documents...
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odkryć
hamper
I was aware that, by sharing the fact that the news story was fake, I’d hamper my contact’s enjoyment of it.
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utrudniać
to budge
You know, each one refusing to budge.
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ruszyć się, przesunąć
hidden agenda
a secret motive for doing something
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ukryty cel, ukryta motywacja
as clear as mud
I'm more confused now than I wa before he gave that summary. It was as clear as mud.
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czysty jak błoto (idiom)
to stall
As long as you can stall the potential robber during that time, you'll be safe.
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przeciągnąć (np. czas), też gasnąć
malign
She has recently been maligned in the gossip columns of several newspapers.
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złośliwy, oczerniać
busker
The busker stood on the corner of the street playing the violin and people threw coins in his hat.
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muzyk uliczny
Grajek stał na rogu ulicy i grał na skrzypcach, a ludzie wrzucali monety do jego kapelusza.
niggle
niggle of Nigles. I just can't remember his name - it's been niggling me for a couple of weeks.
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martwić się o coś, rozmyślać (lekko)
to gulp sth down
She gulped down her drink and made a hasty exit.
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przełknąć coś
abundance of
There was an abundance of food at the wedding.
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