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bring about sth
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doprowadzić do czegoś, spowodować coś
Harold’s working to bring about changes in the industry. It can bring about serious consequences.
by other means
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innymi środkami, w innym znaczeniu
Football is 'the continuation of war by other means' (G. Orwell)
means
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środki, zasób; środek, sposób
We don't have any means to live here. They are out of means.; You can use different means of transport in our city.
fringe
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uboczny, skrajny; grzywka, frędzle
He attended several of the fringe meetings at the conference. Fringe area of studies. These activities are very much on the fringe of their global operation.
laze around
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leniuchować
to relax and enjoy yourself, doing very little
We spent the day lazing around on the beach.
shortage
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brak, niedobór, deficyt
We are suffering from the shortage of food. There is a shortage of vaccinations in Africa. The recent shortage of money made us suffer.
lasting
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trwały, niezatarty
Few observers believe that the treaty will bring a lasting peace to the region.
notable
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godny uwagi, znakomitość, notabl
His is considered a notable in his environment.
defeat
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porażka; pokonać, zwyciężyć
It was an embarrassing defeat; You will never defeat me. We were defeated in this battle.
break out
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wybuchać, gwałtownie się zacząć
The Second World War broke out in 1939.
ceasefire
/ˈsiːs.faɪər/
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zawieszenie broni
The cease-fire of 23 January is extremely fragile and only really exists on paper.
cease
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przerwać, zaprzestać, przestać, zaniechać, ustać
Cease trying to do more than you can. According to their orders, we must cease construction of the project immediately. The whispering ceased when the curtain went up.
war rages
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Wojna szaleje / toczy się, zaostrza
Meanwhile in Spain, the Civil War rages out of control. The war rages around me.
under siege
/siːdʒ/
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oblężona
The castle was under siege for three months.
track down
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wyśledzić, wytropić, odnaleźć
I asked him to track my biological mother down. The police still hasn't tracked the murderer down
plant a bomb
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podłożyć bombę
fatality
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ofiara śmeirtelna; nieszczescie, śmierteny wypadek
Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
overthrow
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obalenie, zburzyć
He said that Allende's government in Chile was overthrown by the army and the CIA in 1973.
seize
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chwycić; zawładnąć; konfiskować, wziąć w posiadanie; schwytać, aresztować
He seized my hand and led me to his room. The jealousy seized my mind. The police seized his gun. He was seized in his own house.
seize control
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przejąć kontrolę
They seized control of the country
coup
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zamach stanu
A military coup is not a way out of a crisis.
stage a coup
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przeprowadzić zamach stanu
rally
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rajd; zbiórka, zgromadzenie (ludzi), wiec
He won a motorcycle rally. She attended an anti-government rally. He made many promises at his presidential rally. (wiec prezydencki)
upcoming
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Nadchodzący, zbliżający się
Tickets are selling well for the group's upcoming concert tour.
newsworthy
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warty opublikowania
the topic is newsworthy
proliferation
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rozpowszechnianie, szybki wzrost liczby, rozprzestrzenianie
We acknowledge the common threat of nuclear proliferation, particularly from Iran. Here we have a proliferation of scar tissue on his body.
tissue
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tkanka; chusteczka
The bullet went through muscle tissue.
benevolent
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życzliwy, dobrotliwy; dobroczynny (organizacja)
He was a benevolent old man and wouldn't hurt a fly. She smiled benevolently at me.
cleave
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rozszczepiać, rozłupywać; podzielić, rozdzielić (społeczeństwo)
With one blow of the knight's axe, he clove the rock in twain (= into two pieces).
cleave to sth/sb
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trzymać się czegoś/kogoś, trwać przy czymś/kimś
The ancient ivy cleaved to the ruined castle walls. People in the remote mountain villages still cleave to their old traditions.
ivy
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bluszcz
cleavage
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dekolt
Clare was wearing a low-cut dress that showed off her cleavage.
the last straw
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kropla przelewająca czarę
The last straw was when the company fired most of the managers. (full: the last straw breaks the camel's back)
reckon
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myśleć, sądzić, przypuszczać
I reckon she'll come. She was widely reckoned (to be) the best actress of her generation.
padlock
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kłódka
dustpan
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szufelka
to pick fights/ a fight
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wszczynać walki / walkę
Some kids were teasing him, trying to pick a fight.
tease
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złośliwiec; droczyć się, dokuczać, kpić
My brother is always teasing me. Don't tease the bear, it can kill you.
be rushed to
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być zabranym
After accident, he was rushed to casualty
casualty
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wypadek, ostry dyżur (US)
A&E (Accident and Emergency)/ Casualty (BrE)/Emergency Room (AmE) (n)
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ostry dyżur
revengeful
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mściwy
I call these clauses very revengeful clauses.
clause
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paragraf, klauzula
There will be a human rights clause in the new agreement.
petulant
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rozdrażniony, nadąsany
"Well, he didn't invite me to his party so I'm certainly not inviting him to mine!" she said petulantly. Skilful player but incredibly sulky and petulant.
sulky
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nadąsany, dąsający się
She brought along a couple of sulky kids who didn't say a word the whole time.
auxiliary
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pomocniczy, posiłkowy, zapasowy, rezerwowy
auxiliary verb, ~ staff, ~ nurse, semi-skilled auxiliaries
to let off steam
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wypuszczać parę, wyrzucić napięcie z siebie
She jogs after work to let off steam.
in-laws
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teściowie (nieformalnie)
get ones wires crossed
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nie móc się dogadać przez różne rozumienie sytuacji
Somehow we got our wires crossed because I'd written the 23rd in my diary and Jen had the 16th.
trip over
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potknąć się
I accidentally tripped over the suitcase.
take offence (at sth/sb) (offense)
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obrażać się (przez coś / na kogoś)
don't take offence
lay siege to sth
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oblgać, przystępować do obleżenia
The soldiers laid siege to (= started a siege of) the city. The castle was under siege for months.
fierce
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okrutny, zażarty, zagorzały, ostry, zajadły
She turned a sharp, fierce look upon him., they were engaged in a fierce price war, Our competition is fierce.
sales force
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pracownicy działu sprzedaży
big gun
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ważna osoba, gruba ryba
Their lawyer, a big gun from Detroit, commissioned a bunch of surveys to show that their products met the state's standards.
pursue
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kontynuować, prowadzić; dążyć do, realizować; nagabywać
You should pursue your research. Don't be afraid to pursue your goals. If you keep on pursuing me, I will call the police. They are aggressively pursuing voters
tight
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ograniczony (budżet), napięty (kalendarz), ciasny (samochód) and more
I'm on a tight budget this month. He said he was late because of his tight schedule. My plane seat was too tight...
rota
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harmonogram, kolejność, grafik
the rota of household chores, weekly rota
slam
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trzaskać
to slam the door
inconsiderate
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nieuprzejmy, nie liczący się z innymi
Our neighbours are very inconsiderate - they're always playing loud music late at night.
appoint
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powołać, mianować, wyznaczyć, ustanowić
You will appoint me your private secretary. We appointed the date for our wedding.
forthcoming
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nadchodzący, przyszły, mający się ukazać
We have just received the information about the forthcoming conference. Her forthcoming novel is expected to become an instant bestseller.
to have words with somebody
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kłócić się z kimś
They had words yesterday evening
go over sb's head
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zrobić coś pomijając kogoś
He went over your head and complained about you to the manager.
accusation
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oskarżenie, zarzut
You won't get anywhere throwing around baseless accusations.
herd
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stado, tłum; stłoczyć, zgromadzić; zaganica
~ of raindeer, ~ of people; Her concert herded thousands of people; He herded the sheep to the farm.
memoir
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pametnik, życiorys, memoriał
Will you help me write my memoir?
encounter
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spotkanie (niespodziewane), zetknięcie
I remember my first encounter with a smartphone. Our encounter was an unpleasant surprise.
withdraw
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wycofać; wypłacać; odwołać
~ soldiers / troops, ~ money; ~ words; ~ from the project, ~ from the competition
crawl
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czołgac się, wlec się, raczkować; pełznąć
crawling soldier, crawl into bed, crawling car, crawling kid, crawling caterpillar
treaty
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traktat, układ, porozmienie
The Treaty of Lisbon was initially known as the Reform Treaty.
gripping
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trzymający w napięciu, porywający, wciągający
rout
/raʊt/
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pogrom, rozgromić,
to defeat an enemy completely and force them to run away to defeat an opponent completely:
The Russian chess team routed all the rest. The battle/election was a complete and utter rout.
utter
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wymawiać, wyrażać, wydawać; kompletny, całkowity, bezdenny
She sat through the whole meeting without uttering a word.; utter confusion/misery/chaos utter nonsense/rubbish/drivel The meeting was a complete and utter waste of time. Lying back in the hot bath was utter bliss.
draw sth from sth
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uzyskać coś z czegoś
... all these phrases which, by the way, are drawn from news articles over the last week.
confine
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ograniczać
to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way:
In the previous job I was confined to doing only one thing. Let's confine our discussion to the matter in question, please! Please confine your use of the phone to business calls.
cliche
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frazes, truizm, banał
I know it's a cliché, but the birth of my son was the happiest day of my life.
unsung
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pomijany, niezauważany, niedoceniany
unsung hero, Many of her achievements went unsung until after her death.
terminally
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terminalnie, ostatecznie, nieuleczalnie
terminally ill
rift
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rozdzwięk; szczelina, rozpadlina
There is a rift between what he says and what he does. The marriage caused a rift between the brothers and they didn't speak to each other for ten years.
torn
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rozdarty, podarty
I'm torn between family and work
contempt
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pogarda
He looked at them with contempt. I could hear the contempt in her voice.
pugilistic
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bokserski; chcący uderzyć/walczyć
Ali was a pugilistic virtuoso.; His pugilistic friend threatened us with physical violence.
scrap
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kawałek; wdawać się w bójkę
My boyfriend scrapped in front of a club.
revere
/rɪˈvɪər/
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czcić, poważać, szanować
Nelson Mandela is revered for his brave fight against apartheid.

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