1 - 02 - Pnja - Bogucka

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undermine

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weaken
Their friends *** her confidence.

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be taken at face value

Back 2

believe that the way things appear is the way they really are

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sound out

Back 3

try to find out what someone thinks by talking to them

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crack down on

Back 4

start dealing with something much more strickly
The school is *** *** ** smoking.

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seize power

Back 5

przejmować władzę

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roam

Back 6

move about without purpose / plan

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exercise power over

Back 7

have someone under control/influence

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take to

Back 8

make a habit of something
He has *** ** wearing a baseball cap.

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push around

Back 9

keep telling someone what to do in an unfair way

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ruthless

Back 10

feeling or shownig no mercy, hardhearted

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intimidate

Back 11

fill with fear
zastraszać

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ill-at-ease

Back 12

skrępowany, zażenowany

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submit

Back 13

surrender to the authority of another
commit to the indgement of another
offer as proposition

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tread each other's toes

Back 14

nadeptywać sobie na odcisk

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enthralled by

Back 15

enchanted with

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bring together

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create a situation in which people meet and do something together

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resentful towards

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think that the other person is stupid

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bury your head in the sand

Back 18

ignore a problem/unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear/improve so that you won't have to deal with it

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get off

Back 19

not be punished for something you have been accused of
have time as a holiday
send sth

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launch a campaign

Back 20

rozpocząć kampanię

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get away wiwth

Back 21

escape the consequences of

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take up arms

Back 22

make war
commence (rozpoczynać) hostilities
prepare to fight

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lock horns

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argue about sth

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abuse power

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out of using one's position of power in an abusive way
nadużyć władzy

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throw the book at sb

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punish very severly

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lay down arms

Back 26

surrender, stop fighting

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put forward your views on

Back 27

to state an idea

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bizzare contradiction

Back 28

dziwaczna sprzeczność

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born and bred

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born and grew up in the place, have typical character of someone who lives there

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in sb's good books

Back 30

someone is pleased with you
cieszyć się opinią

Front 31

get above yourself

Back 31

mieć zbyt wysokie mniemanie o sobie

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abolish

Back 32

to do away with - pozbyć się
annul
destroy

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public scrutiny

Back 33

nadzór publiczny

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pass sentence on

Back 34

read out the sentence of punishment for a criminal

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naughty

Back 35

dumny, hardy, wyniosły

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a fall from grace by sb

Back 36

revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
wypaść z łask

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inferior

Back 37

lower in degree, quality
Captain is an *** rank to major.

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set an example

Back 38

behave in a way that should be imitated
stawać się przykładem

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successor

Back 39

następca
dziedzic
spadkobierca

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summon

Back 40

call together
order to appear

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take the law into your own hands

Back 41

punish someone in your own way without involving the police

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descendant

Back 42

sth derived (pochodzący) from an earlier form
potomek

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bring about

Back 43

cause changes in a situation
Changes have been *** ** by new technology.

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make somebody feel small

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say something which makes someone feel not important or stupid

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back down

Back 45

stop asking for something saying in an argument when a lot of people oppose you

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be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

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have advantages because you come from a rich family
born into privilage

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get on like a house on fire

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become friends very quickly
have a lot to talk to each other about

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succumb to

Back 48

poddawać się czemuś, ulegać np. pokusie

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bring out

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publish
produce a new product and start to sell it

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entitled

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qualified for by right
according to law
We're *** ** equal protection

Front 51

the pros and cons

Back 51

the good and bad parts of a situation

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reinforce

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strengthen
The news reinforced her hopes.

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native species

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organism living in an area naturally, without human intervention

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conquer

Back 54

defeat (pokonać) / subdue (podbijać) by force
I *** my fear of heights.

Front 55

like two peas in a pod on good terms with

Back 55

when 2 look, behave, think the same, similar,
have a good relationship with

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exert power

Back 56

reign
rule

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phase out

Back 57

gradually stop using sth
The city decided to *** ** half-day kindergarten.