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52 Cards in this Set
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conducive |
sprzyjający |
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penalty |
kara |
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liability |
należność |
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expedient |
helpful or useful in a particular situation but sometimes not morally acceptable |
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maul |
injure (pokiereszować) |
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tear |
rozerwać |
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violate |
disobey, do sth against law (pogwałcić np. prawa) |
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slump |
kryzys, zastój, gwałtowny spadek |
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give over |
stop doing sth |
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pull round |
tell lies |
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bring about |
cause changes in the situation, make something happen |
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ransack |
przeszukać |
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pilfer |
zwędzić |
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invade |
najechać (państwo) |
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loot |
zgrabić (łup) |
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next of kin |
closest living relative |
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kith and kin |
family and friends |
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own flesh and blood |
relative |
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foster |
sprzyjać |
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persist |
continue to do sth although it's difficult or opposed by |
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perpetuate |
zachować (np. pamięć) |
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waist |
talia |
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straps |
pasy, rzemyi |
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well-being |
a feeling of being happy |
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upbraid |
skarcić |
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reprove |
potępić |
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unmoved |
nieporuszony w sensie emocjonalnym |
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immovable |
impossible to persuade |
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develop a film |
wywołać film |
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constituent |
wyborca |
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selector |
a member of a commitee that chooses the best people for sth |
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patron |
stały klient |
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representative |
delegat |
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disarmament |
rozbrojenie |
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aridity |
jałowy |
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antediluvian |
very old-fashioned |
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antiquarian |
antykwaryczny |
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at sixes and sevens |
be confused, badly organised |
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upraise |
podnieść, np. rękę |
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stained glass windows |
witraże |
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drawn |
looking unhealthy on face |
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hinder |
utrudniać, hamować |
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intercept |
przejąć, przechwycić |
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impede |
utrudniać, powstrzymywać |
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resstrain |
panować nad emocjami, powstrzymywać |
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picket |
to stand or march in front of a factory to protest about sth or to stop people from going in during the strike |
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mislay |
misplace |
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misappropriate |
dishonestly take sth smn had trusted you with, especially money or goods (sprzeniewierzyć) |
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sewn |
uszyty |
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imperative |
needed (for smn) |
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insistent |
nalegający |
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incumbent |
urzędujący |
