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male-gazey
Don't you think this scene is gratuitous and male-gazey?
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presenting women in a way which implicitly assumes the viewer/reader is a heterosexual man.
caper
The whole incident started as an innocent caper.
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an illegal, unusual, or entertaining activity:
squib
The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.
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petarda
rabies
Oxfordshire has never suffered a rabies case.
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wścieklizna
squint
She smiled and squinted against the sun., She squinted at the sign but couldn't read what it said.
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mrużyć oczy
pitch
made a pitch for tax cuts
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reklama
disparity
the growing disparity between rich and poor
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nierówność
come in first/second etc.
His horse came in second to last.
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skończyć wyścig jako pierwszy/drugi itd.
clinch/ clench/ cling/ clutch/ clash
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sfinalizować (np. umowę)/ zaciskać pięść/ przylgnąć/ przyciskać/ ścierać się z (brzękotać)
shuttle/ shudder/ shatter/ shutters
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jeżdżący wahadłowo (np. autobus)/ drgać/ roztrzaskać/ okiennice
BMAR (barf me a river)
The wretch's dress makes me want to BMAR.
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A term used to explain hatred or disgust towards anything that may make you want to up-chuck a large amount.
barf
informal
He got drunk and barfed all over the carpet.
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vomit
tangled
She ran a hand through her tangled hair.
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splątany
hernia
Endoscopy showed a hiatal hernia in 72% of the patients.
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przepuklina
sentient
But there was no sign of any sentient life or activity.
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able to experience things through your senses
dentures
synonym: false teeth
a set of dentures; Did you know they're making dentures for sheep these days?
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protezy
lip-synch
Lip synching is essential when films are dubbed into other languages.
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sing with playback
także kiedy postacie w animacjach wypowiadają kwestie i ruch ust jest synchronizowany
hectic
a hectic schedule; The area has become a heaven for people tired of the hectic pace of city life.
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napięty, pełen aktywności
efficacy
The drug's efficacy has been questioned by consumer advocates.
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skuteczność
minute
I've never seen a man with such tiny hands - they're minute!
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bardzo mały
give the boot
She was a disruptive influence, and after a year or two she got the boot.; I'm going to get the boot if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.
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If you get the boot or are given the boot, you are told that you are not wanted any more, either in your job or by someone you are having a relationship with.
brush up on sth
I thought I'd brush up (on) my French before going to Paris.
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to improve your knowledge of something already learned but partly forgotten:
expiation
He would never find expiation for his guilt.; the expiation of a sin
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pokuta
propitiation
the act of pleasing and making calm a god or person who is annoyed with you:
The purpose of these sculptures was propitiation of the gods.
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przebłaganie, pojednanie
imputation
a suggestion that someone is guilty of something or has a particular bad quality:
imputations of dishonesty; The company wished to avoid the imputation of blame for the accident.
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przypisanie
bondage
The slaves were kept in bondage until their death.
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niewola
gulp down something
He hardly has time to gulp down a piece of pizza.
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to eat or drink something quickly:
still less
These people can scarcely afford to buy food, still less luxury goods like perfume.
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much less
penal
Many people believe that execution has no place in the penal system of a civilized society.; He had been in and out of penal institutions (= prison) from the age of 16.
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karny
impute
The economic sins imputed to Tito had all been committed to a greater extent by the communist parties of neighbouring countries.
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przypisać
felicity
the dubious felicity of marriage
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szczęście
fruition
None of his grand plans for a TV series ever came to fruition.
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realizacja
forbearance
He thanked his employees for the forbearance (that) they had shown during the company's difficult times.
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wyrozumiałość
indulgence
an occasion when you allow someone or yourself to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you: All the pleasures and indulgences of the weekend are over, and I must get down to some serious hard work.
My inability to do needlework was treated with surprising indulgence by my teacher.;
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pobłażanie
pecuniary
pecuniary interest/loss/benefit
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pieniężny
impassable
Many roads were flooded and impassable following the storm.
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nie do przebycia
undergo
She underwent an operation on a tumour in her left lung last year.; He recently underwent heart bypass surgery.
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to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change:
infusion
An infusion of $100,000 into the company is required.
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the act of adding one thing to another to make it stronger or better:
remit
His prison sentence was remitted to two years.
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to reduce a period of time that someone must spend in prison:
meritorious
an award for meritorious service
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zasłużony, domagający się pochwał
absolve
The report absolved her from/of all blame for the accident.; The priest absolved him (of all his sins).
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to free someone from guilt, blame, or responsibility for something:
retributive
retributive action/justice; They fled because they feared retribution for the genocide.
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karzący, związany z karą
due
The rent is due (= should be paid) at the end of the month., £50 is due to me (US due me) from the people I worked for last month.; He accepted all the praise he received as his due.
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należny, należność
subversive
The FBI had the duty of obtaining evidence of subversive activity.
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wywrotowy
surety
What are you able to provide as a surety that you will repay the loan?
No one has yet been found who is willing to stand (= act as a) surety for Mr Naylor.
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a person who accepts legal responsibility for another person's debt or behaviour:
money given as a promise that someone will do something that they have promised to do, such as pay a debt or appear in court:
over and above
They receive extra money over and above the usual welfare payments.
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in addition to
vindication
The army's victory is being seen as (a) vindication of their tactics.; The man wrongly accused of the murder is finally able to savour his vindication.
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the fact of proving that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong:
exercise
formal
I exercised my democratic right by not voting in the election.
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używać, korzystać z czegoś
self-inflicted
self-inflicted pain/damage
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If an injury or a problem is self-inflicted, you have caused it yourself:
inasmuch as
Inasmuch as you are their commanding officer, you are responsible for the behaviour of these men., Inasmuch as funding is not available, building plans have been delayed.
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jako, że/ skoro
die down
The whole city dies down after 10 pm.; It was several minutes before the applause died down.
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If a sound or activity dies down, it becomes quieter or less obvious:
Całe miasto cichnie po 22.
set in
This rain looks as if it has set in for the rest of the day.
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nastać, zapanować
inseminate
One partner will often inseminate the other.
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zapładniać
homage
On this occasion we pay homage to him for his achievements.
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hołd
calamity
A series of calamities ruined them - floods, a failed harvest, and the death of a son.
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nieszczęście
middleman
You can lower the price if you cut out the middleman and buy directly from the factory.
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pośrednik
reimbursement
Am I entitled to the reimbursement?
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zwrot kosztów
czy jestem uprawniony do zwrotu kosztów?
reimburse
The airline reimbursed me for the amount they had overcharged me., We will reimburse all costs.
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zwrócić koszty
trench
the trenches of the First World War
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okop
sickle
hammer and sickle
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sierp
pug
It bore a sketch on the outside of the envelope; a small black pug.
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mops
reprehensive
He shook a reprehensive head.
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showing anger and disapproval about something someone has done:
potępiający, krytyczny
reprehensible
reprehensible conduct/actions
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naganny
reprehension
He had done nothing deserving of reprehension.
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nagana
bring sth about
He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
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to cause something to happen:
chandelier
A gorgeous crystal chandelier hung in the dining room.
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