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docinać (komuś), szydzić (z kogoś), dokuczać (komuś) start learning		taunt to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing unkindly at them The other kids used to taunt him in the playground because he was fat and wore glasses
szczerbaty start learning		jagged
rozszarpany, podarty (o książce), wystrzępiony, zużyty (o ubraniu) start learning		tattered
hartowany start learning		tempered
pomocniczy, drugorzędny start learning		subsidiary a company that is controlled by another or something less important than something else with which it is connected:
osiągać start learning		attain These verbs all refer to reaching a goal or succeeding in doing something through effort. However, while 'achieve' emphasizes reaching a goal, 'attain' is concerned with reaching a specific level or position and 'accomplish' focuses of completing a task He has attained the highest grade in his music exams. --- We need to identify the best ways of attaining our objectives/goals.
prawowity start learning		legitimate
okaziciel start learning		bearer
pokryty start learning		coated
siła wyższa start learning		force majeure
nagły wzrost start learning		surge A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly. If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.
współzawodniczyć start learning		vie to compete with other people to achieve or get something The two older children tend to vie with the younger one for their mother's attention.
zjednać sobie kogoś start learning		endear She is unlikely to endear herself to her colleagues with such an aggressive approach.
czaszkowy start learning		cranial skull
przesłanka start learning		premise
zależeć od czegoś start learning		hinges on something Her career hinges on the success of this project.
przekonywująco, wiarygodnie start learning		plausibly The plot doesn't always unfold plausibly
stanowić, reprezentować start learning		constitute Women constitute about ten percent of Parliament. The under-18s constitute nearly 25 percent of the town's population.
wrzesień start learning		September
sierpień start learning		August
pierwszeństwo start learning		precedence
niezamawiany, niechciany start learning		unsolicited unsolicited advice
montować, składać start learning		assemble add more translations
zakręcać (np. włosy) start learning		curl
wycofywać z eksploatacji start learning		decommission
pęcherz start learning		bladder an organ inside the body that stores urine until it can be excreted
wyróżniać się start learning		stand out
upodabniać start learning		liken
szorstki, okrutny, brutalny start learning		harsh
zatrzymanie (pozbawienie wolności) start learning		detention He claimed that his detention by the authorities was unlawful.
szansa, prawdopodobieństwo start learning		odds the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen: The overall odds of winning a lottery prize are 1 in 13 --- If you drive a car all your life, the odds are that you'll have an accident at some point.
polegający (na kimś lub na czymś), zależny (od kogoś lub czegoś) start learning		reliant
uciec, zacząć się gwałtownie, wybuchnąć (np. o wojnie, epidemii, huraganie --wyrwać się, wyzwolić się (np. z rutyny, dawnego stylu życia) start learning		break out
od razu start learning		at once
zabłąkany start learning		astray away from the correct path or correct way of doing something The letter must have gone astray in the post. I was led astray by an out-of-date map.
szybko zabrać start learning		whisk After a few seconds the curtains will be whisked away.
mętny, nieprzejrzysty start learning		murky dark and dirty or difficult to see through The river was brown and murky after the storm.
plama start learning		stain
zmoczyć start learning		drench to make someone or something extremely wet: drench someone to the skin A sudden thunderstorm had drenched us to the skin.: be drenched with The athletes were drenched with sweat.: be drenched in She likes to eat her popcorn drenched in chilli sauce.
nadąsany start learning		sullen angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people: His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment.:-:-:- literary She looked up at the sullen (= dark and unpleasant) sky and shuddered.
nastać, zapanować start learning		set in
szwendać się bez celu start learning		wander to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction: We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city. (zastanawiać się -wonder)

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