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The movie is sure to be a hit.
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The movie is sure to be a slam-dunk hit.
an occasion when someone wins all of a set of important sports competitions
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(to win) a grand slam
Just do it.
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it's only crazy until you do it.
do not ask if your dreams are crazy. Ask if they are crazy enough.
to risk
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to take A risk
zajmować stanowisko, określać stanowisko (ustosunkować się do czegoś, wyrazić opinię)
the ideas that it supported).
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to take a stand / to stand for sth
I hated the organization and all it stood for (
stuknięty / szalony
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unhinged
I sometimes think that your mother is a little unhinged. (NiV)
urojeniowy, cierpiący na urojenia
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delusional
Delusional thinking led him to believe they were PLOTTING AGAINST him.
I don't want to sound ... dramatic, but it changed my life.
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I don't want to sound OVERLY dramatic, but it changed my life.
​clever and showing skill
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aDROIT
przebiegły / sprytny
an adroit negotiator / She became adroit AT dealing with difficult questions.
wyganć kogoś z ... do...
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to banish sb from ... to...
He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later.
The children were banished from the dining room.
doubtful
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dubious
I was rather dubious ABOUT the whole idea.
strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive
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grotesque
It's grotesque to expect a person OF her experience to work for so little money.
received or passing from an ancestor to an heir
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hereditary
Hair loss is often hereditary.
czyhać, czaić się / obserwować z ukrycia
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to lurk
I felt sure that someone was lurking among the trees. / I saw a man lurking in the shadows.
Why are you lurking around outside my house?
short-lived
Her success was great, but short-lived.
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ephemeral
It is a critic’s job to follow every ephemeral fashion.
ephemeral pleasures

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