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Question		Answer
jasnowidz start learning		truthsayer I'm not rich like you, but I can afford a truthsayer. And let a Truthsayer try to pry that apart, she thought.
kora (mózgowa), pierwotna kora drzewa start learning		cortex the outer layer, especially of the brain and other organs: the cerebral cortex
dobrze się sprawować (lepiej niż oczekiwania) start learning		acquit oneself well to do better than expected in a difficult situation: I thought that he acquitted himself admirably in today's meeting. If Holmes acquits herself well in today's race, she may earn a place in the national team.
oszust, kanciarz start learning		con artist con man. a person who deceives other people by making them believe something false or making them give money away
pochwała; wyróżnienie (odznaczenie), polecenie start learning		commendation
ukrywać, ukryć (np. prawdę, emocje start learning		dissemble to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts: He accused the government of dissembling. Indeed, however they may dissemble, the night is always their day.
empata start learning		empath
obawa, drżenie start learning		trepidation fear or worry about what is going to happen: We view future developments with some trepidation.
oslabic, wycieńczać start learning		debilitate drain of forces, enfeeble Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.
zjadliwość, jad start learning		vitriol violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism: spite, bile He is a writer who has often been criticized by the press but never before with such vitriol.
nadużywać znajomości, prosić o zbyt wiele start learning		presume upon somebody to do something to do something although you know that you do not have a right to do it: I wouldn't presume to tell you how to do your job, but shouldn't this piece go there? I don't wish to presume, but don't you think you should apologize to her?
nieważny, bezwartościowy (np. głos) start learning		void Our agreement hereby is rendered void
podszarpywać, podkopywać, zmniejszać (reputację, królestwo) start learning		chip away at something to gradually reduce something so that it becomes smaller or weaker: He gradually chipped away at her confidence. Invaders chipped away at the fringes of their empire.
błędny termin, niewłaściwy termin, niewłaściwe określenie start learning		misnomer iceland "The name we gave this planet is certainly a misnomer
zadławić się czymś start learning		choke on something Yesterday I started choking on my own spit.
podpierać, wspierać start learning		shore up to support or improve an organization, agreement, or system that is not working effectively or that is likely to fail:. to stop a wall or a building from falling down by supporting it with building materials such as wood or metal The company is also trying to shore up its financial position in other ways. Boundary walls have had to be shored up. The new public relations manager has the difficult task of shoring up the company's troubled image.
imadło start learning		vice Vices are often used to hold pieces of wood that are being cut or smoothed. Her hand tightened like a vice around his arm.
determinacja, stanowczość start learning		resolve I faced many challenges that week which all served to weaken/strengthen/test my resolve.
bebechy, wnętrzności start learning		innards the organs inside a person or animal, or the inside parts of a machine
wyciągnąć (np. rękę na zgodę); rozłożyć (mebel) start learning		extend opposition: fold She extended her hand. Extend the table. We'll have guests
wyniszczający (np. choroba) rujnujący, przygniatający start learning		crippling These will be killing and crippling for years to come. The president's move came after months of crippling political violence.
puścić z dymem start learning		put to the torch This place was put to the torch a long time ago. How many times had this place been put to the torch?
cierpkość, szorstkość start learning		acrimony There has been acrimony between the two men ever since.
wykluczyć (kogoś) z aktywnego udziału (w czymś) start learning		sideline to stop someone taking an active and important part in something: If a sports player is sidelined they are prevented from playing or competing, and can only watch: Johnson has been sidelined through injury. He was sidelined after criticizing the policy
instynkt samozachowawczy, Samoobrona start learning		self-preservation
mieć serce na dłoni, okazywać otwarcie uczucia start learning		wear one's heart on one's sleeve Jenny is such an affectionate person. She wears her heart on her sleeve.
odpieprz się, spływaj start learning		bugger off
dobrze zapowiadający się, wróżący sukces, obiecujący aktor start learning		up-and-coming actor likely to be successful This actor is up-and-coming. He plays perfectly.
zuchwały, bezczelny, odważny start learning		audacious In the most audacious cases the answer is with a computer. That was such an audacious thing to do at the time.
menażka start learning		mess tin
nieśmiertelnik start learning		identity disc, tag
wymazać wykroczenia z akt start learning		expunge misdoings from the record to rub off or remove information from a piece of writing: to cause something to be forgotten: His name has been expunged from the list of members. She has been unable to expunge the details of the accident from her memory.
donosić na kogoś start learning		turn somebody in He turned his friend in on the police station.

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