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to falter - załamywać się, słabnąć [to lose strength or purpose and stop, or almost stop; to pause, make mistakes, or seem weak when you are talking or moving]
/ˈfɑːl.tɚ/
In the late 1980s his career began to falter.
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blight - przekleństwo, nieszczęście, zły urok [something that has a very bad effect on something, often for a long time]
/blaɪt/
His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.
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sinusitis - zapalenie zatok
/ˌsaɪ.nəˈsaɪ.t̬əs/
The doctor diagnosed sinusitis and signed Mike off for two months sick-leave.
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conductivity - przewodnictwo, przewodność [the property of allowing heat or electricity to go through something, or the degree to which a substance allows this this]
/ˌkɑːn.dʌkˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
Aluminium has good heat conductivity.
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casualty - ofiara, poszkodowany [a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war]
/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/
George was a casualty in that nasty motorway pile-up last year.
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sturdy - solidny (silny, wytrzymały) [physically strong and solid or thick, and therefore unlikely to break or be hurt]
/ˈstɝː.di/
The vehicle is sturdy enough to withstand rough terrain.
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to dispel - rozwiać [to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary]
/dɪˈspel/
I'd like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumors that have been spreading recently.
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to neglect - zaniedbywać
/nɪˈɡlekt/
Some of these kids have been badly neglected in the past.
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to browbeat - zastraszyć (przymusić siłą lub groźbą) [to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly]
/ˈbraʊ.biːt/
Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want.
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to convey - przekazywać, komunikować [to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people]
/kənˈveɪ/
His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.
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eponymous - tytułowy [literary; character in a play, book, etc. has the same name as the title]
/ɪˈpɑː.nə.məs/
Don Quixote, eponymous hero of the great novel by Cervantes
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peripheral - marginalny [not as important as the main aim, part, etc. of something]
/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/
The book contains a great deal of peripheral detail.
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to tremble - trząść się [to shake slightly, usually because you are cold, frightened, or very emotional]
/ˈtrem.bəl/
When he came out of the water, he was trembling with cold.
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crass - niedelikatny, prostacki [stupid and without considering how other people might feel]
/kræs/
He made crass comments about her worn-out clothes.
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to stone - kamienować, rzucać kamieniami [to throw rocks or other hard objects at someone or something]
/stoʊn/
Stores were looted and vehicles stoned.
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bonus - idiom
back of beyond
An isolated place located far from any town is said to be in the back of beyond.
It took us hours to find Jack's house. He lives in the back of beyond.

02.10.2020

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Zapraszam do wytykania błędów, literówek, złych tłumaczeń, usterek, głupiego awatara itp.

#angielski #jezykiobce #naukajezykow #angielskizwykopem #gruparatowaniapoziomu
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Jeśli dobrze kojarzę to, że coś jest peripheral niekoniecznie znaczy, że wpływ tego czegoś jest marginalny.


@DOgi: prawda, pierwsza definicja z Google mówi

relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.


więc wystarczy być na krawędzi, z dala od środka. Jako przykład dali "the peripheral areas of Europe"
@Kwasnytoja: nie, mam wszystko w jednej liście. Jak napotykam na słowo którego nie znam to dodaję do listy. Codziennie losowo wybrane jest 15 z puli przetłumaczonych słów (bez powtórzeń). Nie ma żadnego podziału na kategorie.
@Pn_04: up, nie współgra to z tym jak teraz to robię. To co wrzucam na wykop jest kopią tego co przygotowuję sam dla siebie do nauki :p tworzenie takich bloków tematycznych to sporo dodatkowej pracy (nie mam na to za bardzo czasu).