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to buck up - dodawać sił, ożywiać [to make someone more cheerful]
/bʌk/
If you tell someone to buck up or to buck up their ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner.
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to presage - zapowiadać, zwiastować [to show or suggest that something, often something unpleasant, will happen]
/prɪˈseɪdʒ/
But still the economy is not showing signs of any of the excesses that normally presage a recession.
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to purloin - porwać, wykraść [formal or humorous; to steal something]
/pɚˈlɔɪn/
I was using a pen that I'd purloined from the office.
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brawny - krzepki [physically strong and with big muscles]
/ˈbrɑː.ni/
He was a big brawny man with huge hands.
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squall - szkwał [a sudden strong wind or short storm]
/skwɑːl/
Violent squalls signalled the approach of the hurricane.
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chickenpox - ospa wietrzna
/ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.pɑːks/
Chickenpox is common among children.
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meager - skromny
/ˈmiː.ɡər/
She supplements her meager income by cleaning offices at night.
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clemency - łaska [formal; an act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment]
/ˈklem.ən.si/
The jury passed a verdict of guilty, with an appeal to the judge for clemency.
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zeal - zapał, gorliwość [great enthusiasm or eagerness]
/ziːl/
In his zeal to get his work finished on time, he made a lot of mistakes.
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shriek - wrzask [a short, loud, high cry, especially one produced suddenly as an expression of a powerful emotion]
/ʃriːk/
He suddenly let out a piercing shriek.
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courteous - uprzejmy [polite and showing respect]
/ˈkɝː.t̬i.əs/
Although she often disagreed with me, she was always courteous.
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descendant - potomek [a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild]
/dɪˈsen.dənt/
They claim to be descendants of a French duke.
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fudge - karmel, kajmak
/fʌdʒ/
Fudge is a soft sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk.
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quarry - kamieniołom
/ˈkwɔːr.i/
His father worked in a limestone quarry.
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doom - zatracenie, fatum [death, destruction, or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided]
/duːm/
A sense of doom hung over the entire country.
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bonus - idiom
below the belt
An action or remark described as below the belt is considered to be unfair or cruel.
Politicians sometimes use personal information to hit their rivals below the belt.

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18.10.2020

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