Lesson 18

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plaster
plastered with posters of famous actors
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to cover most of a surface with something oblepiać
overcome
overcome their fears
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to deal with and control a problem or feeling przezwyciężać
precaution
What sort of precautions must one take to safeguard oneself from muggers?
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something that you do to prevent bad things happening in the future zabezpieczenie, środek zapobiegawczy
safeguard
What sort of precautions must one take to safeguard oneself from muggers?
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to protect something from harm chronić
mugger
What sort of precautions must one take to safeguard oneself from muggers?
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someone who mugs people (uliczny) bandzior, napastni-k/czka
rehearse in your mind
Do you ever rehearse in your mind what you plan to say to others
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przećwicz to w swoim umyśle
say it off the top of your head
do you say it off the top of your head?
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powiedz to z głowy
critical
a critical decision / importance
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very important for the way things will happen in the future kluczowy
conceal
She managed to conceal her true feelings and maintained her composure
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to hide something ukrywać
composure
She managed to conceal her true feelings and maintained her composure
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a feeling or look of calm and confidence opanowanie
be over the moon
She's over the moonabout her new job. She is so excited
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to be very pleased about something być w siódmym niebie
northward, northwards
stack of fast-moving clouds passing northward.
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towards the north na północ
in/out of step
He got out of step.
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(of two or more people walking together) with, without the same foot going forward at the same time na (czyjejś) drodze, z (czyjejś) drogi
step down
He was forced to step down from his post.
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to leave an important job ustępować (ze stanowiska)
brat
a spoilt brat
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a child who behaves badly bachor
trudge
After two hours of trudging up the mountainside through deep snowdrifts, the dogs began to bark.
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to walk slowly with heavy steps, especially because you are tired wlec się wzdłuż/przez/w górę itp.
snowdrift
After two hours of trudging up the mountainside through deep snowdrifts, the dogs began to bark.
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a deep pile of snow that the wind has blown zaspa (śnieżna)
whimper
four hounds whimpered with excitement
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to make quiet crying sounds because of fear or pain skomleć, kwilić
strain
four hounds whimpered with excitement, straining at their leads, eager to begin the chase
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to try hard to do something, usually to see or hear something wysilać (się)
eager
four hounds whimpered with excitement, straining at their leads, eager to begin the chase
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wanting to do or have something very much chętny, niecierpliwy
nod
The men exchanged nods
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a nodding movement of the head skinienie (głowy
whoop
And with a whoop, they were off, bounding through the snow
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a loud, excited shout okrzyk
lumber
leaving the rest of us to lumber after them
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to move slowly with heavy steps człapać, wlec się
allot
them, each laden with his allotted encumbrance.
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to give someone a particular amount of something przydzielać
encumbrance
them, each laden with his allotted encumbrance.
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something that makes it difficult for you to do something
rifle
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a long gun that you hold against your shoulder when you shoot karabin, strzelba
puff
Six others puffed and panted their way behind us
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to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been doing exercise sapać, dyszeć
pant
Six others puffed and panted their way behind us
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to breathe quickly and loudly because it is hot or because you have been running, etc sapać
strenuous
professional cityfolk unused to such strenuous exertion
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using or needing a lot of effort forsowny, intensywny
exertion
professional cityfolk unused to such strenuous exertion
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the use of a lot of physical or mental energy to do something wysiłek
motley
The people who turned up for the meeting were a motley crew (= a group consisting of many different types of people).
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consisting of many different types that do not appear to go together:
to curb
to curb crime/inflation
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to limit or control something ograniczać
bunch (sth) up
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If material bunches up, or if someone bunches it up, it moves into tight folds. marszczyć (się)
snarl
an angry female mountain lion snarled and spat
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to speak angrily warczeć
spit - spat -spat
an angry female mountain lion snarled and spat
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to force out the liquid in your mouth pluć
creep
while John crept down the mountain
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to move very quietly and carefully skradać się/zakradać się/wymykać się itp.
flinch
The dart hit the lioness in the back of the leg. It flinched, growled
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to make a sudden movement backwards because you are afraid or in pain wzdrygnąć się
growl
The dart hit the lioness in the back of the leg. It flinched, growled
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If a dog or similar animal growls, it makes a deep, angry noise in its throat. warczeć
slash
its slashing movements became slower and slower
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to cut something by making a quick, long cut with something very sharp podcinać, ciąć
slump
Sales have slumped by 50%.
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If a price, value, or amount slumps, it goes down suddenly. (gwałtownie) spadać, załamywać się
briskly
We moved in, briskly efficient, photographing, measuring
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quick and energetic żwawy
efficient
We moved in, briskly efficient, photographing, measuring
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working well and not wasting time or energy wydajny, sprawny
silken
the silken-coated creature
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soft and smooth, like silk jedwabisty
slink - slunk - slunk
it slunk away into cover
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to move somewhere quietly so that no one will notice you wymykać się
prejudice
our initial prejudices soon faded
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the feeling of not liking a group of people or unfair treatment of them because they are a different race, sex, religion, etc uprzedzenia, uprzedzenie
nasze początkowe uprzedzenia szybko się zatarły
fade
our initial prejudices soon faded
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If a colour or a sound fades, or if something fades it, it becomes less bright or strong. cichnąć, wyciszać, płowieć, powodować płowienie
nasze początkowe uprzedzenia szybko się zatarły
cub
a mother and cubs
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a young bear, fox, lion, etc młode
pine
where the pines grew thickest
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a tall tree with long, thin leaves shaped like needles sosna
streak across/down/through, etc
suddenly a large male lion went streaking across the snowy plain
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mknąć przez, śmigać przez
suddenly a large male lion went streaking across the snowy plain
plain
suddenly a large male lion went streaking across the snowy plain
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a large area of flat land równina
creep up on sb
Kevin crept up behind and tried to drop a pitifully small lasso
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to surprise someone by moving closer to them from behind zachodzić kogoś od tyłu
pitifully
Kevin crept up behind and tried to drop a pitifully small lasso
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żałośnie
mundane
Of course it wasn’t always so dramatic – many of our days in the mountains were quite mundane
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ordinary, or not interesting przyziemny, prozaiczny
conservation
hunters and environmentalists sharing an adventure and putting money and energy into conservation
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the protection of nature ekologia, ochrona (przyrody lub środowiska)
restraint
the houndsmen managed to drop the restraint over the lion’s head and tie it around a sagebrush trunk.
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control over your feelings powściągliwość, umiar
trunk
the houndsmen managed to drop the restraint over the lion’s head and tie it around a sagebrush trunk.
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the thick stem of a tree that the branches grow from pień
a hind foot/leg
they did the same with one of its hind legs
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a foot/leg at the back of an animal tylna łapa/noga
tranquillizer
I helped them to sit on the protesting lion until John arrived with the tranquilliser.
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a drug especially a pill to calm the nerves or cause sleep środek uspokajający
fellow
At first my fellow volunteers felt uncomfortable with this
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a companion and equal towarzysz, kolega
tawny
the creature lay motionless on the ground, a tranquilliser dart in its tawny side.
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being a light yellow-brown colour żółtobrązowy
stumble
They sprinted effortlessly over the rocky ground, while I stumbled along in their wake.
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to step badly and almost fall over potknąć się
Sprintowali bez wysiłku po skalistym podłożu, podczas gdy ja potykałem się w ślad za nimi.
thrust sth behind/into/through, etc
‘Quick,’ said Ken, thrusting the hounds’ collars into my hand.
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to push something somewhere suddenly and with force wciskać lub wpychać coś za/do/w itp.

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