AGGA 15

pokrywać się

overlap, If the two options overlap, then I’ll think more about the correct option. There are some overlaps between the products of the two companies.

rzeźba

sculpture, The sculptor menaged to exhibit his sculpture in the museum.

tam i z powrotem

back and forth, go back and forth across the room

stromy

steep, steep mountain, steep climb

@

pronounced as "at"

pokój miał widok na

overlook, our room was overlooking the forest and the mountains

wyciąg narciarski

ski lift, There was a ski lift near the hotel.

termy

thermal baths

mam ochotę

I feel like, I fancy, I feel like going on a walk. Fancy a game?

na pierwszy rzut oka

at first sight, at first glance, seemingly

swędzący

itchy, This mosquito bite is pretty itchy, but I try not to scratch it.

mieć coś na sumieniu

to have sth on your conscience, Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.

conscience vs consciousness

to lose consciousness, to have a clear conscience, to have sth on your conscience

sortować

sort, The list was sorted in alphabetical order

ogarnąć, rozwiązać problem

sort out, Let’s sort out this problem. It'll be difficult to sort out how much each person owes.

przytulny

cosy, There’s a really cosy cafe just round the corner.

Poszedłem tam sam.

I went there by myself. I went there on my own.

Zrobiłem to sam

I did it by myself. I did it on my own.

od pierwszego wejrzenia

at first sight, I fell in love with it at first sight. It was love at first sight.

przedłużać

extend, The teacher agreed to extend the deadline for handing in our essays. The priest extended the mass by 15 minutes.

co drugi dzień

every other day, every second day, I try to work on this task every other day.

przydzielać, zadawać

assign, When the task is assigned I try to do it straightaway. They assigned me to a different group than I wanted.

zarywać nockę

pull an all nighter, Although it’s the worst option possible, some students still pull an all nighter the night before an important exam.

dać się nabrać

fall for sth, Did you fall for his trick? She fell for the joke.

czas wolny

leisure time, What do you do for leisure? Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time. The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts.

kończyć liceum/studia

graduate, After 5 years, I finally graduated.

licencjat

bachelor’s degree, BA, She has a bachelor’s degree in finance.

magister

master’s degree, MA, In some professions, like a doctor or a lawyer, you need a master’s degree.

doktorat

PhD, He earned a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University.

przełamać barierę językową

overcome the language barrier, Courses abroad can help you to overcome the language barrier.

niewytłumaczalny

explain—inexplicable, For some inexplicable reason, he's decided to cancel the project.

przełom, moment przełomowy

breakthrough, Scientists are hoping to make a breakthrough in cancer research.

get along with sb

get on with sb, I get along with my siblings.

pionowy

vertical, Rotate it slowly from the horizontal into a vertical position.

poziomy

horizontal, Draw a horizontal line across the bottom of the page.

schludny

neat, He always looks neat in his white shirt and black tie. The room is neat and tidy.

ciasny, zatłoczony

cramped, crowded, packed, I don't feel good in cramped spaces.

przestronny

spacious, roomy, Her new apartment is very roomy.

zagracać, śmiecić

clutter, My desk is full of clutter. Do not clutter our shared space.

decluttering is removing clutter, I did a lot of decluttering, tidying and cleaning in the house and garden.

(odśmiecać)

kiedy mam ochotę

feel like, fancy, When I feel like eating popcorn, I just put it in the microwave. Do you fancy going out tonight?

wkurzać kogoś

get on sb’s nerves, We really got on each other's nerves when we were living together. Please stop making that noise! It really gets on my nerves.

granica

boundary, You can camp anywhere inside the boundaries of the park. Your work is limited only by the boundaries of your imagination. The bad language in that play overstepped the boundaries of what ought to be allowed on television.

wielofunkcyjny, uniwersalny, wielozadaniowy

multipurpose, multipurpose tool, multipurpose gadget

majsterkowanie

DIY, My husband is hopeless at DIY and could never put up a shelf or wallpaper a room.

trochę prawdy

I believe there’s a grain of truth in it.

cecha

personality trait, Character traits determine our attitude towards life.

zapominalski

absent-minded, forgetful, with their head in the clouds

mieć głowę na karku, twardo stąpać po ziemi

to be down to earth, Everyone liked her down to earth approach to life.

skąpy

tight fisted, mean, stingy, Stop being so tight-fisted and buy me a coffee.

wyluzowany

laid-back, easy going, I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way, she's so laid back.

dwulicowy

two faced, I don't trust her, I suspect she's a bit two faced.

zdeterminowany, mający silną wolę

strong-willed, She's very strong-willed and if she's decided to graduate from school, nothing will stop her.

egoistyczny, egocentryczny

self-centred, If you weren’t so self cented you would have noticed that I was going through a hard time.

zarozumialy

big-headed, Such an arrogant, big-headed man.