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designed to give maximum comfort and efficiency 学び始める
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explain technical vs technological 学び始める
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1. technical = relating to knowledge, machines and materials used in science and industry, 2. technological = relating to or involving technology
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science of developing and producing extremely small tools and machines by controlling the arrangement of atoms and molecules
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a medical operation in which a really small hole is made in a person's body to reach the organ or tissue inside
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it's changing genes in order to prevent disease or disability
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the "map" or index of all the genes in a human being
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see a possible and probable situation in the future
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a baby whose genetic characteristics are artificially created is called a... 学び始める
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a family with father, mother, and one or two children
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a gulf is another way of saying... 学び始める
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what are drastic measures? 学び始める
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severe actions that have noticeable effects
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what are fossil fuels? [paliwa kopalne] 学び始める
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sources of energy which were formed underground from plants and animal remains millions of years ago
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a hole made in the ground for the removal of oil 学び始める
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the ocean floor OR the ocean bed
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away from or at a distance from the coast 学び始める
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what does 'coal-fired' mean? 学び始める
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what's a pipeline (e.g. a gas pipeline) 学び始める
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a very large tube through which liquid or gas can flow for long distances
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devices that change energy from the sun into electricity
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what does hydroelectric mean 学び始める
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producing electricity by the force of fast-moving water such as rivers or waterfalls
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using the force of the sea tide to produce energy
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odnawialne źródła energii 学び始める
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renewable energy sources OR renewables
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what does 'geothermal' mean? 学び始める
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using the heat inside the earth
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using a great amount of energy 学び始める
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power-hungry (e.g. appliances)
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about a car, using a lot of fuel 学び始める
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a distance food is transported from where it's produced to when it reaches the consumer
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to cut something out (e.g. I've cut carbs out of my diet)
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złoże / pokład (np. minerałów) 学び始める
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a deposit (= a layer formed under the ground, esp. over a very long period (e.g. oil or gas deposits))
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porozrzucany (o zabudowaniach) 学び始める
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not close to each other (e.g. about buildings) 学び始める
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spread out (e.g. buildings are spread out at SGH)
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ciasny, zatłoczony (np. budynek, pomieszczenie) 学び始める
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what does 'bustling' mean? 学び始める
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a bustling place is full of noise and activity and is usually pleasant and interesting
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not enough room to swing a cat (OR no room to swing a cat) - what does it mean? 学び始める
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very small [informal] / ciasnota
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too many people in a small place - provide an idiom (fish related) 学び始める
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packed in like sardines / packed in like sardines
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what'd you call too many people in a small place? 学び始める
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wcisnąć coś (suggests doing sth quickly and without much care) 学び始める
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what does 'once in a blue moon' mean? 学び始める
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to spend all your born days (somewhere or doing sth) 学び始める
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to spent all your life somewhere or doing sth
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in a mo / in a sec / in a tick / in less than no time / in a jiff - what does it mean? 学び始める
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very soon | in a jiff = w trymiga
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what does it mean: for donkey's years / since the year dot? 学び始める
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what does until/till the cows come home mean? 学び始める
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to give sb sth for keeps / for good
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what does in the nick of time mean? 学び始める
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just in time (w samą porę, w ostatniej chwili)
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to be too old (provide idioms) 学び始める
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to be over the hill / to be past it
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what does 'at/on short notice' mean? 学び始める
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without being given much warning before something happens (e.g. I was asked to do it at very short notice)
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a person who's no longer famous
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what does 'to do sth in a flash / at a rate of knots' mean? 学び始める
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what does 'fleeting' mean? 学び始める
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brief or quick (e.g. a glimpse, visit, smile, moment)
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continuing for a long time 学び始める
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lasting for only a short time [formal] 学び始める
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transient (e.g. a moment)
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what does 'inexorable' mean? 学び始める
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continuing without hope of being stopped [formal]
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what does 'incipient' mean? [adjective/formal] 学び始める
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just beginning to appear or develop (e.g. the incipient signs of economic recovery)
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what does protracted mean? 学び始める
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lasting for a long time or made to last longer [formal] (e.g. negotiations, discussions)
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what does 'lingering' mean? 学び始める
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taking a long time to leave or disappear (e.g. perfume, smile)
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to prolong (e.g. we shouldn't prolong the meeting)
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to walk with difficulty because of an injured leg or foot 学び始める
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to walk in an uncontrolled way, as if you are going to fall over 学び始める
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to move suddenly in a way that is not smooth or controlled 学び始める
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with only your toes on the ground 学び始める
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to walk in a slow relaxed way 学び始める
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a way of walking with long steps [noun] 学び始める
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to walk in an especially confident and proud way 学び始める
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to strut OR to strut around/about
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to put your feet down on someone or something in a heavy way that causes injury or damage 学び始める
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to trample | stratować, deptać (e.g. trample flowers but also feelings)
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what does it mean to trample sth/sb underfoot? 学び始める
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1. to hurt or crush something or someone by walking on them, 2. to fail to consider or care about something, with the result that it is destroyed (e.g. employees' rights were trampled underfoot when the company was taken over)
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to walk somewhere with slow heavy steps 学び始める
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what does it mean to limp to a conclusion? 学び始める
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doczłapać się do końca (metaforycznie)
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what does it mean to limp through? 学び始める
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provide meaning - take sth in your stride 学び始める
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to quickly get off (e.g. a bus) 学び始める
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what does it mean to 'spill out'? 学び始める
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wysypać się (o ludziach), e.g. children spilled out into the playground
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what does 'to trickle' mean? 学び始める
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if people or things trickle in or out, a few of them arrive or leave
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in the context of movement, what does 'to file' mean? 学び始める
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when lots of people move in a straight line, one after another
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what does 'to your heart's content' mean? [idiom] 学び始める
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as much or as often as you like (= do woli, ile dusza zapragnie)
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to walk in a slow and relaxed way 学び始める
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what does 'mill around' mean? 学び始める
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to move about in large numbers in a confused way with no particular purpose (e.g. a crowd of people milled around the building)
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politeness and respect (syn. discourteous)
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what does 'insolent' mean 学び始める
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rude and not showing respect (stronger than discourteous)
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a set of rules or customs for accepted behaviour in particular social groups or social situations 学び始める
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what does 'to stand on ceremony' mean? 学び始める
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to behave in a formal way
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morally very strict and old-fashioned 学び始める
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what does it mean to be 'the done thing'? 学び始める
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to be the correct or suitable thing to do, or to be the way that people think you should behave
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to move from side to side in an awkward way (indicates embarrassment and nervousness) 学び始める
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what's 'an embarrassment of riches'? 学び始める
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so many good things that it is difficult to choose between them
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a sudden small movement (indicates pain or fear) | wzdrygać się
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a wide happy smile (also works as a verb)
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what does it mean to sniff at sth? 学び始める
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1) kręcić na coś nosem, wybrzydzać, 2. obwąchiwać coś (dosłownie)
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a small laugh which indicates nervousness or embarrassment (also works as a verb to titter)
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what does 'to snort' mean? 学び始める
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to make an explosive sound by forcing air quickly up and down your nose (indicates disgust or great amusement)
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to close with a loud bang 学び始める
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a dull, beating sound (= łomotanie)
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what's a creak? (also works as a verb) 学び始める
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a noise of friction of wood and/or metal (= skrzyp, trzeszczenie = długie, wysokie dźwięki)
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what's a sizzle? (also a verb) 学び始める
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it's a sound made by frying (= skwierczenie)
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what does it mean 'all sizzle and no steak'? [idiom] 学び始める
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something/someone that/who disappoints expectations
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what does 'all work and no play' mean? 学び始める
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a phrase used about a situation in which someone spends a lot of time working and has no time for other activities
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to produce a loud clear sound 学び始める
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to ring out [phrasal verb]
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strange and mysterious, and sometimes frightening
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extremely & painfully loud 学び始める
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a phrase used for saying that there is too much noise 学び始める
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I can’t hear myself think
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what does 'quiet as a mouse' mean? 学び始める
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a calm and quiet period, after a noisy time (e.g. I need some peace and quiet after this week)
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what does 'unwieldy' mean? 学び始める
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1) too big or complicated to work well (e.g. a system, process), 2) large or heavy and difficult to handle or carry
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what does 'ponderous' mean? 学び始める
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1) moving slowly because of being big and heavy, 2) ponderous writing or speech is serious and boring
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what does 'lumbering' mean? 学び始める
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walking slowly because of being large and heavy
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carrying very heavy things 学び始める
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weighed down (also metaphorical,.e.g. weighed down with problems)
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what does it mean to weigh on sb? 学び始める
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to trouble one's mind (e.g. The responsibility of her new job had begun to weigh on her.)
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if a substance such as blood or fat (?), it becomes thick and almost solid 学び始める
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to solidify (about wax, honey, lava, cement but also bonds or relationships)
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what does it mean to 'thin out'? 学び始める
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1. gradually lose hair, 2. to become smaller in number, amount, or size, 3) to make a thick liquid become less thick by adding water or another liquid to it
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what does to dilute mean? 学び始める
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1) to make a liquid less strong by adding water or another liquid (dilute sth in sth or sth with sth), 2. to make sth less strong or effective (metaphorically)
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what does it mean to be impervious to sth? 学び始める
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1) not affected by something or not seeming to notice it, 2) something that is impervious to a substance does not let the substance pass through it
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what does it mean 'to see red'? 学び始める
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what does a red alert/red flag indicate? 学び始める
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what does it mean to raise a red flag? 学び始める
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to serve as a warning (e.g. This assertion should raise a red flag immediately.)
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a definite statement or claim that something is true
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what does a grey area mean? 学び始める
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a situation in which the rules are not clear, or in which you are not sure what is right or wrong
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explain do / make sth in time VS do / make sth on time 学び始める
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1. Doing something "in time" means doing it before a deadline, or doing it before it becomes unavailable, 2. Doing something "on time" means meeting an appointment, or meeting a time that has been set by someone.
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provide verbs suggesting going somewhere very quickly on foot or in a vehicle 学び始める
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to dash, to fly, to race, to tear
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what does it mean to nip/pop into (e.g. a shop)? 学び始める
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to go a short distance quickly, on foot or in a vehicle
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to move quickly, suddenly 学び始める
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to go quickly (about vehicles) 学び始める
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to move fast over a short distance (+ the added association of running away from something) 学び始める
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what does it mean to make a bolt for something? 学び始める
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to quickly run towards something in order to try and escape
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to move rapidly while being out of control 学び始める
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to career (e.g. to career into financial ruin)
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what does to scamper/scurry/scuttle mean? 学び始める
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suggests small, rapid steps, often used to describe the way a small animal runs (e.g. cockroaches scuttled into a crack in the floor)
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provide antonyms for: to soar/to rocket 学び始める
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what does it mean 'to crawl' or 'to creep' 学び始める
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to move slowly (e.g. the traffic is crawling OR the prices have been creeping up since May)
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to move fairly slowly, in a particularly unsteady manner 学び始める
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what does 'laden' mean? [adjective] 学び始める
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carrying something heavy, or supporting the weight of something heavy (e.g. laden with suitcases)
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what does 'to sidle' mean? 学び始める
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to move slowly in a particular direction, usually because you are nervous or do not want to be noticed (e.g. The children sidled past her into the kitchen.)
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what does 'to dawdle' mean? 学び始める
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to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that people become annoyed with you
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what does it mean to 'precipitate'? 学び始める
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to make something happen or begin to exist suddenly and quickly, especially something bad (syn. cause)
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what's the meaning of 'to spark / to spark off'? 学び始める
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to make someone feel, think of, or remember something (e.g. Their growing reputation had sparked interest from other film-makers.)
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to make something happen, especially to cause changes in a situation 学び始める
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to bring about (e.g. Major spending is required to bring about substantial improvements in housing.)
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mieć konsekwencje dla kogoś, mieć wpływ na kogoś 学び始める
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have implications for somebody
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what does affinity between things / feeling affinity with sb mean 学び始める
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closeness, similarity, feeling that different things/people have much in common
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a reasonable chance that something will happen 学び始める
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explain: to use a sporting analogy 学び始める
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show similarities that help understand sth
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explain: to correspond (to/with) 学び始める
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1. to be the same as something else, or very much like it (The statistics do not correspond with our own experience.), 2. to be connected or related to something (The timing of the gift closely corresponded with Robert’s return from Italy.)
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explain: to equate sth w/ sth 学び始める
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explain: be tantamount to sth 学び始める
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the equivalent of sth (normally used in negative contexts)
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so similar you cannot see the difference
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explain: to diversify into (in business context) 学び始める
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If a business diversifies, it starts making new products or offering new services
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explain: disparate [formal] 学び始める
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used for different types within a group; emphasises separation $ difference
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often used to show contrasting opinions or ideas within a group
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used to describe differences where one might be deceived by similarities
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used to describe sth that's easy to recognise because it's different
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to become or make more varied 学び始める
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to move away, become more different from something 学び始める
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explain: comparable to sth 学び始める
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provide words for small difficulties 学び始める
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a snag / a hitch / a glitch
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when progress has been stopped by sth
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what's a stumbling block? 学び始める
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sth that prevents action or agreement
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an unexpected difficulty (often used in plural)
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anything htat stops progress, either literally or metaphorically
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sth that prevents free action, progress or movement
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a situation where a difficult choice has to be made between two, sometimes unpleasant, alternatives
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a severe experience which is very difficult, painful or tiring
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mieć trudności w robieniu czegoś 学び始める
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have difficulty in doing something
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what's eating him? / what's got into him? / what's bugging him? / what's up with him? / what's the matter with him?
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a situation that causes problems for you or that annoys you very much
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to work very hard in other words 学び始める
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flog oneself to death / to slog (your guts out) / to grind / to graft [BrE]
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provide ways to say: in a difficult situation 学び始める
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in a fix / in a spot / in a hole / up against it
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explain: up against something 学び始める
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in a very difficult situation, or with a serious problem to deal with
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provide ways to say: freed from a difficult situation 学び始める
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to feel off the hook / be off the hook / be in the clear / be out of woods
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unreasonably long and hard to follow (= zawiły)
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extremely difficult and involving a lot of effort (e.g. a task, journey)
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hard to understand, and are more complicated than necessary (e.g. ideas / arguments)
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causing deliberate difficulties (e.g. a person or behaviour)
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difficult to deal with or do (e.g. time, job, climate, decision)
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If you say that something _____ happen, you mean that it is likely to happen: 学び始める
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may well (e.g. she may well not want to travel alone.)
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what does it mean 'I should be so lucky!' 学び始める
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said when what you want is extremely unlikely to happen (e.g. "You might win first prize." "I should be so lucky.")
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mieć ambicje/aspiracje by coś zrobić 学び始める
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to have ambitions/aspirations to do sth
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to have to do a particular thing because there is no possibility of doing anything else 学び始める
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to have no option but to do sth
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a strong feeling of wanting someone or something
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explain: the odds are against sth 学び始める
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explain: in all probability 学び始める
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used for saying that you think something is likely (e.g. in all probability, nothing much will change)
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to increase by four times 学び始める
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what does the suffix 'fold' mean in twofold? 学び始める
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fold -> multiplied by that number (twofold = multiplied by two)
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explain: by a factor of sth 学び始める
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if something increases by a factor of 5, 10, 20 etc, it becomes 5, 10, 20 etc times larger
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explain: a drastic change in numbers 学び始める
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explain: to revise upwards / downwards 学び始める
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to change to a higher/lower number
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explain: to deviate from the norm 学び始める
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to move away from the standard or accepted pattern
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to keep going up and down 学び始める
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to go up and down at regular intervals 学び始める
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not regular and often changing suddenly 学び始める
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erratic (e.g. share prices have been erratic this month)
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explain: projected figures 学び始める
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explain: to err on the side of caution 学び始める
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what's a conservative estimate? 学び始める
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simply a cautious estimate
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provide another word for a total 学び始める
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an aggregate (e.g. the aggregate was 60k)
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a minor problem or delay that does not last very long
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difference between two things that should be the same 学び始める
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not in agreement with sth (about e.g. data) 学び始める
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inconsistent with (e.g. our data is inconsistent with yours)
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what's a ballpark figure/estimate? 学び始める
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a number that is a guess, but one that you believe is near the correct number:
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explain: to tot everything up 学び始める
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explain: to run into six figures 学び始める
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get a figure over 100,000
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different factors that may change
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explain: to round things down 学び始める
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zaokrąglać w dół (e.g. 2.5 -> 2 instead of 3)
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provide an adjective from 'discrepancy' 学び始める
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explain: to get/give the go-ahead or green light to... 学び始める
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to give official approval for something to be done
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explain: to accede to sth 学び始める
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to accept but often associated with initial unwilingness
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to agree to something or to accept something, although you do not want to 学び始める
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explain: to assent to sth 学び始める
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to agree to or give official approval to something
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to give official permission 学び始める
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to approve or allow sth which most people consider to be wrong
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explain: to countenance [formal] 学び始める
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to approve of or give support to something
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explain: to give carte blanche to do sth 学び始める
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to give complete freedom to do something (e.g. The landlord has given her carte blanche to redecorate the living room)
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to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to refuse to allow something
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explain: clamp down (on sth) 学び始める
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to make a determined attempt to stop people doing something bad or illegal (The government plans to clamp down on illegal militant groups.)
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used for saying that something must stop
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to be opposed to something, or to express your opposition to it in words 学び始める
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to object (to sth / to doing sth)
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explain: to protest about 学び始める
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to strongly express complaint, disapproval or disagreement
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1. w/ sb -> to complain to sb, 2. about sth -> to complain about sth
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explain: to find fault with sb (noun: fault-finding) 学び始める
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to criticize someone or something, often after deliberately looking for mistakes
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explain: grumble about sth / at sb 学び始める
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to complain, especially continuously and about unimportant things (e.g. She grumbles at her employees over the slightest thing.)
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explain: to gripe about sth (also: to grouse about, to whinge about) 学び始める
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to complain about something that is annoying but not very important
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a pretended reason for doing sth rather than real reason
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a strong sad and guilty feeling about something that you have done wrong 学び始める
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a remorse (verb: to show/feel remorse for sth)
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acquitted (verb: acquit sb of sth)
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explain: posthumous pardon 学び始める
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an official forgiveness after someone's death for crimes they were unjustly convicted for
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to recognize that you have done something wrong and to feel ashamed and sorry about it, especially when you have done something against the rules of your religion
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to declare someone to be free of guilt
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to officially decide not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment 学び始める
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1. not very reliable, or not easy to believe (e.g. a flimsy excuse), 2. badly built or made, and so likely to break easily (e.g. flimsy huts)
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a formal agreement between enemies to stop fighting a war 学び始める
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an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace 学び始める
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to pay sb compliments (on sth)
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explain: to fish for compliments 学び始める
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to try to get people to say good things about you
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compliments both positive and negative at the same time (1. malicious, 2. made innocently) 学び始める
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1. a back-handed compliment 2. a double-edged compliment
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explain: to pay tribute to sb/sth 学び始める
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to praise someone or something
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explain: to extol the virtues/benefits of sb 学び始める
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to praise highly [formal]
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to be admired for some recent achievement (often used about artists/celebrities) | e.g. be the toast of Broadway -> być bożyszczem Broadwayu
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explain: to earn/win plaudits 学び始める
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to get positive comments [formal]
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provide verbs to describe praising sb for your own benefit 学び始める
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1. to flatter, 2. to make up to 3. to suck up to 4. to lick someone's boots
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provide adjectives/nouns to describe sb who praises someone for their own benefit 学び始める
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adj: smarmy, slimy, noun: a crawler, a flatterer (neutral)
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to promise sb a great deal, usually implies that a promise is unrealistic 学び始める
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to promise someone the earth/moon
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having legally promised to tell the truth 学び始める
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to be totally sure (e.g. I couldn't swear to it)
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to change your life by starting to be a better person or stopping a bad habit 学び始める
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provide a formal noun for 'a bet' 学び始める
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a wager (also a verb: to wager)
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what's the/someone’s best bet 学び始める
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the thing or action that gives the best chance of a successful result
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= don't do it because it's unlikely to happen
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explain: to have a flair for sth 学び始める
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to be very skilful at something
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explain: to put good money on = to bet your life on 学び始める
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to refuse very firmly to do or accept something 学び始める
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put your foot down (= postawić na swoim)
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explain: to hedge your bets 学び始める
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to protect yourself from the results of making a single wrong choice
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to be careful to avoid being tricked or getting into a dangerous situation 学び始める
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explain: to be out of touch (w/ sb or sth) 学び始める
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1. w/ sb - to not see, speak to, or write to someone any longer, 2. w/ sth - to no longer have recent knowledge or information about something
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to think about something that happened in the past 学び始める
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to receive any news about sb/sth 学び始める
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to hear anything of sb/sth
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explain: to lose touch with sb/sth 学び始める
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1. w/ sb - to no longer communicate with someone, 2. w/ sth - to no longer have recent knowledge of something or someone, so that you do not understand that thing or person well (e.g. He never lost touch with Mexican culture.)
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explain: to have a vague memory of sth 学び始める
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to talk, think, or write about enjoyable experiences in your past 学び始める
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a sudden sharp feeling, especially of painful emotion (e.g. a pang of jealousy, guilt, regret)
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to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened 学び始める
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explain: to have a heart of gold 学び始める
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to have a kind and generous character
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to feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone's death 学び始める
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explain: to tally with sth 学び始める
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to match or agree with something else (e.g. The numbers on your spreadsheet don't tally with ours.)
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explain: to concur with [formal] 学び始める
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to agree or have the same opinion (e.g. The new report concurs with previous findings.)
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explain: to find yourself in full accord with 学び始める
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to be in complete agreement with
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explain: to coincide (with) 学び始める
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1. to be the same or similar (e.g. If our schedules coincide, we'll go to Spain together.), 2. to happen at or near the same time (e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's.)
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explain: to conform to/with sth 学び始める
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to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way
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explain: to agree to differ 学び始める
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If two people agree to differ, they accept that they have different opinions about something and stop trying to persuade each other that they are right.
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strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
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lack of agreement or harmony
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to solve a problem or ending an argument in which both people or groups accept that they cannot have everything they want 学び始める
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reach/arrive at/come to a compromise:
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sth you give or allow to sb in order to reach an agreement (verb: to make a concession)
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choice, or the right to make a choice, based on judgment
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explain: to exercise one's discretion 学び始める
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to decide based on what you think is most suitable in a particular situation (= to decide on your own authority / at your pleasure)
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to argue in favour of sth (e.g. She advocates less government interference in the economy)
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explain: to deduce sth (from sth) 学び始める
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to know something as a result of considering the information or evidence that you have
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explain: to infer (from sth) 学び始める
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to reach a conclusion indirectly (= to form an opinion about something that is based on information that you already have)
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to partially cover the same material 学び始める
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to overlap with someone else's work
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based on what's observed rather than theory
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open to different interpretations
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explain: comprehensive work 学び始める
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covering all that is relevant
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explain: authoritative work 学び始める
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thorough and expert (= complete, careful, detailed, e.g. this is a very thorough analysis.)
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explain: arbitrary numbers 学び始める
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based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
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explain: distort (about statistics) 学び始める
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if statistics distort the picture, they give a false impression
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explain: incidence (of sth) 学び始める
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the rate at which something happens (e.g. The incidence of financial fraud among companies having an audit decreased threefold in the last ten years.)
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more noticeable or important, or larger in number, than others (adj) 学び始める
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predominant (e.g. research forms the predominant part of my job.)
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explain: in sequence / out of sequence 学び始める
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w kolejności / bez zachowania kolejności (e.g. The program goes through the data in sequence.) | sequence = a series of related things or events, or the order in which they happen
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to represent or mean something (e.g. his angry tone denoted extreme displeasure.)
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to say something again, once or several times 学び始める
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to reiterate = to repeat = to restate
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to be a perfect example of sth 学び始める
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to epitomise sth (syn. to typify, e.g. With his blond, blue-eyed athletic looks, he typifies the all-American boy next door.)
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considered to be typical of the US, and respected and approved of by Americans
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A clean-cut man is tidy in appearance and behaves well (e.g. Julie's fiancé is a nice clean-cut young man.)
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explain: to assert yourself 学び始める
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to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others (e.g. I really must assert myself more in meetings.)
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to say that something is certainly true 学び始める
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explain: to posit [formal] 学び始める
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to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed
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1. to explain the reason for something (e.g. that may account for the slower adoption rates for internet access.), 2. to form the total of; to be (e.g. Students account for the vast majority of our customers.)
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to include sth only briefly
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to include something, often as one of a number of things 学び始める
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to embrace (e.g. linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.)
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to write quickly, without much care
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to draw and write irrelevant things on the paper
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If you copy out a piece of writing, you write it out again on a piece of paper
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provide a formal way of saying 'jot down' 学び始める
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to make a note of something
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make a first attempt at writing sth 学び始める
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to record information on paper 学び始める
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to make a proper final written text based on previous drafts
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to use a keyboard without looking at the keys 学び始める
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a typed copy of a piece of writing such as a book 学び始める
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a typescript (= maszynopis)
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explain: to run off a copy 学び始める
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to quickly print a copy of something (e.g. Would you mind running off some more copies of the agenda?)
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what are these brackets called? <> 学び始める
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explain: have a thing about sth/sb 学び始める
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to like or dislike something or someone very much
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explain: to get it together [informal] 学び始める
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to make a decision or take positive action in your life (e.g. Blake has really got it together since I last saw him - he has started a new job and lost a lot of weight.)
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explain: to get sb to yourself 学び始める
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an expression used to show that a criticism or a rude remark does not refer to the people you are talking to 学び始める
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present company excepted (e.g. People here just don't know how to dress, present company excepted.)
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for one thing... for another thing... 学び始める
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a bowl with small holes in it, used for washing food or for emptying food into when it has been cooked in water 学び始める
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a piece of kitchen equipment in the shape of a tube that you use to make pastry flat and thin before you cook it 学び始める
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rolling pin (= wałek do ciasta)
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an object that is shaped like half a circle and is used for measuring and drawing angles 学び始める
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a protractor (= kątomierz)
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somewhere in the region of (e.g. 600 eur) 学び始める
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around/about (e.g. 600 eur)
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a week or so -> more than a week but unclear how much more 学び始める
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e.g. it's going to take a week or so
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explain: a smattering (only signular) 学び始める
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a small amount of something
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explain: a dash / a smidgen of sth 学び始める
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usually a small amount (but you can also say a large dollop)
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explain: sth along those lines 学び始める
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in a similar way (e.g. The first day there is usually a welcome dinner or something along those lines.)
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used for referring to things of the same kind as those that you have already mentioned (e.g. we sell books, magazines and suchlike)
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to say something in a way that is not loud or clear enough so that your words are difficult to understand 学び始める
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to frequently ask someone to do something that they do not want to do 学び始める
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to frequently criticize someone, often for qualities or habits that are difficult to change 学び始める
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explain: to bicker (w/ someone) about sth 学び始める
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to argue in an irritated way, usually about sth petty (syn. squabble)
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to criticise someone in an insulting way [informal] 学び始める
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same as to chat but suggests light, non-serious talk
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to trick someone by telling them something that is not true (e.g. At first I thought they were winding me up.)
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to say nice things because you want something from someone (negative connotations) 学び始める
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to have difficulty in saying an 's' sound and making a 'th' sound instead 学び始める
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to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness 学び始める
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to stammer = to stutter (= jąkać się, zacinać się)
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a way of speaking in which the words are not pronounced clearly or separately, for example when the speaker is very tired or drunk 学び始める
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a slur (also to slur) | often bc of too much alcohol
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explain: tongue-tied [informal][adjective] 学び始める
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unable to speak because you are nervous or embarrassed
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a flat w/ only one room which is a bedroom and a sitting room
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short for situational comedy; a kind of humorous TV programme
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short for biographical picture; a film about the life of a real person
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explain: to be out of touch (w/ sb or sth) 学び始める
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1. w/ sb - to not see, speak to, or write to someone any longer, 2. w/ sth - to no longer have recent knowledge or information about something
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to think about something that happened in the past 学び始める
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to receive any news about sb/sth 学び始める
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to hear anything of sb/sth
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explain: to lose touch with sb/sth 学び始める
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1. w/ sb - to no longer communicate with someone, 2. w/ sth - to no longer have recent knowledge of something or someone, so that you do not understand that thing or person well (e.g. He never lost touch with Mexican culture.)
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explain: to have a vague memory of sth 学び始める
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to talk, think, or write about enjoyable experiences in your past 学び始める
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a sudden sharp feeling, especially of painful emotion (e.g. a pang of jealousy, guilt, regret)
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to feel sorry about an event and wish it had not happened 学び始める
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explain: to have a heart of gold 学び始める
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to have a kind and generous character
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to feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone's death 学び始める
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explain: to tally with sth 学び始める
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to match or agree with something else (e.g. The numbers on your spreadsheet don't tally with ours.)
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explain: to concur with [formal] 学び始める
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to agree or have the same opinion (e.g. The new report concurs with previous findings.)
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explain: to find yourself in full accord with 学び始める
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to be in complete agreement with
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explain: to coincide (with) 学び始める
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1. to be the same or similar (e.g. If our schedules coincide, we'll go to Spain together.), 2. to happen at or near the same time (e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's.)
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explain: to conform to/with sth 学び始める
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to obey a rule or reach the necessary stated standard, or to do things in a traditional way
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explain: to agree to differ 学び始める
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If two people agree to differ, they accept that they have different opinions about something and stop trying to persuade each other that they are right.
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strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
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lack of agreement or harmony
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to solve a problem or ending an argument in which both people or groups accept that they cannot have everything they want 学び始める
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reach/arrive at/come to a compromise:
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sth you give or allow to sb in order to reach an agreement (verb: to make a concession)
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choice, or the right to make a choice, based on judgment
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explain: to exercise one's discretion 学び始める
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to decide based on what you think is most suitable in a particular situation (= to decide on your own authority / at your pleasure)
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to argue in favour of sth (e.g. She advocates less government interference in the economy)
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explain: to deduce sth (from sth) 学び始める
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to know something as a result of considering the information or evidence that you have
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explain: to infer (from sth) 学び始める
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to reach a conclusion indirectly (= to form an opinion about something that is based on information that you already have)
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to partially cover the same material 学び始める
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to overlap with someone else's work
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based on what's observed rather than theory
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open to different interpretations
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explain: comprehensive work 学び始める
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covering all that is relevant
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explain: authoritative work 学び始める
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thorough and expert (= complete, careful, detailed, e.g. this is a very thorough analysis.)
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explain: arbitrary numbers 学び始める
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based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
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explain: distort (about statistics) 学び始める
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if statistics distort the picture, they give a false impression
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explain: incidence (of sth) 学び始める
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the rate at which something happens (e.g. The incidence of financial fraud among companies having an audit decreased threefold in the last ten years.)
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more noticeable or important, or larger in number, than others (adj) 学び始める
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predominant (e.g. research forms the predominant part of my job.)
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explain: in sequence / out of sequence 学び始める
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w kolejności / bez zachowania kolejności (e.g. The program goes through the data in sequence.) | sequence = a series of related things or events, or the order in which they happen
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to represent or mean something (e.g. his angry tone denoted extreme displeasure.)
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to say something again, once or several times 学び始める
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to reiterate = to repeat = to restate
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to be a perfect example of sth 学び始める
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to epitomise sth (syn. to typify, e.g. With his blond, blue-eyed athletic looks, he typifies the all-American boy next door.)
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considered to be typical of the US, and respected and approved of by Americans
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A clean-cut man is tidy in appearance and behaves well (e.g. Julie's fiancé is a nice clean-cut young man.)
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explain: to assert yourself 学び始める
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to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others (e.g. I really must assert myself more in meetings.)
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to say that something is certainly true 学び始める
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explain: to posit [formal] 学び始める
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to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed
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1. to explain the reason for something (e.g. that may account for the slower adoption rates for internet access.), 2. to form the total of; to be (e.g. Students account for the vast majority of our customers.)
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to include sth only briefly
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to include something, often as one of a number of things 学び始める
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to embrace (e.g. linguistics embraces a diverse range of subjects such as phonetics and stylistics.)
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to write quickly, without much care
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to draw and write irrelevant things on the paper
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If you copy out a piece of writing, you write it out again on a piece of paper
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provide a formal way of saying 'jot down' 学び始める
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to make a note of something
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make a first attempt at writing sth 学び始める
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to record information on paper 学び始める
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to make a proper final written text based on previous drafts
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to use a keyboard without looking at the keys 学び始める
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a typed copy of a piece of writing such as a book 学び始める
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a typescript (= maszynopis)
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explain: to run off a copy 学び始める
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to quickly print a copy of something (e.g. Would you mind running off some more copies of the agenda?)
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what are these brackets called? <> 学び始める
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explain: have a thing about sth/sb 学び始める
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to like or dislike something or someone very much
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explain: to get it together [informal] 学び始める
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to make a decision or take positive action in your life (e.g. Blake has really got it together since I last saw him - he has started a new job and lost a lot of weight.)
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explain: to get sb to yourself 学び始める
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an expression used to show that a criticism or a rude remark does not refer to the people you are talking to 学び始める
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present company excepted (e.g. People here just don't know how to dress, present company excepted.)
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for one thing... for another thing... 学び始める
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a bowl with small holes in it, used for washing food or for emptying food into when it has been cooked in water 学び始める
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a piece of kitchen equipment in the shape of a tube that you use to make pastry flat and thin before you cook it 学び始める
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rolling pin (= wałek do ciasta)
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an object that is shaped like half a circle and is used for measuring and drawing angles 学び始める
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a protractor (= kątomierz)
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somewhere in the region of (e.g. 600 eur) 学び始める
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around/about (e.g. 600 eur)
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a week or so -> more than a week but unclear how much more 学び始める
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e.g. it's going to take a week or so
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explain: a smattering (only signular) 学び始める
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a small amount of something
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explain: a dash / a smidgen of sth 学び始める
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usually a small amount (but you can also say a large dollop)
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explain: sth along those lines 学び始める
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in a similar way (e.g. The first day there is usually a welcome dinner or something along those lines.)
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used for referring to things of the same kind as those that you have already mentioned (e.g. we sell books, magazines and suchlike)
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to say something in a way that is not loud or clear enough so that your words are difficult to understand 学び始める
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to frequently ask someone to do something that they do not want to do 学び始める
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to frequently criticize someone, often for qualities or habits that are difficult to change 学び始める
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explain: to bicker (w/ someone) about sth 学び始める
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to argue in an irritated way, usually about sth petty (syn. squabble)
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to criticise someone in an insulting way [informal] 学び始める
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same as to chat but suggests light, non-serious talk
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to trick someone by telling them something that is not true (e.g. At first I thought they were winding me up.)
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to say nice things because you want something from someone (negative connotations) 学び始める
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to have difficulty in saying an 's' sound and making a 'th' sound instead 学び始める
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to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness 学び始める
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to stammer = to stutter (= jąkać się, zacinać się)
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a way of speaking in which the words are not pronounced clearly or separately, for example when the speaker is very tired or drunk 学び始める
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a slur (also to slur) | often bc of too much alcohol
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explain: tongue-tied [informal][adjective] 学び始める
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unable to speak because you are nervous or embarrassed
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a flat w/ only one room which is a bedroom and a sitting room
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short for situational comedy; a kind of humorous TV programme
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short for biographical picture; a film about the life of a real person
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