infatuation | strong, unreasonable, temporary feeling of love for someone or interest in sth; zauroczenie |
vicious | malicious, violent, cruel, callous |
sloppy | careless, untidy |
monstrous | extremely shocking, huge |
desensitise sb to sth | make someone react less strongly to sth by making them become used to it; numb |
shallow | having only a short distance from the top to the bottom; antonym of deep |
acquisitive | eager to own and collect things; zachłanny |
telly/box | slang name of TV |
not a scrap | absolutely none |
scrap | piece of sth |
advent of sth | arrival, introduction |
well-adjusted | able to deal well with the problems of life |
the truth is breaking | the truth becomes known |
detractor | critic |
diligent | working hardly and carefully |
impressionable | easily influenced |
brutality | cruel and violent behaviour; atrocity |
intact | complete, not damaged or changed |
outnumber sth | be greater in number |
former | this first one (of previously mentioned); antonym of latter |
retain | keep sth or continue to have sth |
versatile | universal |
sheer | pure |
impart | communicate info to sb; give a particular quality to something |
glowing | full of praise |
chatter | talk for a long time about things that are not important |
barely | only with great difficulty or effort (= only just) |
resemble | to look like or be similar to sb/sth |
hinge (up)on sb/sth | completely depend on sb/sth |
deterioration | become worse |
amenable to | accept what someone says or does without arguing |