the green light	permission to start or continue sth
drive	a strong desire for success
a chunk	a large piece of sth
an accomplishment	sth done, achieved successfully
consent	permission for sth to happen or be done
major	very important
inpenetrable	impossible to pass or see through
every now and then	sometimes but not often
hectic	very busy and filled with activity
scarce	very small in amount or number
rigged	arranged in a dishonest way in order to get desired result
of late	lately, recently
offensive	causing sb to feel hurt, angry or upset
devastating	causing extreme emotional pain
domestic	(of an animal) living with people
thoroughly	with careful attention to detail
indigenous	produced, living or existing naturally in particular region or enviroment
sturdy	strongly made
flexible	willing to change or to try different things; easily changed
to grapple with sth	to deal with a problem
to embark on sth	to begin sth that will take a long time or happen for a long time
to sink in	wryć się w pamięć
to stray	to go in a direction that is away from a group or from the place where u should be
to reassure sb	to make sb feel less afraid, upset or doubtful
to let on	to tell, admit or show that u know sth
to congratulate sb on sth	to tell sb that u are happy because of his or her success or good luck
to put sth behind sb	to stop worrying about or being upset by sth that happened in the past
to perish	to die or be killed
to jeopardize	to put sth or sb in danger
to deteriorate	to become worse as time passes
to drop	to stop doing or continuing with sth
to nag	to criticize or complain often in an annoying way
to dabble in sth	to take part in an activity in a way that's not serious (zajmować się amatorsko)
to console	to try to make sb feel less sadness or disappointment
to restore	to put or bring sth back into existence or use
to notify sb on sth	to tell sb officially about sth
to feature	to have or include sb or sth as an important part
to pass away	to die (used as a polite way to avoid saying the word 'die')
to put sth down to sth	to say or think that sth happened because of sth
to ambush	to attack sb or sth by suprise from hidden place
to chuck	to throw or toss sth
to sway	to influence sb so that they change their opinion
to set aside	to keep or save sth for a particular purpose
to reckon	(informal) to think or suppose
to look back on sth	to think about sth in the past
on the outskirts	in the suburbs
to go out of your way	to try very hard to do sth, especially for sb else
to hit home	to cause u fully realize how unpleasent or difficult sth is
out of the blue	if sth happens ________ it is completely unexpected
to drop the topic/subject	to stop talking or thinking about (sth)
to have a change of heart	to change way u feel or think about sth
to take sth by storm	to quickly become very successful or popular in a particular place or among a particular group
to cut the chase	to go directly to the important points of a story, argument, etc
to put in a good word for sb	to say positive things about sb
to put sth on hold	to delay sth for some time