| fluid | smooth |
| horrific | causing horror |
| going-on | unusual or surprising event |
| to sway public opinion | to influence public opinion |
| impartial | neutral/ fair |
| to get a move on | to hurry up |
| livestock | animals kept together for profits |
| to spearhead | to lead (an attack, a campaign) |
| drive | energy and determination/ organised campaign to achieve sth |
| to reach a plateau | to reach a state of little (or no) development |
| roughly | approximately |
| glimmer of hope | small sign of hope |
| pursuit | chase/ try to achieve sth |
| to overlook | to fail to notice |
| disparity | small difference |
| cohort | a number of people bounded to get up |
| ploy | an action to win advantage over your opponents |
| bout of sth | short period of specified activity |
| vigilant | watchful, alert |
| candy flipping | trying some illegal substances |
| a watershed in sth | a turning point |
| forethought | thinking or planning out in advance |
| dexterity | skills in using his hands |
| dexterous | skilled in using his hands |
| tranquil | calm, peaceful |
| to flutter | to make quickly irregular movements (trzepotać) |
| renowned | famous and distinguished |
| incongruous | out of place, out of harmony |
| to accommodate | to take care of/ to make sb comfortable |
| to be on a par with sth/sb | to be as good as sth/sb |
| to phase in | to introduce gradually |
| to phase out | to withdraw gradually |
| discrepancy | disparity |
| to incite | to make sb excited/ to make sb do sth (podburzać) |
| to make allowances for sth | to take sth into account while doing sth |
| to trigger (up?) | to cause, start |
| to walk out on sb | to stop dating sb |