low-brow tabloid | przyziemny, no connection with serious artistic, cultural ideas | |
middlebrow tabloid | przeciętny, good quality, still not needing a lot of thought | |
highbrow briodsheet | intelektualny, a lot of news politics, sport coverage | |
haul | to pull sth with a lot of effort | |
swoop | raid | |
deal blow | to undermine, to be harmful | |
havoc | chaos | |
raid | swoop | |
to axe | pozbywać się, to reduce | |
to con | to trick sb to do sth | |
to bid | to propose, to offer a pay | |
row | kłótnia | |
probe | investigation | |
hedge | żywopłot | |
OAP | Old Age Pensioners | |
measly | pathetically small | |
hubby | husband | |
missus | żona | |
PC | Police Constable | |
Bogus | fake | |
vicar | kościelny | |
hols | holidays | |
to have the yellow card | to be warned | |
booze | alcohol | |
a handful | a person who is difficult to control | |
going of the rails | behaving in an uncontrolled fashion | |
nipped in the bud | stopped at a very early stage | |
all eyes will be on | every one will be watching | |
to emerge | to come out, to become known | |
to alert | to make aware, to warn | |
harrowing | very distressing or shocking | |
consequences | results | |
widespread | happening in many places | |
to succumb | given into temptation | |
premises | buildings and land of a business or an idea that forms the basis of an argument (założenie) | |
binge | a short period of time when sbd does too much of a particular activity,ex. eating or drinking alcoho | |
distasteful | unpleasant | |
to spit | pluć, to force liquid out of your mouth | |
to stray | błądzić, to wander | |
illicit | prohibited, illegal | |
breach | naruszenie, the act of breaking | |
disrepute | bad reputation | |
praise | to express approbation or approval | |
communal | społeczny | |
landlord | land or building owner | |
to give sb the sack | to dismiss someone | |
to prosecute | to pursue with the intention of punishing | |
to rise | unosić się (doesn't need an object) to ascend | |
to raise | podnieść coś (needs an object) | |
mounted knight | rycerz na koniu | |
to frown upon | to disaprove | |
to conceal | to hide | |
to cram | to be squeezed into insufficient place | |
joy-rider | amator przejażdżki kradzionym samochodem | |
newspeak | official or semiofficial style of writing that is unclear and not honest | |
to break even | to stop making losses | |
feature | the first page of a newspaper | |
disposable | available for use/ capable of being thrown away after one use | |
an easy pray | person that could be easily influenced by other people's actions | |
to spot | to notice | |
lodge | temporary residence | |
to mislay | to loose sth for a short period of time | |
to grill sb down | to question in a very unpleasant manner | |
a draw | losowanie | |
a parcel | przesyłka | |
a vacancy | empty, unocuppied | |
pamphlet | less than 80 pages book with paper cover on contorversial subject | |
to be thronged | to be filled with, to be crammed | |
to tamper | to make changes in order to falsify | |
under-carriage | podwozie | |
siege | oblężenie, surroundng people military operation | |
viable | sth possible to do | |
to account for sth | to explain | |
to pick on sb | to treat somebody unfairly | |
commuter | person who travels into a city to work every day | |
to bring sb down | to cause to be in low spirits and depressed | |