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 |