to teeter on the brink of extinction | to be very close to a very unpleasant or dangerous situation | |
deep in the outback | deep in the area | |
rudimentary (knowledge) | not highly or fully developed (podstawowy) | |
to encode (information) | to change ordinary language into letters, symbols, etc in order to send secret messages | |
remedy | a treatment or medicine to cure a disease or reduce pain that is not very serious (lekarstwo) | |
uncharted (ocean) | that has not been visited or investigated before, not familiar | |
annihilation | destruction (unicestwienie) | |
to undertake (individual research) | to make yourself responsible for sth and start doing it | |
concise (way) | giving only the information that is necessary and important, using few words (zwięzły) | |
forseeable (future) | when you can predict what is going to happen, based on circumstances, predictable (do przewidzenia) | |
become bewildered by sth | to be confused by sth | |
to displace (local languages) | to take the place of sb/sth (zastąpić) | |
to anticipate | to expect sth | |
to trail sth | to pull sth behind sb/sth | |
predominance | the situation of being greater in number or amount (przewaga) | |
a proliferation | the sudden increase in the number or amount of sth - rozprzestrzenianie | |
to restructure | to organize sth such as system in a new, different way | |
(words of) consolation | a person or thing that makes u feel better when u are unhappy or disappointed (pocieszenie, ukojenie | |
rebuttal (points) | false (?), refutation (odparte, obalone) | |
refute (arguments) | to prove that sth is wrong (odpierać, obalać) | |
to ride the crest of globalization | the top part of a hill or wave | |
pitfall | a danger or difficulty, one that is hidden or not obvious at first (pułapka) | |
to underscore | to underline (podkreślać) | |
precedent | act/decision/case that has happened in the past and is a guide for subsequent situations (uprzedni) | |
unequivocal | having only one possible meaning or interpretation (jednoznaczny) | |
to uproot | to pull a tree, plan, etc. out of the ground (wyrwać z korzeni) | |
scholar | person who knows a lot about a particular subject because they have studied it in detail (uczony) | |
endeavour | an attempt to do sth, especially sth new or difficult (wysiłek) | |
to consolidate dominance | to make a position of power or success stronger so it is more likely to continue | |
to scold | to find fault with angrily | |
in an easy conspiracy | in a secret way | |
aloof (voice) | at a distance in feeling or interest, indifferent (powściągliwy) | |
rapid-fire | characterized by, delivered or ocurring in rapid succession | |
sibilant | making an "s" or "sh" sound (syczący) | |
to eavesdrop | to listen secretly to what people are saying (podsłuchiwać) | |
emotional resonance | form of agreement or sympathy, between the emotions that someone else is expressing, and your own | |
peddler | a person who in the past travelled from place to place trying to sell small objects (handlarz) | |
gleaming | shining brightly (błyszczący) | |
to wallow | to lie and roll anout water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure | |
nuanced (sounds) | a subtle difference or distinction in color, tone, expression, meaning etc | |
rigidly | strictly (surowo) | |
to play hopscotch | grać w klasy | |
daffodils | żonkile | |
confied to the stark | limited completely | |
conversely | in a way that is opposite or reverse of sth | |
awkward jumble of sth | a weird combination | |
voices lodged in my heart | stored in | |
tedious | lasting or takin too long and not interesting (żmudny) | |
disorted (experience) | zniekształcony | |
mimicry | the action or skill of being able to copy the voice, movements etc of others | |
to bequeath | to say in a will that you want sb to have your properties after you die, to pass on by last will | |
potted (banana tree) | planted in a pot | |
to splash in the ponds | pluskać się w stawie | |
to relive what is lost | przeżyć ponownie to, co stracone | |
dostinctive (exclamation) | having a quality or characteristic that makes sth different and easily noticed (charakterystyczny) | |
incessant (heat) | never stopping (nieustający) | |
to instill (an inferiority complex) | to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings | |
painstakingly (to master English) | with a lot of care, effort and attention to details | |
verbalization | expressing something in words | |
sluggish | moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal (almost like lazy) s (spowolniony) | |
tumultous | very loud, involving strong feelings (approval)(gromki)/conducted with disorder, confusion(burzliwy) | |
indigenous | belonging to a particular place | |
mind-boggling | intelectually or emotionally overwhelming (niewyobrażalny, ogromny) | |
abruptly | suddenly and unexpectedly, often in unpleasant way (nagle) | |
dental fricative | głoska szczelinowa | |
to employ (intonation) | to make use of (means, skills, methods etc) | |
to admonish sb for sth | to tell sb firmly that you do not approve of sth they have done | |
commercial and financial hub | the center, focus of activity | |
to bemoan | to express distress or grief over (opłakiwać)/to regard with regret or disapproval | |
laconic | using only few words to say sth (zwięzły) | |
to engulf | to surround or to cover sth completely (pochłaniać) | |
feverish | excited, restless or uncontrolled as if from fever | |
marvels | wonderful things (cuda) | |
one major hurdle | jedna wielka przeszkoda | |
to be a little weary of sth | to be tired or exhausted by sth | |
to ridicule | to make sb look silly by making fun of him | |
to aggravate | to make a bad siutiation worse (pogarszać) | |
quirkiness | a strange attitude or habit | |
livelihood | a means of earning money in order to live (środki utrzymania) | |
knowledgeable | knowing a lot, well informed | |