| recorded sightings | times seen that have been officially written down |
| sustained | kept alive or supported |
| rodents | small animals including rats, mice, squirrels |
| expenditure | spending - wydatki |
| factor | number by which another number or quantity or quantity is multiplies (mnożnik) |
| quadrupled | x4 |
| IQ | intelligence quotient (measure of intelligence) |
| per | for each (used when expressing rates, prices or measurements) |
| aggregate | total |
| to aggregate | to add up all the different amounts |
| blip | temporary change (krótki skok w górę) |
| continuum (eg. of colour from red to violet) | sth that changes gradually or in a very slight stages, without distinct divisions |
| correlation between sth and sth | connection between facts of things which cause or affect each other |
| to deviate from sth | to move away from the standard or accepted pattern |
| a dicrepancy between | difference between two things that should be the same (rozbieżność) |
| to be erratic | to be not regular and often changing suddenly |
| to be flawed | to be inaccurate |
| to fluctuate | to go up and down |
| five-fold | pomnożony przez 5 |
| in inverse propotion to sth | in opposite proportion to |
| be inconsistent with | not in agreement with |
| to seesaw | to go up and down (huśtać się, chwiać ) |
| ballpark figure of sth | guess believed to be accurate |
| to tot eth up | to add eth up (less formal) |
| to run into six figures | to get a figure over 100,000 |
| variables | different factors that may change planned figures (zmienne) |
| projected figures | planned figures |
| to err on the side of caution | to be cautious, do the thing that is safe instead of taking a risk |
| to round things down | to make, say 2.5 into 2 rather that 3 (zaokrąglać w dół) |
| conservative | cautious |
| deviation, deviant | to deviate (noun+adj) |
| discrepant | discrepancy (adj) |
| flaw, flawed | to flaw (noun+adj) |
| inversion, inverse | to invert (noun+adj) |
| inconsistent | inconsistency (adj) |
| error, erratic | to err (noun+adj) |