spunky =/=	spineless =/=
ardent hope	zagorzała nadzieja, intense
compliance	when you obey
impeccable =/=	flawed =/=
put a crimp in sb	have a negative effect
be reveled in	take delight in
lopsided	be not balanced, have one side smaller than thr other
dismay	worry
decision is not easily come by	get sth using effort
collateral	sth valuable that you give if you cannot pay a debt
dole out	devide between
disconcerting	confusing
obsolete	outdate
taciturn =/=	loquacious =/=
panicky =/=	unflappable =/=
modest =/=	brazen =/=
passionate =/=	apathrtic =/=
compassionate =/=	callous =/=
steadfast	fickle =/=
treacherous =/=	trustworthy =/=
rebelious =/=	conventional =/=
clandestine	secret (adj)
turn a cheerful face	pretend to be happy
tended like orchids	treated delicately, over-protected
set great store on	regarded as important, have positive expectations and hopes about sth
urban sprawl	moving into the suburbs so as the city become bigger
try your hands at	attept to
take exception to	make objections
strike it lucky with/by	suddenly have a good luck
interweave (pp interwoven)	alternate
marvel at sth	be amazed by
have a gut feeling	have an intuition
crime story	nie criminal!
fiction	literatura piękna
immersed	engrossed
put the book down	cannot stop reading
compelling	overpowering
assume	take for granted
supositions	conjectures
insights	perceptions
meticulous	painstaking
guts	bravery
by this token	in this way
plot concocted	conspiracy, an invented story
vegetable plot	a piece of land
interim	temporary
body of evidence/essay/book/building	main part of sth
tip	landfill
posterity	people who will live in the future
patchy	existing or happening in some places and not others
overlap	częściowe pokrywanie się
take issue with	disagree
with a heavy heart	with the feeling of sorry
rude awakening	unpleasant awakening
rude instrument	basic, simple instrument
cause sth TO happen	doprowadziło do