appprehension | worry or fear | |
disquiet | a feeling of worry | |
unwieldy | easy to move or control | |
premaritel | preceeding marriage | |
play cavalier | not to cary enaugh about others' feelings | |
puberty | stage between child and adult | |
perimiter | a line bounding an area | |
diminish | make smaller | |
sparse | thinly scattered | |
counsel | to give advice | |
fertility | ability to produce offspring | |
offspring | a child to its parents | |
scant | barely sufficient | |
impaired | weakened, damaged | |
abnormality | a physical malformation | |
fraction | very small part or segment | |
murky | gloomy, dark | |
scorch your feet | hit your feet | |
prevailing | current | |
take possesion of | control, occupy sth.sb | |
frighten sb out of their wits | scare sb very much | |
leprosy | disease when flesh and nerves are gradually destroyed | |
insatiable | always wanting more, nienasycony | |
flinch froom sth | avoid doing sth unpleasant, wzdrygać się na | |
tepid | reaction that shows a lask of excitement | |
resilient to | able to return to previous state | |
bloodstream | the flow of blood around the body | |
set out | begin a job with particular goal | |
brisk | energetic | |
strenuous | needing great effort | |
hell for leather | as quickly as possible | |
come to prominence | become noticed or well known | |
fine-tune | make small changes to improve sth | |
attain | reach or succeed | |
bout of | short quick movements | |
sedentary | siedzący | |
the final of straw | the las bad thing after a number of other bad things | |
chink of light | beam of light | |
peer into | look curiously at | |
horrendously | greatly | |
volley of | huge amount | |
mangle a language | kaleczyć język | |
flail one's arms | move or wave your arms quickly | |
brevity | briefness | |
be run off one's feet | have to work fast and hardly | |
cower | move backwards because you are frightened | |
rim | the edge | |
intrude on one's grief | disturb sb during their sadness | |
come over sb (wha's come over you?) | affect sb | |
reproach sb with/for sth | critisise sb | |
above/beyond reproach | beyond criticism | |
gape at | stare at | |
be on the brink of | on the verge of | |
ripple of laughter | a bout of laughter | |
pallid | pale | |
gasp for breath | catch breatch with difficulcy | |
worm sth out of sb | try to get information that is secret | |
perform/carry out post-mortem | examine the body after death | |
pull at sb's heartstrings | play on emotions | |
up your sleeve | have sth prepared | |
plead with sb | beg sb | |
at prime time | the best time (when there are the most people) | |
company man | more loyal to the company than to colleagues | |
backlog | accumulation of work | |
backup plan | plan b | |
do sth for fear | zrobić coś ZE strachu | |
fell up to sth | feel strong/healthy enaugh to | |
beam at | have a big smile | |
be dazed by | be confused unable to think clearly | |
talk at the top on ones voice | talk as loudly as possible | |
tiptoe | walk on the front part of your foot | |
turmoil | state of grat anxiety | |
to mar | spoil | |
shabbily dressed | wear old, worn clothes | |
dawn on sb | become apparent | |
stir (imagination) | arouse | |
make both ends meet | wiązać koniec z końcem | |
a clean driving licence | with no penalties | |
be on welfare/ on social security/on unemployment benefit/ be on the dole | być na zasiłku | |
bithely | in carefree way | |
rummage | search through sth untidily | |
badgered | be asked many questions | |
intertwine | connect, link closely | |
languid | weak from illness or fatigue, peaceful (period of time) | |
reticence | taciturnity | |
erratic | unpredictable | |
whiff | smell | |
chuckle | giggle | |
interloper | intruder | |
catcalls | buu z widowni | |
antics | silly and funny behaviour | |
begrudge | be jelaous | |
impudence | disrespect | |
reeling | a feeling when we drink alkohol | |
prop | rekwizyt, podpora, podpierac | |
three-dimensional | credible | |
backstory | details of sb's life | |
entice | seduce | |
heighten | enhance, intensify | |
immediacy | directness, closeness | |
slouch | hump, stand in a strange position | |
paramount | the most important | |
lay out the backbone | present the schedule | |
visceral | (feel) deep inside | |
be set in stone | unable to be changed | |
revelation | disclosure | |
ensue | occur | |
suitor | admirer | |
weep | cry | |
kind-hearted | friendly | |
accomplished | educated | |
earn sb's approval | gain sb's good opinion | |
direct one's charms toward | be atracted | |
be of humle/noble parentage | być wysokiego urodzenia | |
a screen of (behind a screen of secrecy) | sth tha prevents to see sth, cover it, protect | |
pave the way for | open the door for | |
untained | stainless | |
gentility | noble origins | |
vouch | give a guarantee of | |
illegitimacy | nieślubność | |
prattle on about | talk a lot about | |
a large nugget of pure gold | a solid piece of gold | |
a nugget information | a valuable information | |
to brood about/on/over | to ponder | |
catch a glimpse of | see sth quickly | |
shudder at the thought/sight of sth | flinch from sth | |
have a deep sight | take a deep breath | |
clench one's fist | squeeze tightly your hand | |
make prevision for sb | provide whatever is necesary | |
be enthralled by | be completely interested | |
drum on the window-pane/ on the table | make a sound by hitting a surfice | |