aberration	odstępstwo od normy
laugh at sbs expense	bawić się czyimś kosztem
put sth down to sth	przypisywać coś czemuś
ditch	=leave, dump
revel	=enjoy
slushy	ckliwy
romantic displace	pokazywanie swojej romantyczności
tye the knot	get married
cast my net	lookaround for sb else
rub along	=get on well
a bolt from the blue	jak grom z jasnego nieba
whip up	wzbudzać
fleeting	przemijający, nietrwały
have time on sbs hands	mieć dużo czasu
have a streak of sth	mieć skłonność do
call the tune	be in charge, rządzić
fend off	avoid
keep up the pretence	udawać
blurt sth out	wygadać, wyjawić
carry a torch for sb	have eyes for sb, be in love
roll up your sleeves	zakasać rękawy
be at death's door	być u progu śmierci
give sb a cold shoulder	don't pay attention, be unfriendly, ignore
prospective	przyszły (mąż, żona)
get a grip	wziąć się w garść
has your hands tied	mieć związane ręce
lose its grip on sb	stracić nad kimś kontrolę
have sth up your sleeve	mieć coś w zanadrzu
clutch at straws	chwytać się brzytwy
grasp the nettle	deal with a difficult situation
get to grips	pojąć, begin to deal with
play right into sbs hands	do exactly what sb expects
up for grabs	do wzięcia
contrived	difficult to believe, artificial
template	szablonować
pumps	pąpy
tweezers	pinceta
valves	zastawki, zawory
the final nail in the coffin	ostatni gwóźdź do trumny
call a spade a spade	speak directly
go down the tubes	to fail, schodzić na psy
a weak link in the chain	person you can't trust, rely on, najsłabsze ogniwo
blow a fuse	lose temper, zagotować się ze złości
with no string attached	with no special conditions
get your wires crossed	misunderstand each other
shoot your bolt	lose energy, wypalić się
get into gear	get down to work
twist/turn the knife	deliberately make sb feel even worse
jostle	przepychać się
intricate	having a lot of small parts
ingenious	pomysłoy
garbled	zawiły, confusing
simple-minded	sb who has a basic knowledge
i beg to differ	i would like to disagree
bicker about	czepiać się i kłócić o głupoty
cheat ON sb	oszukiwać kogoś
be besotted=infatuated=smitten with	być w kimś zakochany
be blotted out	być zasłoniętym
hook sb up to a drip	podłączyć kogoś do kroplówki
hook your finger through	zaczepić?
convoluted	very twisted
scratch team	accidental, randomly chosen group
seize	chwytać, przejąć, wyrwać
seize an opportunity/on this last point to	use, take advantage, wykorzystać okazję
attention/concentration span	czas trwania uwagi/koncentracji
sift	przesiewać
instill	wpajać, zaszczepiać
adept at	=skilled at
bottle up, choke back	dusić w sobie
sweep aside	lekceważyć
tease out	dowiedzieć się, wyciągnąć informacje
tone down	złagodzić
suffocating	duszący
laborious	pracochłonny
mendacious	zakłamany
detestable	very bad, dredful
tenacious	uporczywy, wytrwały
conform to society	dostosowywać się do społeczeństwa
further your career	rozwijać swoją karierę
cohesion	spoistość
reap favours from	oczekiwać w zamian korzyści, zbierać żniwo
biased	stronniczy, uprzedzony
accentuated	stressed
supress	stłumić
take out life insurance	=to buy life insurance
be baked by	=be supported
set the bowl rolling	=start an action
push ahead at an alarming grade	posuwać się do alarmującego stopnia
in the vanguard of	at the forefront
a double edge sword	każdy kij ma dwa końce
the lay person	an expert
for its own sake	for no other reason
tip	wysypisko śmieci
turn somersaults	robić koziołki
set the tone	establish an atmosphere
comression of morbidity	zminimalizowanie chorobliwości
decrepitude	being old and in bad condition, zniedołężniały
flaut	disobey
hype	a lot of publicity that shows how good the product is
yonder	over there
paddle	wiosła, , walk in the shallow water, brodzić
palpable	easily noticed, evident
vaicarious	obtained by second hand, not experience sth yourself
ghastliness	unpleasant, deathly feeling
anticipate	mention in advance
facet	aspekt
loathsome	extremely unpleasant
patent remedies	leki bez recepty
affront	offend sb
uncharitable	unkind, unfair
embark on	take up sth challenging
prime suspect	główny podejrzany
innate desire	a strong wish that you have when you are born
live in clover	have enaugh money to live comfortably
live it up	enjoy yourself, usually spending a lot of money
live sth down	make people forget about sth embarassing
live by your wits	earn money by clever and dishonest means
live up to your expectation	do as well as others expect
learn to live with	adopt sth unpleasant
put forward	suggest
prerequisite	something that must exist or happen before something else can happen or be done
yank	pull sth forcefully
harangue	lecture, speak in a forcefull way to convince sb
resolve to	decide to
swear	promise
seethe	be angry
unearth	find, discover
crave	want
loathe	not like, hate
scrounge	borrow, get sht by asking
short of (doing) something	without sth, unless it happens
conmen, to con	cheater, cheat in order to get money
by word of mouth	orallly
lie face downwards	leżeć przewróconym do góry nogami
set foot on	to land
have a heart to heart	have sincire conversation
walk hand in hand	iść za rękę
stroll arm in arm	iść z kimś w ramię
be nose to tail	stand one after another
come face to face	meet sb unexpectedly
live from hand to mouth	to spend all the money you earn on basic needs
be made by hand	zrobione własnoręcznie
fight tooth and nail	fight in a very determined way
not see eye to eye	disagree
ailment	when dth hurts, not an ilness
perils	dangers
prey	hunt or make use of sb
insense	make sb very angry/ substance that produces a pleasant smell when it burns
invalid	outdated/ person who need a care because of ilness
invalid sb out of	force to leave armed forces
to be entranced	be atracted
to discount	ignore
additives	substances added to food
preservatives	substances to make food live longer
artificial flavours	polepszacze smaku
raising agent	proszek do pieczenie
yolk	żółtko
yeast	drożdże
white	białko
wydajność	yeald
śmigło	propeller
sterownik	controller
działanie	performance
altyleria	ordnance
swanky	szpanerski, szykowny
posh	elegancki, dystyngowany
be out of one's depth	przerastac kogoś (zadanie do wykonania)
acquit oneself well/badly	dobrze/źle się spisywać
engage in	angażować się w
repartee	błyskotliwy dialog
draw to a close	zbliżać się do końca
proffer	podawać, proponować (coś w wyciągniętej ręce, oferować)
recall	przypominać sobie, przywoływać z pamięci
arcane custom	tajemny zwyczaj
pass	podawać (dalej)
branch out	zrobić coś nowego, do czego się nie nawykło
attire	ubrania (F), strój, odzienie
be on a first-name basis	mówić sobie na ty
etiquette guidelines	wytyczne dotyczące etykiety
dismiss sb/sth as sb/sth	uznawać kogoś/coś za kogoś/coś
irrelevant	nieistotny, nie na temat
social savvy	zmysł towarzyski, ogłada
be put forward for the extras/promotion	zostać zgłoszonym do jakichś dodatków/awansu
fundamentals	podstawy
landfill, dump	wysypisko śmieci
swamp	zalany wodą
sustainable agriculture	rolnictwo przyjazne dla środowiska
persons	people
amelioration	improvement
man	bloke
narrate	tell
frequented	went to
reckon	think
drinking	boozing
friends	mates
guy	fellow
photographs	snaps
advantages	pluses
terrible	lousy
prudent	careful
courage	guts
becoming	atractive
destitute	broke
slender	skinny
shout	yell
ravaged	destroyed
concerted action	wspólne działania
depreciate	tracić wartość
curtail	ograniczyć, zmniejszyć
confined, bounded	ograniczone (about area)
give way	ustąpić
poaching	hunting illegally
slaughter	kill cruelly
fenced enclosure	ogrodzony wybieg dla zwierząt
thrive	develop well
peevishly	drażliwie, marudnie
tentatively	niepewnie
satisfy the urge	zaspokoić pragnienie
pest (pesticide poisoning)	szkodnik
under your own steam	o własnych siłach
parasite (adj. parasitic)	pasożyt
smuggle	przmycać
reptile (adj. reptilian)	gad
landmass	a great area in one piece
warfare	działania wojenne
foregone conclusion	wiadomy z góry rezultat
battered	maltretowany
unbowed	niepokonany
over-run	zalany, zarojony od czegoś
interpid	nieustraszony
scope for sth	miejsce/warunki do rozwinięcia czegoś
grudge match	walka z obupólną nienawiścią
stowaway	unintentional hitchhiker
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 =/=	apathetic =/=
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	attempt 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
buffer	elderly man
patriarch	old, respected man
chairman	a man in charge
neanderthal	burak, prostak
bounder	kanalia facet
lout (larger lout)	wyrostek
thug	oprych
vamp	atractive woman
bag	stare pudło
bimbo	lalunia
dutchess	księżna
freshman	a student on the first year
mate	a friend
geek	nerd
whizz kid	successul kid
charmer	czaruś - on i ona
gofer	posłaniec
ease	become less severe
predecessor	poprzednik
anticipate	imagine or expect that sth will happen
cease	stop happening
rectify, put sth right	correct sth
fledgling	raczkujący, without experience
alternate	happening one after another regularly
copy	behave like someone else
stamina	physical or mental strength for doing sth fora long time
invariably	bez wyjątku
enduring	lasting for a long time
INeffective	nieefektowny
handover	moving power or responsibility from one person to another
clarity	a quality of being expressed clearly
rubber stamp	sb that automatically gives approval to some decisions
usher sth in	be the begining
debt relief	reduce the amount of money you owe
plummet	fall suddenly
legally liable	legally responsible
flagrant breaches of	blatant, obvious violation
query the claim	to question
plead ignorance	not to be interested in news
unhold rights	protect legal claims
a preserve of	an activity/task that is suitable for one particular person
in limbo	uncertain situation, cought between two stages of development
in limbo	uncertain situation, cought between two stages of development
faltering endeavour	weak attempt
loosening of the reins	a relaxing of the rules
soft sideshow	less important event
deal a blow to	causing someone great difficulties
remit	brief or scope
wield power	have and use dominion
proliferation	sudden increase
raise the profile	make sb more well-known
propitious	likely to be successful
infringe	break the law
enshrined in	confirmed, make a law official
promulgated by	spread announcement to the public
under the auspices of	with the protection,help. under the direction
accountability	be responsible for your actions
high profile	well-known
counterproductive	having the opposite effect that was intented
vested interest	your own profit
ultimete quickfix	easy solution
trail new drugs	test new drugs
be scientifically sound	be reasonable
lay/put sth on the line	take risk
spill the beans	tell the secret
set the record stright	tell the truth
would you raise any objections to	would you mind
submissive	uległy
on an equal footing with	na równi
make a rally	an increase on the stock exchange
rally	large public meeting
rally	set of hits between players
dip into	get to know
get to grips	understand
drift	meaning
drifts of people	floods of people
drift of snow	zaspa
quarter	side, accomodation
at close querters	within short distance
steep	stromy
bill	beack
pass a bill	introduce a law
virulent, jaundiced	poisonous, zjadliwy
nurture	foster, sustain, wychować, wspierać
be on cloud nine	być w siódmym niebie
rose-tinted spectacles	see only pleasant things, różowe okulary
tip the balance/ scales (in favour of)	przeważać szalę
a lotus-eating	plesure in doing nothing
put yourself on the line	risk sth
surge/flow/ooze/ripple/trickle of	fala, napływ (emocji)
turn in	fall asleep
in my book	in my opinion
food for thought	pokarm dla duszy, sth that makes you reflect
transfixed	captivated, bewitched, hypnotysed
a glut of	nadmiar czegoś
ooze	sączyć się, emanować
ripple out	rozchodzić się falami
burn out (np fuse - bezpiecznik)	wypalić się
flare up/ ignite	wybuchnąć, rozgorzeć (pain, anger)
smoulder	tlić się
blow up at sb	naskakiwać na kogoś, wybuchnąć
rage about sth	wścieknąć się, szaleć (o burzy)
sweep	rozejść się po jakimś terenie (wiatr), przechodzić falami
dazzle	oślepiać, olśnić
light up	zabłysnąć, np eyes, face
shine	promienieć np ze szczęścia
sparkle	iskrzyć się np snow water
boil, simmer, stew	kipieć (np ze złości)
bubble	bulgotać tryskać (positive)
let sb stew in his own juice	leave sb to suffer
simmer down	calm down
make your blood boil	get on your nerves,idiom
cut your teeth on	get first experience
step sideways	do lateral moves
run-of-the-mill	mediocre
keep your head down	play safe
undue	nadmierna (np power)
switch cerrers	change profession
demonstrate track record	pokazywać swoje osiągnięcia zawodowe
get references	get recommendation
rapid response	immediate answer
on the fast lane to	on the best way to, na szybkich obrotach
quantum leap	huge step forward
the jury's still out	nic jeszcze nie jest przesądzone
snapped up	be immediately employed
progress up the rungs	be promoted
whiff	sign
a mixed blessing	sth that has two sides
mindset	way of thinking
quick bite	coś do przegryzienia
fast track	najkrótsza droga
end up in the slow line	zostać w tyle
make a quick exit	ulotnić się, leave quickly
blue chips	companies sure to be secure
golden hello	money that you get at the beginig of work
green shoots	first signs of improvement
red ink	financial debt
white goods	urządzenia agd
white knight	the rescuer, saver
creep in	to begin to happen
chilling	mrożący krew w żyłach
implausible	niewiarygodny, unconvincing
quirky	weird, strange
heavy-going	adj. difficult to make progress
lowly	second rate
bring home	make clear, avare of sth
water butt	barrel
imply	suggest sth without saying it directly, dawać do zrozumienia
hint at	napomknąć, robić aluzję
infer	wnioskować
be up to speed	know everything, ogarnięty
close shave	narrow escape
flying long haul	latać dalekie loty
loiter	go very slowly
come in handy	be useful
hands-free kit	zestaw głośnomówiący
bugbear	sth that irritates you
plead with sb to	beg
at prime time	the best time, albo w czasie gdy jest największy popyt
pull at sb's heartstrings	play on emotion
tummy	brzuszek
clear away	remove, wyczyścić dosłownie, albo swoje myśli
be on unemployment benefit/social security/ welfare (AM) / the dole	być na zasiłku
have second thoughts	change your mind
have the final say in	mieć ostatnie zdanie
be in two minds about	nie wiedzieć co wybrać, dylemat
dead and buried	zapomniany (idiom)
in the dead of winter	in the coldest part of winter (idiom)
take a hard line on	zająć twarde stanowisko
be grossed out by (AM)	be disgusted by
belittle	umniejszać, bagatelizować
introspective	spoglądający w głąb siebie
counsel	porada
traverse	cross, przechodzić
miss out on	tracić na czymś
be in tune with	być w zgodzie z czymś
be neck-deep in	być w czymś po szyję
opt out of	wycofać się (z fejsa np)
march to the beat of your own drummer	maszerowac do bicia własnego bębna
interface	be connected in a certain way
dwindle	maleć, gradually until almost nothing is left
revenue	income
surges	sudden increases
filing	connection of related data records
cutting-edge	przełomowy
forfeited	utracony
drill	ćwiczenie, wiertarka
corny	banalny
pertinent	trafny
skimp	skąpić na czymś co jest potrzebne
on the trot	one after another
frazzled	wycieńczony
balk at	wzdrygać się na coś
well-trodden route	wydeptana ścieżka
savvy	sprytny