adjective | (adj) przymiotnik | |
noun | (n) rzeczownik | |
verb | (v) czasownik | |
expression | (exp) wyrażenie | |
phrase | (phr v) związek frazeologiczny | |
adverb | (adv) przysłówek | |
idiom | (idm) idiom | |
attribute | (attrib) przydawka | |
suitable | (adj) appropriate / odpowiedni | |
heading | (n) title / nagłówek, tytuł | |
predict | (v) to say sth will happen before it does / przewidywać, przepowiadać | |
attitude | (n) how one feels about sth; outlook / postawa, stosunek | |
take part in | (exp) to participate in / uczestniczyć, brać w czymś udział | |
increased | (adj) heightened / zwiększony | |
anticipation | (n) state of looking forward to sth happening / wyczekiwanie | |
factor | (n) element / czynnik, element | |
take a (short) break | (exp) to stop doing sth for a (short) period in order to have a rest / zrobić sobie (krótką) prze | |
will | (n) determination / zapał; wola | |
alike | (adj) same / podobny, jednakowy | |
compete | (v) to try to do sth better or faster than others; take part in / rywalizować, konkurować | |
injury | (n) physical damage / uraz, kontuzja | |
suspense | (n) excitement and anticipation / napięcie, niepewność | |
event | (n) occasion / wydarzenie; konkurencja | |
favourite | (n) the person expected to win / faworyt | |
race | (v) to take part in a competition or speed against sb / ścigać się | |
isolation | (n) the state of being alone / odosobnienie, osamotnienie | |
highlight | (v) to make clear / uwydatniać, podkreślać | |
distinctive | (adj) eye-catching; easy to recognise / wyróżniający, charakterystyczny, odmienny | |
beat | (v) to defeat / zwyciężyć, pokonać | |
rival | (n) sb who is in competiotion with sb else; opponent / przeciwnik, konkurent, rywal | |
in the public eye | (idm) well known (esp by the media) and therefore familiar to many / na widoku publicznym | |
altitude | (n) height above sea level / wysokość (nad poziomem morza) | |
tendon | (n) strong band joining bone to muscle / ścięgno | |
on the sidelines | (idm) without taking part in sth; being an onlooker / na uboczu | |
path | (n) way of doing sth / droga | |
heighten | (v) to make sth more intense / podwyższyć, zintensyfikować | |
battle royal | (exp) grand challenge / bitwa generalna, główne starcie | |
calculating | (adj) able to arrange or control a situation in order to get the desired result / wyrachowany | |
strength | (n) ability / siła; mocna strona | |
heavyweight | (adj) wagi ciężkiej (w boksie) | |
come to an end | (exp) to stop / zakończyć się | |
dismiss | (v) 1) to reject; not consider / odrzucić; 2) to fire sb / zwolnić | |
victory | (n) success; act of winning sth or defeating sb / zwycięstwo | |
destiny | (n) fate / przeznaczenie, los | |
watch out for | (phr v) to look out for; be careful of sth or sb / uważać na, strzec się | |
obsession | (n) sth which fully occupies sb's thoughts all the time / obsesja, opętanie | |
objective | (n) aim or goal / cel | |
culmination | (n) the highest point/result (esp after a long time) / kulminacja, punkt kulminacyjny | |
complimentary | (adj) expressing admiration or approval esp in words / pochlebny | |
confident (of/that) | (adj) certain of one's talents or sklls / przeświadczony (o czymś); pewny (siebie, czegoś) | |
eccentric | (adj) unusual (of appearance or behaviour) / ekscentryczny | |
documentary | (n) factually informative radio or television programme or film / film dokumentarny | |
the homeless | (n) people who have no place to live / bezdomni | |
participate | (v) to take part in sth / uczestniczyć | |
(be) at a loose end | (idm) not knowing what to do / nie mieć nic do roboty | |
put an end to | (idm) to cause sth to finish or stop / położyć (czemuś) kres | |
light at the end of the tunnel | (idm) hope / światełko na końcu tunelu, nadzieja | |
bring to an end | (exp) to finish / zakończyć | |
dead end | (idm) ślepy zaułek | |
odds and ends | (idm) small worthless things / graty, rupiecie | |
get the wrong end of the stick | (idm) to misunderstand / opacznie (coś) zrozumieć | |
make ends meet | (idm) to make do with the money that is available / związać koniec z końcem | |
expense | (n) cost / koszt, wydatek | |
negotiation | (n) discussion where an agreement has to be reached / pertraktacja, negocjacja | |
instruct | (v) to teach sth specific / instruować, kształcić, pouczać | |
master | (v) to become an expert at sth / opanować, nabrać wprawy w | |
discipline | (v) to train sb/oneself to behave in a particular manner / kształcić; utrzymywać w ryzach | |
identical | (adj) exactly the same as sth; having no differences / identyczny | |
spoil | (v)1)to ruin; damage / zepsuć; 2)to give sb whatever they want in order to please them / rozpieszcz | |
wound | (v) to hurt or injure esp as a result of attack / zranić; zadać ranę | |
skill | (n) ability to do sth well / wprawa, sprawność, umiejętność | |
capacity | (n) ability to hold an amount/number of sth / pojemność | |
surroundings | (n) area all around a thing or place / otoczenie; okolice | |
fairground | (n) funfair / wesołe miasteczko | |
Old Testament | (n) the first part of the Bible which concerns life before Christ / Stary Testament | |
bacterium | (n) bakteria | |
noticeable | (adj) eye-catching / widoczny, dostrzegalny | |
take revenge on | (exp) to do sth bad to sb in return for sth bad they did to you / zemścić się na | |
contest | (n) competition / konkurs, zawody | |
shuttle | (n) vehicle which travels frequently between two points / wahadłowiec (np.pociąg) | |
site | (n) place where sth is built / teren, miejsce | |
railway complex | (n) all the buildings at a large train station / dworzec kolejowy | |
tracks | (n) meatal rails fixed to the ground for a train to travel along / tory | |
brand-new | (adj)completely new / nowiusieńki | |
exhibition | (n) display / wystawa | |
location | (n) position / położenie, lokalizacja | |
indicate | (v) to point out / wskazać; zasygnalizować | |
toll booth | (n) small ofice/kiosk where money is paid for using certain roads / budka na autostradzie | |
immigration | (n) act of comming into a country in order to live there / imigracja | |
formality | (n) standard but imortant procedure whih must be completed / formalność | |
double-decker | (adj) two levelled / piętrowy | |
carriage | (n) one of the separateparts of a train; compartment / wagon | |
hi-tech | (adj) using advanced technology / o zaawansowanej technologii, supernowoczesny | |
loudspeaker | (n) device to increase the volome of someone's voice / głośnik | |
aboard | (adv) =on (used for ships, trains, buses, planes) / na (pokładzie) | |
crew | (attrib) of a team of workers esp on an aeroplane, ship, train etd. / załoga | |
crossing | (n) journey between two points esp across the sea / przeprawa, podróż morska | |
passenger | (n) sb who is being transported somewhere / pasażer | |
requirement | (n) necessity; sth tahat is demanded / warunek, wymóg | |
slide | (v) to move smoothly / sunąć, ślizgać się | |
smooth | (adj) even; without problems / gładki, miękki | |
be aware of | (v) to know about sth / być świadomym czegoś | |
go off | (phr v) to suddenly start to make a noise (of a device such as an alarm) / włączyć się, zadzwoni | |
neighbouring | (adj) being next door; nearby / sąsiadujący, sąsiedni | |
boarding | (n) act of getting on a plane, boat or train / wejście (na pokład) | |
mildly | (adv) slightly / łagodnie, delikatnie | |
irritated | (adj) annoyed; angry / zirytowany, zdenerwowany | |
all at once | (idm) suddenly / nagle | |
move off | (phr v) to leave (esp of a vehicle) / odjechać; ruszyć z miejsca | |
disembarking | (n) act of getting off a ship, train etc / wysiadanie | |
swift | (adj) quick / szybki, prędki | |
gull | (n) seabird / mewa | |
construct | (v) to build / budować, konstruować | |
drive off | (phr v) to leave in a car / odjeżdżać | |
citizen | (n) person living in a country / obywatel | |
separate | (v) to divide; keep apart / oddzielać | |
alarming | (adj) startling; worrying / zatrważający | |
refreshments | (n) food and drink; snacks / zakąski i napoje | |
means | (n) method; way / środki (do życia); środek (np. transportu) | |
aircraft | (n) vehicle which can fly / samolot | |
slippery | (adj) causing sth to slide easily / śliski | |
surface | (n) covering on the uppermost part of sth / powierzchnia | |
alternative | (n) option; choice / alternatywa | |
project | (n) organised attempt to archieve sth / projekt, plan | |
run into | (phr v) to come across sth; face / natrafiać na, napotkać (np. problem); stawić czemuś czoło | |
overcome | (v) to deal successfully tith sth; get over (usu a problem) / przezwyciężyć | |
nonsense | (n) tupid idea or action / nonsens, absurd | |
lead | (v) to show sb the way, esp by going in front / po/prowadzić | |
tour | (v) to make a journey usu for pleasure and to see places of interest / jechać na wycieczkę objazdo | |
steer | (v) to direct the movement of a vehicle / sterować, kierować | |
fulfil | (v) to archieve; realise / spełnić, zrealizować | |
request | (n) sth one asks for usu in a polite way / prośba | |
inquiry | (n) question / zasięgnięcie informacji; zapytanie | |
hire | (v) to give sb a job or position; employ / zatrudnić | |
engage | (v) to employ sb to do a particular job / za/angażować, nająć | |
recruit | (v) to find new people to join a company/organisation / rekrutować, werbować | |
coastline | (n) the line where the sea meets the land / linia brzegowa | |
cliff | (n) very steep rock beside the sea / urwisko, klif | |
even | level; smooth; flat / równy, gładki, płaski | |
crude | (adj) simple; not refined / niewykończony, w stanie surowym | |
rugged | (adj) rough and uneven / nierówny, wyboisty | |
anti-flu | (adj) preventing a coldlike illness / przeciwgrypowy | |
injection | (n) the insertion of medicine into sb's body using a syringe / zastrzyk | |
pursue | (v) to follow; try and catch sb / ścigać; tropić | |
purr | (n) vibrating sound made by a cat to show pleasure / mruczenie | |
howl | (n) sound made by a wolf / wycie | |
buzz | (n) sound made by a bee / brzęczenie, bzyczenie | |
neigh | (n) long sound made by a horse / rżenie | |
quack | (n) sound made by a duck / kwakanie | |
roar | (n) sound made by a lion or a tiger / ryk | |
bark | (n) sound made by a dog / szczekanie | |
squeal | (n) high-pitched sound made by a pig / kwik, pisk | |
chirp | (n) short sharp sound made by a bird / ćwierkanie, szczebiot | |
cry | (n) sound made by a gull / wrzask (mewy) | |
moo | (n) sound made by a cow / ryk (krowy) | |
squeak | (n) sound made by a mouse / pisk (np. myszy) | |
reliable | (adj) of sb or sth that can be trusted; trustworthy / rzetelny, godny zaufania | |
convenient | (adj) suitable; not causing any trouble or difficulty / odpowiedni, poręczny | |
cramped | (adj) with very little space / zatłoczony; ciasny | |
leisurely | (adj) unhurried, relaxed / wolny, powolny | |
thrilled | (adj) very pleasen with sth / podekscytowany | |
stunning | (adj) amazingly beautiful / olśniewający, urzekający | |
captivate | (v) oczarowywać | |
slope | (n) area or surface which is raised at an angle above the ground / zbocze, stok | |
resort | (n) place where people go on holiday / miejscowość wypoczynkowa | |
pull on | (phr v) to put on usu by pulling (eg. boots) / ubrać; wdziać | |
head off to | (phr v) to set off for somewhere / wyruszyć/wybrać się do | |
convinced | (adj) sure; certain / przekonany | |
real estate developer | (n) sb who sells land or buildings and undertakes the supervision of the construction | |
facility | (n) place/building used for a particular activity / ośrodek, obiekt (np. sportowy) | |
check out | (phr v) to examine or ensure that sth is correct / sprawdzać, kontrolować | |
insulation | (n) sth which keeps heat/cold from escaping from, or getting into sth else / izolacja, uszczelnienie | |
exterior | (adj) of the outside part of sth / zewnętrzny | |
unique | (adj) one of a kind / unikatowy, jedyny w swoim rodzaju | |
nozzle | (n)sth fixed to the end of a pipe through which a liquid substance can be directed / końcówka; dys | |
spread | (v) to stretch out gradually over a large area / rozciągnąć się, rozprzestrzenić; rozlewać | |
spray | (v) to force tiny drops out of sth in large amounts / rozpylać; rozpryskiwać | |
compressed | (adj) of sth which is pressed/squeezed into a small space / sprężony | |
misty | (adj) made of very small droplets usu of water / mglisty, zamglony | |
archievement | (n) sth done successfully / osiągnięcie, wyczyn | |
claim | (v) to state to be true / twierdzić, utrzymywać | |
official | (n) person whith authority and power in a company, organisation etc./(wyższy)urzędnik; na wysokim | |
powdery | (adj) having the texture of a crushed substance / sypki; proszkowaty | |
micron | (n) very small unit of measurement / mikron | |
assert | (v) to declare with certainty / zapewniać, twierdzić (stanowczo) | |
steep | (adj) rising or falling sharply / stromy | |
chairlift | (n) chair whitch one sits on to be carried up a hill/mountain, esp for skiing / wyciąg krzesełkowy | |
whisk | (v) to take sb/sth away quickly / porwać błyskawicznym ruchem | |
fake | (adj) not real / nieprawdziwy, sfałszowany | |
charge | (v) to ask for money (for sth) / liczyć sobie, pobierać (opłatę) | |
miss out on sth | (phr v) to lose or not get the chance to do sth / przepuścić, tracić (np. okazję); (o czymś)prz | |
palm tree | (n) type of tree that grows in hot countries whith a long trunk and large leaves at the top / palma | |
wave | (n) raised mass of water in the sea which is saused by the wind and/or tides / fala | |
courtesy | (n) politeness / grzeczność, uprzejmość | |
(by) courtesy of | (idm) because of, thanks to sth / dzięki (uprzejmości); za zgodą | |
fee | (n) amount of money thst sb has to pay in order to become a member of a club / wpisowe; składka cz� | |
particle | (n) very small piece / cząsteczka | |
expose | (v) to leave open, uncovered or unprotected / wystawiać (na działanie powietrza, słońca itd.) | |
crystalize | (v) to turn into solid particles (crystals) / s/krystalizować (się) | |
steel | (adj) of a very strong metal / stalowy | |
concrete | (adj) of a hard material used for building / betonowy | |
structure | (n) sth which has been built / struktyra, budowla | |
massive | (adj) huge / masywny, ogromny | |
maintain | (v) to keep; preserve / utrzymywać, zachowywać | |
chilly | (adj) cold / chłodny, zimny | |
withstand | (v) to bear; endure / wytrzymywać; (dobrze) znosić | |
riot | (n) violent gathering esp in a public place / zamieszki | |
twist | (v) to turn / wy/kręcić, zwinąć | |
hose | (n) flexible rubber pipe which directs water / wąż (do polewania) | |
gush out | (phr v) to pour out quickly / tryskać, wylewać się gwałtownie | |
squeeze | (v) to press sth together or from all sides tightly so that it becomes smaller / ściskać, zgniata� | |
convert (to sth) | (v) to change sb's religious beliefs / nawracać (na inną wiarę) | |
influence | (v) to affect; have an effect on sb/sth / wywierać wpływ, oddziaływać na | |
jury | (n) number of people who sit in at a trial and decide whether or not a person is guilty /ława przys | |
summit | (n) the highest point, peak (of a mountain) / szczyt | |
peak | (n) the highest point of sth / szczyt, wierzchołek | |
external | (adj) outside; outer / zewnętrzny | |
internal | (adj) inside; inner / wewnętrzny | |
outdoor | (adj) happening outside (ie not in a biulding) / zewnętrzny, na wolnym powietrzu, pod gołym niebem | |
well-offf | (adj) wealthy / dobrze sytuowany, zamożny | |
forbid | (v) to not allow sb to do sth / zabraniać | |
tenant | (n) person who pays money to a landlord to occupy a house, room, flat etc. / lokator | |
native | (n) local inhabitant of a town, city, country etc / człowiek miejscowy; tubylec | |
inhabitant | (n) person living in a place / mieszkaniec | |
high speed | (exp) very fast / szybkobieżny; szybkościowy | |
at full speed | (exp) z maksymalną prędkością | |
more haste less speed | (idm) śpiesz się powoli | |
at lightning speed | (exp) as fast as light / błyskawicznie; niczym błyskawica | |
speed trap | (n) system the police use to catch people who are driving too fast / policyjna pułapka na kierowcó | |
pick up speed | (idm) to start moving faster / nabrać prędkości | |
speed up | (phr v) to go faster / przyspieszyć | |
set up | (phr v) to organise; plan / zorganizować, założyć | |
overtake | (v) to pass sb/sth (esp a car) and move in front of it / wyprzedzić | |
chase | (n) act of running after sb/sth / pościg | |
shutter | (n) part of a camera which opens momentarily to allow light in when a photo is being taken / migawka | |
pole | (n) metal or wooden stick used to help support sb/sth (eg a ski pole) / tyczka; słupek | |
pants | (n) trousers / spodnie | |
goggles | (n) protective eyewear (eg safety goggles, ski goggles) / gogle, okulary ochronne | |
waterproof | (adj) of a material which does not allow water through / wodoszczelny; nieprzemakalny | |
ankle | (n) the part of the body between the foot and the leg / kostka (u nogi) | |
keep one's balance | (exp) to stay upright without falling / utrzymywać równowagę | |
pick sb up | (exp) to collect sb from somewhere / podjeżdżać po kogoś; zabrać kogoś | |
formally | (adv) according to accepted rules of behaviour / formalnie, oficjalnie | |
bring up | (phr v) to mention sth (esp an idea) / poriszyć (np.temat), napomknąć | |
puppet show | (n) performance of small figures which mowe using strings or hands / przedstawienie kukiełkowe | |
play | (n) piece of writting to be performed by actors in a theatre / sztuka teatralna | |
tale | (n) imaginative, simple story / opowieść | |
passionately | (adv) in a way that shows very strong feelings or emotions / namiętnie, żarliwie | |
portray | (v) to depict sb/sth by acting / odtwarzać, przedstawiać | |
interpretation | (n) way a role is acted by sb / interpretacja | |
rising | (adj) up and coming; becoming more famous / nabierający rozgłosu, wschodzący (np. o gwieździe fi | |
sensational | (adj) amazing; beautiful / rewelacyjny | |
incredible | (adj) brilliant; amazing / niewiarygodnie | |
memorable | (adj) unforgetable / pamiętny, niezapomniany | |
blend (with) | (phr v) to combine with / łączyć się, mieszać się (z) | |
vocal | (adj) of the voice / wokalny, głosowy | |
perform | (v) to present; act / występować na scenie, grać | |
dusty | (adj) full of dust (i.e. powdery substance which consists of very small bits of dirt etc)/zakurzony | |
bride | (n) woman who is getting married / panna młoda | |
groom | (n) man who is getting married / pan młody | |
abandon | (v) to leave sth/sb forever; walk out on sb / porzucić, opuścić | |
consequence | (n) result / konsekwencja, efekt | |
overflowing | (adj) far too much; extreme / nadmierny; przepełniony | |
search out | (phr v) to find sb/sth afrer carefully looking for them / wyszukać, odszukać | |
duel | (n) organised fight between two people / pojedynek | |
evident | (adj) obvious / oczywisty, ewidentny | |
a cappella | (of singing) without music / śpiew chóralny bez akompaniamentu | |
repertoire | (n) all the plays, songs, pieces that an actor/musician/singer is prepared to / repertuar | |
sorrow | (n) sadness / smutek, żal | |
section | (n) part; aspect / segment; dział, część | |
contemporary | (adj) belonging to the present period of time; modern / współczesny | |
creative | (adj) using imaginative or new ideas / twórczy | |
comprise | (v) to be made up of (a number of parts); include / obejmować, zawierać | |
soloist | (n) sb performing alone / solista, solistka | |
coach | (n) sb who gives lessons esp to individuald or small groups / korepetytor; trener | |
frame | (v) used figuratively in the text to mean = to accompany / (w przenośni) towarzyszyć | |
direct | (v) to tell sb how sth should be performed / reżyserować; kierować | |
delightful | (adj) pleasant; charming / zachwycający; czarujący | |
breathtaking | (adj) astonishing; impressive; amasing / zapierający dech w piersiach | |
manipulate | (v) to skulfully contron sth/sb so that they behave in a required manner / manipulować | |
soap bubble | (n) bańka mydlana | |
envious | (adj) jealous of sth that sb else has or is / zawistny, zazdrosny | |
interplay | (n) (fig) exchange of dialogues in a play in order to create certain effect / (przen.) wymiana zdań | |
subtle | (adj) slight; small / subtelny, ledwo zauważalny | |
involvement | (n) relationship; association / wciągnięcie; kontakt (z publicznością) | |
tame | (v) to control sth so that it is not wild anymore / oswoić, ujarzmić | |
swallow | (v) to takie in food or liquid down the throat / połykać, przełykać | |
opaque | (adj) not possible to see through; not allowing light to pass through / nieprzezroczysty, matowy | |
twinkle | (v) to shine and blink like a star / migotać | |
universe | (n) (not a common meaning of the word) unlimited amount / (b. rzadko) nieograniczoność, bezkres | |
anguish | (n) suffering (esp of the mind) / boleść, udręka | |
string | (n) series of events, things etc; chain / seria; łańcuch, ciąg | |
troupe | (n) group of people who perform together / trupa; zespół | |
clapper | (n) person who keeps the beat by clapping / osoba wyklaskująca rytm; klakier | |
encounter | (v) to come across; meet / spotykać; natknąć się na | |
shadow puppet | (n) marionetka występująca w chińskim teatrze cieni | |
handle | (v) to direct or manage with the hands / obsługiwać (rękami), rierować | |
animate | (v) to enliven / ożywiać; pobudzać do życia | |
figure | (n) figura; postać | |
interchange | (v) to use two or more things in turn / wymieniać między sobą; współgrać | |
soundtrack | (n) music from a movie, play, opera etc / ścieżka dźwiękowa | |
coarse | (adj) rough; crude (of language, behaviour etc) / prostacki, ordynarny | |
masterpiece | (n) work of art that is considered excellent / arcydzieło | |
villain | (n) the bad character in a film, book etc / "czarny" charakter | |
cast | (n) group of actors in a play or film / obsada | |
outrageous | (adj) without shame or embarrassment; shocking / oburzający, skandaliczny | |
hand over | (phr v) to give possession of sth to sb else - przekazać; oddawać | |
viever | (n) person who watches a TV programme, movie etc / widz | |
execute | (v)1)to kill as a form of punishment /stracić(skazańca) 2)to put into action; carry out/ wykonać | |