diabetes | (n) blood disease where the sufferer has extremely high levels of sugar in his/her body / cukrzyca |
insulin | (n) chemical that controls the amount of sugar in the blood stream / insulina |
liver | (n) organ of the body which cleans the blood / wÄ…troba |
diabetic | (n) sb with diabetes / cukrzyk |
lead a normal life | (exp) to live and be able to do things like the average person / prowadzić normalne życie |
fat | (n) energy-giving substance present in many foods which can cause weight problems / tłuszcz |
at sb's disposal | (idm) available for sb to use / do czyjejÅ› dyspozycji |
injection | (n) drug dose in liquid form administered with a syringe / zastrzyk |
inadequate | (adj) not enough / niewystarczajÄ…cy, niedostateczny |
hormone | (n) chemical made in the body that the blood transports to an organ and encourages it to grow/hormon |
pancreas | (n) gland behind the stomach that produces substances which are used to help with digestion/trzustka |
generate | (v) to produce / wytwarzać, produkować |
disorder | (n) illness / dolegliwość, zaburzenie |
cornerstone | (n) basis of sth / kamień węgielny, podstawa |
treatment | (n) type of therapy or medicine used to cure sb of sth or improve health / leczenie, terapia |
publish | (v) to put a newspaper, book etc into print; issue / o/publikować |
guidelines | (n) basic rules or instructions which give advice / wskazówki |
assist | (v) to help / pomagać |
reduce | (v) to make lower / obniżyć, zmniejszyć |
consumption | (n) intake of food / spożycie |
starchy | (adj) of foods auch as spaghetti, potatoes, rice etc which contain carbohydrates/zawierajÄ…cy skrobi |
short-term target | (exp) goal, aim to be reached within a small time-period / cel krótkotrwały |
steady | (adj) constant in movement or speed (steady speed, rate, wind, progress) / stały, równomierny |
achieve | (v) to reach a target / osiągnąć |
recommnd | (v) to suggest sth particular / rekomendować, polecać |
lean | (adj) (of meat) with little or no fat / chudy (o mięsie) |
item | (n) thing / rzecz, produkt |
version | (n) particular type of sth / wersja, odmiana |
content | (n) amount of sth which is in sth else / zawartość |
lentil | (n) green, brown or orange seed used in cooking esp for soups / soczewica |
considerable | (adj) large; singificant / znaczny |
fibre | (n) substance found in foods such as dried fruit which assists regular digestion / błonnik; włókn |
cereal | (n) packaged flakes or other grain-based morsels, eaten with milk / płatki zbożowe |
artificial sweetener | (n) sth that is used instead of sugar / słodzik |
packaged | (adj) (of food) sold in some kind of container / za/pakowany |
lifestyle | (n) way of living / styl życia |
regulate | (v) to control / regulować, kontrolować |
substance | (n) material / substancja |
break down | (phr v) to chemically or biologically turn sth into a different form / rozłożyć (na czynniki) |
gland | (n) gruczoł |
digestive system | (n) the group of organs that work together to break down food / układ trawienny |
malfunction | (n) failure to work properly / wadliwe działanie |
intake | (n) certain amount of sth taken into the body by way of the mouth or nose / spożycie |
digestion | (n) bodily process in which food moves through the stomach and bowels / trawienie |
weaken | (v) to reduce strengh / osłabiać |
shrink | (v) to get smaller / skurczyć się |
rise | (v) to increase / wzrosnąć, podnosić się |
raise | (v) to make sth higher / podnosić, podwyższyć |
arise | (v) (of difficulties, problems etc) to occur; come up / pojawić się, wystąpić (np. o kłopotach) |
goal | (n) aim; desired result / cel |
acquire | (v) to gain possession; obtain / nabyć; uzyskać |
remove | (v) to take off; take away / zdjąć, usunąć |
delete | (v) to erase or put a line hrough sth not needed or wrong / usunąć, skreślić |
extract | (v) to pull out / usunąć, wyrwać |
take out | (phr v) to remove / usunąć |
treat | (v) to behave towards sth or sb in a certain way / traktować |
operate | (v) to work a device, machine etc / obsługiwać |
fake | (adj) (of a person or thing) deliberately made to seem real; not genuine / fałszywy, podrobiony |
false | (adj) not real / fałszywy; sztuczny |
counterfeit | (adj) made to look real in order to deceive (usu money, checques etc) / fałszywy, podrobiony |
bony | (adj) extremely thin / kościsty |
skinny | (adj) very thin / chudy |
fumes | (n) harmful gases given off by cars, factories etc / spaliny, wyziewy |
reveal | (v) to expose facts etc; give away / wyjawiać, ujawniać |
surrender | (v) to stop fighting against sb; give oneself up / poddać się |
distribute | (v) to give people sth by hand; give out / rozdawać; rozprowadzać |
chase | (v) to follow sb or sth that does not want to be caught; run after / ścigać, gonić |
reverse | (v) to move a vehicle in a backward direction / cofać, jechać na wstecznym biegu |
knock down | (phr v)to push sth forcibly to the ground usu with a vehicle / przejechać, potrącić |
supply | (n) amount available for use / zapas |
pickpocket | (n) thief who steals wallets etc out of people's pockets / kieszonkowiec |
rehearse | (v) to practise; run through / z/robić próby (przed występem) |
encounter | (v) to face; run into / napotkać, natknąć się na |
give sb a fright | (exp) to scare sb / przestraszyć kogoś |
mean | (adj) relucant to spend or give sth or one's possessions esp money; stingy / skÄ…py |
valid | (adj) (of a passport, driving, licence, ticket etc) lawfully acceptable / ważny ( o dokumencie) |
othervise | (adv) or else / w przeciwnym razie |
offended | (adj) insulted / obrażony, urażony |
guardian | (n) person who is responsible for the care of a young or incapable person and his property / opiekun |
upset | (adj) angry or sad / zdenerwowany, niespokojny; zmartwiony |
place one's trust in sb | (exp) to believe that sb is reliable etc and therefore can be depended / zaufać komuś |
watch over | (phr v) to take care of; look after / pilnować, czuwać nad |
maid | (n) woman who is paid to help with the household chores / pokojówka, służąca |
it is growing late | (exp) it is becoming, getting late / robi się późno |
separate | (v) to move apart / rozdzielić |
incident | (n) event / incydent, zajście |
light-heartedly | (adv) in a silly or fun manner; jokingly / beztrosko, żartobliwie |
faint | (v) to become unconscious; collapse / zemdleć |
go on one's way | (exp) to continue one's journey or route / udać się w drogę |
bay window | (n) okno wykuszowe |
disturbance | (n) violent or noisy occurence which disrupts the usual peace / zaburzenie porzÄ…dku; burda, awantur |
bolt | (v) to lock; fasten with a metal pin / zaryglować |
sharp | (adj) pointes or able to cut easily (sharp pencil/knife) / ostry |
still | (adj) without movement; quiet / nieruchomy; spokojny |
put out | (phr v) to stop sth from burning; extinguish / zgasić, ugasić |
cautiously | (adv) carefully / ostrożnie, rozważnie |
tread | (n) footstep or the sound of footsteps / stąpanie; odgłos kroków |
march | (v) to walk as soldiers do, with regular and measured steps / maszerować |
tremble | (v) to shake with fear / trząść się |
ring out | (phr v) to make a loud noise / rozbrzmiewać, rozlegać się |
furiously | (adv) aggressively / wściekle, zaciekle |
fiercely | (adv) in a powerful and violent manner / gwałtownie, ostro |
alarmed | (adj) shocked / zatrwożony |
troop | (n) group of soldiers / oddział, jednostka |
resume | (v) to continue after a break / podjąć na nowo; wznowić |
protest | (n) act of showing disapproval or objection / protest |
demonstration | (n) gathering of people to protest against or support sth / demonstracja |
investigate | (v) to try to find more information about sth or sb / prowadzić śledztwo/dochodzenie |
nuisance | (n) sth or sb that causes inconvenience and irritation /człowiek, który się naprzykrza;rzecz doku |
annoy | (v) to make rather angry / drażnić, irytować |
bother | (v) to upset / dręczyć, zawracać głowę |
frustrate | (v) to make sb feel discouraged and irritated because of being prevented from doing sth / frustrowaï |
shiver | (v) to tremble esp with cold / drżeć (np. z zimna, ze strachu) |
stutter | (v) to speak with a rapid repetition of the same syllable or sound / jąkać się |
shudder | (v) to tremble with fear or disgust / wzdrygnąć się; przyprawiać o dreszcze |
stormily | (adv) in an irritated, uncontrolled way / burzliwie, ze wzburzeniem |
intensely | (adv) with powerful emotions / silnie, intensywnie |
storage | (n) the keeping of things in a place for later use / przechow/yw/anie, magazynowanie |
attic | (n) room or space within the roof of a house / poddasze |
cellar | (n) underground room for storing coal, wine etc / piwnica |
loft | (n) room or spade under the roof of a house / strych |
stride | (v) to walk with long steps / sadzić kroki, stawiać wielkie kroki |
stroll | (v) to walk in a quiet, unhurried way; saunter / przechadzać się |
treat | (n) sth given for enjoyment or joy / rozrywka; uczta (duchowa) |
naughty | (adj) badly-behaved / niegrzeczny |
cruelly | (adv) in a way that causes pain and suffering / okrutnie, z okrucieństwem |
consider | (v) to think about / rozważać, zastanawiać się (nad) |
creep | (v) to move slowly, quietly, secretly / skradać się |
peek | (v) to have a quick look at sth or sb when one isn't supposed to / podglądać, zerkać |
doubt | (n) feeling of uncertainty / wątpliwość |
grab | (v) to take sth in a quick and firm manner / wyrwać, chwytać |
bat | (n) piece of wood for hitting a ball in particular games such as hockey, baseball etc / kij (do gry) |
wave | (v) to move sth around while holding it up in the air / machać |
run off | (phr v) to leave hurriedly / uciekać |
reward | (n) prize given for special service or action / nagroda |
failure | (n) act of breaking down / awaria, defekt |
gain | (v) to increase; obtain / zdobyć, zyskać |
do one's best | (idm) to try one's hardest; put in all one's efforts / z/robić wszystko, co w czyjejś mocy |
make a decision | (exp) to decide / podjąć decyzję |
do a good turn | (idm) to do sth in order to help sb / wyświadczać przysługę |
do a puzzle | (exp) to put pieces together to form a picture; solve a math or word game / rozwiązać łamigłówk |
make a fortune | (exp) to earn a lot of money, esp in business / zbić majątek |
do harm | (exp) to affect sb or sth in a bad or hurtful manner / wyrządzić krzywdę |
make space | (exp) to move objects or bodies to create extra room / zrobić miejsce |
do sb a favour | (exp) wyświadczyć komuś przysługę |
relieved | (adj) feeling better after a period of anxiety / uspokojony, odczuwajÄ…cy ulgÄ™ |
threaten | (v) to announce the injection of doing sth bad or unpleasant / za/grozić |
deny | (v) to say that sth which has been said is not so / zaprzeczyć |
owe | (v) to be in debt to sb / być winnym/dłużnym |
sack | (v) to end sb's employment; fire / wylewać (z pracy) |
vandalise | (v) to damage or destroy sth unnecessarily / niszczyć, dewastować |
olive oil | (n) oliwa z oliwek |
moderate | (adj) not too much, not too little; reasonable / umiarkowany |
amount | (n) sum; quantity / ilość; suma |
mainland | (n) the chief or major part of the land that is part of a country, excluding its islands / lÄ…d staï |
thanks to | (idm) because of; due to / dzięki (komuś/czemuś) |
varied | (adj) many different types / zróżnicowany |
make up | (phr v) to form / tworzyć, składać się na |
calorie | (n) unit of energy found in food / kaloria |
researcher | (n) person who tries to find new cures etc in different areas by gathering information / badacz |
effect | (n) result; outcome / efekt, skutek |
process | (n) methodical way of doing or making sth / proces |
yoghurt | (n) jogurt |
lactose | (n) the sugar that naturally occurs in milk / laktoza |
pattern | (n) the way sth occurs changes or exists / wzorzec, wzór, model |
confirm | (v) to prove sth to be true / potwierdzić |
rate | (n) percentage; number / wskaźnik |
consume | (v) to use or eat sth / zużywać; konsumować |
concern | (v) to have to do with / dotyczyć |
account for | (phr v) to explain sth / wy/tłumaczyć |
carpenter | (n) person who is skilled at creating and mending wooden objects / stolarz |
diet | (v) to try to lose weight by lessening food intake / przejść na dietę |
dessert | (n) sweet food eaten after the main meal / deser |
walnut | (n) type of nut / orzech włoski |
honey | (n) thick, sweet, sticky liquid that bees make / miód |
resist | (v) to fight off; oppose / opierać się, zwalczać |
poison | (n) any toxic substance that causes sickness or death when consumed or inhaled / trucizna |
limit | (v) to restrict / ograniczać |
back up | (phr v) to support / popierać, potwierdzać |
vital | (adj) essential; very important / podstawowy; niezbędny |
acid | (n) chemical substance with a PH value below seven / kwas |
prevent | (v) to halt; stop sth from occurring / zapobiegać, uniemożliwiać |
single | (adj) sole; one / pojedynczy, jeden jedyny |
ingredient | (n) factor which makes sth possible or successful / składnik |
clue | (n) information that helps to find the answer to sth / wskazówka |
beneficial | (adj) helpful or useful; good for sth or sb / korzystny; zbawienny |
quantity | (n) amount / ilość |
rural | (adj) of the countryside / wiejski |
wise | (adj) sensible and intelligent / mÄ…dry |
defeat | (v) to beat; overcome / zwyciężyć, pokonać |
cooperate | (v) to work together for the same goal / współpracować |
fingerprint | (n) pattern left on a surface by a finger / odcisk palca |
case | (n) circumstances which are the subject of an official investigation / sprawa |
essential | (adj) necessary; very important / zasadniczy, istotny |
component | (n) part of sth / składnik, komponent |
trend | (n) popular tendency / trend |
decade | (n) ten-year period / dekada |
debate | (n) discussion between people whose opinions differ / debata, polemika |
fit | (adj) in good health; able to do sth energetic / sprawny, w dobrej kondycji |
proof | (n) evidence that is sufficient to show that sth is a fact / dowód |
obviously | (adv) clearly / oczywiście, w sposób oczywisty |
abuse | (v) to treat or use badly / nadużywać, wykorzystywać |
to excess | (exp) beyond the ordinary limits / w nadmiarze |
genetic | (adj) of biological qualities and characteristics which are inherited from our parents / genetyczny |
make-up | (n) all the characteristics and qualities of a person / charakterystyka; struktura, układ |
inherit | (v) to be born with a quality/characteristic which has been biol. passed on by a parent /dziedziczyÄ |
combat | (v) to fight against sth / walczyć, zwalczać |
variety | (n) selection of things; range / różnorodność, bogactwo |
rheumatism | (n) illness that results in the swelling of the muscles and joints causing a lot of pain / reumatyzm |
enhance | (v) to improve / poprawić, uwydatnić |
prolong | (v) to make longer / przedłużyć |
harm | (n) damage / szkoda, krzywda |
tie up | (n) to bind sb or sth with string, rope etc so they are unable to move / związać, skrępować |
use up | (phr v) to use all of sth / zużyć (cały zapas czegoś) |
show up | (phr v) to appear; come / zjawić/pojawić się |
experiment | (n) scientific test / eksperyment |
rope | (n) thick string which is very strong / sznur, lina |
glue | (n) sticky liquid that is used to ctick sth to sth else so that they won't come apart / klej |
report | (n) account or description or events / meldunek, sprawozdanie |
regard as | (v) to consider sth/sb to be sth / uważać za |
assume | (v) to believe sth without having proof that it is true / przypuścić, założyć |
reservation | (n) booking / rezerwacja |
affirm | (v) to say that sth is true / stwierdzić, potwierdzić |
assure | (v) to say that sth is certainly true, usu as an attempt to make sb feel better / zapewniać, zagw. |
testify | (v) to give a report in court / zeznawać (jako świadek) |
humid | (adj) (of air or weather) with moisture, dampness in the air / wilgotny |
clarify | (v) to make clearer / wyjaśnić |
trick | (n) deceitful act / sztuczka |
deceive | (v) to cause sb to believe that sth is true when it isn't / oszukać |
leak | (v) (of an object) to allow water, gas etc to go trough an opening / przeciekać |
mend | (v) to repair; restore to good condition / naprawić |
accompany | (v) to go with sb to a place / towarzyszyć |
force | (v) to urge; make sb do sth that they would prefer not to / zmuszać |
deer | (n) animal (usu with horns on its head) which lives in forests / jeleń; zwierzyna płowa |
tutorial | (adj) of private, or individual lessons / prywatny, indywidualny |
keep up with | (phr v) to move at the same pace or keep at the same level as sb or sth else / dotrzymywać kroku |
quarrel | (v) to argue / kłócić się |
promotion | (n) act of getting a better job in the place where one works / awans |
wardrobe | (n) cupboard where one's clothes can be hug, usu in the bedroom / szafa |
facility | (n) special equipment or service in a place / wyposażenie |
luxurious | (adj) extremely comfortable and usu very expensive / luksusowy |
religious | (adj) related to a spiritual belief in a god or gods / religijny |
shelter | (n) place to stay / schronienie; schronisko |
extended | (adj) of sth that has been made longer than usual / przedłużony |
formality | (n) correctness and politness in behaviour / etykieta, savoir-vivre |
socialise | (v) to mix, meet and talk with others in a friendly manner / spotykać się na gruncie towarzyskim |
homely | (adj) simple and plain / przytulny, swojski |
in aid of | (exp) in order to help for sth / na rzecz |
drug | (n) illegal narcotic / narkotyk |
desperate | (adj) very bad or almost hopeless / rozpaczliwy, beznadziejny |
be on a budget | (exp) to be careful in the spending money due to only having a certain amount /mieć określony budŠ|
notorious | (adj) famous for illegal or bad acts or qualities / notoryczny; cieszący się złą sławą |
in particular | (idm) specifically / w szczególności |
fairly | (adv) reasonably / dość, raczej |
due to | (prep) because of / z powodu |
wash-bassin | (n) open bowl for holding water in a bathroom which is connected to the water supply / umywalka |
damp | (adj) not thoroughly dry; having some moisture / wilgotny |
seldom | (adv) rarely; not very often / rzadko |
precaution | (n) care takien in advance to avoid a risk / środek ostrożności |
deal in | (phr v) to buy and/or sell / handlować |
touch | (n) unique quality; detail / domieszka; niepowtarzalny element |
enable | (v) to give sb the chance or ability to do sth / umożliwić |
at no extra charge | (exp) free / bez dodatkowej opłaty |
include | (v) to count as a part of the whole / włączyć, wliczyć |
impressive | (adj) producing a deep effect on the mind and feelings because of being big or important /imponujÄ…c |
complex | (n) site of connected buildings / kompleks, osiedle |
huge | (adj) very big; enormous / olbrzymi, ogromny |
court | (n) indoor space with markings where a game is played / hala sportowa, kort |
suite | (n) set of hotel rooms / apartament |
staff | (n) people that work for a company, organisation etc / personel |
strict | (adj) firm with rules that must be followed / ścisły, surowy |
dress-code | (n) rules about what to wear / reguły ubierania się |
uniform | (n) distinctive clothing worn by members of a school or organisation / mundur |
discreet | (adj) quiet; tactful; not attracting attention / dyskretny, pełen rezerwy |
professional | (adj) expert; highly skilled / profesjonalny, zawodowy |
casual | (adj) informal / swobodny, przypadkowy |
jacuzzi | (n) wanna z wodÄ… z bÄ…belkami |
fully-stocked | (adj) with a complete supply / w pełny zaopatrzony |
taste | (n) appreciation of fine things / gust, smak |
bank account | (n) amount of money one has in a bank / konto bankowe |
lasting | (adj) continuing to happen (for a long time) / trwajÄ…cy |
worthy | (adj) deserving / zasługujący na; szlachetny (np. cel) |
in advance | (idm) earlier; beforehand / z wyprzedzeniem, z góry |
high-class | (adj) luxurious; exclusive; among the best / wysokiej klasy |
chambermaid | (n) woman who cleans and looks hoten rooms / pokojówka |
employ | (v) to give sb a paid job / zatrudnić |
lobby | (n) entrance hall / westybul, hall |
porter | (n) person employed to carry bags and welcome guests in a hotel / tragarz |
check in | (phr v) to register at a hotel upon arrival / zameldować się (w hotelu) |
tip | (n) gift of money to a waiter, porter etc / napiwek |
book | (v) to arrange sth in advance; reserve / zarezerwować, zamówić |
continental breakfast | (n) light morning meal of bread, jam, butter and a cup of coffee / śniadanie kontynentalne? |