giving you a lot of positive experiences | rewarding |
producing good results | fruitful |
making a lot of money | lucrative |
making you healthy in body and/or in mind | therapeutic |
reducing stress, giving a peaceful feeling | relaxing, calming |
taking a lot of time to do | time-consuming |
a big fan of anything cutural | a culture vulture |
a person very inactive physically | a couch potato |
a person who never keeps doing one activity for long | a dabbler |
a person who belives in acting and doing things, not just thinking | a doer |
a person addicted to shopping | a shopaholic |
to take great interest in sth | to be into sth |
to stop liking sth, to lose interest in sth | to go off sth |
to isolate oneself from the world | to lock oneself away |
informal: to be addicted to sth | to be hooked on sth |
informal: to do sth | to get up to sth |
to have a lot of commitments/ activities | to have a full diary |
a dirty and untidy person | a scruff |
in pale coulours | pastel |
formal clothes to make you seem powerful | power outfits |
old-fashioned and boring | frumpy |
set of clothes for a particular occasion | an outfit |
accepted way of dressing in a particular social group | a dress code |
to wear less formal clothes | to dress down |
clothes that are informal but clean, tidy and stylish | smart-casual clothes |
suitable for formal occasions (about clothes) | dressy |
close-fitting, using litle material | skimpy |
loose (about clothes) | baggy |
modern, stylish (about clothes) | snazzy |
to wear clothes intended to attract people's attention (sexually) | to be dressed to kill |
markowe ciuchy od projektanta | designer (label) clothes |
kupować "gotowe" ubrania, "z wieszaka" | to buy clothes off the peg/rack |
very fashionable | all the rage |
to be dressed in an exteremely fashionable way | to be dressed in the height of fashion |
dealing with the most recent trends | up-to-the-minute |
to start a new fashion | to set a new trend |
to have ideas or opinions before they are fashionable | to be ahead of your time |
to become popular (about a trend) | to catch on |
someone who is strongly influenced by fashion | a slave of/to fashion |
to speak without having prepared anything | to speak off the cuff |
to have a close relationship with someone | to be hand in glove with someone |
involving secrecy and mistery | cloak-and-dagger |
to have/take someone's last possesion | to have/take the shirt off someone's back |
spending as little as possible | to do sth on a shoestring |
simple and plain | without frills |
restrict someone's freedom | to put someone in a straightjacket |
to be the dominant partner in a marriage (about woman) | to wear the trousers |
organisation that makes sure consumers are treated fairly and that products are safe | consumer watchdog |
zabierający dużo czasu | time-consuming |
przywiązujący uwagę do mody | fashion-conscious |
kruczoczarny | jet-black |
przykuwający uwagę | eye-catching |
ręcznie robiony | hand-made |
światowej sławy | world-renowned |
o wysokiej jakości | high-quality |
znana osobistość, gwiazda | big-name |
pogwałcenie, naruszenie, wykroczenie | a violation |
wyrzucić coś | to chuck sth |
pojawienie się | emergence |
balanced development | sustainability |
wygoda, udogodnienie | convenience |
świadomość, przytomność | consciousness |
aktywista | activist |