witty	funny, clever
investigate	examine, explore
bias	prejudice, preference
originate	come from, derive
persistance	stamina, endurance
undertaking	project, enterprise
daunting	dispiriting, alarming, discouraging
wacky	loony, odd
due to	because of
interlude	break, pause, gap
discredit	disgrace, blame, humiliate
simultaneously	at the same time
stripped down	simple, basic
undermine	undercut, blunt (podkopywać)
traipse	walk
bewildering	stunning, dazzling
unnerving	daunting
sightseer	tourist
realm	branch, field
subversive	rebellious
eccentric	bizzare, strange
sardonic	ironic, sarcastic
repulsion	distaste
bizzare	strange, outlandish
skit	sketch, parody
daub	make dirty
despair	depression
climax	peak, culmination
debatable	controversial
gripping	absorbing, exciting
utterly	completely
formulaic	ordinary, common
sea of detail	za dużo szczegółów
steer a middle course	balans pomiędzy dwoma extremes
duck a challenge	unikać czegoś co wydaje się trudne
the devil is in the detail	coś wydaje się proste, ale łatwo się pomylić
spend too much ink on doing sth	pisać coś zbyt rozwlekle, oddalając się od tematu
write sth off	zmienić zdanie i przerwać coś
set off	wyruszyć w podróż/odpalić (fajerwerki)
take off	zdjąć ubrania/podciąć włosy
give in	poddać się/agree to do sth
put off	postpone/być odepchniętym
set in	o pogodzie (nastać, zapanować)
give off	wydzielać spaliny
put in	zbierać pieniądze
take in	pojąć coś/nabrać kogoś
whirlwind	tornado
raffle	loteria
distort	zmieniać fakty (twist facts)
tremor	small earthquake
mean	unkind
uprising	insurrection
malfunction	failure of machine
jest	joke
rapid	fast
skew	wypaczać fakty
malevolent	niechętny, nieżyczliwy
enamoured	liking sth a lot (neg.)
raring	very enthusiastic
menace	zagrożenie, groźba
carry out	conducted
vivid	bright
set in	start
malicious	złośliwy
depicts	obrazować
turn the tide of	odwrócić bieg rzeczy
be at a loose end	have nothing particular to do
there's no end in sight	things are unlikely to change
a means to an end	środek do celu
make ends meet	manage financialy
end up in	znaleźć się gdzieś
at the end	na końcu
in the end	w końcu (finally)
on end	upright
cut off	isolated
bring sth off	succeed against expectations
show off	try to impress people
call off	end suddenly and unexpectedly
took off	begin to be successful
show in	bring here
call in	request to come and help
bring in	introduce (ustawy)
cut in	interrupt
told off	do sth that upset other people
go off sth	do not like sth anymore
keep sth in	zatrzymać coś dla siebie
pull sb in	przyciągać (np ludzi), chcą coś zobaczyć
an upside of sth	advantage
do strike lucky	get lucky
trunk	chest
fragile	delicate
pass out	faint
tackle	deal with
imminent	unavoidable
albeit	although
toll	opłata, cena
overstated	exaggerated
light hearted	cheerful person
imperceptible	very small, unable to be seen or felt
impenetrable	cannot be passed through
insecure	unstable
inhospitable	unsocial
unchangeable	irreversible
unbearable	intolerable
incalculable	immeasurable
apprehensive	worried, anxious