gregorious	social
to acknowledge	to ascribe to
substantially	considerably, markedly
to dismantle	to disassemble
to opt for	to chose
conscientiously	thoroughly
to resent	mieć żal, to feel angry, upset
to skive off	to play truant
not to have a leg to stand on	to be in a situation when you cannot prove sth
outwardly	pozornie
disaffected	no longer satisfied with sth
distressed by sth	upset, worried about sth
to see eye to eye with someone	to agree with someone
keep myslef to myself	to spend time alone
to do things on a whim	to do things spontaineously, instantly
to come across	to behave in certain way /your sarcasm comes across as rude
to take after someone	to be like sb in the family
sth runs in the family	sth is done by many members of family
principally	mainly
menace	sth is likely to cause danger /dogs running loose are a public menace
to bounce ideas off	to exchange ideas
to cut back on	to prune
the undertow of guilt	the feeling of guilt
daunting	worrying
to vouch	to recommend
to scrape through exams	to pass exams despite difficulties
key factor	vital factor
just for the sake of	tylko dla zasady
to hold a view	to have an opinion that
to slacken off	to shrink
to abound	to spring up /rumours abound
on the brink of	on the verge of
to get worked up about	to be irriated