square the circle | If you try to square the circle, you try to do something that is very difficult or impossible. |
call sb's bluff | to make someone prove that what they are saying is true, or to make someone prove that they will rea |
split hairs | to argue about small details of sth |
break new ground | to do or discover sth new |
follow suit | to do the same thing as someone else |
bear a grudge against | mieć urazę |
rock sbd brain | to think very hard |
clutch/grasp at straws | to be willing to try anything to improve a difficult or unsatisfactory situation, even if it has lit |
pour oil on troubled waters | to do or say something in order to make people stop arguing and become calmer |
sweat blood | to make a great effort |
avert | prevent, zapobiec |
stockpiles | reserves, zasoby |
combine | put together |
parch | to dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain |
bare | unproductive, nieurodzajny |
vulnerable | wrazliwy, wystawiony na dzialanie |
moisture | wilgoć |
little prospect | niewielka szansa |
impose restrictions | narzucić ograncizenia |
insufficient rain | niewystarczające opady deszczu |
bring massive devastation | przynieśc masowe zniszczenia |
fertile | żyzny |
convert | dostosować |
deplete | wyczerpać |