ALLOW THAT | to accept it | |
OUTWEIGH | the first thing is more important than the second one | |
MONOPOLIZE | to use or take so much that others can’t have it, to dominate it | |
OVERRUN WITH / BY | if the place is overrun with/by sth, too many of sth go or are there | |
SURPASS | to do or be better than sb /sth | |
SULK | to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that you are upset about | |
PONDER | to think very carefully about sth for a period of time | |
HUSH | to tell sb to be quiet | |
MUSE ON / OVER / UPON sth | to think very carefully about it and consequences of it | |
THERE AND THEN ( or do sth here and now ) | do sth immediately rather than waiting until later | |
IN ONE GO | do all of it at the same time | |
AT A STROKE | with a single action that changes things completely; it means that sth happens completely because o | |
ON AND OFF | do sth from time to time, not continuously | |
MUTUAL | mutual feeling – shared by both people mentioned | |
RESPECTIVE | belonging or relating separately to each of the peopleor things already mentioned | |
JOINT | done together with another person or other people | |
COLLECTIVE | shared by or relating to a group of people | |
ASSURE YOURSELF | to make yourself certain about sth | |
CONFIRM STH/ THAT | to check and make sure that it is definite or that it is definitely the case | |
ASCERTAIN STH / THAT | you make enquiries and are then sure about sth | |
GUARANTEE STH / THAT | you make it certain or promise that it is certain | |
COME BY STH | you find it or get by chance | |
COME ABOUT | to happen | |
COME IN FOR | to receive sth, especially sth unpleasant | |
COME OUT WITH | to say sth, especially sth surprising or rude | |
OF LATE | Recently | |
FOR NOW | for the time being, temporarily | |
IN A WHILE | some time from now, after an uspecified period | |
SHORTLY | soon, not long from now | |
TO BE INDIFFERENT | you don’t care about sth; you have no particular feeling about it | |
DO STH IN A CASUAL WAY | you do it without much thought or without taking it seriously | |
TO BE DISINTERESTED | not to be personally involved in a situation, you can therefore be objective and neutral about it | |
TO BE DETACHED | not to be involved or decide not to get involved in a situation and so your feelings are not affecte | |
UNDER NO ILLUSIONS | you know and fully acceptthe reality of it | |
HAVE FANTASIES | to have thoughts about sth good that are unrealistic because it is very unlikely to happen | |
HAVE DAYDREAMS | you stop concentrating on what you are doing and start thinking about pleasant things | |
DECEPTION | A dishonest act or statement that is indeed to deceive | |
SPRAWL | to sit or lie with your arms and legs stretched out | |
SLOUCH | sit or stand in a lazy way, often with your shoulders and head bent forward | |
LOUNGE | sit or lie in a lazy , untidy manner | |
DROOP ( opaść) | 1.To bend, hang or move downwards, especially because of being weak or tired. 2.to become sad or de | |