procrastinate ( ociągać się ) | my friend is the kind of person who always puts off doing anything if it is at all possible | |
rejuvenate ( odmładzać ) | most people feel younger when they come back from their holidays | |
perpetrate ( popełniony ) | it makes one ashamed if one thinks of how many crimes have been committed in the name of religion | |
incarcerate ( uwięzić ) | one of the sons of the last dowager empress of china was kept in prison for a long time | |
gesticulate | he was waving his arms about so wildly that he fell overboard | |
proliferate ( rozmnażać się ) | coffee bars have multiplied enormously in recent years in some parts of London | |
underrate ( nie doceniać ) | it is very dangerous to think the power of your enemies less than it really is | |
abominate ( wstrętny ) | i detest beer and never drink it | |
facilitate ( ułatwiać ) | the authoritles did everything possible to make his leaving the country as easy as possible | |
litigate ( procesować się ) | it is very unwise to take legal action against someone unless it is absolutely necessary | |
exterminate ( wyniszczyć ) | rigid restrictions on hunting have been imposed in Africa to prevent big game hunters | |
infuriate ( rozwścieczyć się ) | there is nothing that angers some people more than being held up in a traffic jam | |
deteriorate ( pogorszyć się ) | the political situation is worsening to such an extent that I doubt if war can be avoided | |
vitiate ( osłabiony ) | the impact of his words , came from the heart , was marred by his having a pronounced stutter | |
prevaricate ( kłamać ) | he avoided giving a direct answer | |
intimidate ( zastraszyć ) | very serious view is taken of any attempt to bring pressure to bear on witnesses | |
expiate ( odpokutować ) | Christians believe that Christ atoned for the sins of the world on the Cross | |
prefabricate ( sprefabrykować ) | The component parts of that house were made in advance they only had to be assembled on the spot | |
incapacitate ( niezdolny do pracy ) | He was out of action for some time after being badly injured in a car crash | |
alleviate ( łagodzić ) | modern drugs can considerably lessen the pain of people suffering from cancer | |
delegate ( delegat ) | The Director was grossly overworked | |
implicate ( wplątać ) | Were you involved in that attempt to topple the government | |
placate ( przebłagać ) | I did my best to calm her down but she remained in a terrible temper | |
fumigate ( oddymić ) | to remove all traces of infection by means of smoke in a house | |
annihilate ( zniszczyć ) | everything they had built up together and made their lives around was utterly destroyed | |
expatiate ( rozpowiadać ) | she talked enthusiastically and at some lenght on the joys of having a large family | |
resuscitate ( reanimować ) | We are told that Lazarus was brought back to life | |
reiterate ( powtarzać ) | i can only repeat what i have already said | |
rehabilitate | one of the arguments against the death penalty ( he cannot be restored to his former position) | |
reverberate ( rozbrzmiewać ) | The report of the gun echoed round and round in the huge vaulted room | |