Fraternities | Single gender membership (for men) at university | |
Sororities | Singe gender membership (for women) at university | |
Crucial | Important, essential | |
Go through an application process | przechodzić proces aplikacji (na studia) | |
Be admitted | Zostać przyjętym | |
Admissions essay | An important essay by which you can get into college | |
Maintenance stuff | Personel konserwatywny | |
It has come to my attention | Zwróciło moją uwagę | |
Recall | Przypomnieć | |
At the drop of hat | W mgnieniu oka | |
Brainwashed | Wyprany mózg | |
Object | Zaprotestować, nie zgodzić się | |
Major | Specjalizacja | |
Tuition fees | It covers the costs of education services | |
Drop you off | Podwieźć | |
Accomplishments | Osiągnięcia | |
Mediocre students | Average, ordinary students | |
Determine | Określać | |
Improperly | Wrongly | |
Sluggish | Slow, lazy, sleepy | |
Cloak | Płaszcz | |
Down-to-earth | Someone very practical, uncomplicated and direct in dealing with others | |
Go up to sb | Get closer to sb, approach | |
Divide | Podzielić | |
Quill | Pióro | |
Wicked | Nikczemny, but also slang expression (common in the UK) like awesome/sick | |
Dive | Nurkować | |
Chaperone | Person who is hired to accompany and look after another person or group of people | |
Emphasize | Podkreślać, „położyć nacisk” | |
To doodle | Draw sth without particular objective or focus | |
Gravy boat | Sosjerka | |
Artificial | Sztuczny, false | |
To be turned on | To be sexually excited by sth | |
To drift apart | To slowly become more distant | |
Comprehension | Zrozumienie, understanding | |
To extend | Offer or give sth to sb (like invitation) but also challenge | |
Scotch tape | Transparent tape used for gluing or sticking things together | |
To fork it over/to cough it up | Informal ways to refer to the action of paying money (to pay money for sth especially reluctantly) | |
Reluctantly | Niechętnie | |
Irrelevant | Nieistotny | |
A pet peeve (of mine) | Coś takiego co kogoś irytuje (słaby punkt trochę ale chodzi o tą irytację) | |
Ancient | Very old | |
Coin toss (coin flip, heads or tails) | Decide sth by throwing a coin up in the air | |
Call it | Choosing the side (about coin toss) which you’ll win if it falls on | |
Sth scares the bejeezus out of (you) | Sth causes great fear and makes (you) extremely nervous | |
Bejeezus | Word that is used instead of „crap” or „shit” | |
To take a shot | (Infromal) try to do sth | |
Tie (its tied again) | Remis | |
To be up | Be next | |
Field hockey | Hokej na trawie | |
Goalie | Bramkarz | |
Defence | Protection | |
Briefcase | Aktówka | |
Reserved | Powściągliwy, zamknięty, chłodny | |
Well-groomed | Schludny, zadbany | |
Scruffy/sloppy | Messy, untidy | |
Outplay | Pokonać w grze, ograć | |
Underpay | Za mało płacić za pracę | |
Stand up to | Przeciwstawiać się | |
Complimentary | Flattering, pochlebny | |
Intriguing | Intrygandzki | |
Infantile | Infantylny | |
Cautious | Careful | |
Pick brains | Popełniać plagiat | |
Stroll | A walk | |
Limp | Utykać | |
Stumble | Potknąć się | |
Wander | Zbłądzić | |
Swing | Zamachnąć się | |
Slam (slammed) | Zatrzasnąć | |
Permitted | Allowed (dozwolony) | |
Obliged | Zobowiązany | |
On the whole | Ogólnie rzecz biorąc | |
See at a glance | Zobaczyć na pierwszy rzut oka | |
Stalls | Places for horses | |
Box office | Kasa teatralna | |
Still life | Martwa natura | |
Landscape | Krajobraz | |
Soporific | Usypiające (nasenny) | |
Graceful | Grateful, thankful | |
Uplifting | Podnoszący na duchu | |
Absent-minded | Bujający w obłokach, distracted | |
Narrow-minded | Unwilling to accept or consider other people’s different ideas and behaviour | |
Broad-minded | Tolerancyjny, otwarty, (szerokie horyzonty) | |
Nest (of birds) | Gniazdo | |
Hive | Ul | |
Burrow | Nora | |
Do up | Renovate | |
Conclusive proof | Rozstrzygający dowód | |
Conclusion | Wniosek | |
Made on location | Wykonany na miejscu | |
Tenement house | Kamienica | |
Loo | A room with a toilet | |
Cellar | A room under a building used for storing things | |
Store | Przechowywać | |
Pantry (larder) | A small room where food is stored | |
Landing | Pół piętro/podium | |
Shed | Szopa | |
Porch | Ganek | |
Convenient | Dogodnie, wygodnie | |
Remote | Odległy | |
Busy | Ruchliwe | |
Economical | Oszczędny | |
(Five-)storey building | (Iloś)piętrowy budynek | |
Self-contained flat | Samodzielne mieszkanie | |
Layout | Rozmiesczenie (plan) np mebli | |
On the outskirts | Same like in the suburbs | |
Entryphone | Domofon | |
Facilities (also laundry facilities) | Udogodnienia | |
Dish | Antena/satelita | |
Tiles | Płytki/kafelki/dachówki | |