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78 Cards in this Set

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Face the music

Accept punishment or criticism for something bad you’ve done

Address the issue

Deal with a problem

Hog the limelight

Get more attention than others in a situation

Put the record straight

Write or say something in order to make the true facts known

Have the best of both worlds

Enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time

Be in the public eye

Be famous

Jump the gun

Do something too soon without thinking carefully about it

Hit the ceiling

Become extremely angry

Get the axe

Stop or prevent something from happening

Bite the bullet

Force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult

Conscientious

Sumienny

Courageous

Odważny

Down-to-earth

Practical, reasonable

Narrow-minded

Zaściankowy, ograniczony

Persuasive

Przekonujący

Insight

Wgląd

Solely

Wyłącznie, jedynie, całkowicie

Consistent

Spójny, stały

Acclaimed

Uznany (np. ekspert)

To alter

Zmienić, wpływać na coś

Trespasser

Grzesznik, intruz, winny

Habitat

Otoczenie, środowisko życia

Squint

Zez

To thrive on

Rozwijać się, kwitnąć

To cap

Restrict, limit

Clampdown/crackdown

trying to stop or limit people doing something

Objective

Plan or aim to achieve something

To latch onto

To be very interested in sth

A hunch

Feeling you get that something is true

To ingest

Put sth in our body

Stringent

Tough

Downhearted

Przegrany

Humility

Pokora

Fair, just, righteous

Sprawiedliwy

Predominantly

Przeważnie

Inevitably

Nieuchronnie

Strive for

Dążyć do

Eradicate

Zlikwidować

All year round

Throughout the year, continuously

Alleyway

A narrow road or a path between buildings

Anything goes

There are no boundaries or limits to behaviour

To be on automatic pilot

You are doing sth without thinking about it

Bizzare

Strange

Breakdown

If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working

Bustling

Full of people and activity

Catch sight of

See for a moment

Crude

Rude and offensive

Delight

Great pleasure, satisfaction or happiness

Dos and don’ts

Rules about what u must do and must not do in a particular situation

Gain insight

To get a clear understanding of a complicated problem or situation

Get the wrong impression

To get the wrong idea or opinion about what sth or sb is like

Getaway

A short holiday

Go through

To experience a situation

Get to know sb/sth

To spend time with someone or sth so that you graduallu learn more about them

Graze

To injure your skin by rubbing it against something rough

Irritable

Annoyed

Mark (an anniversary)

To show respect for or commemorate

Maze

Labirynt

Pop over

(informal) to go to a particular place

Rancid

Rancid fat smells and tastes bad because it is not fresh

Self-deprecating

Niedoceniający siebie,


Trying to make yourself, your abilities or your achievements seem less important

Set up

To formally establish a new company, organisation, system, way od working, etc

Skim

Prześlizgnąć się,


Move quickly and almost or just touch the surface of sth

Social glue

Sth which brings people together in a society

Stale

Old and not fresh

Strengthen

To make sth stronger

Tip of the iceberg

A small noticeable part of a problem

To my mind

In my opinion

Try out

To use or do sth to discover if it works or if u like it

Antagonise

Sprzeciwiać się


Wzbudzać wrogość


To make sb dislike u or feel opposed to u

Assign

To put sb in a particular group

Believe in

To be confident that sth is effective and right

Draw on

To use information or your knowledge of sth to help u do sth


Korzystać z

Live up to

To be as good as sth

Overpriced

Too expensive

Pros and cons

Andvantages and disadv.

Sit

To take an exam

Tactful

Careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone