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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 |
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Address the issue |
Deal with a problem |
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Hog the limelight |
Get more attention than others in a situation |
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Put the record straight |
Write or say something in order to make the true facts known |
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Have the best of both worlds |
Enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time |
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Be in the public eye |
Be famous |
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Jump the gun |
Do something too soon without thinking carefully about it |
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Hit the ceiling |
Become extremely angry |
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Get the axe |
Stop or prevent something from happening |
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Bite the bullet |
Force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult |
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Conscientious |
Sumienny |
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Courageous |
Odważny |
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Down-to-earth |
Practical, reasonable |
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Narrow-minded |
Zaściankowy, ograniczony |
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Persuasive |
Przekonujący |
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Insight |
Wgląd |
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Solely |
Wyłącznie, jedynie, całkowicie |
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Consistent |
Spójny, stały |
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Acclaimed |
Uznany (np. ekspert) |
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To alter |
Zmienić, wpływać na coś |
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Trespasser |
Grzesznik, intruz, winny |
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Habitat |
Otoczenie, środowisko życia |
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Squint |
Zez |
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To thrive on |
Rozwijać się, kwitnąć |
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To cap |
Restrict, limit |
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Clampdown/crackdown |
trying to stop or limit people doing something |
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Objective |
Plan or aim to achieve something |
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To latch onto |
To be very interested in sth |
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A hunch |
Feeling you get that something is true |
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To ingest |
Put sth in our body |
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Stringent |
Tough |
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Downhearted |
Przegrany |
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Humility |
Pokora |
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Fair, just, righteous |
Sprawiedliwy |
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Predominantly |
Przeważnie |
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Inevitably |
Nieuchronnie |
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Strive for |
Dążyć do |
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Eradicate |
Zlikwidować |
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All year round |
Throughout the year, continuously |
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Alleyway |
A narrow road or a path between buildings |
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Anything goes |
There are no boundaries or limits to behaviour |
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To be on automatic pilot |
You are doing sth without thinking about it |
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Bizzare |
Strange |
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Breakdown |
If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working |
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Bustling |
Full of people and activity |
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Catch sight of |
See for a moment |
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Crude |
Rude and offensive |
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Delight |
Great pleasure, satisfaction or happiness |
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Dos and don’ts |
Rules about what u must do and must not do in a particular situation |
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Gain insight |
To get a clear understanding of a complicated problem or situation |
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Get the wrong impression |
To get the wrong idea or opinion about what sth or sb is like |
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Getaway |
A short holiday |
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Go through |
To experience a situation |
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Get to know sb/sth |
To spend time with someone or sth so that you graduallu learn more about them |
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Graze |
To injure your skin by rubbing it against something rough |
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Irritable |
Annoyed |
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Mark (an anniversary) |
To show respect for or commemorate |
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Maze |
Labirynt |
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Pop over |
(informal) to go to a particular place |
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Rancid |
Rancid fat smells and tastes bad because it is not fresh |
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Self-deprecating |
Niedoceniający siebie, Trying to make yourself, your abilities or your achievements seem less important |
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Set up |
To formally establish a new company, organisation, system, way od working, etc |
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Skim |
Prześlizgnąć się, Move quickly and almost or just touch the surface of sth |
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Social glue |
Sth which brings people together in a society |
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Stale |
Old and not fresh |
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Strengthen |
To make sth stronger |
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Tip of the iceberg |
A small noticeable part of a problem |
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To my mind |
In my opinion |
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Try out |
To use or do sth to discover if it works or if u like it |
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Antagonise |
Sprzeciwiać się Wzbudzać wrogość To make sb dislike u or feel opposed to u |
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Assign |
To put sb in a particular group |
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Believe in |
To be confident that sth is effective and right |
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Draw on |
To use information or your knowledge of sth to help u do sth Korzystać z |
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Live up to |
To be as good as sth |
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Overpriced |
Too expensive |
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Pros and cons |
Andvantages and disadv. |
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Sit |
To take an exam |
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Tactful |
Careful not to say or do anything that could upset someone |