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1 talk big
(to talk as if one is very important; to boast: He's always talking big about his job.) chwalić się -
2 colossal
[kə'lɔsl]adj* * *[kə'losəl](very big; enormous: a colossal increase in the price of books.) olbrzymi -
3 crack
[kræk] 1. n( noise) trzask m; ( gap) szczelina f, szpara f; ( in bone) pęknięcie nt; (in wall, dish) pęknięcie nt, rysa f; ( joke) kawał m; ( drug) crack m; ( inf) ( attempt)2. vtto have a crack (at sth) — próbować (spróbować perf) swoich sił (w czymś)
whip, twig trzaskać (trzasnąć perf) +instr; knee etc stłuc ( perf); nut rozłupywać (rozłupać perf); problem rozgryzać (rozgryźć perf); code łamać (złamać perf)Phrasal Verbs:- crack up3. adjathlete, expert pierwszorzędny; regiment elitarnyto get cracking ( inf) — zabierać się (zabrać się perf) do roboty
* * *[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) pękać, powodować pęknięcie2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozłupywać3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) trzaskać4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) opowiadać5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) pruć6) (to solve (a code).) łamać7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) łamać się2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) pęknięcie2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) szpara3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) trzask4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) cios5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) żart6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) wyśmienity- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
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4 game
[geɪm] 1. n ( lit, fig)gra f; ( of football etc) mecz m; ( part of tennis match) gem m; (HUNTING) zwierzyna f; ( CULIN) dziczyzna f- games2. adjI'm game to try/for anything — jestem gotów spróbować/na wszystko
who's game for …? — kto ma ochotę na +acc ?
* * *[ɡeim] 1. noun1) (an enjoyable activity, which eg children play: a game of pretending.) zabawa2) (a competitive form of activity, with rules: Football, tennis and chess are games.) gra3) (a match or part of a match: a game of tennis; winning (by) three games to one.) partia4) ((the flesh of) certain birds and animals which are killed for sport: He's very fond of game; ( also adjective) a game bird.) dziczyzna, zwierzyna łowna2. adjective(brave; willing; ready: a game old guy; game for anything.) ochoczy, chętny- gamely- games
- gamekeeper
- game point
- game reserve
- game warden
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5 otherwise
['ʌðəwaɪz]adv( differently) inaczej; ( apart from that) poza tym; ( if not) w przeciwnym razie* * *1) (in every other way except this: She has a big nose but otherwise she is very good-looking.) poza tym2) (doing, thinking etc something else: I am otherwise engaged this evening.) inaczej, w inny sposób -
6 whopping
['wɔpɪŋ]ogromniasty (inf), wielgachny (inf)* * *['wopiŋ]((informal) (also whopping great) huge; very large or big: a whopping lie; a whopping great deficit.) ogromny, wielki
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