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21 get out of
1. vt fus2. vtto get money out of the bank — podejmować (podjąć perf) pieniądze z banku
* * *(to (help a person etc to) avoid doing something: I wonder how I can get out of washing the dishes; How can I get him out of going to the party?) wykręcić się -
22 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) wymknąć się (komuś) -
23 give (someone) the slip
(to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner: The crooks gave the policemen the slip.) wymknąć się (komuś) -
24 have nothing to do with
1) (to avoid completely: After he came out of prison, many of his friends would have nothing to do with him.) nie mieć nic wspólnego z2) ((also be nothing to do with) to be something that a person ought not to be interested in: This letter has/is nothing to do with you.) nie mieć nic wspólnego z -
25 hedge
[hɛdʒ] 1. nżywopłot m2. vito hedge one's bets ( fig) — zabezpieczać się (zabezpieczyć się perf) na dwie strony
Phrasal Verbs:- hedge in* * *[he‹] 1. noun(a line of bushes etc planted so closely together that their branches form a solid mass, grown round the edges of gardens, fields etc.) żywopłot2. verb1) (to avoid giving a clear answer to a question.) odpowiadać wymijająco2) ((with in or off) to enclose (an area of land) with a hedge.) otoczyć żywopłotem•- hedgehog- hedgerow -
26 hold one's breath
(to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard): He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat.) wstrzymać oddech -
27 infection
[ɪn'fɛkʃən]n ( MED)* * *[-ʃən]1) (the process of infecting or state of being infected: You should wash your hands after handling raw meat to avoid infection.) zakażenie2) (a disease: a throat infection.) zapalenie -
28 keep at arm's length
(to avoid becoming too friendly with someone: She keeps her new neighbours at arm's length.) unikać poufałości, trzymać na dystans -
29 lazy
['leɪzɪ]adj* * *['leizi](too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc: I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat.) leniwy- lazily- laziness
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30 make oneself scarce
(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) zniknąć -
31 malinger
[mə'liŋɡə](to pretend to be unwell eg in order to avoid work: He says he's ill, but I think he's just malingering.) symulować -
32 miss
[mɪs]n( with surname) pani f, panna f ( old); ( SCOL) ( as form of address) proszę pani ( voc); ( beauty queen) miss f inv* * *[mis] 1. verb1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) chybić2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) spóźnić się na3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) zmarnować, nie skorzystać z4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) odczuwać brak, tęsknić za5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) zauważyć brak6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) nie usłyszeć7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) opuścić8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) nie zauważyć, przeoczyć9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) uniknąć10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) nie zapalić2. noun(a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) pudło, chybienie- missing- go missing
- miss out
- miss the boat -
33 motorist
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34 pick one's way
(to walk carefully (around or between something one wishes to avoid touching etc): She picked her way between the puddles.) posuwać się ostrożnie -
35 pitfall
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36 precaution
[prɪ'kɔːʃən]nto take precautions — przedsiębrać (przedsięwziąć perf) środki ostrożności
* * *[pri'ko:ʃən](care taken to avoid accidents, disease etc: They took every precaution to ensure that their journey would be safe and enjoyable.) środek ostrożności -
37 refrain
[rɪ'freɪn] 1. vi2. nto refrain from doing sth — powstrzymywać się (powstrzymać się perf) od (z)robienia czegoś
refren m* * *I [rə'frein] noun(a line of words or music repeated regularly in a song, especially at the end of or after each verse; a chorus.) refrenII [rə'frein] verb((with from) not to do; to avoid: You are asked to refrain from smoking / from (drinking) alcohol.) powstrzymać się -
38 save one's face
(to avoid appearing stupid or wrong: I refuse to accept the reponsibility for that error just to save your face - it's your fault.) zachować twarz -
39 scandal
['skændl]n(shocking event, disgrace) skandal m; ( gossip) plotki pl* * *['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) skandal2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) skandal3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) plotka•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously -
40 scrape through
vt* * *(to only just avoid failing: He scraped through his exams.) ledwie się przepchnąć
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