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1 active
['æktɪv]adjperson, life aktywny; volcano czynnyto play an active part in — odgrywać (odegrać perf) czynną rolę w +loc
* * *['æktiv]1) (energetic or lively; able to work etc: At seventy, he's no longer very active.) czynny, aktywny2) ((busily) involved: She is an active supporter of women's rights.) zaangażowany3) (causing an effect or effects: Yeast is an active ingredient in bread-making.) czynny4) (in force: The rule is still active.) w mocy, obowiązujący5) ((of volcanoes) still likely to erupt.) czynny6) (of the form of a verb in which the subject performs the action of the verb: The dog bit the man.) czynny•- actively
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2 brisk
[brɪsk]adj* * *[brisk](active or fast moving: a brisk walk; Business was brisk today.) żwawy, ożywiony- briskly -
3 depress
[dɪ'prɛs]vtperson przygnębiać (przygnębić perf); price, wages obniżać (obniżyć perf); ( press down) naciskać (nacisnąć perf)* * *[di'pres]1) (to make sad or gloomy: I am always depressed by wet weather.) przygnębiać2) (to make less active: This drug depresses the action of the heart.) osłabiać•- depressing
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4 depressed
[dɪ'prɛst]adjto get depressed — popadać (popaść perf) w depresję or przygnębienie
* * *1) (sad or unhappy: The news made me very depressed.) przygnębiony2) (made less active: the depressed state of the stock market.) osłabiony -
5 godfather
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6 godmother
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7 godparent
['gɔdpɛərənt]n* * *nouns (a person who, at a child's baptism, promises to take an active interest in its welfare.) chrzestny -
8 hum
[hʌm] 1. vt 2. vi 3. n( of traffic) szum m; ( of machines) buczenie nt; ( of voices) szmer m* * *1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) nucić, śpiewać mormorando2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) brzęczeć, bzykać3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) pracować zawzięcie2. noun(a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) szum, warkot -
9 inactive
[ɪn'æktɪv]adj* * *[in'æktiv]( formal)1) (not taking much exercise: You're fat because you're so inactive.) nieruchawy2) (no longer working, functioning etc; not active: an inactive volcano.) nieczynny•- inaction- inactivity -
10 lively
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11 quieten
['kwaɪətn] 1. vi ( BRIT)(also: quieten down) ( grow calm) uspokajać się (uspokoić się perf); ( grow silent) cichnąć, ucichać (ucichnąć perf)2. vt* * *1) ((often with down) to make or become quiet: I expect you to quieten down when I come into the classroom.) uspokoić (się)2) (to remove or lessen (a person's fears, doubts etc).) uciszyć -
12 sleep
[sliːp] 1. nsen m2. vi; pt, pp slept 3. vt; pt, pp sleptwe can sleep four — możemy przenocować cztery osoby; place
to put to sleep — animal usypiać (uśpić perf)
to sleep with sb — ( have sex) spać or sypiać z kimś
Phrasal Verbs:- sleep in* * *[sli:p] 1. past tense, past participle - slept; verb(to rest with the eyes closed and in a state of natural unconsciousness: Goodnight - sleep well!; I can't sleep - my mind is too active.) spać2. noun((a) rest in a state of natural unconsciousness: It is bad for you to have too little sleep, since it makes you tired; I had only four hours' sleep last night.) sen- sleeper- sleepless
- sleepy
- sleepily
- sleepiness
- sleeping-bag
- sleeping-pill / sleeping-tablet
- sleepwalk
- sleepwalker
- put to sleep
- sleep like a log/top
- sleep off
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13 sluggish
['slʌgɪʃ]adj* * *adjective (moving slowly; not active or alert: a sluggish river; I always feel rather sluggish in the mornings.) niemrawy -
14 stimulate
['stɪmjuleɪt]vtdemand pobudzać (pobudzić perf), stymulować; person pobudzać (pobudzić perf) do działania, inspirować (zainspirować perf)* * *['stimjuleit](to rouse or make more alert, active etc: After listening to the violin concerto, he felt stimulated to practise the violin again.) pobudzać- stimulating -
15 the life and soul of the party
(a person who is very active, enthusiastic, amusing etc at a party.) dusza towarzystwa -
16 thick
[θɪk] 1. adj 2. n* * *[Ɵik] 1. adjective1) (having a relatively large distance between opposite sides; not thin: a thick book; thick walls; thick glass.) gruby2) (having a certain distance between opposite sides: It's two inches thick; a two-inch-thick pane of glass.) gruby3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) containing solid matter; not flowing (easily) when poured: thick soup.) gęsty4) (made of many single units placed very close together; dense: a thick forest; thick hair.) gęsty5) (difficult to see through: thick fog.) gęsty6) (full of, covered with etc: The room was thick with dust; The air was thick with smoke.) pełen7) (stupid: Don't be so thick!) głupi, tępy2. noun(the thickest, most crowded or active part: in the thick of the forest; in the thick of the fight.) gąszcz, środek- thickly- thickness
- thicken
- thick-skinned
- thick and fast
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17 youthful
['juːθful]adjperson młody; enthusiasm młodzieńczy* * *1) (young: The boy looked very youthful.) młody2) (energetic, active, young-looking etc: Exercise will keep you youthful.) młodzieńczy3) (of youth: youthful pleasures.)... młodości
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