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1 demand
[dɪ'mɑːnd] 1. vt 2. nto demand sth (from/of sb) — żądać (zażądać perf) czegoś (od kogoś)
to be in demand — mieć powodzenie, być rozchwytywanym
* * *1. verb1) (to ask or ask for firmly and sharply: I demanded an explanation.) domagać się2) (to require or need: This demands careful thought.) wymagać2. noun1) (a request made so that it sounds like a command: They refused to meet the workers' demands for more money.) żądanie2) (an urgent claim: The children make demands on my time.) pretensja3) (willingness or desire to buy or obtain (certain goods etc); a need for (certain goods etc): There's no demand for books of this kind.) popyt•- on demand -
2 exorbitant
[ɪg'zɔːbɪtnt]adj* * *[iɡ'zo:bitənt]((of prices or demands) very high or unreasonable.) wygórowany- exorbitance -
3 absurd
[əb'səːd]adj* * *[əb'sə:d](unreasonable or ridiculous: These demands are absolutely absurd.) niedorzeczny- absurdly- absurdity
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4 give way
vi( yield) ustępować (ustąpić perf) (miejsca); rope, ladder etc nie wytrzymać ( perf), puścić ( perf) (inf); ( BRIT, AUT) ustępować (ustąpić perf) pierwszeństwa przejazdu* * *1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) ustąpić2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) runąć3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) poddać się -
5 hostage
['hɔstɪdʒ]nzakładnik(-iczka) m(f)he was taken/held hostage — wzięto/trzymano go jako zakładnika
* * *['hosti‹](a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc will be carried out: The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage.) zakładnik- take- hold someone hostage
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6 hunger strike
nstrajk m głodowy* * *(a refusal to eat, as a form of protest or to force (someone) to agree to certain demands etc: The prisoners went on hunger strike as a protest against prison discipline.) strajk głodowy -
7 moderate
1. adjumiarkowany; change nieznaczny2. nosoba f o umiarkowanych poglądach3. ['mɔdəreɪt] vi 4. vt* * *1. ['modəreit] verb(to make or become less extreme: He was forced to moderate his demands; Gradually the pain moderated.) (z)łagodzić, (z)łagodnieć2. [-rət] adjective1) (keeping within reasonable limits; not extreme: The prices were moderate; moderate opinions.) umiarkowany2) (medium or average; not particularly good: workmanship of moderate quality.) średni3. noun(a person whose views are not extreme: Politically, she's a moderate.) człowiek o umiarkowanych poglądach- moderateness
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8 persistent
[pə'sɪstənt]adjpersistent offender ( JUR) — recydywista(-tka) m(f)
* * *adjective She was persistent in her demands/denials; persistent questions.) wytrwały -
9 strident
['straɪdnt]adjvoice, sound ostry, przenikliwy; demands natarczywy
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