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1 bullshit
['bulʃɪt] 1. n ( inf)bzdury pl2. vtwciskać (wcisnąć perf) kit +dat3. vi* * *['bulʃit]noun, interjection((also bull) (slang) nonsense; lies; exaggeration: That's bullshit!; Bullshit! Do you expect me to believe that?) -
2 exaggerate
[ɪg'zædʒəreɪt] 1. vt 2. vi* * *[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) przesadzać, wyolbrzymiać2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) przesadzać•
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