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41 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) nabijać kabzę -
42 fiddle
['fɪdl] 1. n ( MUS) 2. vt ( BRIT)to work a fiddle — dopuścić się ( perf) szwindlu (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:* * *['fidl] 1. noun1) (a violin: She played the fiddle.) skrzypce2) (a dishonest business arrangement: He's working a fiddle over his taxes.) kombinacja2. verb1) (to play a violin: He fiddled while they danced.) grać na skrzypcach2) ((with with) to make restless, aimless movements: Stop fiddling with your pencil!) bawić się (bezmyślnie)3) (to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly: She has been fiddling the accounts for years.) kombinować•- fiddler- fiddler crab
- on the fiddle -
43 fidget
['fɪdʒɪt]vi* * *['fi‹it] 1. past tense, past participle - fidgeted; verb(to move (the hands, feet etc) restlessly: Stop fidgeting while I'm talking to you!) kręcić się nerwowo2. noun(a person who fidgets: She's a terrible fidget!) nerwus, wiercipięta -
44 fingertip
['fɪŋgətɪp]nkoniuszek m palcato have sth at one's fingertips — ( at one's disposal) mieć coś w zasięgu ręki; ( know well) mieć coś w małym palcu
* * *noun (the very end of a finger: He cut his fingertip by accident while preparing the salad.) koniuszek, koniec palca -
45 fresco
['frɛskəu]nfresk m* * *['freskəu]plural - fresco(e)s; noun(a picture painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet.) fresk -
46 gasp
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47 get busted
(be arrested: They got busted while selling the drugs.) zostać przymkniętym -
48 good
[gud] 1. adjdobry; ( valid) ważny; ( well-behaved) grzeczny2. ndobro ntto be good at — być dobrym w +loc
to be good for sth/sb — być dobrym do czegoś/dla kogoś
it's a good thing you were there — dobrze, że tam byłeś
for the common good — dla wspólnego dobra, dla dobra ogółu
would you be good enough to …? — czy zechciałbyś +infin ?
is this any good? — (will it do?) czy to będzie dobre?; (what's it like?) czy to coś dobrego?
a good deal (of) — dużo ( +gen)
to make good — damage naprawiać (naprawić perf); loss rekompensować (zrekompensować perf)
good morning/afternoon! — dzień dobry!
- goods* * *[ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) grzeczny2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) dobry3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) dobry4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) dobry, sprawny5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) dobry6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) dobry, korzystny7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) dobry8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) dobry9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) spory10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) odpowiedni11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) dobry12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) sensowny13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) pochlebny14) (thorough: a good clean.) całkowity15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) zdrowy2. noun1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) dobro2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) dobro3. interjection(an expression of approval, gladness etc.) Dobrze!- goodness4. interjection((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) Mój Boże!- goods- goody
- goodbye
- good-day
- good evening
- good-for-nothing
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- good-looking
- good morning
- good afternoon
- good-day
- good evening
- good night
- good-natured
- goodwill
- good will
- good works
- as good as
- be as good as one's word
- be up to no good
- deliver the goods
- for good
- for goodness' sake
- good for
- good for you
- him
- Good Friday
- good gracious
- good heavens
- goodness gracious
- goodness me
- good old
- make good
- no good
- put in a good word for
- take something in good part
- take in good part
- thank goodness
- to the good -
49 gush
[gʌʃ] 1. vi 2. n( of water etc) wytrysk mto gush over — rozpływać się nad +instr
* * *1. verb1) ((of liquids) to flow out suddenly and in large amounts: Blood gushed from his wound.) chlusnąć, tryskać2) (to exaggerate one's enthusiasm etc while talking: The lady kept gushing about her husband's success.) rozpływać się2. noun(a sudden flowing (of a liquid): a gush of water.) wytrysk- gushing- gushingly -
50 hijack
['haɪdʒæk] 1. vt 2. n(also: hijacking) porwanie nt* * *1. verb1) (to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.) porwać/uprowadzić (samolot)2) (to stop and rob (a vehicle): Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.) obrabować3) (to steal (something) from a vehicle: Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.) ukraść, zrabować2. noun(the act of hijacking.) porwanie, obrabowanie- hijacker -
51 hold on
vi( hang on) przytrzymywać się (przytrzymać się perf); ( wait) czekać (poczekać perf or zaczekać perf)* * *1) ((often with to) to keep (a grip on) (something): She held on to me to stop herself slipping; I couldn't hold on any longer, so I let go of the rope.) trzymać się2) (to stop or wait: Hold on - I'm not quite ready yet; The operator asked the caller to hold on while she connected him.) zaczekać -
52 home
[həum] 1. ndom m2. cpdthe home of free enterprise/jazz — kolebka wolnej przedsiębiorczości/jazzu
employment chałupniczy; ( ECON, POL) wewnętrzny, krajowy; (SPORT) team miejscowy; game, win na własnym boisku post, u siebie post3. advbe w domu; go, travel do domu; press, push do środka, na swoje miejsceat home — ( in house) w domu; ( in country) w kraju; ( comfortable) swojsko, jak u siebie
to make one's home somewhere — zamieszkać ( perf) gdzieś
4. vito bring sth home to sb — uświadamiać (uświadomić perf) coś komuś
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[həum] 1. noun1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) dom, miejsce zamieszkania2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) kolebka, ojczyzna3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) dom (starców, sierot itp.)4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) dom, hotel5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) dom2. adjective1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) domowy2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) lokalny, krajowy3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) miejscowy3. adverb1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) do domu, w domu2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) prosto do celu•- homeless- homely
- homeliness
- homing
- home-coming
- home-grown
- homeland
- home-made
- home rule
- homesick
- homesickness
- homestead
- home truth
- homeward
- homewards
- homeward
- homework
- at home
- be/feel at home
- home in on
- leave home
- make oneself at home
- nothing to write home about -
53 houseman
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54 hover
['hɔvə(r)]vibird, insect wisieć or unosić się w powietrzu; person stać wyczekująco, ociągać się* * *1) ((of a bird, insect etc) to remain in the air without moving in any direction.) wisieć w powietrzu2) (to move around while still remaining near a person etc: I wish she'd stop hovering round me and go away.) krążyć3) ((with between) to be undecided: She hovered between leaving and staying.) wahać się• -
55 idle
['aɪdl] 1. adj( inactive) bezczynny; ( lazy) leniwy; ( unemployed) bezrobotny; machinery, factory nieczynny; conversation jałowy; threat, boast pusty2. vimachine, engine pracować na wolnych obrotachPhrasal Verbs:* * *1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) bezczynny2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) leniwy3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) próżny4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) bezpodstawny2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) próżnować2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) chodzić na wolnych obrotach•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away -
56 in motion
(moving: Don't jump on the bus while it is in motion.) w ruchu -
57 influence
['ɪnfluəns] 1. nwpływ m2. vtwpływać (wpłynąć perf) na +acc* * *['influəns] 1. noun1) (the power to affect people, actions or events: He used his influence to get her the job; He should not have driven the car while under the influence of alcohol.) wpływ2) (a person or thing that has this power: She is a bad influence on him.) osoba/rzecz mająca wpływ2. verb(to have an effect on: The weather seems to influence her moods.) wpływać na- influentially -
58 intermittent
[ɪntə'mɪtnt]adjnoise przerywany; publication nieregularny* * *[intə'mitənt](happening occasionally; stopping for a while and then starting again: an intermittent pain.) przerywany -
59 interpret
[ɪn'təːprɪt] 1. vt(explain, understand) interpretować (zinterpretować perf); ( translate) tłumaczyć (przetłumaczyć perf) ( ustnie)2. vi* * *[in'tə:prit]1) (to translate a speaker's words, while he is speaking, into the language of his hearers: He spoke to the audience in French and she interpreted.) tłumaczyć2) (to explain the meaning of: How do you interpret these lines of the poem?) tłumaczyć3) (to show or bring out the meaning of (eg a piece of music) in one's performance of it: The sonata was skilfully interpreted by the pianist.) interpretować•- interpreter -
60 invigilate
[in'vi‹ileit](to supervise students while they are doing an examination: I am going to invigilate (the candidates) (at) the English exam.) pilnować (przy egzaminie)- invigilator
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