Unit 1 Vocabulary Review Flashcards

A comprehensive vocabulary list from Unit 4 covers personal traits, grammar contexts, reading terms, and social interaction phrases in English based on the provided Polish-English lecture list.

Adventurous

Willing to take risks or try out new experiences; żądny przygód.

Bad mood

A state of feeling unhappy or irritable; zły nastrój.

Be popular with

To be liked or enjoyed by many people; cieszyć się powodzeniem.

Be successful

To achieve wealth, respect, or fame; odnosić sukcesy.

Be the centre of attention

To be the person everyone is looking at; być w centrum uwagi.

Caring

Displaying kindness and concern for others; troskliwy.

Charity

An organization that gives help or money to people in need; organizacja charytatywna.

Cheerful

Notably happy and optimistic; radosny.

Accommodation

A place to live or stay; zakwaterowanie.

Adapt to

To adjust or change to suit new conditions; przystosować się do.

Adaptable

Able to change in order to deal with new situations; potrafiący się dostosować.

Ambitious

Having a strong desire for success or achievement; ambitny.

Communicative

Willing to talk and give information; komunikatywny.

Confident

Feeling or showing certainty and self-assurance; pewny siebie.

Dependent

Relying on someone or something else for aid or support; zależny.

Dishonest

Not trustworthy or sincere; nieuczciwy.

Experience

Knowledge or skill that comes from having done certain things; doświadczenie.

Generous

Willing to give more of something than is strictly necessary or expected; hojny, wspaniałomyślny.

Hard-working

Tending to work with energy and commitment; pracowity.

Honest

Telling the truth and not hiding things; szczery, uczciwy.

Impolite

Not having or showing good manners; rude; nieuprzejmy.

Independent

Not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion or conduct; niezależny.

Insensitive

Showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings; niewrażliwy.

Irresponsible

Not showing a proper sense of duty; nieodpowiedzialny.

Kind

Having a friendly, generous, and considerate nature; dobry, życzliwy.

Lazy

Unwilling to work or use energy; leniwy.

Lonely

Sad because one has no friends or company; samotny.

Look after

To take care of someone or something; opiekować się.

Manage to

To succeed in doing something, especially something difficult; zdołać coś zrobić.

Mean

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; skąpy.

Miserable

Very unhappy or uncomfortable; ponury, nieszczęśliwy.

Outgoing

Friendly and socially confident; otwarty, towarzyski.

Polite

Having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people; uprzejmy.

Popular

Liked, admired, or enjoyed by many people; popularny, lubiany.

Responsible

Having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone; odpowiedzialny.

Selfish

Lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure; egoistyczny.

Sensible

Done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; rozsądny.

Sensitive

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences; easily hurt; wrażliwy.

Serious

Acting or speaking with sincerity and without joking; poważny.

Shy

Being around people which makes you feel nervous or uncomfortable; nieśmiały.

Silly

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgment; absurd and foolish; głupi, niemądry.

Sociable

Willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; towarzyski.

Talkative

Fond of or given to talking; rozmowny, gadatliwy.

Tell lies

To say things that are not true; kłamać.

Unadventurous

Not willing to take risks; nielubiący przygód.

Unwise

Looking at things in a foolish way; not smart; nierozsądny.

Wise

Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment; mądry, rozsądny.

Admire

To regard with respect or warm approval; podziwiać.

Be passionate about

To have a strong interest or enthusiasm for something; pasjonować się czymś.

In person

By meeting with someone face to face; osobiście.

Inspire

To fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something; inspirować.

Role model

A person looked to by others as an example to be imitated; wzór do naśladowania.

Run a foundation

To manage an organization that provides money for a special purpose; prowadzić fundację.

Developing country

A poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially; kraj rozwijający się.

Farm

An area of land used for growing crops and rearing animals; gospodarstwo rolne.

Homeless

Without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets; bezdomny.

Imagine

To form a mental image or concept of; wyobrażać sobie.

Pessimistic

Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; pesymistyczny.

Personal quality

A characteristic or trait that makes up someone's personality; cecha osobowa.

Team player

A person who plays or works well as a member of a team or group; osoba umiejąca pracować w zespole.

Voluntary work

Work done by choice and without payment; wolontariat.

Volunteer

A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task; wolontariusz.

Average age

The arithmetic mean age of a specific group; średni wiek.

Can't afford

To not have enough money to pay for something; nie móc pozwolić sobie na.

Generation

All of the people born and living at about the same time; pokolenie.

Miss out

To lose an opportunity to do or have something; stracić okazję.

Unemployment

The state of being without a job; bezrobocie.

Avoid

To stay away from someone or something; unikać.

Can't stand

To dislike someone or something very much; nie znosić.

Casual clothes

Items of clothing that are comfortable and intended for informal occasions; ubranie codzienne.

Get a job

To be hired for a position of work; znaleźć pracę.

Second-hand clothes

Clothing that has been previously owned or used by someone else; używane ubrania.

Skinny jeans

Trousers made of denim that fit very tightly to the body; dżinsy rurki.

Suit

A set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together; garnitur.

Sweatpants

Loose, warm trousers with an elasticated waist and ankles; spodnie dresowe.

Be obsessed with

To be unable to stop thinking about something; mieć obsesję na punkcie.

Disappointed with

Feeling let down because something was not as good as expected; rozczarowany.

Unfit

Not in good physical condition; w słabej kondycji.

Have sth in common

To share interests, experiences, or qualities with someone else; mieć coś wspólnego.