Unit 18

acknowledge

acknowledge

to accept that something is true or exists; przyznawać; to tell someone, usually in a letter, that you have received something they sent you; potwierdzać to let someone know that you have seen them, usually by saying hello; zauważać, zwracać uwagę na

agonise

to spend a lot of time worrying about a decision; nie móc się zdecydować, bić się z myślami

chuckle

laugh quietly; chichotać

conduct

the way someone behaves; zachowanie to organize or do something; przeprowadzać

contentment

the feeling of being happy or satisfied; zadowolenie

disillusioned

feeling disappointed because something is not as good as you thought it was; rozczarowany

giggle

to laugh in a nervous or silly way; chichotać

gloat

to show pleasure at your success or at someone else's failure; triumfować, chełpić się

glum

disappointed or unhappy, and quiet; ponury, przbity

grimace

to make your face show an expression of pain or unhappiness; wykrzywiać się, grymas

grin

to smile a big smile; uśmiechać się, szczerzyć zęby

inertia

If there is inertia, a situation remains the same or changes very slowly; bezwład, inercja

manoeuvre

a movement that needs care or skill; manewr to move with care or skill; manewrować

mock

to laugh at someone or something in an unkind way; kpić (z)

peep

to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole

peer

to look carefully or with difficulty; przyglądać się badawczo

rejoice

radować się

resent

to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like; czuć się urażonym

resolute

determined in character, action, or ideas

smirk

a smile that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something or knowing something that is not known by someone else; uśmiechać się ironicznie

snap

to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound; pękać

administer

administrować, kierować, sprawować rządy, podawać lek

incoulate

to give a weak form of a disease to a person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease

nursing home

dom spokojnej starości

plaster

gips

prevent(at)ive medicine

medicine that emphasizes a healthy lifestyle that will prevent poor health before it occurs

sick leave

zwolnienie lekarskie

syringe

strzykawka

ward

oddział

black out

suddenly become unconscious; make a place dark by turning off all the lights

come out in

become covered in spots

come round

become conscious again after being unconscious; happen again; go to a place where someone is, to visit them; be persuaded to change your opinion or decision

cotton on

begin to realise or understand something

crease up

laugh a lot, or make someone laugh a lot

follow up

check the health of someone who has received medical treatment; try to find out more about something

get down

make someone feel sad or lose hope

get over

start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened; solve or deal with a problem

go down (well/badly) (with sb)

produce a particular reaction

lash out

try to hit or attack someone suddenly and violently; speak angrily to or against someone

pass away/on

die (used to avoid saying 'die' when you think this might upset someone)

play up

cause difficulties or pain for someone; behave badly

pull through

manage to stay alive after you have been very ill or very badly injured; succeed in a very difficult situation, or help someone do this

shrivel up

become smaller and thinner and not look fresh and healthy; become weaker or smaller

summon up

manage to produce a quality or a reaction that helps you deal with a difficult situation

ward off

do something to prevent someone or something from harming you

put on an act

to behave or speak in a false or artificial way; udawać

get your act together

to start to organize yourself so that you do things in an effective way; zebrać się w sobie, wziąć się w garść

on your best behaviour

to behave extremely well and be very polite on a particular occasion

cry yourself to sleep

to cry for a long time until you start to sleep

cry on sb's shoulder

to tell someone about all the things that are making you sad or upset. The person you are talking to is a shoulder to cry on

a far cry from

to be completely different from something; coś zupełnie innego, coś zupełnie odwrotnego

drop dead

a rude way of telling someone that you are annoyed with them and want them to go away or be quiet

dead (set) against (doing)

to be completely opposed to something

dead and buried

zarzucony, dawno zapomniany, nie wart wracania do czegoś

dead and gone

od dawna na tamtym świecie

dead ahead

na wprost, tuż przed, tuż na wprost; przed dziobem (statku)

adverse/beneficial effect

odwrotny/korzystny skutek, efekt

feel your way

to judge where you are going by touching with your hands instead of looking; iść po omacku

health hazard/risk

may cause or suspected of causing serious health effects; zagrożenie dla zdrowia

kind regards

z pozdrowieniami, z uszanowaniem

have the last laugh

to finally be successful, often after an argument or disagreement; śmiać sie ostatnim

for a laugh

If you do something for a laugh, you do it for enjoyment

a laugh a minute

very funny, or enjoyable. This expression is usually used in a humorous way to show that you really think someone or something is not funny or enjoyable

take your own life

to commit suicide

that's life

said after something bad or unlucky has happened, to express your feeling that such events will sometimes happen and have to be accepted

this is the life

said to mean that you are very much enjoying the situation you are in

can live with

used for saying that you can accept something

live and let live

said to mean that people should accept the way other people live and behave, especially if they do things in a different way; żyj i pozwól żyć innym

you live and learn

said when you hear or discover something that is surprising; człowiek uczy się przez całe życie

live a lie

to live in a way that is dishonest because you are pretending to be something that you are not, to yourself or to other people

live beyond/within your means

to spend more than you earn/to spend less money than you receive as income

live to tell the tale

to successfully deal with or continue to live despite a difficult situation or experience

medicine cabinet

a small cabinet, usually with a mirror on the front, that is attached to the wall in a bathroom; apteczka (półka na lekarstwa, np. w łazience)

trigger a reaction

wywoływać reakcję

adverse/gut/immediate reaction

negative, unpleasant, or harmful - reakcja niepożadana/ something that you feel or believe strongly without stopping to think about it - instynktowna reakcja / happening without any delay

sick as a parrot

very disappointed; być do głębi rozczarowanym

worried sick

extremely worried; być chorym ze strachu

sick bag

torebka na wymioty

be in for a treat

czekać na atrakcję, być podekscytowanym (czymś, co ma się stać)

cry over spilt milk

waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be changed

fly off the handle

suddenly become extremely angry without a good reason

give sb a taste/dose of their own medicine

treat someone in the same bad way they treat other people

give sth a miss

decide not to do sth that you usually do

grin and bear it

accept a difficult situation without complaining or showing how you feel

keep a straight face

remain serious and not laugh

keep your hair on

used for telling someone not to get angry or upset

kick yourself

be very annoyed because you have made a mistake, missed an opportunity, etc.

let off steam

shout or do something that allows you to get rid of anger

let sleeping dogs lie

leave a person or situation alone if they might cause you trouble

never/don't look a gift horse in the mouth

if you are given something good, you should not complain about it or try to find things that are wrong with it

up in arms about

angry and complaining about something

enact

to put something into action, especially to make something law

counteract

to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect; przeciwdziałać

reactionary

a person who is opposed to political or social change or new ideas

avoidance

the act of avoiding something or someone; unikanie

discontentment

a feeling of being unhappy and not satisfied with the situation you are in; niezadowolenie

discontent

=discontentment

(dis)contented

(nie)zadowlony

derive

to get something from something else; czerpać

derivation

źródło, pochodzenie