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
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agonise
to spend a lot of time worrying about a decision; nie móc się zdecydować, bić się z myślami
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chuckle
laugh quietly; chichotać
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conduct
the way someone behaves; zachowanie to organize or do something; przeprowadzać
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contentment
the feeling of being happy or satisfied; zadowolenie
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disillusioned
feeling disappointed because something is not as good as you thought it was; rozczarowany
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giggle
to laugh in a nervous or silly way; chichotać
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gloat
to show pleasure at your success or at someone else's failure; triumfować, chełpić się
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glum
disappointed or unhappy, and quiet; ponury, przbity
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grimace
to make your face show an expression of pain or unhappiness; wykrzywiać się, grymas
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grin
to smile a big smile; uśmiechać się, szczerzyć zęby
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inertia
If there is inertia, a situation remains the same or changes very slowly; bezwład, inercja
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manoeuvre
a movement that needs care or skill; manewr to move with care or skill; manewrować
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mock
to laugh at someone or something in an unkind way; kpić (z)
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peep
to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole
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peer
to look carefully or with difficulty; przyglądać się badawczo
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rejoice
radować się
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resent
to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like; czuć się urażonym
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resolute
determined in character, action, or ideas
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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
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snap
to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound; pękać
to give a weak form of a disease to a person or animal, usually by injection, as a protection against that disease
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nursing home
dom spokojnej starości
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plaster
gips
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prevent(at)ive medicine
medicine that emphasizes a healthy lifestyle that will prevent poor health before it occurs
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sick leave
zwolnienie lekarskie
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syringe
strzykawka
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oddział
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black out
suddenly become unconscious; make a place dark by turning off all the lights
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come out in
become covered in spots
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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
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cotton on
begin to realise or understand something
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crease up
laugh a lot, or make someone laugh a lot
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follow up
check the health of someone who has received medical treatment; try to find out more about something
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get down
make someone feel sad or lose hope
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get over
start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happened; solve or deal with a problem
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go down (well/badly) (with sb)
produce a particular reaction
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lash out
try to hit or attack someone suddenly and violently; speak angrily to or against someone
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pass away/on
die (used to avoid saying 'die' when you think this might upset someone)
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play up
cause difficulties or pain for someone; behave badly
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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
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shrivel up
become smaller and thinner and not look fresh and healthy; become weaker or smaller
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summon up
manage to produce a quality or a reaction that helps you deal with a difficult situation
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ward off
do something to prevent someone or something from harming you
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put on an act
to behave or speak in a false or artificial way; udawać
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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
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on your best behaviour
to behave extremely well and be very polite on a particular occasion
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cry yourself to sleep
to cry for a long time until you start to sleep
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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
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a far cry from
to be completely different from something; coś zupełnie innego, coś zupełnie odwrotnego
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drop dead
a rude way of telling someone that you are annoyed with them and want them to go away or be quiet
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dead (set) against (doing)
to be completely opposed to something
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dead and buried
zarzucony, dawno zapomniany, nie wart wracania do czegoś
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dead and gone
od dawna na tamtym świecie
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dead ahead
na wprost, tuż przed, tuż na wprost; przed dziobem (statku)
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adverse/beneficial effect
odwrotny/korzystny skutek, efekt
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feel your way
to judge where you are going by touching with your hands instead of looking; iść po omacku
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health hazard/risk
may cause or suspected of causing serious health effects; zagrożenie dla zdrowia
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kind regards
z pozdrowieniami, z uszanowaniem
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have the last laugh
to finally be successful, often after an argument or disagreement; śmiać sie ostatnim
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for a laugh
If you do something for a laugh, you do it for enjoyment
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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
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take your own life
to commit suicide
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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
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this is the life
said to mean that you are very much enjoying the situation you are in
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can live with
used for saying that you can accept something
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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
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you live and learn
said when you hear or discover something that is surprising; człowiek uczy się przez całe życie
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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
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live beyond/within your means
to spend more than you earn/to spend less money than you receive as income
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live to tell the tale
to successfully deal with or continue to live despite a difficult situation or experience
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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)
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trigger a reaction
wywoływać reakcję
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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
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sick as a parrot
very disappointed; być do głębi rozczarowanym
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worried sick
extremely worried; być chorym ze strachu
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sick bag
torebka na wymioty
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be in for a treat
czekać na atrakcję, być podekscytowanym (czymś, co ma się stać)
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cry over spilt milk
waste time feeling upset about something bad that has happened and cannot be changed
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fly off the handle
suddenly become extremely angry without a good reason
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give sb a taste/dose of their own medicine
treat someone in the same bad way they treat other people
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give sth a miss
decide not to do sth that you usually do
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grin and bear it
accept a difficult situation without complaining or showing how you feel
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keep a straight face
remain serious and not laugh
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keep your hair on
used for telling someone not to get angry or upset
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kick yourself
be very annoyed because you have made a mistake, missed an opportunity, etc.
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let off steam
shout or do something that allows you to get rid of anger
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let sleeping dogs lie
leave a person or situation alone if they might cause you trouble
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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
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up in arms about
angry and complaining about something
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enact
to put something into action, especially to make something law
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counteract
to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect; przeciwdziałać
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reactionary
a person who is opposed to political or social change or new ideas
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avoidance
the act of avoiding something or someone; unikanie
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discontentment
a feeling of being unhappy and not satisfied with the situation you are in; niezadowolenie