4. Lesson: I've Had Skin Cancer

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defiant
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clearly refusing to do what someone tells you to do; Pol. wyzywający, bezczelny, arogancki
vow
Addicted Girl Vows to Continue Using Sunbeds
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a serious promise; Pol. przyrzeczenie, obietnica
insist
But Miss Hovelsas insists she can't help herself.
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to demand that something should happen; Pol. nalegać, uparcie twierdzić, domagać się
mole
Six months after having her cancerous moles removed, she is back on a sunbed once a week
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a small dark brown mark on the skin that is slightly higher than the skin around it
pale
She acknowledges she is risking her life but says she can't bear to be pale.
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having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is; Pol. blady
acknowledge
She acknowledges she is risking her life but says she can't bear to be pale.
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to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists
she can't bear it
She acknowledges she is risking her life but says she can't bear to be pale.
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Pol. ona nie może tego znieść
check out
I'll be OK if I just tan once in a while and keep checking out my moles.
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to make sure that something is actually true, correct, or acceptable [= investigate]; Pol sprawdzać, badać
once in a while
I'll be OK if I just tan once in a while and keep checking out my moles.
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sometimes, although not often
keep your fingers crossed
'That way, if it comes back I can catch it in time. Fingers crossed, anyway.'
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if you hope that something will happen the way you want you ______.
anyway
. Fingers crossed, anyway.'
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Pol. przynajmniej, w każdym razie, jednak, mimo to
gemstone
she works as a gemologist, evaluating gemstones.
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a precious or semiprecious stone, esp. one cut and polished for setting in jewellery
evaluate
Evaluating her chances of getting cancer must have been a rather more simple matter
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to judge how good, useful, or successful something is [= assess
battle
A grandfather died of the disease and her mother recently battled skin cancer as well.
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to take part in a fight or war; Pol. walczyć (w bitwie); bitwa
earnest
She started her tanning habit in earnest at 15.
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very serious and sincere
in earnest
She started her tanning habit in earnest at 15.
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if something starts happening_______, it begins properly - used when it was happening in a small or informal way before
devastated
'I was devastated when mum developed cancer,'
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feeling extremely shocked and sad
presume
I presumed it was because she has fair skin and I thought I'd be fine because my skin is naturally darker.
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to think that something is true, although you are not certain [= assume]
thigh
Miss Hovelsas noticed a dark spot on her left thigh
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the top part of your leg, between your knee and your hip; Pol. udo
eventually
Eventually she made an appointment at The Mole Clinic in London
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after a long time, or after a lot of things have happened
curse
I was cursing myself
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Pol. przeklinać
blame
"You stupid girl, you only have yourself to blame".
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Pol. obwiniać
spread (spread, spread)
'If I'd left it, the cancer would have spread and killed me
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if something _____s or is ______, it becomes larger or moves so that it affects more people or a larger area
chemotherapy
'Luckily it was caught in time, so I didn't need chemotherapy.
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the use of drugs to control and try to cure cancer
confirm
'The doctor confirmed that the cancer was aggravated by sunbathing
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to show that something is definitely true, especially by providing more proof; Pol. potwierdzić
swear (swore, sworn)
I swore I'd never use a sunbed again.'
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to promise that you will do something; Pol. przysięgać
fake
Miss Hovelsas tried fake tanning.
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not real and seeming to be something it is not, in order to deceive people
the body's cells
The UV light damages the body's cells
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Pol. komórki ciała
rush
UV light damages the body's cells causing a pigment called melanin to rush to the surface.
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to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon
surface
UV light damages the body's cells causing a pigment called melanin to rush to the surface.
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Pol. powierzchnia

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