ANGIELSKI Kolokwium 2 SEMEST a)

extreme surprise

amazement

1. the way in which two things are connected 2. the way in which two or more people feel and behave towards each other 3. a close romantic friendship between two people, often a sexual one

relationship

a chance that something may happen or be true

possibility

the feeling of being disappointed

disapointment

To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action.

to get into trouble

pozbyć się czegoś

get rid of

someone make you feel annoyed or nervous

get on your nerves

something you say to a boring person when you want them to do more exciting things

get a life

getting older

getting on

to travel or move from place to place

get round

do sth wrong without getting caught

get away with

to fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should by a particular time

get behind

depress

to get down

manage with what you have

get by

recover from

get over

start a career or profession

get into

to succeed in making someone understand or believe something

get through to

respond to sb by speaking or writing

get back to

avoid a responsibility or obligation

get out of

meet socially

get together with

to start or continue doing something, especially work

get on

a decision or opinion about someone or something that you form after thinking carefully

judgement

to judge the value or character of someone or something

rate

he quality or fact of being trustworthy (= able to be trusted)

trustworthiness

the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made

assessment

a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind, or the fact of accusing someone

accusation

something that someone says officially, giving information about something

announcement

a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job

recommendation

the quality of being good and deserving praise

merit

the act of accusing someone of something bad

charge

the quality of being able to be trusted and being very likely to do what people expect

dependability

the fact of containing some ideas, statements, arguments, etc. that do not agree with others, or something such as an idea, statement, or argument that has this quality

inconsistency

extremely or very much

enormously

in a way that is hurried (= done very quickly or too quickly)

hurriedly

in a way that is much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc.

exceptionally

avoiding to tell truth

miss out the truth

to prevent something from happening

rule out

to persuade someone to support you or agree with you, often when they were opposed to you before

wine sb over

to pay for something

foot the bill

surprisingly short in a way that is pleasing

short and sweet

to decide

make up your mind

to make truth look better than it usually would

dress up the truth

to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely

decimate

the hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth/nose

beak

to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received

impose

the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries

trade

to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe

alleviate

to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad

eradicate

a type of worm that lives in wet places and fastens itself onto the bodies of humans and animals to feed on their blood

leech

the act of getting rid of something, especially by throwing it away

disposal

to be popular and attract attention

have a high profile

to develop a story that encompasses and joins separate distant elements

weave a thread

supposed, presumed

alleged

not certain

tentative

to show that something is less true than it has been made to appear

to debunk

effectiveness

efficacy

to create

to coin

quickly become close friends, for example because they have many interests in common

get on like a house on fire

get or do what one wants in spite of opposition

get your own way

someone who tries to improve their social position by being very friendly to people from a higher social class

social climber

people who have been killed or injured in a war

casualties

people who are forced to leave their country or home because there is a war, or for political or religious reasons

refugees

a group of people who have been trained to protect others, usually with weapons

forces

soldiers in large group

troops

an officer in charge of a group of soldiers

commander

people who have been injured by weapons

the wounded

people who are not members of the armed forces

civilians

people who shoot at others from hidden positions

snipers

people who have managed to stay alive in a war

survivors

in time of war, a country that has agreed to help and support another country

ally

rebellion

an attempt by some of the people in a country to change their government, using violence

a sudden change of government that is illegal and often violent

coup

an attempt by a large number of people of country to change their government

revolution

when two armies agree to stop fighting temporarily

ceasefire

a war between groups of people in the same country

civil war

when an army tries to take a city or building by surrounding it and stopping the food suply

siege

a formal agreement between two or more countries

treaty

strzała

arrow

łuk

bow

kula

bullet

działo

cannon

hełm

helmet

broń

machine gun

rakieta

missile

tarcza

shield

dzida

spear

miecz

sword

(usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses:

loot

a person who is easily shocked by rude things, especially those of a sexual type

prude

to lift a heavy object by turning a chain or rope around a tube-shaped device

winch

to watch or organize a job or an activity to make certain that it is being done correctly

overseen

help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems connected with your work, education, or personal relationships:

guidance

easy to move and direct:

maneuverable

prawdę mówiąc, właściwie

actually

w zasadzie, zasadniczo

basically

mimo wszystko, ostatecznie

after all

w przeciwnym razie

otherwise

oczywiście

obviously

mam na myśli to, że...

I mean

przynajmniej

at least

w sumie, biorąc wszystko pod uwagę

all in all

w rzeczywistości, wręcz przeciwnie

as a matter of fact

gdy już mowa o...

talking of