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to pledge
Biden pledge to shut down border points to policy shortfalls // We shall need no pledge on paper, you and I. // She offered her house as a pledge.
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zobowiązać się / gwarancja, zastaw, zabezpieczenie
shortfall
There is a shortfall of money, so we cannot fund this project. // We've a shortfall in the budget this year
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niedobór (finansowy), brak (pieniędzy) / dziura (w budżecie)
surge
Illegal crossings surge to overwhelming levels // This challenge today is the surge of refugees. // She felt a sudden surge of joy. // There was a surge of activity in this area.
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wzrost, napływ (ludności), przypływ (uczuć, emocji)
fall short
He had been the one to fall short, every time. // But it would still fall short of what is needed.
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nie wystarczać / nie spełniać oczekiwań
fall short of something
This illustrates how his many other efforts to address immigration have fallen short of their goals.
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nie dorównywać czemuś
surpass
He’s taken more than 500 executive actions since then, already surpassing former president Donald Trump’s four-year total // In fact, he surpassed what we asked him to do. // Whether the industry will surpass the record is not yet clear.
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przewyższać (siłą, rozumem), być lepszym (od innych), przekraczać (oczekiwania), przechodzić (wyobrażenie)
vulnerability
Biden’s most active areas of policymaking has become one of his biggest vulnerabilities to reelection. // He's got a vulnerability you can exploit. //
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słaby punkt
galvanize
Record numbers of illegal crossings have galvanized Republicans // It is possible, of course, for media attention to galvanize action. //
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zszokować, zelektryzować
to curb
Significantly curb illegal entries and reduce chaos at the border // We have to curb our expenses or else we will go bankrupt // Curb your anger, Michael. //
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powściągać, pohamowywać, hamować, ograniczać
influx
This sudden influx of funds will be very helpful for me. // We are experiencing an influx of foreign capital into our country. (
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napływ, przypływ
plead
She pleaded me to lend her some money. // A woman on the street pleaded me to buy her some food
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błagać
reclaim
The political pressure on Biden has been growing, with Trump saying the issue won’t be fixed until he reclaims the White House
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odzyskać
enforcement
Law enforcement is always a matter of cost. // Enforcement of my ideas will be difficult.
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wprowadzanie w życie, egzekwowanie
cast doubt on something
Trump and top Republicans have cast doubt in recent days on a potential deal
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poddać w wątpliwość coś
ease
Biden officials once more turned to Mexico for enforcement help, and in recent weeks illegal crossings have eased. // This medicine will ease the pain. // I will ease this task for you.
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uśmierzyć, złagodnieć
stride
The administration has made significant strides toward rebuilding the country’s legal immigration system // In recent years, the country has made great political and economic strides.
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krok = synonim 'step'
fizzle out
Several of the initiatives have fizzled out or fallen short. // Are you going to let it fizzle out into nothing, like that?
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wygasać, skończyć się fiaskiem (np. o zainteresowaniu)
fall short
Several of the initiatives have fizzled out or fallen short. // The expedition's supplies began to fall short. // The results fell short of expectations.
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nie wystarczać, nie spełniać oczekiwań
suspend
I intend to suspend the sitting for five minutes. // I got suspended for sleeping at work. // The administration suspended the program in April for six months.
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przerywać (np. negocjacje, obrady), wstrzymywać (np. produkcję) / zawieszać
free somebody up
He's useless for our company, I have to free him. // I'm afraid that my boss wants to free me up - he's looking for someone new //
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zwolnić kogoś (przez zastąpienie go)
stiffen
Biden officials say the measures are being applied more widely now, and remain crucial to their efforts to stiffen consequences for breaking the law.
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usztywniać / zaostrzać (zasady, przepisy)
impose
The mother imposed a punishment on her children. / We finally imposed obedience on our dog.
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wymuszać // narzucać (np. zasady), nakładać (np. kary)
curfew
Make sure you will return home before the curfew. // A curfew has been introduced along the martial law.
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godzina policyjna
to seize
The police seized his gun. // Troops have seized the airport and railroad terminals // Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.
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przejąć (władzę nad czymś), konfiskować (broń, narkotyki), wziąć w posiadanie (czyjąś własność)
expel
The student was expelled from school. // They expelled him, his wife and 10 children from their home.
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wydalać / wyganiać, wypędzać
to entertain
Not one would even entertain the idea of taking the job. // Biden’s desire to secure funding for Ukraine and Israel is a key reason he is entertaining the idea of major policy changes on the border.
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ustosunkowywać się, rozważać
to back
You have to back my idea even if they won't like it. // They refused to back us financially.
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wspierać, popierać
put on the table
... policies that candidate Biden in 2020 would not have put on the table // The United States said Europe must put a new offer on the table to save the talks
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oficjalnie przedstawić, oficjalnie zaproponować
barbed wire
They are not ready to take down the barbed wire. // Images of families crawling under barbed wire and climbing through gaps in the border wall cut by smugglers dealt new damage to the president’s approval ratings on the issue.
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drut kolczasty
apprehension
His actions directly resulted in the apprehension of known drug trafficker.
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aresztowanie
penalty
Some fierce penalties have been introduced for drunk-drivers. // She is opposed to death penalty.
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kara (za złamanie prawa)
fierce
Some fierce penalties have been introduced for drunk-drivers. // She turned a sharp, fierce look upon him. // We have only 5 fierce supporters.
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zażarty, zacięty, zajadły, zagorzały, gwałtowny, ostry (bardzo mocny), surowy
clogged
badly-clogged immigration courts // The toilet is clogged again.
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zablokowany, unieruchomiony, zapchany
ineligibility
He learned of his ineligibility problem from the college coaches. // There’s an assumption that if you just add asylum ineligibility, the numbers will go down
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dyskwalifikacja, brak kwalifikacji, brak uprawnień
curtail
In some states the public school week is being curtailed. // I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time.
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redukować (np. zarobki), ograniczać (np. wolność), tłumić (np. inflację)
apprehend
Our job is to apprehend those who break the law.
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aresztować, schwytać, pojmać (np. złodzieja)
gauge
president’s immigration advisers have argued enforcement data should not be a gauge of immigration policy success or failure.
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miernik, wskaźnik, licznik
to mount
Don't let your problems mount and overwhelm you. // My duties are mounting but I don't have time to deal with them // Mounting political pressure, however, has left Biden’s team no less attuned to border-crossing numbers than its predecessors.
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piętrzyć się, nagromadzać się (np. o problemach)
attune
We, on the other hand, have years, decades sometimes, to attune our bodies to the ways of health. // To begin your journey, you must attune to an inner world.
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nastroić, nastrajać, dostroić, dostrajać (np. do czegoś)
predecessor
I'm glad you find the death of my predecessor so amusing. // Prime Minister, your predecessor did not have an easy or positive start.
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poprzednik
fraught
fraught political environment. // The atmosphere in the office is fraught.
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napięty, pełen napięcia
intricacy
No one knows the intricacies of the issue better than these two. // Many students came to learn intricacies of music with him.
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zawiłość, złożoność, misterność
susceptible
The longer you're around him, the more susceptible you become. // What I see is that you are not susceptible to reason. // The intricacy of the issue has in some ways left Biden more susceptible to simple, easy-to-digest political attacks
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podatny, drażliwy na, czuły na
to stoke
It stoked fear in me. // The images stoke emotion — when people see the images of the border, they get angry
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podsycać, wzbudzać (np. szacunek) wzniecać (np. emocje)
enact
The new rule has been enacted. // The first 15 percent tax cut was enacted last year
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uchwalać, wcielać w życie
adverse
adverse legal rulings // I have nothing particularly adverse to say about the book. // Everything was adverse for this young couple from the beginning.
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niekorzystny, szkodliwy, niepożądany
take the bait
To make the general take the bait we had to use the general's daughter.
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połknąć haczyk, dać się nabrać
cede
I did not like to cede my place to him.
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cedować, oddawać, ustępować
to note
I noted a big cow running around your field // Did you note her strange behaviour?
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zauważać, zwracać uwagę na
overhaul
Our parliamentary system is in need of an overhaul. // She was taken out of service the following year for an overhaul. // the president released a plan for an immigration overhaul on the first day of his presidency
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restrukturyzacja, przegląd, naprawa, przebudowa
sought
James sought a promotion but he didn't get it.
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past od seek
prevail
Democrats prevailed by championing issues like health care // I'm pretty sure common sense will prevail in the end.
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zwyciężać, brać górę, wygrywać
candidly
To speak candidly // A couple of the people spoke candidly about growing up black in a white society.
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szczerze, otwarcie
disheartening
It was a disheartening experience to have to fight for ground once held. // It is very disheartening and sad to me that so much of our country has turned their backs on the very core of who we are and who we are as immigrants
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przygnębiający, zniechęcający
squarely
She looked squarely at him // He is squarely to blame for this // He hit me squarely in the face. // He put the blame squarely on Trump.
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bezpośrednio, wprost

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