Trios 5 - 28

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1.

accompaniment

music that is played with the main

instrument or with a singing voice;
akompaniament

2.

adage

a wise saying

3.

aftermath

a situation that is the result of an accident,

crime, or other violent event;
nastpstwo, w nastpstwie

22.

defiant

refusing to obey someone or something;

nieposuszny, buntowniczy

23.

dentures

false teeth;
proteza (zbowa), sztuczna szczka

24.

devoid of

completely without a quality

pozbawiony czego

25.

empty

remove everything from;

oprnia, wyrzuca, wylewa

4.

answer back

to speak rudely when answering someone

in authority

26.

eye up

to look at someone with sexual interest

5.

answer the door

open the door

27.

assumption

something that you think is true without

having any proof;
zaoenie

file a civil
suit

wnie spraw z powdztwa cywilnego

6.

28.

first come,
first served

kto pierwszy, ten lepszy

29.

fishy

making you feel that someone is lying or

something dishonest is happening;
podejrzany

30.

funeral

a ceremony for burying or burning the body

of a dead person;
pogrzeb

31.

get away
with

to escape blame or punishment when you do

something wrong, or to avoid harm or criticism
for something you did

7.

at short notice

only a short time before something

happens;
bez (wczeniejszego) ostrzeenia, nagle

8.

bank

the land along the side of a river;

brzeg

9.

be pushing up
(the) daisies

to be dead

10.

be up to your
eyes in

to be very busy doing something

11.

blow out

to stop burning when a person or the

wind blows on it

32.

grin

to smile a big smile;

umiecha si, szczerzy zby

12.

blow sb's cover

to make known secret information about

who someone is and what they are doing

33.

have money
to burn

to spend a lot of money on things that are not

necessary

13.

burst into
flames

to suddenly start burning;

stan w pomieniach

34.

to have more of something than you want or

need

14.

burst open

to open suddenly and with force;

nagle si otworzy, stan otworem

have sth
coming out
of your ears

35.

head of state

the official leader of a country, often someone

who has few or no real political powers

36.

hollow

a hole or empty space in something, or a low

area in a surface;
wgbienie, zagbienie, dziupla

37.

incite

to do or say something that encourages

people to behave violently or illegally;
podega, wznieca

38.

inside
information

information that is only known by people who

are part of an organization, group, etc;
informacja z pierwszej rki

39.

mark

do something to celebrate;
upamitnia

40.

mouth of a
river

where a river goes into the sea;

ujcie rzeki

41.

needy

who do not have enough money, food, etc.;

potrzebujcy, ubogi

by word of
mouth

in speech but not in writing

16.

come to sb's
notice

notice

17.

confirmation

an announcement or proof that

something is true or certain; potwierdzenie

18.

cross between

a mixture of two different things or people;

krzywka czego z czym

19.

cross your mind

think of;
przej przez myl

20.

daisy

a small flower with white petals and a

yellow centre that often grows in grass;
stokrotka

15.

21.

dead duck

someone or something that is very unlikely

to be successful, especially because of a
mistake or bad judgment

42.

the outskirts

the outer area of a city, town, or village;

przedmiecia, peryferie

43.

plot

to plan to do something bad;

knu, spiskowa

44.

predominantly

mostly or mainly;
przewanie, w przewaajcej czci

45.

prey

an animal that is hunted and killed by another animal;

zdobycz, ofiara

46.

reclusive

living alone and avoiding other people;

samotniczy

47.

review

to consider something again in order to decide if changes should be made;

rozpatrzy ponownie, poddawa rewizji

48.

satellite dish

a round piece of equipment that receives television and radio signals broadcast from satellites;
antena satelitarna

49.

see red

to become very angry

50.

shame on you

wstyd si

51.

short list

a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize, made from a longer list of people originally
considered, and from which one person will be chosen

52.

sorry
sight/state

a bad condition or situation;

opakany widok/stan

53.

strike

a sudden military attack;

atak, uderzenie

54.

tall order

a request that is difficult to fulfill

55.

tattered

old and badly torn;

wystrzpiony, podarty

56.

treadmill

a machine with a moving part which you walk or run on for exercise;
bienia

57.

treadmill

a job which is boring because you have to repeat the same thing again and again;
kierat

58.

underrate

to think that someone or something is not as good as they really are;

nie docenia

59.

what a shame

jaka szkoda