SS I often visit language forums and I've been a regular contributor to them fe almost , years. I've come to believe that apart from language interests tl ee i other factop, Vihy people from all nooks and crannies spend their time helping seekers/learners tg Use g language more efficiently. | ' Te found the companionship of these forums an outrageously useful resource and g Fi 7 t of the time I of advice. I am a freelance journalist and translator and mos‘ work from home on my PC. Since working from your own desk can be at times a very lonel 'Y job, 1 log in for a few hours a week and potter around the threads. Some of them send on a desperate search for a right shade of expression, some make me feel Satisfie Me off ‘d that | was able to help in one moment or another. Others make me embarrassed and annoyey that my knowledge of English is so limited in many areas. There are non-native studen, of English whose knowledge of technicalities of my own language impresses me, Altruism and loneliness are some of the factors in people's desire to give their ins; linguistic issues to the language lovers whenever they can. But ther ight on re are other reasons as well. What continually amazes me is the number of enthusiastic forumers who gil] care about good English and love talking about it. , What I like most about the forums is the real people wishing to communicate and looking for a personal contact for their questions. There is a lot of disinterested friendship, kindness and gratitude out there and this is a very comforting feeling, Mood, emotional state — Nastréj, stan emocjonalny admiration - podziw amusement - rozbawienie amused - rozbawiony anger ~ zo angry - aly annoyance - irytacja annoyed - podirytowany anxiety ~ niepokdj anxious - niespokojny belief - wiara, przekonanie contempt - pogarda contemptuous - pogardliwy confusion - zmieszanie, zazenowanie confused - zmieszany, zazenowany depression - depresja depressed ~ przygnebiony despair - rozpacz desperate - rozpaczliwy, zdeterminowany disappointment - rozczarowanie disappointed - rozczarowany dislike - antypatia, niecheé dissatisfaction - niezadowolenie dissatisfied - niezadowolony embarrassment - klopotanie embarrassed ~ zaklopotany enthu sm ~ entu: zm enthusiastic - entuzjastycezny envy/jealousy - zazdrosé envious/jealous - zazdrosny excitement - podniecenie excited - podniecony fear - lek, strach fury - wciektosé furious - wéciekty gratitude - wdziecznosé grateful - wdzieczny happiness - szczescie happy - szczesliwy hatred - nienawisé hope - nadziejahopeful ~ pelen nadziei hostility ~ wrogose hostile - wrogi humour - humor \ impression - wrarenic impressed ~ pod wrazeniem | indifference ~ obojgtnose \ indifferent - obojetny \ irritation - irytacja, gniew i irritated - zirytowany, zdenerwowany like - sympatia loneliness - samotnosé lonely - samotny love - milosé moved ~ weruszony pity ~ litose regret - zal, pozalowanie regretful - peten zalu ANGIELSKI LEKSYKA relief - ulga respect ~ szacunck sadness/sorrow/grief - smutek sad/sorrowful/grief-stricken ~ snuutny satisfaction - zadowolenie satisfied - zadowolony sentimentality ~ sentymentalnosé sentimental - sentymentalny shame - wstyd shamefaced/ashamed - zawstydzony surprise - zdziwienie surprised - zdziwiony sympathy - wspélczucie sympathetic - pelen wspétczucia unhappy ~ nieszczesliwy upset ~ zdenerwowany worry - zmartwienie worried - zmartwiony E Useful expressions - Uzyteczne wyrazenia to admire ~ podziwiaé to amaze - zadziwiaé, zdumiewaé to amuse - bawi¢, rozsmieszaé to anger ~ rozloscié to annoy ~ irytowaé to be in a bad mood - byé w zlym humorze to be in a good mood ~ byé w dobrym humorze to believe - wierzyé, uwaiaé to calm down - uspokoié sie to care (about sb) - troszczyé sig 0 kogos to confuse ~ zenowaé to depress ~ przygnebiaé to disappoint - rozczarowywaé to (dis)like - (nie) lubié to dissatisfy ~ wywotaé niezadowolenie to embarrass ~ zawstydzaé to envy (sb sth) ~ zazdroscié (komus to excite ~ ekscytowaé {0 feel sorry for - wspélezué 0 fly into rage - wpadaé w zlosé ‘0 frighten ~ przestraszyé to hate ~ nienawidzié to have a guilty conscience ~ mieé nieczyste sumienie s08) ‘ren WycovnictwoLingo to impress - wywieraé wrazenie to insult/to offend - obrazié to irritate - irytowaé to laugh (at sb/sth) ~ Smiaé sie (z kogos/ezegos) to lose one’s patience - tracié cierpliwosé to lose one’s temper - tracié panowanie nad soba to love - kochaé to miss - tesknié to move - wzruszaé to pity - litowaé sig to regret ~ zatowaé to relieve - uliyé to respect - szanowaé to sadden - zasmucié to satisfy ~ zadawalaé, satys to suffer - cierpieé to surprise - zaskakiwaé to sympathise - wspétezué to take a dislike (to sb/sth) = poczué niecheé (do kogos/ezegos) to take pity (on sb) ~ zlitowaé sig (nad kims) to upset - denerwowaé | to worry - martwiéfrom Hippocrates’ theory of four jy, c temperaments stems . The Sate tate body fluids, also called ihe ou ames perme i human body and 2 ts, he he lk bile, black bile, and phlegm. Blood was thought to come ee Yellow yn ile, black bile, and phlegm. en rat vom the jack bile from the spleen, and phlegm from the ind eS healthy if thse fds were in balance. Each of the fig was beliew . i ifferer lity type. ; —_ ssociated with a different personal ; sanguine ts oe, Sanguine corresponds to the Ht of blood. A Person whe is sa pares atte cheerful outgoing, warm and sociable. He or she fener hy ie in tg Cholerie indicates the personality of an individual characterised ‘ello bite Cholsie inde choleric is an achiever who can inspire people in ots of ways, in choleric person is ambitious, energetic, opinionated, and strives for a positign of choleric , Melanc i » dominated by black bile, A melanch clancholie is the personality of a person ted Ame isin ‘considerate empathic and helpful. He or she een also be ‘ety creative an imaginative. Due to hiahen fragile disposition, a melancholic tends to get eas discouraged and depressed. a sane Phlegmatic is the personality of an individual with a predominance of phlegn, A i tic person is shy, calm, self-content and therefore sometimes Passive. Such legmat , calm, n : i a person is also a good observer, which makes him or her a good diplomat or ey lyst, Character traits — Cechy charakteru absent-minded - roztargniony absent-mindedness - roztargnienie aggressive ~ agresywny ambitious - ambitny ambition - ambicja amiable - uprzejmy, mity amiability - uprzejmosé arrogance ~ arogancja arrogant - arogancki authoritarian ~ apodyktyezny authoritarianism ~ apodyktycznogé big-headed - zarozumiaty boring - nudny bossy - wladczy, apodyktyezny calm - spokojny cantankerous - Przewrot caring ~ troskliwy care ~ troska careful ~ staranny, dokladny carefulness — starannosé, doktadnosé cheerful ~ pogodny cheerfulness ~ pogoda ducha coneeit ~ zarozumialosé tny, kidtliwy conceited ~ zarozumialy condescending ~ protekcjonalny condescension ~ protekcjonalnos confident ~ pewny siebie considerate ~ liczacy sie z innymi, troskliwy consideration ~ uwaga, wgledy courageous ~ odwainy demanding ~ wymagajacy dependability ~ niezawodnosé dependable ~ niezawodny dishonest ~ nieuczciwy dishonesty - nieuczciwosé disobedience - niepostuszefstwo disobedient ~ niepostuszny easy-going - spokojny, opanowany emotional ~ emocjonalny forgetful - zapominalski forgetfulness - zapominalstwo frank - szezery frankness ~ szczerosé fussiness — kaprysnosé fussy ~ drobiazgowy, kaprysnypa Linco garrutous - gadatliwy garrulousness ~ gadatliwose generosity ~ hojnosé generous ~ hojny greedy ~ chciwy, zachtanny greed ~ cheiwosé, zachtannos hard-working ~ pracowity honest ~ uczciwy honesty - uczciwost hostile ~ wrogi hostility - wrogo: impatience ~ niccicrpliwosé impatient - niecierpliwy insensitive - niedclikatny insensitivity - niedelikatnos introvert - introwertyk introversion - introwersja jealous - zardrosny jealousy ~ zardrose kind - dobry kindness ~ dobroe laziness - lenistwo lazy - leniwy level-headed ~ sriwnowarons opanowany light-hearted ~ pogodny, + liveliness ~ ty wotnos< lively ~ peten ivcia mean - skapy meanness ~ skapsiwo misbehaving ~ niegrecsuy modest ~ skromuy modesty ~ skromnose moody ~ zinienny, humorsasty moodiness - zmiennosé nastrojow Nervous - netwowy Nervousness ~ nerwowost obedience - postuszeiistwo obedient ~ postuszny obstinacy - upst obstinate ~ uparty Sutgoing ~ prayjazny, otwarty Polite - uprzeimy, grreceny Politeness ~ uprrejmosé, grzecznosé Patience ~ cierpliwose Patient ~ cierpliwy uarrelsome - Klotliwy quick-tempered ~ porywezy, zapalczywy reliability ~ rzetelnosé, niezawodnosé reliable - rzetelny, niezawodny rude ~ nicuprzejmy rudeness - nieuprzejmosé self-confidence ~ pewnosé sicbie self-confident ~ pewny sicbie selfish - egoistyczny, samolubny selfishness - egoizm sensitive - wrailiwy sensitivity - wrailiwose serious ~ powainy seriousness ~ powaga shy ~ niesmnialy shyness - ni smart ~ bystry smartness ~ sprytnosé sociable ~ towarzyski spiteful - hostiw: spitefulness ~ Aosliwose stoical ~ swoicki stoicism - stwoicyzm strong-willed - uparty, zdecydowany sympathetic - wspotcrujacy, zyesliwy sympathy ~ wspitcrucie taciturn ~ matoméwny talkative ~ gadatliwy tetchy ~ draiwy chines ~ drarliwose thoughtful - roskliwy thoughtfulness - troskliwosé timid ~ nivsmialy, bojailiwy timidity - nicSmialosé, bojasliwose trustworthy - godny zaufania, pewny trustworthiness - solidnosé unkind - niemily, nieuprzejmy unkindness - nicuprzejmosé unreliable - nierzetelny, zawodny unreliability - nierzetelnosé, zawodnose unselfish - bezinteresowny unselfishness ~ bezinteresowno: vain ~ proiny vanity ~ proznose vulnerable - wratliwy zranienie vulnerability - wrasliwose niatose podatny na. Personality ~ Osobowos¢é © Useful expressions — Uzyteczne wyrazenia to be a wolf in sheep's clothing ~ byé wilkiem w owezej sko to be on cloud nine ~ byé w siddmym niebie to blush - czerwienié sig to build castles in the air ~ budowaé zamki na lodzie to come out of one’s shell ~ wyjsé ze swojej skorupy to feel sorry for yourself ~ uzalaé sie nad soba to flatter - schlebiaé to get sth into one’s head ~ wbié sobie cos do glowy to grumble - zrzedzi¢ to have a good sense of humor - mieé duze poczucie humoru to have a high opinion of sb ~ miesé dobra opinie o kims to have a lot of will power - mieé duzo silnej woli to have a low opinion of sb ~ miesé ztq opinie o kims to have a weakness for - mieé slabosé do En ") | suromy beetle | 2uk halo | aureola bra | stank, biustonosz leotard | trykot spike | szpikulec kolec reminiscent of sth | preypominajacyco8 undoubeaty newatolne plethoraat sth | moéstwoczegos induting th | wlacene z cys print | nadruk beart-throb | eit koberych westchnieh nowadays | obecne to distinguish oneself rom sb | erro gs toseekout sth | poszukiwaéc2egs sihourte «| sta forthe sakect th | przez woyina cof, 20 wegetnacs te keep up wth sth | dotzynywat com ro instead of th | zamiastczegos tefocuson sth | shape sig nacayns advice | po/rada 5 [bee watnenia aa