Guardian

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moot
When you first mooted the idea of a classics list?
öğrenmeye başla
poruszać, rozważać
preposterous
did it seem a little preposterous, even to you?
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absurdalny, niedorzeczny, bezsensowny
pitch
I used to say things like: can we pitch this as the old Sex and the City?
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reklamować, zachwalać
delude
I’m probably deluding myself, but I think it’s very important.
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łudzić, mamić, zwodzić (kogoś)
endeavour
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próba, staranie, wysiłek, przedsięwzięcie
palpable
I am looking for a book that still has the power to surprise: not just shock effects, but some sense of lived experience that is still palpable.
öğrenmeye başla
wyraźny, ewidentny, wyczuwalny, namacalny (np. napięcie, różnica)
notion
The notion of hamartia is important to literature students. I’m extremely suspicious of the notion.
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pojęcie
Pojęcie winy tragicznej jest istotne dla studentów literatury.
yarn
öğrenmeye başla
historyjka, opowiadanie, opowieść, przędza
steely
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nieugięty (o osobie), niezłomny (o postanowieniu)
cloistered
it’s set in a cloistered society – so cloistered that it’s almost surreal.
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odizolowany, klasztorny
unreliable
He’s such an unreliable narrator.
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niesłowny, niesolidny, niepewny, zawodny
coup
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zamach stanu
chasm
On one side of Bolivia’s political chasm people and leaders are denouncing a “coup”.
öğrenmeye başla
przepaść, rozpadlina, szczelina
denounce
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potępiać
volatile
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wybuchowy, nieprzewidywalny
contested
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sporny, zakwestionowany
contest
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zakwestionować, podważyć ważność
mutiny
öğrenmeye başla
bunt, rebelia, rewolta
with alacrity
She seized the position of interim president with alacrity
öğrenmeye başla
skwapliwie, z ochotą
brandish
The criminal brandished his weapon at the police, trying to threaten them.
öğrenmeye başla
wymachiwać
Przestępca wymachiwał bronią w kierunku policjantów, próbując ich zastraszyć.
hefty
öğrenmeye başla
masywny, ciężki, zwalisty
pave the way
the interim government said they had struck a deal to pave the way for a new vote in 90 days
öğrenmeye başla
utorować drogę
clash
Clashes had resulted in at least five deaths by yesterday.
öğrenmeye başla
starcie, utarczka, potyczka, konflikt
thumb on the scale
Yes, it’s always bad when the military put their thumbs on the scale, but it’s really misleading to call it a coup
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A method of deception or manipulation that creates an unfair advantage for the swindler, likened to a merchant holding a thumb on the scale when weighing goods for sale, therefore increasing the weight and price.
bolster
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wałek, podpierać, podnieść, podtrzymywać (np. morale, pewność siebie)
fritter something away
While allies like Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez frittered away cash on unsustainable projects
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marnować coś, trwonić coś
halve
Morales managed to turn Latin America’s poorest country into its fastest growing and more than halved extreme poverty.
öğrenmeye başla
przepoławiać, zmniejszyć o połowę
groom
While he was reshaping his country he refused to groom a successor or contemplate his departure.
öğrenmeye başla
przygotowywać (np. do ważnych egzaminów)
steep
Their machiavellian politics prepared him well for the national stage, but may also have steeped him in a leadership tradition of “big man” bosses
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namaczać
herd
he was working from the age of five, turning his hand to everything from llama-herding and farming to football and trumpet playing.
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zaganiać stado
stewardship
He is charismatic and respected for the careful stewardship of the economy, the greater social equality he created, and the championing of indigenous rights.
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zarządzanie
perpetuate
He passed laws but did nothing to reform the system which perpetuates impunity
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uwieczniać, utrwalać, zachowywać
impunity
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bezkarność
incumbent
handing victory to the incumbent
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osoba piastująca urząd
defiant
But the people who have replaced him remain defiant.
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prowokujący (o zachowaniu), wyzywający (o spojrzeniu), nieposłuszny (o osobie)

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