244 Ap3

evade

to avoid doing sth one is supposed to do or to avoid answering a question, often by deception (unikać)

exclude

to keep sb out from somewhere, to leave sb out from among the rest, prove that sth is not worth considering (wykluczać, pomijać

exploit (sb/sth)

to treat sb unfairly; to use sth in order to gain an advantage from it (wykorzystywać, wyzyskiwać)

expunge

to remove sth completely because it causes problems or bad feelings (wymazać z pamięci)

extract

to take or pull sth from a place/remove sth; to obtain sth by using industrial or chamical processes; to select some information from a larger amount or source of information (wydobywać, wyciągać)

extravagant

(object) sth that costs more money than you can afford or sth which is beyond what is reasonable; excessive

extricate from

to free yourself or another person from a difficult, serious situation (wyciągać, wysobadzać)

exude (a quality or feeling)

to show that sb has it to a great extent (wydzielać np. zapach, tryskać energią)

fade

to become less clear gradually (znikać, gasnąć, blaknąć))

fake

to make sth seem genuine although actually false

familiarise (yourself with sth)

to learn about sth or start to understand it (zaznajomić, zapoznać)

famous

very well known

fee

charge asked by a professional for a service (opłata)

fling

to throw sth using a lot of force (rzucać)

foolhardy

foolishly brave/bold/daring (szaleńczy, nieroztropny)

forbid

to order sb not to do sth, not allow sth to be done (zabraniać)

fundamental

absolutely necessary; important; essential

gain

to obtain (power/weigt)

gather

to collect especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work (zbierać)

generate

to cause sth to begin and develop; to produce

genuine

(object) what it seems to be, (person) true, sincere

to get legal aid

to take money given by the government or another organisation to people who cannot afford to pay for a lawyer (otrzymać darmową pomoc prawną)

get on at

to continually nag(dręczyć) or tell sb to do sth

gimmick

unusual thing used in advertising to attract publicity (chwyt marketingowy)

glide

to move smoothly and easily over a surface (szybować, ślizgać się)

glimpse

to have a passing view of sb or sth (rzucić okiem)

goods

things for sale (towary)

gossip

to talk about other people's private affairs (plotkować)

grab

to take sth quickly, often with violence or a selfish reason

grasp

to hold firmly (mocno) (chwytać)

grate

to shred a small piece of sth by rubbing agains a rough surface

grave

important, pressing and usu worrying (poważny)

grind

tedious, physical work (żmudna praca)

grow (a plant)

to put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop

grow

to become bigger

grumble

to complain in an annoyed way (narzekać), sound of a hungry stomatch(burczeć w brzuchu),

guarantee

to promise sth will definitely happen

harass

continually and unfairly annoy and cause trouble to sb (dręczyć, nękać)

hard-up

short of money

harm

to have generally bad effect on sth (szkodzić)

heal

to cure

heave

push, pull or lift sth using a lot of effort (dźwigać)

heighten

to become greater (powiększyć się)

hinder

to delay or prevent the progress of sth (utrudniać/hamować)

howl

to cry, esp dogs, to cry with pain (wyć)

huddle

to lie close to sb in a confined(ograniczonej) space (gromadzić się)

imitate

to behave in exactly the same way as sb else

impair

to make sth weaker or imperfect (pogarszać)

impede

to make sth difficult to do (utrudniać)