advanced grammar and vocabulary 7

wtargnąć

TRESPASS ON

nieumyślne spowodowanie śmierci

MANSLAUGHTER

przemoc domowa

BABY or WIFE BATTERING

zmowa milczenia

CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

getting money by deceiving people

FRAUD

non- alcoholic fruit drink

SQUASH

sześcian

CUBE

wklęsły

CONCAVE

having a row of sharp points along the edge

SERRATED You really need a knife with a serrated edge for cutting bread.

not level, equal, flat or continuous

UNEVEN Take care when you walk on that path - the paving stones are rather uneven. There is an uneven distribution of wealth across the country from the north to the south. The contest was very uneven - the other team was far stronger than us.

prostopadły

PERPENDICULAR

having a sloping direction, angle or position

OBLIQUE Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine. He gave her an oblique glance.

równoległy

PARALLEL

when two lines cross, or the point where this happens

INTERSECTION The intersection of the lines on the graph marks the point where we start to make a profit.

a line on a sports field such as the one in tennis, which marks the end of the playing area, or the one in baseball which marks the path along which players run; an imaginary line used as a starting point for making comparisons

BASELINE She delivered a final serve from the baseline to win the match a baseline assessment

zapadnięty

HOLLOW

wózek dziecięcy

BABY CARRIAGE

sześciokąt

HEXAGON

the thing one dislikes most of all

PET AVERSION

gorliwy

EAGER

when someone or something is converted from one thing to another

CONVERSION Her conversion to Buddhism/Islam was a very gradual process. He used to be very right-wing, but he's undergone something of a conversion recently. Solar power is the conversion of the sun's energy into heat and electricity.

półwysep

PENINSULA

to decide not to do something because you are too frightened

CHICKEN OUT

to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important

HAVE A BEE IN ONE'S BONNET She never stops talking about dieting - she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it.

płaskowyż

PLATEAU

równina

PLAIN

niziny

LOWLANDS

dorzecze

RIVER BASIN

zwarcie, gęsto

DENSELY

fala pływowa

TIDAL WAVES

szerokość geograficzna

LATITUDE

a check to see how well you can pay back a loan

CREDIT EVALUATION

ujście rzeki

ESTUARY

money that you borrow on a credit card

CASH ADVANCE

height above sea level; wyżyna

ALTITUDE

guarantee a loan for somebody else

CO- SIGN

zbocze

SLOPE

not to pay back a loan

DEFAULT

kotlina, dolina

VALLEY

przychód netto

NET INCOME

przychód brutto

GROSS INCOME

the basic interest rate that banks use

PRIME

not needing help or support from other people

SELF- RELIANT

a person who owns a particular type of business, especially a hotel, a shop or a company that makes newspapers

PROPRIETOR

(of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail

ROBUST He looks robust and healthy enough. a robust pair of walking boots a robust economy

when there is more than enough of something

ABUNDANCE There was an abundance of wine at the wedding. We had wine in abundance.

attractive or exciting

ALLURING I didn't find the prospect of a house with no electricity very alluring. She was wearing a most alluring dress at Sam's dinner party.

(especially in the USA and Canada) a person whose job is to cut down trees which will be used for building etc. or to transport trees which have been cut down

LUMBERJACK

formal when you achieve something

ATTAINMENT the attainment of a goal attainment targets

the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops which are cut and collected

HARVEST the grain/potato/grape harvest We had a good harvest this year. Farmers are reporting a bumper (= very big) harvest this year. It won't be long now till harvest (time).

the careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste

THRIFT

CONVERGE

If lines, roads or paths converge, they move towards the same point where they join or meet If ideas and opinions converge, they gradually become similar. • to come from other places to meet in a particular place

the handle or wheel which controls the direction in which a ship or boat travels

HELM

miedź

COPPER

siarka

SULPHUR