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muzycznie - dobierać wysokość tonu (to tune) Not to mention a couple of hours of human contact that wasn't just pitching high-minded policies to senators and ministers.
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to vouch FOR "But I'm high enough clearance that I can vouch to them for you."
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"Nice," she commented, looking around as he led the way through the foyer and down a long corridor.
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to understate - zbagatelizować, zaniżyć The carpeting, wall hangings, and pillar sculpts were elegant but more understated than the decor she'd seen in other senators' offices.
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też korkociąg The man who'd sent her entire life into a tailspin.
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"I would argue from results that the upheaval in your life was the best thing that could have happened to you."
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She glanced around as she sat down, noting that Ottlis had taken up position in the center of the doorway behind her as if expecting to thwart an escape.
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But there was the sketchiness about who else was working for him and what they were doing.
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There was his seemingly never-ending stack of credits.
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From the lack of a self-satisfied smirk it didn't look like he'd heard whatever it was he was looking for.
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He could hardly know Driller well enough to have noticed the hesitation or the briefly altered tone.
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"He's kept me fully apprised of the game this whole time."
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She worked on the computer for the next hour, pulling up data, digging into rumors and unsubstantiated reports, finding obscure financial records and hints.
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She waited until she had everything in a neat package.
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He was waiting in a corner booth in the Gilroy Plaza Diner when Arihnda arrived, his features half concealed by the hood of his plain robe.
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"He wants me to spy on them for him, and threatened to turn me over to ISB under false charges of espionage if I refuse."
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swivel chair She keyed the datapad and swiveled it around to face him.
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"And you believe his lack of disclosure is a weapon that can be brought to bear?"
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analiza, nadzór, badanie (np. w komisji śledczej) Lernen beginnen
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"Only with a secret ally could he know the charges against you would escape closer scrutiny."
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"But I was close enough to catch the gist of what they were saying."
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"Is to use the threat as a lever against your enemy in order to make him into your ally."
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