How Britain could leave Europe

grumpiness

a fussy and eccentric disposition

lurk

To lie in wait, as in ambush. 2. To move furtively; sneak.

fall out

To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity

testy

Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help

summit

szczyt

gloom

An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office. b. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.

conceded

To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example).

buttress

A structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support or reinforcement.

half-baked wheeze

not very good idea

starve

To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food.

bolt

move quickly

congenial

odpowiedni

stinker

One that stinks.

tottering

a. To sway as if about to fall. b. To appear about to collapse: an empire that had begun to totter. 2. To walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger.

currency

Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money.

bundle

A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping. 2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package.

hard-wired

kontrolowany przez system komputerowy

gauntlet

A protective glove worn with medieval armor.

blood is up

zdenerwowani

murmure

szeptać

declined

To express polite refusal.

flawed

1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness: a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter. See Synonyms at blemish. 2. A defect or shortcoming in something intangible: They share the character flaw of arrogance. 3. A defect in a legal document that can render it invalid.

overpriced

charging or charged at too high a price

languid

1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand. 2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood. 3. Lacking vigor or force; slow: languid breezes.

unprecedented

Having no previous example: unprecedented economic growth.

stumbling

1. a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall. b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See Synonyms at blunder. c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily. 2. To make a mistake; blunder. 3. To fall into evil ways; err.

flux

a. A flow or flowing. b. A continued flow; a flood. See Synonyms at flow.

fate

1. a. The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. b. The inevitable events predestined by this force. 2. A final result or consequence; an outcome. 3. Unfavorable destiny; doom.

fiscal pact

pakt fiskalny

mud

Wet, sticky, soft earth, as on the banks of a river.

tally

1. A reckoning or score. 2. a. A stick on which notches are made to keep a count or score. b. A stick on which notches were formerly made to keep a record of amounts paid or owed. 3. A mark used in recording a number of acts or objects, most often in series of five, consisting of four vertical lines canceled diagonally or horizontally by a fifth line.

struggle

1. To exert muscular energy, as against a material force or mass: struggled with the heavy load. 2. To be strenuously engaged with a problem, task, or undertaking: struggled with his math homework.

woefully

1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors in judgment.

long-cherished

cenny

inner core

jądro ziemi

secure

being protected against danger or loss

boast

Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech

wield

dzierżyć {czas.}

clout

Political power, refers especially to power within a political organization

trump

atu

caucus

a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.

stitch up

znaczyć

seething (to seethe)

kipieć

contingency-planning

the status of facts that are not logically necessarily true or false. and prepared

sanguine

sangwinik

Treasury

In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Treasury is overseen by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The traditional honorary title of First Lord of the Treasury is held by the Prime Minister. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs administers the taxation system

perilous

niebezpieczny

leverage

wywierać nacisk

bail-out

in economics and finance is a term used to describe a situation where a bankrupt or nearly bankrupt entity, such as a corporation or a bank, is given a fresh injection of liquidity, in order to meet its short term obligations. Often bail outs are by governments, or by consortia of investors who demand control over the entity as the price for injecting funds.

nasty

paskudny

barely

ledwo

conceal

ukrywać

vow

przyrzeczenie

nonetheless

jednakże

woes

niedole

pushing

pych

sought (to seek)

prosić

opt-out

Rozszczepienie (media) sygnału

ally

sprzymierzeniec

grumble

marudzić

competitive

konkurencyjny

hostile

wrogi

fractious

zrzędliwy, marudny