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extreme ​unhappiness ​caused by ​physical or ​mental ​suffering udręka

TEDIOUS

tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring – nudny, nużący;

TO SQUIRREL AWAY

- to ​hide or ​store something, ​especially ​money, in ​order to use it in the ​future – chomikować;

SOLELY

only and not ​involving anyone or anything ​else – wyłącznie

FUSSY

not ​easily ​satisfied, or having very high ​standards about ​particular things – drobiazgowy, wybredny

TO SUBTRACT

to take away; deduct – odejmować

DEPRIVED

- not having the things that are ​necessary for a ​pleasant ​life, such as enough ​money, ​food, or good ​living ​conditions – pozbawiony

COMPOUND

- something consisting of two or more different ​parts – połączenie

DEAD-END

a ​situation that has no ​hope of making ​progress – ślepa uliczka

GROUND-BREAKING

innovative – przełomowy

HANDS-FREE

an electronic device, esp a mobile phone, which can be operated without using one' s hands – głośnomówiący

HIGH-PITCHED

higher than ​usual; high and sometimes also ​loud or ​unpleasant – piskliwy

TO UPGRADE

to ​improve the ​quality or ​usefulness of something, such as a ​machine or a ​computer ​program, or give a ​person a more ​important ​job or ​state that ​their ​job is more ​important than it was in the past – uaktualniać, modernizować, podnieść jakość

TO CUT OFF

- to ​stop ​people from ​continuing a ​phone ​conversation by ​breaking the ​phone ​connection – przerwać połączenie

DECENT

socially ​acceptable or good – przyzwoity, porządny

UPMARKET

- appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale – ekskluzywny

BRISK

quick, ​energetic, and ​active – żwawy, raźny

ALBEIT

ACZKOLWIEK

TO CLUTCH

- ​to take or ​try to take ​hold of something ​tightly, usually in ​fear, ​worry, or ​pain – ściskać, trzymać kurczowo;

UNTENABLE

– not capable of being maintained or defended – nie do obrony

RAVENOUS

extremely hungry- wygłodniały

TO WOLF

to ​eat a ​large ​amount of ​food very ​quickly – pożerać, pochłaniać

TO TRANSPIRE

- to come about; happen or occur; to become known; come to light – nastąpić, okazać się

BEYOND THE REALMS OF PLAUSIBILITY

niewiarygodne

TO CONCEIVE

to ​imagine something – uwierzyć, postrzegać

POSH

expensive and of high ​quality (inf.) – ekskluzywny, wytworny

BROADBAND

a ​system that makes it ​possible for many ​messages or ​large ​amounts of ​information to be ​sent at the same ​time and very ​quickly between ​computers or other ​electronic ​devices – szerokopasmowy

FED UP

- bored, ​annoyed, or ​disappointed, ​especially by something that you have ​experienced for too ​long – znudzony, rozdrażniony

HOOKED

enjoying something so much that you are ​unable to ​stop having it, ​watching it, doing it, etc. – uzależniony

TO WEAN SB OFF STH

to make someone ​gradually ​stop using something that is ​bad for them – odwieść kogoś od czegoś

TO GO COLD TURKEY

- to stop (doing something) without tapering off. (Originally drug slang. Now concerned with breaking any habit.) – odstawić coś raptownie

COUNSELLING

the ​job or ​process of ​listening to someone and giving that ​person ​advice about ​their ​problems – doradztwo, pomoc psychologiczna

RELAPSE

– a deterioration in someone’s state of health after a temporary improvement – nawrót

INSTALMENT

a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time – rata

TO GET THROUGH

- to ​succeed in ​talking to someone on the ​phone – dodzwonić się

TO SPEAK UP

to ​speak in a ​louder ​voice so that ​people can ​hear you – mówić głośniej

PLODDER

- a person who plods(move or walk heavily or laboriously), especially one who works in a slow and persevering but uninspired manner – guzdrała

ESSENTIAL

necessary or ​needed – istotny

TO NIGGLE

- to ​worry someone ​slightly, usually for a ​long ​time; to ​criticize someone about ​small ​details or give too much ​attention to ​details – nurtować, tracić czas na drobiazgi

TO FESTER

problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference – jątrzyć;

TO OFFICIATE

- to be in ​charge of or to ​lead a ​ceremony or other ​public ​event – prowadzić, odprawiać;

TO SHUT OFF

to ​separate something or someone from other ​parts, ​places, or ​people – odciąć, odgraniczyć;

SEIZURE

- the ​action of taking something by ​force or with ​legal ​authority – konfiskata, rekwizycja

MULTIPRONGED

involving several different directions, aspects, or elements – wielopłaszczyznowy

INDISPUTABLE

​true, and ​impossible to ​doubt – bezsporny;

DEMONSTRABLY

- obviously or apparently – widocznie, oczywiście

TO RESOLVE

to make a ​decision ​formally or with ​determination (form.) – postanowić

GLOOMILY

with feeling of ​great ​unhappiness and ​loss of ​hope – posępnie

TO SLIP OUT OF

- to ​quickly take off a ​piece of ​clothing – wyślizgnąć

SOCKET

- a natural or artificial hollow into which something fits or in which something revolves – złącze, gniazdko; oczodół

KEYPAD

a ​small set of ​keys with ​numbers on them used to ​operate a ​television, ​phone, ​calculator, etc., or the ​keys with ​numbers on them usually ​found on the ​right ​side of a ​computer ​keyboard – klawiatura numeryczna

PASSCODE

a ​combination of ​numbers or ​movements on the ​screen that ​allow you to use an ​electronic ​device – kod dostępu

POP-UP

a new ​window that ​opens ​quickly on a ​computer ​screen in ​front of what you are ​working on – wyskakujące okienko

TO TRAWL

to ​search among a ​large ​number or many different ​places in ​order to ​find ​people or ​information you ​want – przeszukiwać

TO SWIPE

to ​hit or ​try to ​hit something, ​especially with a ​sideways ​movement – przeciągnąć, zamachnąć się

CROWDSOURCING

the ​act of giving ​tasks to a large ​group of ​people or to the ​general ​public, for ​example, by ​asking for ​help on the ​internet, rather than having ​tasks done within a ​company by ​employees – społecznościowe poszukiwanie rozwiązań

TO DIVERT

- to take someone' s ​attention away from something; to ​cause something or someone to ​change ​direction – zmienić kierunek; odwrócić [uwagę]

TO HAVE A GO

make an attempt at something – spróbować

MARVELLOUS

extremely good – wspaniały

WITTY

using words in a ​clever and ​funny way – błyskotliwy

JOVIAL

(of a ​person) ​friendly and in a good ​mood, or (of a ​situation) ​enjoyable because of being ​friendly and ​pleasant – pogodny, radosny, jowialny

EDGY

​nervous or ​worried – drażliwy, podenerwowany

BANE

- a ​cause of ​continuous ​trouble or ​unhappiness – zmora

LAID-BACK

​relaxed in ​manner and ​character; not usually ​worried about other people' s ​behaviour or things that need to be done – wyluzowany

PANE

a ​flat ​piece of ​glass, used in a ​window or ​door – szyba

TO FREE UP

to make something ​available to be used – udostępnić

PAY-AS-YOU-GO

pay-as-you-go ​system is one in which you ​pay for a ​service before you use it and you cannot use more than you have ​paid for – na kartę

RECEPTION

the ​degree to which ​mobile ​phone, ​radio, or ​television ​signals are ​strong and ​clear – zasięg

COVERAGE

the area reached by a broadcasting station or advertising medium (media) – zasięg

LANDLINE

a conventional telecommunications connection by cable laid across land – linia naziemna