on the road 2 / 21.09.2021

A co jeśli pójdę do gliniarzy i dam im cynk?

What if I get along to the cops and tip them off?

In the negotiations, he outmanoeuvred his rivals by offering a higher price.

If three people in four no longer support the government, isn't this an untenable situation? The position of the players’ union has become untenable.

She was confronted by a man wielding a knife.

Under the new city charter, the mayor wields most of the power. Wielding moral authority

A broken leg blighted her chances of winning the championship.

His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.

The city stopped urban blight by rebuilding neighborhoods.

a stroppy teenager / It's no use getting stroppy - I said no and I meant it!

It costs a staggering $50,000 per week to keep the museum open to the public

Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets.

I found the whole film very compelling. a compelling story

compelling evidence / It's a fairly compelling argument for going.

Britons brace for the end of heatwave as UK battered by cold Arctic front. The weather forecasters told us to brace ourselves for a heavy storm.

On tłukł worek treningowy przez godzinę.

He battered the punching bag for an hour.

Miasto zostało poszkodowane przez Huragan Irma.

The city was battered by Hurricane Irma.

Przygotowałem rzadkie ciasto na naleśniki na śniadanie.

I've prepared pancake batter for breakfast.

Uwielbiam kiedy smażona ryba ma chrupiącą panierkę.

I love when my deep fried fish has a crispy batter.

Her face was raw from the fusion of tears and acrylic.

He doesn't mouth platitudes about it not mattering who scores as long as the team wins.

the amount of possibilities she had squandered

She quickly rummaged for the paper tissue that was stuffed up the inside sleeve of her polo neck.

She returned to her train of thought.

This is crackers. It was a cracker of a goal. I've got a joke for you. It's a real cracker!

His secretary was a little brusque with me.

a quaint old cottage / quaint stone terraced houses

The two-way twit-twoo of tawny owls.

an apprehensive smile

The rest was sold for next to nothing.

It's the penultimate episode of the series tonight.

She bitterly resented her father's new wife. [+ -ing verb ] He resents having to explain his work to other people.

to throw a thimble of water on a bonfire

Wynurzyła się z wody, wyglądając jak syrenka.

She surfaced out of water looking like a mermaid.

Ten lodowiec zawsze jest w ruchu, więc musimy być ostrożni.

This glacier's always moving, so we have to be careful.

She imagined herself as just another brilliant freak of nature. Just another sentient animal, trying their best.

Firma ta jest w bliskim niebezpieczeństwie upadku.

The company is in imminent danger of collapse.

Wygląda jak bis ostatniego występu.

Looks like an encore of the last performance.

The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff. Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position.

Hej, Brian ma kilka dodatkowych biletów na mecz Lakersów. Chcesz iść?

Hey, Brian has some extra tix for the Lakers game. Fancy going?

She looked a bit dejected when they told her she didn't get the job.

Zatrzymaliśmy się pod małą kawiarnią. Zatrzymaj się tutaj, chcę wysiąść z auta.

We pulled up at a small café. Pull up here, I want to get out of the car.

On usłyszał chrzęst w salonie.

He heard a crunch in the living room. She crunched over the gravel towards fans.

Przenieśliśmy się do nieskazitelnie czystego, nowego biura.

We moved into a pristine new office.

to start behaving in a way that is not generally acceptable, especially dishonestly or illegally

He went off the rails in his first year at university.

Wazon się wywrócił i na stół wypadły kwiaty. Zawsze wywracam ten stojak na parasole.

The vase tipped over and the flowers fell out to the table. I always tip over the umbrella stand.

Jego życie było w niebezpieczeństwie, więc musiałam działać.

His life was in jeopardy, so I had to act.

The police are hoping that the violence will soon subside. As the pain in my foot subsided, I was able to walk the short distance to the car.

By the time her stoned and heavily inebriated older brother realised what she was doing, it was too late. The swim was under the way.

Australia is roughly equidistant from Africa and South America.

a wry smile/comment

She looked terrible after sleeping on the carpet in a baggy T shirt. She felt her face and it was creased from where she had been lying and her hair felt dirty and bedraggled.

She seemed a little flustered. If I look flustered it's because I'm trying to do so many things at once.

Scotland's first minister has apologised for the botched introduction of the country's vaccine passport app. Our landlord redecorated the bedroom, but it was such a botched job that we decided to redo it.

Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia and mostly kills babies and infants.

The plaintiff’s lawyer turned the tables this morning by producing some strong new evidence.

It shows assorted animals being pursued, including a representation of an ostrich above the southwest window with a horseshoe in its mouth. This was a convention sometimes used by artists at the time to ~ the tradition that ostriches could consume iron.

unkempt beard / an unkempt lawn

severed head / The knife severed an artery and he bled to death. Her foot was severed from her leg in a car accident. Electricity cables have been severed by the storm.

The schoolchildren were told to walk in single file.

Carrack Gladden (Cornish: Karrek Gladn, meaning rock on a bank) is a coastal headland in St Ives Bay at the eastern end of Carbis Bay beach between Hayle and St Ives in west Cornwall.

No unsolicited nude pictures.

I was completely mesmerised by the performance. Flowers mesmerised her with the most exquisite purple she had ever seen.

Yes, we did have our disagreements but that's water under the bridge now.

On lubi instrumenty dęte.

He likes wind instruments.

Namocz ubrania w ciepłej wodzie, aby pozbyć się plam. Namocz fasolę przed ugotowaniem.

Soak the clothes in warm water to get rid of the stains. Soak the beans before cooking.

Will coffee drinkers plump for potato milk?

soiled cloth

I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn, but I thought you already knew.

This new washing machine isn't a patch on our old one. My new phone isn’t a patch on the old one. The camera is rubbish. My holiday at home wasn’t a patch on a trip abroad. Overseas travel is so much more fun.

We’re talking about the phrase ‘quote... unquote’ which people say when they are repeating something someone has said, often when they don’t agree with it. So, have you got it, Neil?

You told me, quote “this car will last you a lifetime” unquote, but after a few months, it’s already broken down! The company said, quote “staff will get a pay rise in August” unquote – but it’s September and we’re still waiting.

a bothersome fly

The canyon walls were striated with colour. striated muscle fibre, striated rock

1) feline leukaemia 2) She had pretty, almost feline features. She walks with feline grace.

I thought she squared up to the situation admirably.

The wreck was covered in a fine layer of silt. The tunnel had been blocked with silt.

Grizzled veterans in uniform gathered at the war monument.

mildew-spotted windows

mildew-spotted windows

a piece of string in the centre of a candle, or a similar part of a light, that supplies fuel to a flame

She seizes the cool waxy column of a candle and holds its wick to an ember. The candlewick catches, the flame guttering, nearly vanishing, then gathering strength.

She looms at the nails she cannot stop herself gnawing the minute they emerge.

A two-week armistice has been declared between the rival factions.

He'd been planting marigolds in the border opposite. Another option is the slightly lurid marigold, which flowers generously once you dead-head it.

She regarded him with wide, guileless blue eyes. guileless gaze

That DJ's voice really sets my teeth on edge.

I've been gnawed by guilt about not replying to her letter yet. The feeling that I've forgotten something has been gnawing at me all day.

He was suspected of misusing his magical powers as a sorcerer.

We hope you enjoy reading this maiden issue of Connect News!

Teams seems very flaky for me too this morning! The central character of the play is a flaky neurotic.

Choose your favourite model: oversized cardigan or asymmetric pullover with rubber piping.

flimsy vaccination / When I asked him why he was late, he gave me some flimsy excuse about having car trouble.

She was expelled for inciting her classmates to rebel against their teachers. They denied inciting the crowd to violence. She incited racial hatred by distributing anti-Semitic leaflets.

I second/third/fourth the recording, thanks

dry, flaky skin / a flaky scalp

Some workers were inhibited (from speaking) by the presence of their managers.

a gingham dress/tablecloth