advanced grammar and vocabulary 9

orangutan

ORANG OUTANG

baśniowy

FABULOUS

If you say that you would like to be ... on an occasion, you mean that you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed; adj- describes a television programme in which the people involved behave normally, as if they are not being filmed

FLY ON THE WALL

small pieces of glass or plastic that are put along the middle and sometimes the sides of a road, to reflect the lights of a car, in order to show the driver where to drive when it is dark

CAT'S EYES

one of a set of small boxes, open at the front, in which letters and messages are left for different people

PIGEON HOLES

A book or paper that is dog-eared has the pages turned down at the corners as a result of a lot of use.

DOG- EARED

to confuse someone or be too difficult to be understood by someone; to deceive someone in a clever way

TO FOX

to follow someone closely and continuously

TO DOG

to try and get information from someone which they are trying to keep secret

TO WORM STH OUT OF SB

to persuade someone by telling them repeatedly to do something, or to question someone repeatedly

BADGER

być prześladowanym przez pech

TO BY RAM BY MISFORTUNE

to tamper with sth

TO MONKEY ABOUT WITH sth

stłumiony w zarodku

NIPPED IN THE BUD

to cut off branches from a tree, bush or plant, especially so that it will grow better in future; to reduce something by removing things which are not necessary

She spent the afternoon pruning roses. Arco has reacted to the loss in revenue by pruning (back) its expansion plans. I felt his essay needed a little pruning.

to get results from

to REAP THE REWARD

specialized to (cause a seed to) start growing; to start developing

GERMINATE

to appear quickly in large numbers

SPROUT

to lose (leaves, employees, weight)

to SHED

to enjoy a life of money and comfort

live/be in clover

to increase very quickly

MUSHROOM The number of computers in schools has mushroomed in recent years.

owocny (decyzja) producing good results

FRUITFUL (fruitless)

zeznania świadków

WHITNESSES' TESTIMONY

said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have no proof

ALLEGED

defraudacja/malwersacja

EMBEZZLEMENT

wymuszenie

EXTORTION

stawić się przed urzędnikiem

to appear before a magistrate

oczyszczony z zarzutów

ACQUITTED OF A SENTENCE

rozjemca

ARBITRATOR