advanced grammar and vocabulary

to happen soon after sth happens

(to come) hard on the heels of sth

to totally agree with/support (normally used in spoken English)

to be all for sth/to be all In favour of sth

(formal) to find out about sth

to come to one's notice

to consider yourself lucky (used to say that, even though sth bad has happened to sb, it could have been a lot worse)

to count yourself lucky

to say that sth was caused by

o attribute sth to

to be regarded as important or valuable [generally used in the expression: (sb's experience, record, etc) must/ will count for sth]

to count for

to feel that you have been unfairly treated

to feel hard done by

(informal, spoken) the most important thing is/What you must remember is

at the end of the day Youmay disagree with him, but at the end of the day, he is your boss and as such you have to respect his decisions.

not to reveal a secret

not to breathe a word about sth to b:

to be aban~oned because it is no longer practicable

to go by th board

to be difficult to get or find

to be hard to come by

I haven't ... yet

I've yet to

to have a quick look at sth (a report, a composition, calculations, etc) in order to check it for any obvious mistakes

to cast an eye over sth

to listen to the end; wysłuchac do końca

hear out

making a special sound when you grind it; chrupki, chrupiący

crunchy

to get a quick look at sth/sb when moving

to catch a (f1eeting) glimpse of

tendency, a liking for; tendencja, nacylenie, sympatie

leaning

to listen carefully in order to hear sth specific; nasłuchiwać

listen out for

very careful; mean; ostrożny, rozważny; skąp

chary

jakoś wytrzymywać pot.

sweat it out

money or property that you receive from someone after they die An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy. • something that is a part of your history or which stays from an earlier time The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature. The war has left a legacy of hatred.

legacy

to spend time lazily, to be doing sth very slowly; marudzic z czymś, wolno coś robić

loiter over

to search for; food for domestic animals; poszukiwać; plądrować, przeszukiwać; pasza

forage

direct; coming from the source; z pierwszej ręki I've got some first-hand information concerning the issue.

first-hand

to try to find; poszukiwać

look about/ around / round for

sinister, maleficient, hideous; zbrodniczy, ohydny

flagitious

to destroy or remove; to dismantle; to put sth (such as currently spoken words) in writing; zburzyć; rozmontowywać; notować, zapisywać

take down

suspicious; podejrzany, spod ciemnej gwiazdy

low-life He's been hanging around with some low-life company. Spotyka się z jakimś podejrzanym towarzystwem.

ptak drapieżny

bird of prey

to produce an illegal imitation; an illegal imitation; podrbiać, fałszować; podróbka, fałszerstwo

counterfeit Lots of counterfeited tools can be bought at bazaars. Na bazarach można kupić mnóstwo podrobionych narzędzi.

difficult to describe; having no special features; nijaki, nieokreślony

nondescript It's really difficult to recognize that nondescript person in a crowd. Naprawdę trudno rozpoznać tę nijaką osobę w tłumie.

życie usłane różami

bed of roses

to surrender; poddawać się

give in

unable to breathe; making you feel unable to breathe; uptight; bez tchu, zadyszany; zapierający dech w piersiach; duszny, napięty

breathless The exhibition left us breathless. Wystawa zapierała nam dech w piersiach.

a cheap and not very good restaurant or canteen; podrzędna restauracja

beanery

po cichu, w tajemnicy

on the quiet

a smile that expresses satisfaction or pleasure about having done something or knowing something which is not known by someone else

SMIRK "Maybe your husband does things that you don't know about," he said with a smirk. "I told you it would end in disaster," said Polly with a self-satisfied smirk on her face.

very tall (woman)

amazonian

describes an object that is much smaller than usual

midget

very small (inf)

teeny

fat

tubby

krępy

stout

fat+ weak

flabby

kościsty

bonny

thin

underweight

thin+ fragile

slight

thin+ weak

puny