advanced grammar and vocabulary 6

to cause something to happen; to cause a pregnant woman to give birth to her baby earlier than she would naturally, or cause a baby to be born earlier than it would be naturally

INDUCE In this hospital, twins are often induced.

formal the general meaning, character or pattern of something

TENOR What was the general tenor of his speech?

serious, boring and slightly old-fashioned

STAID In an attempt to change its staid image, the newspaper has created a new section aimed at younger readers.

to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way; to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning

CONTRIVE Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd be ideally suited. [+ to infinitive] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert. Do you think you could contrive something for hanging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe?

simple and often rough in appearance; typical of the countryside

RUSTIC a rustic bench/cabin The property has a certain rustic charm.

okup

RANSOM a ransom demand/note They demanded a huge ransom for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped. The gang held the racehorse to/for ransom.

a person who is not loyal or stops being loyal to their own country, social class, beliefs, etc.

TRAITOR The leaders of the rebellion were hanged as traitors. The Chinese Communist Party branded (= called) Mr Gorbachev 'a traitor to socialism'.

a person who works in a large shop, especially a department store, watching the customers so that they do not steal goods

STORE DETECTIVE

to prevent from doing something or to make someone less enthusiastic about doing something by making it difficult for them to do it or by threatening bad results if they do it

DETER

the physical punishment of people, especially of children, by hitting them

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT

in a way that shows no emotion or interest

FLATLY The witness responded flatly to the judge's questions

deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want; [before noun] seeming to know secrets

SLY He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money. "You'll find out eventually," said Mary with a sly smile.

cogodzinne

HOURLY There's an hourly bus service into town. Take two tablets at hourly intervals.

wahający się

HESITANT You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it? She gave me a hesitant smile.

having or relating to one or more angles • having a clear shape with sharp points kanciasty, trójkątny (twarz)

ANGULAR

wprowadzający

INTRODUCTORY

kłótliwy

QUARRELSOME

niemoralny

AMORAL

nadwrażliwy

HYPERSENSITIVE

If a shop, business or organization is understaffed, it does not have enough employees

UNDERMANNED

koronkowy

lace

zatrzymać (areszt)

DETAIN WITH CHARGES

dostać opiekę nad dzieckiem

to be granted/ given a custody

scary

apprehensive

showing that you find a bad or difficult situation slightly funny

WRY a wry smile/comment

skazany

CONVICT (CON); ex-con

ludobójstwo

genuscide

wiatrówka

air- riffle

w afekcie

in passion

morderstwo

homicide

[I or T] to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime wnieśc oskarzenie, oskarzac

PROSECUTE Shoplifters will be prosecuted. He was prosecuted for fraud. Any manufacturer who does not conform to the standards could be prosecuted under the Consumers Protection Act, 1987. The victim has said that she will not prosecute.

to attack someone violently

ASSAULT A woman and a man have been convicted of assaulting a police officer. He had attempted to sexually assault the woman.

sex with someone you do not know

casual sex

zastawić pułapkę

set a trap

alimenty

alimony

to ignore, pay no attention to sth; leave, to give up; lekceważyć, ignorować; odrzucać, opuszczać

fling aside After he got involved in a relationship with that girl, he flung aside his bunch of friends. Po tym, jak związał się z tą dziewczyną, odrzucił paczkę swoich przyjaciół.

odcinać się

answer back

someone who supports an idea; an advocate; wyraziciel, propagator

EXPONENT He always was an exponent of non-violence. Zawsze był propagatorem postawy przeciwnej używaniu siły

shivering because of fever, cold, etc.; mający dreszcze

SHIVERY Her daughter was shivery and had a headache. Jej córka miała dreszcze i bolała ją głowa.

to get back to the beginning (of a story, events, etc.); prześledzić coś; wracać do początków

TRACE BACK To understand the whole situation, we need to trace back the story again. Żeby zrozumieć całą tę sytuację, musimy prześledzić tę historię raz jeszcze.

to be fried, to become burnt or dry; smażyć, przysmażać, zesmażyć się zbyt mocno; skwierczeć

FRIZZLE The meat was frizzling in the pan. Mięso skwierczało na patelni

apetizing; delicious; apetyczny, smakowity

TOOTHSOME Sally must be preparing a toothsome meal- can you smell it? Sally z pewnością przygotowuje jakiś smakowity posiłek- czujesz, jak pachnie?

formal to catch and arrest someone who has not obeyed the law

APPREHEND The police have finally apprehended the killer.

osądzony

TRIED

wnieść postępowanie sądowe

bring a civil action against sb

pozwany

DEFENDANT (ACCUSED)

adwokat

BARRISTER

wytoczyć proces, pozwać

to SUE sb

bronić kogoś

to HANDLE one's DEFENCE

porozmawiać z prawnikiem

to CONSULT your SOLICITOR

wina zbiorowa

JOINT GUILT

złamanie obietnicy

BREACH OF PROMISE

oszczerstwo

SLANDER

zniesławienie

LIBEL

koszta sądowe

legal costs

zaniedbanie

negligence