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a place where an organized meeting, concert etc takes place
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venue
At the venue - some hall, some large dusty room
if people ____ somewhere, they walk there in a line
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file
we filed in and took our seats.
feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen:
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apprehensive
I was oddly apprehensive
If the weather or heat is ..., it is too hot and there is no wind:
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oppressive
the oppressive, humid warmth of the room,
friendly and happy
Pol. sympatyczny, miły
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genial
it wasn't either the usual tense geniality disguising the edginess
to hide a fact or feeling so that people will not notice it
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disguise
geniality disguising the edginess
nervous and worried
Pol. podenerwowany, zirytowany
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edgy
the edginess that arises when too many writers
used to describe an activity that you think is silly or difficult
Pol. heca, cyrk
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lark
This "reading" lark - it didn't feel right,
making you feel nervous or worried
Pol. niepokojący
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unsettling
it was strange and unsettling.
to walk towards sth or sb slowly and quietly, as if you do not want to be noticed
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sidle
The author sidled self-consciously up to the lectern
an object with a sloping surface that you put an open book or notes on while you are speaking to people in public
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lectern
The author sidled self-consciously up to the lectern
to be even better or greater than someone or something else
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surpass
in a monotone of surpassing dullness, he announced that, in an ideal world, he would have read the entire novel to us this evening
Pol. niedościgły, niezrównany
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surpassing
in a monotone of surpassing dullness, he announced that, in an ideal world, he would have read the entire novel to us this evening
nervous or uncomfortable because you are worried about what people think about you or your actions:
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self-conscious
The author sidled self-consciously up to the lectern
whole
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entire
he would have read the entire novel to us this evening
Pol. poruszenia
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stirrings
nervous stirrings in the audience
Pol. jedynie trzy lub cztery
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mere three or four
he would have to restrict himself to a mere three or four chapters.
not active because you are lazy or sleepy
Pol. odrętwiały, niemrawy, senny
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torpid
time slowed to a torpid, snail-like crawl.
an extremely long period of time
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aeon
Subjective aeons passed before we were released to the pleasures of the buffet
a very slow speed:
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crawl
time slowed to a torpid, snail-like crawl.

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