Brave New World 1

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short and broad
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squat
A squat grey building
a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions;
Pol. wylęgarnia
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hatchery
CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONING CENTRE
to stare angrily; (of light, colour, etc) to be very bright and intense;
Pol. gniewne spojrzenie, oślepiające światło
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glare
a harsh thin light glared through the windows
If sb or sth is _____ in a piece of cloth, they are loosely covered by it.
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draped
... seeking some draped lay figure
an artist's jointed model of the human form, on which drapery is arranged to get the proper effect;
Pol. manekin
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lay figure
draped lay figure
Sb or sth that is _____ is pale in an unattractive or unnatural way.
Pol. blady
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pallid
some pallid shape of academic goose-flesh
a rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked goose, induced by cold or fear;
Pol. gęsia skórka
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gooseflesh
academic goose-flesh
If you describe a place as _____, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive;
Pol. ponury, smętny
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bleak
bleakly shining porcelain
(esp of weather) of or characteristic of winter; lacking cheer or warmth; bleak
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wintry
Wintriness responded to wintriness
A _____ is a long stripe or mark on a surface which contrasts with the surface because it is a different colour;
Pol. smuga, promień
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streak
streak after luscious streak
extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell; very attractive;
Pol. pyszny, ponętny, pociągający
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luscious
streak after luscious streak
a part of a building, wall, etc, that recedes
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recession
streak after luscious streak in long recession down the work-tables.
a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress
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conditioning
the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room
hardly at all; only just;
Pol. ledwie, prawie nie
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scarcely
the scarcely breathing silence
a speech in a play in which an actor speaks to himself or herself and to the audience, rather than to another actor;
Pol. monolog
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soliloquy
soliloquizing hum or whistle of absorbed concentration
lacking experience of life; immature;
Pol. niedojrzały, niedoświadczony; nieopierzony
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callow
A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow
If you describe someone as_____, you think they have no courage or respect for themselves;
Pol. służalczy
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abject
students followed nervously, rather abjectly
to write or draw in a hasty or illegible manner;
Pol. bazgrać, gryzmolić
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scribble
he desperately scribbled
if a piece of information comes_____, it comes directly from the person who knows best or knows most about it, and so you are sure it is true
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from the horse's mouth
Straight from the horse's mouth.
to make (something) one's strict rule, habit, or practice;
Pol. dokładać starań, żeby coś zrobić; podkreślać, eksponować
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make a point of doing sth
he made a point of personally conducting his new students round the various departments

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