Lekcja 9

Three new buildings were reared up in the centre of the city.

She liked to work with the radio playing and said it did not distract her.

They were imprisoned for incitement to commit grievous bodily harm.

1. a contentious decision/policy/issue/subject 2. She has some very contentious views on education.

a rowdy party rowdy behaviour

She spurned my offers of help. Ellis plays the part of the young lover spurned by his mistress

1. This type of battery outlasts the ordinary kind 2. The question in the end is which side can outlast the other.

1. The injured refugees straggled down the Hill. 2. The village straggles along the coast

1. media hype 2. There's been a lot of hype around/surrounding his latest film. 3. I've been put off reading the book by all the hype.

an outbreak of cholera/food poisoning/rioting/war

1. She passed him the mug, filled/full to the brim with hot black coffee 2. Her eyes brimmed with tears when she heard that he was alive.

The intention is to achieve a seamless transition with a continuity of management.

a tedious job

1. The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale. 2. When the newspapers published the full story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.

1. The real power of the Internet lies in its ubiquity and simplicity. 2. Lawyers said that the pervasiveness of the Internet made it difficult to insulate jurors from reports on a case.

1. I certainly don't endorse her views. 2. The proposal was endorsed by the majority of members. 3. I fully endorse what the speaker said.

My sister will go nuts when she finds out I crashed her car.

1. At this juncture, it is impossible to say whether she will make a full recovery. 2. Negotiations are at a critical juncture.

1. How do I sync my phone to my computer? 2. The action on the screen syncs perfectly with the music.

She barely uttered a word all morning.

1. utter confusion/misery/chaos 2. utter nonsense/rubbish/drivel 3. The meeting was a complete and utter waste of time.

1. She smiled affectionately at him. 2. He spoke affectionately about his family.

1. one of the main characters in a story or a play 2. an important supporter of an idea or political system:

Guide dogs are a great boon to the partially sighted.

She concluded that the plan was unviable with the resources that were available

She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.

1. I’ll take you on in a game of chess. 2. You have to be brave to take on a big corporation in court.

What set her apart from the other candidates for the job was that she had a lot of original ideas.

1. Doesn't the president need Congress' permission to wage war on another country? 2. They've been waging a long campaign to change the law.

1. A piano is a very unwieldy item to get down a flight of stairs. 2. an unwieldy bureaucracy

From the outset we planned to conduct our research together

1. We all worked together in the aftermath of the earthquake. 2. Many more people died in the aftermath of the explosion.

It took years to untangle the legal complexities of the case

1. discretionary benefits/bonuses/payments 2. The draft law gives companies discretionary power to block merger and acquisition deals with foreign investors.

A major tenet of the women’s movement has been that society needs their talents.

Who knows what kind of pitfalls they’re going to run into.

The seductions of life in a warm climate have led many Britons to live abroad, especially in Spain

1. She's very intelligent, but hasn't got much savvy 2. Teenagers are savvier about handling their digital information than adults.

1. I found no malice in him, only concern and love. 2. That was true enough, but I read the malice in it.

1. Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party. 2. Oli rig platforma