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The idiom "have one's foot on [someone's] neck" means to be in a superior, dominating position over someone else, having complete control and essentially at one's mercy.

weak, unsatisfactory, or not firm: One of the legs on this chair is a bit wonky. He may have to stop playing tennis because of his wonky knee. The jury system may be a bit wonky but nobody's ever thought of anything better.

(of fruit or vegetables) not of a regular shape, or different in shape to what is usual

an unusual and sometimes difficult situation: Playing two games in two days is a bit of a stretch for us, but I think we’ll make it. go through such a stretch

zwracać coś, oddawać coś (szczególnie nielegalną broń, coś skradzionego lub zgubionego a także pożyczonego)

to return something to an organization or a person in authority: Please turn your old parking permits in at the end of the week. Thousands of weapons were turned in during the national gun amnesty.

celowy, rozmyślny (czyn) z charakterem, wytrwale

showing that you know what you want to do aimed at achieving something; determined: He desired to lead a more purposeful life. A purposeful person pursues a goal. Purposeful also means intentional: the purposeful destruction of historic sites

to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation: He could harvest considerable political capital out of this incident. The only winners here seem to be the large, for-profit corporations who harvest profits from schools.

gromadzić się, zbierać się

to make something by joining separate parts: furniture that is easy to assemble if an organization assembles, it meets officially: The UNESCO assembled in Geneva in September.

pozwalać sobie (na coś), dogadzać, zaspokajać (potrzeby), zażywać (np. wolności, swobody) rozpieszczać (np. dzieci) dawać upust (np. nerwom) dopuszczać się (np. przestępstwa)

to allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you: The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs. indulge in We took a deliberate decision to indulge in a little nostalgia.

a story or piece of news discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others: The paper managed to secure a major scoop and broke the scandal to the world.

easily annoyed and complaining: Don't be so grouchy!

wypuścić, wypuszczać, wyrzucać, wybuchnąć, wybuchać (np. lawę, gaz) wyrzucić, wyrzucać (kasetę, płytę CD z odtwarzacza) katapultować się (np. pilot w samolocie) rugować, wyrzucać, wyrzucić, eksmitować, wyeksmitować (np. z mieszkania)

to force someone to leave a particular place: be ejected from A number of fans had been ejected from the bar for causing trouble.

1. wymeldować się (z hotelu) 2. sprawdzać (np. informację) 3. wyewidencjonować 4. obczajać, badać (patrzeć na kogoś lub coś) 5. zgadzać się, potwierdzać się 6. wypożyczać (np. książki) AmE

1. I'd like to check out. 2. Can you check this information out? I'm not sure if it's true. 3. Don't check her out, she's my girlfriend! 4. Your story doesn't check out, stop lying. 5. You can check out up to five books.

ekscentryzm, dziwaczność dziwactwo

the state of being eccentric: His eccentricity now extends to never washing or changing his clothes. an eccentric action: Her eccentricities get stranger by the day.

działający, dobrze funkcjonujący (np. o urządzeniu)

If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running it is operating: The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.

Oznacza to, że coś zostało uniknięte, ale bardzo, bardzo blisko.

he car missed the tree by an inch

If cancer cells metastasize, they spread to other parts of the body and cause tumours to grow there.

The phrase "turn it back up" likely refers to restoring data from a backup, increasing volume, or restarting a device or process.

to never do something because you think it is wrong: I swear a lot, but even I draw the line at saying certain words.

zdradliwy (np. teren), niebezpieczny (np. o drodze)

If the ground or sea is treacherous, it is extremely dangerous, especially because of bad weather conditions: Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and drivers are warned to use caution.

piskliwy, przeraźliwy, przenikliwy (dźwięk) głośny i ochrypły (głos) ostry (o krytyce, komentarzu) natarczywy, nachalny

A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: People are put off by his strident voice. forceful, or very loud: s. criticism, a s. voice aggressive and determined: He is a strident advocate of nuclear power. strident criticism

An opinionated person is certain about their beliefs, and expresses their ideas strongly and often: He was opinionated and selfish, but undeniably clever.

very important because of effects on future events: the momentous news of the president's death Whether or not to move overseas was a momentous decision for the family.

completely and thoroughly They cleaned the house from top to bottom.

able to be exchanged with each other without making any difference or without being noticed: interchangeable parts The terms "drinking problem" and "alcohol abuse" are often interchangeable.

free and natural, without embarrassment or too much control: The students we spoke to were surprisingly uninhibited in talking about sex. We watched two hours of glorious, uninhibited tennis. She gave a loud, uninhibited laugh.

a newspaper, magazine, or online article that is in the form of a list: I hate those listicles called things like "10 Things You Didn't Know About Cats".

narąbany, spruty, nachlany potocznie zarysowany, wyrzeźbiony (np. mięśnie) potocznie popruty, poszarpany, z dziurami (np. o spodniach)

having strong, well-developed muscles that can be seen through the skin: He is in the gym every day trying to get a ripped body. Pilates will get your abs looking ripped.

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to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine: A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place. With some difficulty he hoisted her onto his shoulders. I scrabbled for a handhold and hoisted myself up.

providing a lot of useful information: This is an interesting and highly informative book.

a complete story or the story of one character, especially one that is part of a larger story in a film, book, or television series: Even the minor characters in these films come with their own story arcs.

to cry slightly in a way that is weak and does not make other people feel sympathy for you: He's sitting in his bedroom snivelling because he was told off for not doing his homework.

to give or to be a good reason for: I can't really justify taking another day off work. Are you sure that these measures are justified?

If you justify yourself, you give a good reason for what you have done: It was the only thing that I could do - I don't have to justify myself to anyone.

"Deem it appropriate" means to consider or judge something to be suitable or fitting for a particular situation. It implies an assessment of whether something is correct, proper, or acceptable.

wstrzymanie (rozpoczętej czynności), zaprzestanie (jakiejś akcji), cięcia

When a service, plan, etc. gets the axe, it is stopped or prevented from happening: Religious programmes will be the first to get the axe if she's put in charge of the station.

mieć kogoś na oku być świadomym intencji kogoś skontaktować się z kimś dowiedzieć się o kimś mieć kogoś na sumieniu

I'm on to you, so watch out." - "Jestem świadomy twoich intencji, więc uważaj." "The police is on to him.

to have sex with a lot of people or with people other than your husband or wife

things you own that you often carry with you, such as keys or clothing: After she had identified the body of her husband, the police asked her to collect his personal effects.

someone who helps a criminal to commit a crime, someone who helps a criminal to commit a crime