Going to Extremes - Vocabulary (page 19)

Custom - changed to suit your needs

Custom - habit

Bend - curve, turn

To shift - to change, modify, move

Slam - smash, bang

Sole - podeszwa

State-of-the-art - high-tech, modern

Practitioner - participant

Clamber - climb

Steep - stormy e.g. slope

Crampons - raki

Glacier - lodowiec

Span - przęsło

Abbreviation - HIV (each letter read separately)

Acronym - AIDS ( you read it as a word)

Morbid - macabre, gruesome (makabryczny)

Velocity - speed, pace

Inflated - nadmuchany

Provide cushioning (protection)

Hurtle - dash (pędzić)

Harness - strap up, tie together

Do away with - obejść się bez czegoś

Odd - accidental

Bump - guz

Bruise - siniak

Agility - dexterity

Agile - dexterous - zwinny

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