What I saw at the revolution
Shroud – cover (całun)
To recede – withdraw (maleć)
Rally – gathering
To besiege – surround
Bid – endeavor (próba)
To seize – to capture (opanować)
Registration poll – voting booth
Frantic – frenzied (rozszalały)
Commissioners – agents (członkowie komisji)
Building – growing
Putsch – coup d’état, overthrow (przewrót)
Deployed – distributed (rozmieszczeni)
Coup-prone – supporting the overthrow
Looting – stealing
Plunged – fell down
Expats – expatriates
Condos – apartments (mieszkania własnościowe)
Far-flung – distant
To pour into – flood
Detractor – derogator (krytyk)
Spin toward – go, head [towards sth]
Derogatory – offensive
Firebrand – agitator (podżegacz)
Cobra choke – tight grip – trzymać w garści
Fugitie – deserter
Assets – property
Well-placed – well-informed
Cronyism – patronage
Graft – bribe, corruption
Subsidy – aid
Blanket amnesty – covers everything
To surge – to rush
Exit fare – fee machine payment
To boom – to resonate
Throng – large crowd
To ripple – to flutter
Overpass – [foot]bridge
Stacked – piled up
To exhort – warn
Jerky – uncontrolled
Fitful – irregular
Flair – glamour
Proceeds – earnings
Notion – idea
Trading – zamieniając
Elevated – lifted
Artery – passage
Milling – moving about
Arrayed – aligned
Vendors – merchants
On cue – on signal
Shrill – deafening
Blast – explosion
On the beat – at work
Strident – harsh
Defiant - disobedient
Shrieking – howling
Impromptu – improvised
Socialite – noble
Crouched – bent, hunched
Glistening – shining
Transferring – relocating
To make headlines – to appear in the spotlight
To dodge – to avoid
Tallied – counted, added up
Endowed – sponsored
Redshirt – expendable
Push – attempt
Peppered – interrupted
Roared – exploded
Hammering – close to defeat
To tilt – to lean, turn
Raid – attack
To tip off – to inform
To jam the brakes – to push/lock the brakes
Brakes – stopping device
To box out – to block
Potent – powerful
To hype – promote
To canonize – to idolize
Portly – fat, bulky
Briefs – pants/underwear
Crisp - brittle
Decorations – honors
Mob – crowd
Street fair – festival
Food court – food area
Checks and balances – separation of power
Hovering – floating
Glinting – sparkling
Shortcomings – flaws
Plunder – pillage (ograbiać, kraść)
Abandon – disregard, recklessness
Steeped in – soaked
Viciously – cruelly
Animated – passionate
Prowl – roam
Slander – defame
Collective – crowd
To downplay – lessen
Ponder – consider
Outlet – channel
Corporate – allied
Disparate – at odds, different
Hurled - thrown
Assailant – attacker
Dissension – controversy
To spar – fight
To flare – spread
Committee – cabinet, board
Tell me more about me, please
Pipsqueak – nonentity, sth insignificant (nic nie znaczący)
Chops – talent
Furnace – heating device (kominek, piec)
Particles – pieces, atoms
Steam – mist
Moisturizer – lotion
I.T.- ification of the consumers – making the consumers I.T. savvy
Efficiencies – abilities
DVRs – PVRs [recording devices]
Hard-pressed – worried, agitated
To slip on – to put on
Vitals – organs
Pricing – worthy (cenny)
One-trick – skilled in only one area
To slice and dice – to divide and examine
To correlate – compare
One-off – once only (jednorazowy)
Venture – gambling, adventurous
The tipping point – critical point
To plummet – to decrease
Feasibility – practicability
To shy from – to back down
Behemoth – giant, big corporation
To let slip – to release secret information
Deal-breaker – sth unacceptable that breaks the deal