QUIZ 2

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


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