random word of the day: YOU DON'T LOOK IT

random word of the day: YOU DON’T LOOK IT – nie widać po tobie

(you can't see it just by looking at you)

 (1) My student: I was hyperactive as a child.

Me: Really? You don’t look it. (Laughter)

hyperactive – nadpobudliwy (to have too much energy and have problems focusing on one thing at a time)

(2) Dudley’s favourite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn’t often catch him. Harry didn’t look it, but he was very fast.

a punching bag – worek treningowy (a leather bag filled with air hung from a frame or fixed to a stand, used by  boxers  for training or exercise)

(3) Jag doesn’t look it, but he’s quite the cook. If living on his own taught him anything, it’s to make the most out of what little you have.

to be quite the cook – całkiem nieźle gotować (to be able to cook really well)

to make the most (out) of – w pełni coś wykorzystać (to use something well, in a clever and creative way)

what little you have – to, co posiadamy (what we’ve got and not more)

(4) He doesn't look it but inside he's really nervous. He always is. He just never lets anybody see.

(5) Cameron Diaz is 40 and her body definitely doesn’t look it. But then very few Hollywood actresses look their age in this era of personal trainers, nutritionists and pilates programs.

but then (again) – ale przecież, ale z drugiej strony (but when you think about the matter more or in another way)

to look your age – wyglądać na swój wiek (to look in the way that shows how old you are)

a nutritionist – dietetyk, żywieniowiec (a person who specialises in what and how much a person should eat)

(6) I hate it when a bloke is trying to chat me up, then when he asks my age and I tell him, he goes: 'Wow you don't look it!’ You only look about 23/24!' It's the biggest load of bullshit for flattery, and besides, what makes them think I have a problem with being nearly 30 anyway?

a bloke – koleś, gość (a guy)

to chat somebody up – zagadać, poderwać (to talk to someone in a way that shows them that you are sexually attracted to them)

a load of bullshit – pie****enie (a total lie)

flattery – pochlebstwa (saying compliments, saying nice things about somebody)

besides – poza tym (also)

anyway – w ogóle (used for showing that you have come to the end of what you are telling someone)

(7) I am 5’2’’ and currently 139 lbs. When I tell my friends, they say, “Wow, you don’t look it!”

5’2’’ – five feet two inches/ five foot two inches ( 1.58 m)

139 lbs – 139 pounds (63 kg)

(8) To look at me no one would ever say that I was Latino," he said. "Whenever I would tell people that my mother is Colombian, they would say 'Wow, you don't look it. You look like a WASP, you look British or something.

                          

WASP – White Anglo Saxon Protestant – przedstawiciel białej elity amerykańskiej pochodzenia angielskiego (a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe, and is therefore part of a group often considered as having the most influence and the most money in American society)

random word of the day: ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN

random word of the day: ON A SCALE OF/FROM ONE TO TEN – w skali od 1 do 10

(How _____ are you/ is it?)

(1) (My student has just come back from Thailand)

Me: On a scale from one to ten how tan are you?

tan – opalona (brown from the sun)

(2) Typically, scaling questions have students rate where they are on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the worst/lowest and 10 being the best/highest.

scaling – przeliczanie w skali (putting something on a scale)

to rate – oceniać, szacować (to judge the value or character of someone or something)

(3) This factor is represented in this study on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 represents an extremely low degree of quality improvement or enhancement, and 10 represents an extremely high degree of improvement or enhancement.

a factor – czynnik (a fact or situation which influences the result of something)

to represent – oznaczać (to be something, to mean something)

a degree – stopień (an amount or level of something)

improvement – ulepszenie, udoskonalenie (getting better)

enhancement – poprawa, umocnienie (getting better, stronger)

(4) On a scale from one to ten, how hungry are you?” Angela asked, hopping out of the van. “Nine point five.” She responded.

to hop (in/out of the van) – wskakiwać/wyskakiwać (to jump)

(5) On a scale of 1 to Voldemort, how awkward are your hugs?

awkward – niezręczne (embarrassing)

(6) On a scale of 1 to 10, how cool are you?

Rough estimate: ... -3

Well, I dont know, but I bet I’m cooler than Miley Cyrus.

Definitely a 1. I'm a 60 year old fat female nerd beginning to grow a beard. How uncool is that?

A 9, I think.

I’m so cool I can freeze all your food for you.

rough – przybliżony, orientacyjny (fairly correct but not exact or detailed; approximate)

an estimate – szacunek, przybliżone obliczenie ( a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something might be)

I bet – założę się (I’m certain that ...)

to grow a beard – kiedy zaczyna komuś rosnąć broda (when hair starts appearing on your face, especially the chin and cheeks area)

to freeze – zamrażać (to make something cold and therfore last longer)

(7) On a scale of 1 to Lord of The Rings, how much did you walk today?

                                                   

(8) On a scale of 1 to stepping on a Lego, how much pain are you in?

to step on – nadepnąć, (to put your foot on something by mistake)

(9) On a scale from one to ten (one being a fetus and ten being the boy holding a grenade) how tired are you?

a fetus – płód (a young human being or animal before birth, after the organs have started to develop)

a grenade – granat (a small bomb thrown by hand or shot from a gun)

random word of the day: HIS PAJAMAS OF CHOICE

random word of the day: OF CHOICE – ulubiony, najczęściej wybierany (a personal favourite, something preferred)

(1) Accurate or not, colleagues make all sorts of assumptions about you based on your drink of choice. “Avoid drinks that are clichés of what women order” – fruity concoctions, margaritas, spritzers – cautions Alpana Singh, owner of the Boarding House in Chicago, who a decade ago, at age 26, became the world’s youngest female master sommelier.

accurate – dokładny (precise, right)

to make an assumption – zakładać coś (to accept something to be true without question or proof, to assume)

a cliché – coś oklepanego, typowego (here: an expected, predictable choice)

a concoction – mieszanka, mikstura (the result of mixing different things)

a spritzer – mieszanka białego wina i oranżady (a drink made with white wine and soda)

  to caution – ostrzegać, przestrzegać (to warn)

a sommelier – a wine expert

(2) Melt the oil in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk in your cocoa of choice. As you let it cool, beat the eggs, honey, salt, and vanilla until fluffy. Once the cocoa mixture is cooled, slowly add it to the eggs mixture.

to melt – rozpuszczać (to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this)

a saucepan – rondelek (deep round pan with straight sides, usually with a handle and a lid, used for cooking things over heat)

to whisk – ubijać trzepaczką (to beat eggs, cream, etc. with a special tool in order to add air and make the food light)

cocoa – kakao (a sweet chocolate drink that is made with a dark brown powder made from  cocoa beans

fluffy – puszysty (light and full of air)

(3) You will need to purchase or obtain a copy of a historically significant book from the list below. After you have read your book of choice you will need to write one analytical paper.

to purchase – kupić (to buy)

significant – znacząca, ważna (important)

to obtain – uzyskać (to get, to receive)

(4) My breakfast of choice is oatmeal...I've found that it is one of the only things that sticks with me for a while so I don't find myself starving by the time lunch rolls around.

oatmeal – owsianka (porridge)

it sticks with me – napełnia mój żołądek (it keeps me full/not hungry)

for a while – na jakiś czas (for quite long)

to starve – umierać z głodu (to be extremely hungry)

lunch rolls around – przychodzi czas na lunch (when lunchtime comes)

(5) Katniss learned her archery skills from her father, and she uses a bow to hunt for food. It also becomes her weapon of choice in the arena.

archery – łucznictwo (the art or sport of shooting arrows)

a bow – łuk (weapon for shooting arrows, made of a long thin piece of wood bent into a curve by a tightly stretched string)

a weapon – broń (something you fight with)

(6) We then go upstairs, and he gets changed into his pajamas of choice. He doesn't necessarily choose appropriate ones, such as choosing footed fleece pj's, on a hot August evening ("But Mommy... I want my race car pj's!"), so sometimes there's another little struggle there. But we soldier on.

pajamas =pyjamas = pj’s – piżama

not necessarily – niekoniecznie (not in every case)

footed – z zabudowanymi stopami (covering feet)

fleece – z polaru (made of a warm soft material)

to soldier on – nie poddawać się (to continue doing something although it is difficult)