Filologia angielska - słownictwo

Zestaw 2500 słówek i wyrażeń przydatnych na studiach filologii angielskiej oraz osobom uczącym się angielskiego na zaawansowanym poziomie.

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Tłumaczenie
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locusts
Environment
short-horned grasshoppers migrating in swarms and stripping the vegetation from large areas.

A locust plague swept over the land and the crops were decimated.

locusts
Environment
The locusts cut a swathe of devastation through the farmland, devouring everything in their path.

congenital diseases
Environment
that have affected sb. since birth.
wady wrodzone

The inhabitants of the most polluted cities are susceptible to congenital diseases.

frugal
Environment
economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful.

The frugal Scotsman never takes a cab when he can walk. It was a frugal dinner, but very nourishing.

profligate
Environment
utterly and shamelessly immoral; recklessly prodigal or extravagant; wasteful.

He's a profligate man, and no decent human being should have anything to do with him. His accountant resigned, admonishing him, "Your profligate ways are depleting your fortune."

bereft
Environment
deprived, desolated; without or having lost a particular quality or power.

Once a forest stretching the river's length, the valley now lays completely bereft of trees. Bereft of their senses, the villagers rose up against the defenseless old woman.

suninduced skin cancer
Environment
skin cancer caused by unprotected overexposure to sunlight.

The statistics on are alarming. Doctors suggest using sun screen to reduce the risk of suninduced skin cancer.

to resonate
Environment
to echo.

The effects of the September 11th bombing will resonate throughout history - no one will ever feel safe anywhere ever again?

resonant
Environment
echoing, resounding.

The resonant quality of the attack will last forever.

discernible
Environment
perceivable, hearable, that can be discerned or made out.

Undoubtedly, Gerald could hear a discernible noise coming from behind the door - somebody was inside his room!

indiscernible
Environment
opposite to above!

Of course, the noise was indiscernible to Gerald's friend - was deaf - but there was definitely somebody there.

to fortify
Environment
to make stronger.

What I could do with is a little lemonade that has been fortified with a little whisky!

incantation
Environment
magical formula, spell.

The wizard uttered his incantation and Gerald turned into a frog!

hullabaloo
Environment
uproar, clamor.

The hullabaloo coming from the classroom clearly indicated that yet another teacher had lost control of class three - it was so noisy!

cadence
Environment
movement of sound; fall of voice, esp at end of sentence.

I like Gerald's voice - it has such a nice cadence to it...

din
Environment
racket, loud noise.

The din coming from the music hall clearly indicated that the new group still had to have several practice sessions!

cacophony
Environment
discordant sound.

As Gerald entered the pub a cacophony of sound greeted his ears - with no single voice predominating.

melodious
Environment
sweet sounding.

The melodious voice of the birds singing in the trees awoke Gerald from his gentle slumber!

REKLAMA
euphonious
Environment
pleasant sounding.

Most lullabies are deliberately designed to be as euphonious as possible.

dulcet (tones)
Environment
sweet soothing sound.

The dulcet tones of the female opera singer floated across the concert hall, much to the audience's delight.

clamorous
Environment
noisy.

The clamorous noise from the football stadium indicated that an exciting match was taking place.

tuneful
Environment
melodious (see above).

The guitar players singing was most tuneful - pity about his actual guitar playing!

raucous
Environment
harsh sounding.

The raucous noise coming from the car's engine perhaps suggested that two parts were rubbing against each other...

to raise a hue and cry over sth
Environment
to make a lot of noise/create a lot of bother about sth (to complain loudly).

The crowd raised a hue and cry until they were given their money back for the cancelled performance!

to drop a clanger
Environment
to make a faux pas, make a bad mistake.

I hope I didn't drop a clangor when I mentioned that I saw Gerald's girlfriend out with another man last night?

as silent as the grave
Environment
deadly quiet.

Everywhere it was utterly quiet - it was as silent as the grave.

to go with a bang
Environment
to go very well.

Well, the party certainly seemed to go with a bang it went very well! Loud enough to waken the dead very noisy.

it's so noisy in here
Environment
almost loud enough to waken the dead!

grating on the ear
Environment
harsh sounding.

I should say the violin player's tune was rather grating on the ear than very pleasant sounding - I thought someone had trodden on a cat!

fossil fuels
Environment
such as coal or oil that is produced by the very gradual decaying of animals or plants over millions of years.
paliwa kopalne

Environmentalists would like to see fossil fuels replaced by renewable energy sources.

nuclear waste
Environment
waste and material from nuclear reactors, which is radioactive.

There are no easy solutions to the problems of nuclear waste disposal.

noxious (gases)
Environment
harmful or poisonous.
trujacy,szkodliwy,

A heavy blanket of dust and noxious gases cover the capital for much of the year.

meltdown
Environment
a very dangerous situation in which the materiel in a nuclear reactor melts and burns through its container, allowing radioactivity to escape.
topnienie

Reactor meltdown in 1986 released heavy isotopes and contaminated a large area around it.

recycling
Environment
the process of treating things such as paper or steel so that they can be used again.
przetwarzanie

Recycling is important to help protect our environment.

depletion
Environment
reduction of the amount of the sth.
wyczerpywanie,uszczuplanie

The consequences of the depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere may be disastrous.

REKLAMA
irrigation
Environment
supplying land or crops with water.
nawadnianie

Digging irrigation ditches enabled people to plant rice in this area.

extinction
Environment
a situation in which a particular kind of animal, plant, etc.
wymarcie, wyginiecie

No longer exists. Conservationists are trying to save the Wale from extinction.

debris
Environment
all the pieces that are left after sth. has been destroyed in an accident, explosion, etc.
śmieci

The beach was littered with debris.

decimation
Environment
destroying a large part of sth.
zdziesiatkowanie

The population has been decimated by disease.

pesticides
Environment
chemical substances used to kill insects and small animals that destroy crops.
środki owadobójcze, pestycydy

The abuse of pesticides is destroying the fertile layer of the soil.

vivisection
Environment
experimenting on animals.
eksperymentowanie na zwierzetach

During the ecological campaign environmentalists protested against vivisection.

guinea pig
Environment
someone who is used in a scientific test to see how successful or safe a new product, system.
królik doświadczalny

inferior
Environment
lower, less good in quality or value.
podrzędny

Regarding animals as inferior creatures seems to justify experimenting on them.

torrential
Environment
(rain) very heavy.
ulewny deszcz

Last summer's flood in Poland was brought about by torrential rains.

overflow
Environment
(river, lake, container) full of water so that it flows over its edges.
występować-z brzegów

The river has overflowed its banks.

logging
Environment
work of cutting down forest trees for timber,
wycinka drzewa

Logging causes deaths of many animals living in forest. The government should forbid logging since there are almost no forests left in our country.

primates
Environment
the most highly developed order of mammals,
ssaki naczelne

Human beings, as well as apes, monkeys and lemurs, belong to primates. Human beings should take special care of monkeys since they also belong to primates.

carcass
Environment
a body of a dead animal especially one that is to be cut up as meat ,
padlina

I saw vultures picking at a lion's carcass. I would never be able to eat monkey's carcass as some people do.

habitat
Environment
natural home of a plant or animal,
środowisko

Africa is not the natural habitat of the polar bear.

poacher
Environment
person who illegally hunts animals,
kłusownik

Poachers have almost wiped out the African elephant.

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Dużo "literówek" i kilka poważniejszych błędów.

nursery school - oznacza również ŻŁOBEK (tak podaje słownik Cambridge), kindergarten - tłumaczy się jako PRZEDSZKOLE.

Jeśli dla niektórych z Państwa brak polskiego tłumaczenia, to co robicie na tym dziale, skoro jest to dla studentów filologii? Skoro student filologii jest poziomu B2/C1 powinien, jak nie musi, być w stanie zrozumieć znaczenie
z kontekstu. Jeśli znów rozchodzi się o wymowę, to jakim problemem jest wejść na stronę słownika takiego jak, longman, czy oxford, wpisać słowo i przeczytać transkrypcję/odsłuchać wymowę? Wystarczy odrobinę pomyśleć i odpowiedź się sama nasunie. ;) Pozdrawiam serdecznie.

Na jaki poziomie są te słówka ? Czy ich znajomość jest potrzebna do zdawania CAE ?

Wielka szkoda że, nie ma możliwości wydruku w pdf...

No właśnie w pdf by się przydało ;)

ma ktoś te wszystkie słówka w PDF ??

Zdania w przykładach są proste, co tu tłumaczyć? Zwłaszcza na tym poziomie. Ja bym raczej poprosiła o wymowę słówek. Czasem akcent albo głoska wymówiona nie tak -i klapa. Ale to drobiazg. Strona świetna, dziękuję i pozdrawiam.

Jest napisane, że to dla osób, które myślą o języku poważnie. Ucząc się zaawansowanego słownictwa, przeważnie już na poziomie B2/C1 rozumie się podaną po ang. definicję. Nie ma zatem co marudzić. :)

Moim zdaniem jeżeli ktoś już jest na filologii to powinien znać podstawowe zdania, sformułowania czy słowa jakie zostały zastosowane w tych przykładach słów ciut bardziej unikalnych, jak dla mnie bajka. Świetna strona, pozdrawiam.

Brak. Mnie np brakuje tłumaczenia zdania. I to jest też głównie największy problem w książkach. Tłumaczy się słówko a nie całe zdanie. I przez to niby zastosowanie jest - no jest... ale niepełne.

Genialny pomysł, ale nieprecyzyjne wykonanie...brak polskich tłumaczeń utrudnia pracę.

Brak?