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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activism
Politics
the doctrine or practice of vigorous action or involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals, as by demonstrations, protests, etc.

Legitimate anti-globalization activism has been undermined by the presence of anarchists.

caucus
Politics
a meeting of the members of a political party or special interest group to select candidates or convention delegates, determine policy.

The delegates held a caucus before the convention to elect a chairman.

conflict of interest
Politics
the circumstance of a public officeholder, corporate officer, etc., whose personal interests might benefit from his or her official actions or influence.

The judge was admonished by the high court for possible conflict of interest

constituency
Politics
a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer, or the district itself.
elektorat, okręg wyborczy

I must protest the waste treatment plant the government plans to build in my constituency.

cabinet
Politics
a council advising a sovereign or a chief executive; the group who manage a government.

The secretary of state is an important member of the federal cabinet.

fiscal
Politics
of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies; or financial matters in general.

The job as treasurer entails fiscal responsibility.

imbroglio
Politics
A difficult, embarrassing or confusing situation - especially in the field of politics.

The imbroglio over what to do with Afghanistan is still top of Mr. Blair's priorities.

voter turnout
Politics
the number of people who go to vote.
frekwencja na głosowaniu

Voter turnout in Poland this year was very low, with very few people going to the polls

incipient
Politics
beginning, in early stage.
w początkowym stadium

Gerald's illness was incipient, so there was lots of hope for a recuperation.

incipient
Politics
ONEROUS

incipient
Politics
burdensome, unpleasant.
uciążliwy

Most soldiers probably consider it an onerous duty to have to kill their enemy, but often it is a case of kill or be killed.

snappy
Politics
brisk, or neat and elegant.
szybko albo: dobrze ubrany

You look very snappy today - why are you so well dressed up?

disseminating
Politics
Scatter about, sow in various places (esp. fig. Of doctrines, sedition, disease, etc).
rozpowszechnianie

The Taleban in Afghanistan recently accused several Christians of disseminating

soundbite
Politics
popular, catchy and pleasant sounding words that in fact convey very little substance, often used with reference to political speeches.

When the prime minister declared he wouldn't involve himself in any argy-bargy with the Argentineans it all sounded very nice, but what did he really mean it was pure sound bite, the sort of thing the public wanted to hear!

downgraded
Politics
lowered in rank, etc.
2 o pogarszającej się jakości

The sergeant was informed that his actions were irresponsible and that he was going to be downgraded to the rank of corporal. (2) The quality of McDougal's flour has definitely been downgraded recently, don't you think?

electorate
Politics
body of electors, those entitled to vote.
elektorat

The electorate of Poland has once again decided to choose a communist government.

vicissitudes
Politics
Continuous changes and problems which affect someone's life ups and downs.

He would often sit and reflect on the vicissitudes of his life.

whistleblower
Politics
Sb who makes secret information public.

David Shayler, the MI5 whistle-blower, is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights.

REKLAMA
politicising
Politics
give political character to.
upolityczniać

I wish you'd stop politicizing about Gerald's birthday being a great moment for the state and just give him your best wishes

politic
Politics
sagacious, prudent, judicious, expedient.
rozważnie

I think Anna's saying about Gerald's birthday being a great moment for the state was rather politic considering her own forthcoming candidacy to be elected to Gerald's party!

electioneering
Politics
the busying of oneself in elections, trying to get elected.
agitacja wyborcza

When the prime minister announced that he was increasing pensions, some people accused him of already indulging in electioneering and not really being concerned about the plight of the elderly!

wishywashy
Politics
Either weak or unclear ideas or a person whose ideas are thus.

The problem with the Liberal Democrats is that their policies are so wishy-washy.

quango
Politics
a QUAsi- Non-Governmental Organization.

Some people say that the new committee set up to study government inefficiency will not really find anything wrong as it is just a quango and not really separate from the government!

constituency
Politics
body of voters who elect a representative, area so represented.
okręg wyborczy

Most of the people in my constituency vote Tory, but I never will!

ballot
Politics
secret voting, or (verb) process of voting in such a way.
tajne głosowanie

The union members were asked to vote in a ballot for a new leader.

offset
Politics
counterbalance, compensating point.
równoważenie, kompensacja

The prime minister hoped that the increase in overall taxes would be offset for pensioners by an increase in their pensions so that they at least didn't suffer.

entrenched
Politics
well defended, or set/fixed position.
utrwalony, zakorzeniony

Many people accuse the government of being entrenched in their taxation policy, refusing to listen to common sense!

sanctimonious
Politics
Behaving in an annoying manner as if morally better than others

The most irritating thing about politicians is their sanctimonious preaching about family values.

to follow suit
Politics
to do the same as (sb else).

The government having finally decided to cut taxes, the opposition has decided to follow suit and make it one of their policies as well.

a dumbing down of sth
Politics
making sth as simplistic as possible.

Einstein's theory of relativity is very complex and needs dumbing down a little if the ordinary public is to understand it.

spin doctors
Politics
political speech makers, practiced in the art of oratory.

Some accuse the Labor party of having lots of spin doctors, practiced in the art of making clever sounding speeches.

to pander to
Politics
to minister to (often base passion or evil designs).

I think the Conservative party often panders to the baser desires of the public.

a landslide majority
Politics
an outright/vast majority, .

In the last two elections, though particularly the last one, the Labor party has achieved a landslide majority.

first past the post system
Politics
system by which the first party to get a majority of votes, no matter how many, in whatever constituency, wins that constituency and has its m.p. represent that area

first past the post system
Politics
the opposite to proportional representation - where the number of votes each candidate receives may determine how politicians each party gets into parliament...

REKLAMA
hobbyhorse
Politics
topic to which one often recurs, is obsessed by.

The lowering of taxes is a subject which the present treasurer seems to treat as his own personal hobbyhorse, almost ignoring all other aspects of the economy.

horse trading
Politics
the pragmatic trading of favors...

Listen, sunshine, lets have less horse trading and more principled actions based on loyalty, okay?

to curry favour with
Politics
to seek sb's approval in a, usually, sycophantic way.

It's no use trying to curry favor with me by offering to do the dishes, you can't go out and that is that!

platform
Politics
the ideas and aims of a political party especially as expressed before an election,
platforma wyborcza

What will be the main plank in your party's platform? This party came to power on a platform of economic reform.

ballot
Politics
a sheet of paper used to make a secret vote,
głos

When someone votes on members of only one party it is called a straight ballot.

vet
Politics
to check sb's past activities to make sure that they are suitable for a (esp. governmental) job,
lustrować

All politicians should be well vetted.

cabinet
Politics
group of ministers or secretaries who directly meet with the president or prime minister,
prezydium rządu

Bush tried to make his cabinet as multi-cultural as possible to make democrats happy.

centrist
Politics
having nonextreme political views,
centrowy

He was a centrist politician.

coup
Politics
sudden violent change of government,
zamach stanu

Colombia has a coup every 2 months.

vote of confidence
Politics
formal vote showing how much a party supports its leader,
wotum nieufności

Kwasniewski won a vote of confidence.

audit bureau
Politics
institution that makes official examinations of tax issues,
izba kontroli

The IRS is the major audit bureau in the US.

extradite
Politics
officially send someone back to their own country to stand trial,
ekstradować

He was extradited back to Uruguay.

devolution
Politics
transfer of power from central to local government,
przekazanie władzy

Northern Ireland is in the middle of a devolution process.

electoral roll
Politics
list of voters in an area,
lista wyborcza

Are you on the electoral roll for Wielkopolska?

to pour scorn on sthg
Politics
To show dislike or disapproval for something you believe to be stupid, unreasonable, oldfashioned or not as good as something else.

The journalist Jeremy Paxman often pours scorn on what politicians say.

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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?