CAE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 1 (from engexam.info)
unruly
krnąbrny, niesforny (o dziecku)
scatter cushion / toss pillow
mała poduszka ozdobna
irrevocably (The message is that even the language of the home has changed irrevocably: airing cupboards are going the same way as drawing rooms.)
nieodwracalnie; bezpowrotnie
hail (The film was hailed as a masterpiece)
okrzyknąć, przyjmować z entuzjazmem
factual
oparty na faktach, rzeczowy
hail from (He now lives in London but hails from Poland.)
pochodzić z; wywodzić się z
parlour
pokój przyjęć, salon
parable (Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold her message with the use of what she called 'the parables of the parlour', which suggests she understood the truth that, despite the catalogue of changes, there is a core that seems consistent.)
przypowieść
radiogram (UK, US->) radio-phonograph
radiola, radio-gramofon (urządzenie popularne w latach 50.)
rant (A man stood on a box and ranted at the crowd. He ranted about the ecology, and the state of life in America.)
rzucać gromy, głośno narzekać (na coś)
dissent
różnica zdań, sprzeciw; mieć odmienne zdanie
drawing room
salon, bawialnia
airing cupboard
szafka do suszenia lub przechowywania bielizny i pościeli
foibles (It's easier to laugh at the foibles of the past, and Highmore doesn't always resist a sense of modern superiority, though, for the most part, he's an engaging and quirky guide, dispensing sociological insights without jargon.)
słabostki
disclose
ujawniać, wyjawiać
disclosure
ujawnienie, wyjawienie (np. poufnej informacji)
whirlwind (He takes us on a whirlwind tour of an everyday house, from entrance hall to garden shed, illuminated by extensive reference to oral histories, popular magazines and personal memoirs.)
wicher, trąba powietrzna
ubiquitous
wszechobecny, powszechny
whip out (People often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to capture a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them.)
wyjąć błyskawicznie
snatch (Then suddenly he snatched the case out of my hand.)
wyrywać coś, wyrywać się
rant and rave about (He doesn't rant and rave about his music, which is why I loved working with him. People who openly rant and rave in public about everything the government does.)
wściekać się i pieklić; ciskać gromy
rave (Here's where I stop raving and tell you the bad news.)
zachwycać się czymś
entrenched
zakorzeniony, utrwalony