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