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straightforward

simple and easy to understand

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quibble

argue about small unimportant details

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commute

to make the same journey regularly between work and home

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come to terms with

accept a challenging, to gradually accept a sad situation, often the death of someone you love

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come in handy

to be useful

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build-up

increase over a period of time, to increase or become larger or stronger, or to cause someone or something to do this, an increase, especially one that is gradual

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devote

to give your time or effort completely to something you believe in or to a person, or to use a particular amount of time or energy doing something

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set up

prepare what will be needed for an activity, to prepare something for use, especially by putting the different parts of it together, to provide someone or something with all the necessary things for particular activity or period of time

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take on

to accept a particular job or responsibility, to begin to have, use, or do something

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keep/put your nose to the grindstone

to work very hard for a long time

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unassuming

Someone who is unassuming is quiet and shows no wish for attention or admiration,

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presumptuous

rude because of doing something although you know you do not have a right to do it (bezczelny, arogancki, zarozumiaƂy), taking too much for granted

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inadvertently

in a way that is not intentional

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insipid

not having a strong taste or character, or having no interest or energy

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nondescript

very ordinary, or having no interesting or exciting features or qualities, bez wyrazu

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disgruntled

unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something