WORD-OF-THE-WEEK

To be stuck - to be in a difficult situation, unable to change it ( ugrzęznąć)

OTHER EXPRESSIONS WITH 'STUCK':

>to be stuck with sb/sth - to have to deal with someone or something unpleasant because you have no choice ( skazany na kogoś)
>to get stuck in - to start doing sth enthusiastically ( robić coś entuzjastycznie)
>be stuck in a groove - to be bored because you are doing the same thing ( być znużonym)

EXAMPLES:

1. We haven't done anything exciting - we seem to be stuck in a groove.
2. I brought in the cake and everyone got stuck in it.
3. He was snoring all the time but we were stuck with him throughout the whole journey.
4. We'd be stuck all day at home with the kinds if it wasn't for your mother.

GLOSSARY:

>commonplace - a boring remark that is used very often ( oklepany zwrot)
>curse - words that are intended to bring bad luck ( klątwa)
>breakthroughs - an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation ( przełom)
>undergo - to experience a change ( przechodzić, mieć)
>made redundant - to be dismissed from work ( zwolnić)
>beneficial - a helpful or good effect intended to help ( korzystny, dobroczynny)
>to grasp at - to try to take an opportunity ( chwycić)
>curious - interested in learning about sth ( ciekawy)
>irreversible - not possible to change sth ( nieodwracalny)

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Complete the gaps with words from the text.
1. During the speech the president made a ..................... which the audience appreciated.
2. In a famous story, the witch put a ............ on the people in the village.
3. She had to .......................... a serious life-saving operation.
4. The trip to the seaside was ............................. to his health. He stopped coughing so much.
5. If I was offered the job I'd ........................ the chance.

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