2 articles for today

Hi!
I've read today these articles and written down new words and some interesting phrases.
Good luck with memorising them!
Clare V.

BBC news - Digital tools 'to save languages'


indigenous - /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/ miejscowy, np. an indigenous language


moribund - /ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/ konający, dogorywający; wymierający


to devise -  /dɪˈvaɪz/  to invent a method of doing something, collocates with means, mechanism, method, plan, scheme, strategy, system, way, eg. devise a plan


to bridge a gap - wypełniać lukę 


sorely - /ˈsɔː(r)li/ bardzo, poważnie adv sorely needed


inevitably - /ɪnˈevɪtəbli/ nieuchronny, nieunikniony


a brink -  /brɪŋk/krawędź, skraj


sustainably - sustainable  /səˈsteɪnəb(ə)l/  zrównoważony


BBC learning English - Sausage Wars


humble - /ˈhʌmb(ə)l/ insignificant or unimportant

klobasa - smoked sausage, served whole

gentrification -  /ˌdʒentrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ changing an area to make it look more expensive and elegant, restoration - odrestaurowac, odnowić

gastric foreboding -  /fɔː(r)ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen with your stomach

thoroughfare - /θʌrəˌfeə(r)/ main road or street through a city

makeover - improving the appearance of a place

pedestrianise - /pəˈdestriənaɪz/ make an area exclusively for people who are walking without any traffic

avian scavengers - /ˈeɪviən skævɪndʒə / birds that search for and eat leftover food scraps, latający śmieciarze 

salubrious -  /səˈluːbriəs/ pleasant and clean, zdrowy, zdrowotny, porządny


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This section I dedicate to put here some English words and phrases that I hear during the day

and they are worth remembering.



to get hitched - to get married

to brush up - to revise or improve your knowledge of something