Catching Fire - Chapter 1 (1)

I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has
long since leached into the frozen air. My muscles are clenched tight against
the cold. If a pack of wild dogs were to appear at this moment, the odds of
scaling a tree before they attacked are not in my favor. I should get up, move
around, and work the stiffness from my limbs. But instead I sit, as motionless as
the rock beneath me, while the dawn begins to lighten the woods. I can't fight
the sun. I can only watch helplessly as it drags me into a day that I've been
dreading for months.
By noon they will all be at my new house in the Victor's Village. The reporters,
the camera crews, even Effie Trinket, my old escort, will have made their way to
District 12 from the Capitol. I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink
wig, or if she'll be sporting some other unnatural color especially for the Victory
Tour. There will be others waiting, too. A staff to cater to my every need on the
long train trip. A prep team to beautify me for public appearances. My stylist and
friend, Cinna, who designed the gorgeous outfits that first made the audience
take notice of me in the Hunger Games.

ściskać - clasp
termos - flask
pomimo że - even though
ciepło - warmth
od dawna - long since
uchodzić(np. do powietrza) - leach into
ciasno zaciśnięte - clenched tight
przeciwko - against
pojawić się - appear
szanse, prawdopodobieństwo - the odds
wspinać się na drzewo - scaling a tree
wstać - get up
przenieść się - move around
sztywność - stiffness
kończyny - limbs
zamiast - instead
nieruchomo - motionless
kamień - rock
pode mną - beneath me
świt - dawn
rozjaśniać - lighten
świt zaczął rozjaśniać - The dawn begins to lighten
bezsilnie - helplessly
wciągać kogoś w coś - drag sb into
Dzień, którego wyczekiwałam od miesięcy - Day that I have been dreading for months.
około południa - by noon
ekipa telewizyjna - camera crews
osoba towarzysząca - escort
Zastanawiam się czy - I wonder if
głupi - silly
peruka - wig
obnosić się, wstawiać na pokaz - sporting
nienaturalny - unnnatural
sztuczny - unnatural
szczególnie - especially
personel - staff
zaspokajać każdą potrzebe - cater to every need
zespół przygotowujący - prep team
upiększać - beautify
publiczne wystąpienie - public appearances
widownia - audience
zauważyć coś - take notice of