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1 delay
[dɪ'leɪ] 1. vtdecision etc odwlekać (odwlec perf), odkładać (odłożyć perf) (na później); person zatrzymywać (zatrzymać perf); train etc powodować (spowodować perf) opóźnienie +gen2. vizwlekać, ociągać się3. n( waiting period) opóźnienie nt, zwłoka f; ( postponement) opóźnienie ntto be delayed — person być spóźnionym; flight etc mieć opóźnienie, być opóźnionym
* * *[di'lei] 1. verb1) (to put off to another time: We have delayed publication of the book till the spring.) odkładać2) (to keep or stay back or slow down: I was delayed by the traffic.) wstrzymać (się)2. noun((something which causes) keeping back or slowing down: He came without delay; My work is subject to delays.) opóźnienie -
2 minute
I [maɪ'njuːt] adj II ['mɪnɪt] nwait a minute!, just a minute! — chwileczkę!
up-to-the-minute — news najświeższy; machine, technology najnowszy, najnowocześniejszy
- minutes* * *I ['minit] noun1) (the sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds: It is twenty minutes to eight; The journey takes thirty minutes; a ten-minute delay.) minuta2) (in measuring an angle, the sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds: an angle of 47° 50′ (= forty-seven degrees, fifty minutes).) minuta3) (a very short time: Wait a minute; It will be done in a minute.) chwila4) (a particular point in time: At that minute, the telephone rang.) moment5) ((in plural) the notes taken at a meeting recording what was said: The chairman asked for this decision to be recorded in the minutes.) protokół•- the minute that
- the minute
- to the minute
- up to the minute II adjective1) (very small: The diamonds in the brooch were minute.) drobny, malutki2) (paying attention to the smallest details: minute care.) drobiazgowy•- minutely- minuteness -
3 play for time
(to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) grać na czas
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