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1 living
['lɪvɪŋ] 1. adj 2. nto earn/make a living — zarabiać (zarobić perf) na życie
* * *1) (having life; being alive: a living creature; The aim of the project was to discover if there was anything living on Mars.) żywy, żyjący2) (now alive: the greatest living artist.) żyjący -
2 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) uzupełnić2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) zdobywać środki (na) -
3 shine
[ʃaɪn] 1. npołysk m2. vi; pt, pp shone 3. vt; pt, pp shoneto shine a torch on sth — oświetlać (oświetlić perf) coś latarką
* * *1. past tense, past participle - shone; verb1) (to (cause to) give out light; to direct such light towards someone or something: The light shone from the window; The policeman shone his torch; He shone a torch on the body.) świecić2) (to be bright: She polished the silver till it shone.) błyszczeć3) ((past tense, past participle shined) to polish: He tries to make a living by shining shoes.) pucować4) ((often with at) to be very good (at something): He shines at games; You really shone in yesterday's match.) błyszczeć2. noun1) (brightness; the state of being well polished: He likes a good shine on his shoes; a ray of sunshine.) połysk2) (an act of polishing: I'll just give my shoes a shine.) polerowanie•- shining- shiny
- shininess -
4 live
1. [lɪv] viżyć; ( reside) mieszkaćPhrasal Verbs:- live for- live in- live off- live on- live out- live up2. [laɪv] adjżywy; performance etc na żywo post; ( ELEC) pod napięciem post; bullet, bomb ostry* * *I 1. [liv] verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) żyć2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) wyżyć, przeżyć3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) mieszkać4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) prowadzić życie, żyć5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) żyć (z)•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) życie, utrzymanie- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) żywy2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) odbywający się na żywo3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) żywy, ostry, pod napięciem4) (burning: a live coal.) rozżarzony2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) na żywo- lively- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire -
5 tailor
['teɪlə(r)] 1. nkrawiec m męski2. vtto tailor sth (to) — dopasowywać (dopasować perf) coś (do +gen)
* * *['teilə] 1. noun(a person who cuts and makes suits, overcoats etc: He has his clothes made by a London tailor.) krawiec2. verb1) (to make and fit (suits, coats etc): He has his suits tailored in London.) szyć na miarę2) (to make (something) fit the circumstances; to adapt: He tailored his way of living to his income.) przystosować• -
6 anglicise
(to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) zangielszczać -
7 anglicize
['æŋglɪsaɪz]vt* * *(to make English or more like English: After living in England for ten years, he had become very anglicized.) zangielszczać -
8 animate
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9 comfortable
['kʌmfətəbl]adjI'm comfortable — jest mi wygodnie; ( when ill)
she's comfortable — jej stan jest zadowalający; chair, bed wygodny; hotel, flat komfortowy; walk, climb łatwy; income wysoki; majority znaczny
to be/feel comfortable — ( at ease) czuć się swobodnie
* * *1) (in comfort; pleasantly relaxed: He looked very comfortable in his chair.) zrelaksowany2) (producing a good physical feeling: a comfortable chair.) wygodny3) (financially secure without being rich: a comfortable standard of living.) bezpieczny -
10 decorate
['dɛkəreɪt]vtroom, flat ( with paint) malować (pomalować perf or wymalować perf); ( with paper) tapetować (wytapetować perf)to decorate sth (with) — ozdabiać (ozdobić perf) or dekorować (udekorować perf) coś ( +instr)
* * *['dekəreit]1) (to add some kind of ornament etc to (something) to make more beautiful, striking etc: We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls.) ozdabiać2) (to put paint, paper etc on the walls, ceiling and woodwork of (a room): He spent a week decorating the living-room.) remontować3) (to give a medal or badge to (someone) as a mark of honour: He was decorated for his bravery.) dekorować•- decorative
- decorator -
11 do
[duː] 1. pt did, pp done, aux vbhe didn't seem to care — wydawało się, że go to nie obchodzi
2) ( to form questions)3) ( for emphasis) istotnie, rzeczywiścieshe does seem rather late — istotnie, wydaje się, że się spóźnia
oh do shut up! — och, zamknij się wreszcie! (inf)
4) ( in polite expressions) (bardzo) proszędo sit down/help yourself — (bardzo) proszę usiąść/poczęstować się
do you agree? — yes, I do/no, I don't — zgadzasz się? — tak/nie
who made this mess? — I did — kto tak nabałaganił — ja
6) ( in question tags) prawdayou like him, don't you? — lubisz go, prawda?
2. vtI don't know him, do I? — przecież go nie znam
what do you do (for a living)? — czym się Pan/Pani zajmuje?
we're doing "Othello" at school — ( studying) przerabiamy w szkole "Otella"; ( performing) gramy w szkole "Otella"
2) (AUT etc) ( of distance)3. viwe've done 200 km already — zrobiliśmy już 200 km; ( of speed)
1) (act, behave) robić (zrobić perf)do as I tell you — rób, jak ci każę
you did well to come so quickly — dobrze zrobiłeś, że tak szybko przyszedłeś
2) ( get on) radzić sobiehe's doing well/badly at school — dobrze/źle sobie radzi w szkole
how do you do? — miło mi Pana/Panią poznać
4) ( be sufficient) starczać (starczyć perf), wystarczać (wystarczyć perf)that'll do — ( is sufficient) (to) wystarczy
that'll do! — ( in annoyance) starczy już!
4. n ( inf)to make do with — zadowalać się (zadowolić się perf) +instr
impreza f (inf)* * *[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) robić6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) skończyć, przebyć7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) robić8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) wystarczyć, odpowiadać9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) pracować, uczyć się, robić10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) prosperować11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) układać, robić12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) zachowywać się13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) oddać (cześć)14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) powodować15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) zwiedzać2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) zabawa, impreza- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
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12 elixir
[ɪ'lɪksə(r)]neliksir m* * *[i'liksə](a liquid that would supposedly make people able to go on living for ever, or a substance that would turn the cheaper metals into gold: the elixir of life.) eliksir -
13 hustle
['hʌsl] 1. vt 2. n* * *1. verb1) (to push quickly and roughly: The man was hustled out of the office.) popychać2) (to make (someone) act quickly: Don't try to hustle me into making a sudden decision.) przynaglać, popędzać3) ((American) to swindle; to obtain something dishonestly or illegally: to hustle money from old ladies; the car dealer tried to hustle us.) naciągać, wyłudzać4) ((American) to sell or earn one's living by illegal means: hustling on the streets; hustle drugs.) prowadzić nielegalny handel5) ((American) (slang) to work as a prostitute; to solicit clients.) pracować jako prostytutka2. noun(quick and busy activity.) bieganina- hustler -
14 model
['mɔdl] 1. n(of boat, building etc) model m; (fashion model, artist's model) model(ka) m(f); ( example) wzór m, model m2. adj( excellent) wzorowy; ( small scale) miniaturowy3. vt 4. vi( for designer) pracować jako model(ka) m(f); (for painter, photographer) pozowaćto model o.s. on — wzorować się na +loc
* * *['modl] 1. noun1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; ( also adjective) a model aeroplane.) model2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) model3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) model(ka)4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) model(ka)5) (something that can be used to copy from.) wzorzec6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; ( also adjective) model behaviour.) wzór2. verb1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) prezentować2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) pozować3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelować, wymodelować4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) (od)wzorować• -
15 plain
[pleɪn] 1. adj( unpatterned) gładki; ( simple) prosty; (clear, easily understood) jasny; ( not beautiful) nieładny; ( frank) otwarty2. adv 3. n( area of land) równina f; (KNITTING) prawe oczko ntto make sth plain to sb — dawać (dać perf) coś komuś jasno do zrozumienia
* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) zwykły, prosty2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) zrozumiały3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) szczery, otwarty4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) oczywisty5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) nieładny2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) równina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) ścieg gładki•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
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16 stimulus
['stɪmjuləs]pl stimuli, nbodziec m* * *['stimjuləs]plural - stimuli; noun1) (something that causes a reaction in a living thing: Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.) bodziec2) (something that rouses or encourages a person etc to action or greater effort: Many people think that children need the stimulus of competition to make them work better in school.) bodziec, zachęta -
17 tame
[teɪm]adj* * *[teim] 1. adjective1) ((of animals) used to living with people; not wild or dangerous: He kept a tame bear as a pet.) oswojony2) (dull; not exciting: My job is very tame.) mdły, nudny2. verb(to make tame: It is impossible to tame some animals.) oswoić- tamely- tameness
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18 tighten one's belt
(to make sacrifices and reduce one's standard of living: If the economy gets worse, we shall just have to tighten our belts.) zacisnąć pasa
См. также в других словарях:
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