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1 want
[wɔnt] 1. vt( wish for) chcieć +gen or +acc; (need, require) wymagać +gento want sb to do sth — chcieć, żeby ktoś coś (z)robił
2. nto want in/out (US, Scottish) — chcieć wejść/wyjść; ( fig) chcieć się przyłączyć/wycofać
for want of — z braku +gen
- wants* * *[wont] 1. verb1) (to be interested in having or doing, or to wish to have or do (something); to desire: Do you want a cigarette?; She wants to know where he is; She wants to go home.) chcieć2) (to need: This wall wants a coat of paint.) potrzebować3) (to lack: This house wants none of the usual modern features but I do not like it; The people will want (= be poor) no longer.) brakować, być w potrzebie2. noun1) (something desired: The child has a long list of wants.) pragnienie2) (poverty: They have lived in want for many years.) bieda3) (a lack: There's no want of opportunities these days.) brak•- wanted- want ad
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2 play
[pleɪ] 1. n (THEAT etc) 2. vthide-and-seek etc bawić się w +acc; football, chess grać (zagrać perf) w +acc; team, opponent grać (zagrać perf) z +instr; role, piece of music, note grać (zagrać perf); instrument grać (zagrać perf) na +loc; tape, record puszczać (puścić perf)3. vito bring sth into play — posłużyć się ( perf) czymś
to play a part/role in ( fig) — odgrywać (odegrać perf) rolę w +loc
to play into sb's hands — podkładać się (podłożyć się perf) komuś (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- play at- play on- play up* * *[plei] 1. verb1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) bawić się2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) grać w3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) grać4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) być na scenie, być wystawianym5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) grać na6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) płatać figla7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) grać przeciwko8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) igrać9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) kierować10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) grać2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) rozrywka2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) sztuka3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) gra, rozgrywka4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) luz•- player- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
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3 pick
[pɪk] 1. nkilof m, oskard m2. vt( select) wybierać (wybrać perf); fruit, flowers zrywać (zerwać perf); mushrooms zbierać (zebrać perf); book from shelf etc zdejmować (zdjąć perf); lock otwierać (otworzyć perf); spot wyciskać (wycisnąć perf); scab zrywać (zerwać perf)the pick of — najlepsza część +gen
to pick one's nose/teeth — dłubać w nosie/zębach
to pick sb's pocket — dobierać się (dobrać się perf) komuś do kieszeni
to pick a quarrel (with sb) — wywoływać (wywołać perf) kłótnię (z kimś)
Phrasal Verbs:- pick at- pick off- pick on- pick out- pick up* * *I 1. [pik] verb1) (to choose or select: Pick the one you like best.) wybierać2) (to take (flowers from a plant, fruit from a tree etc), usually by hand: The little girl sat on the grass and picked flowers.) zbierać, zrywać3) (to lift (someone or something): He picked up the child.) podnosić4) (to unlock (a lock) with a tool other than a key: When she found that she had lost her key, she picked the lock with a hair-pin.) otworzyć (np. wytrychem), sforsować2. noun1) (whatever or whichever a person wants or chooses: Take your pick of these prizes.) wybór2) (the best one(s) from or the best part of something: These grapes are the pick of the bunch.) najlepsza część, wyselekcjonowana część•- pick-up
- pick and choose
- pick at
- pick someone's brains
- pick holes in
- pick off
- pick on
- pick out
- pick someone's pocket
- pick a quarrel/fight with someone
- pick a quarrel/fight with
- pick up
- pick up speed
- pick one's way II [pik] noun((also (British) pickaxe, (American) pickax - plural pickaxes) a tool with a heavy metal head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking hard surfaces eg walls, roads, rocks etc.) kilof -
4 bagpipes
['bægpaɪps]npldudy pl* * *(a wind instrument consisting of a bag fitted with pipes, played in Scotland etc: He wants to learn to play the bagpipes.) dudy -
5 bend
[bɛnd] 1. pt, pp bent, vt 2. viperson zginać się (zgiąć się perf), schylać się (schylić się perf); pipe zginać się (zgiąć się perf)Phrasal Verbs:3. n ( BRIT)(in road, river) zakręt m; ( in pipe) wygięcie nt- bends* * *[bend] 1. past tense, past participle - bent; verb1) (to make, become, or be, angled or curved: Bend your arm; She bent down to pick up the coin; The road bends to the right; He could bend an iron bar.) zginać2) (to force (someone) to do what one wants: He bent me to his will.) naginać2. noun(a curve or angle: a bend in the road.) zakręt- bent on -
6 cake
[keɪk]n ( CULIN)it's a piece of cake ( inf) — to małe piwo (inf)
* * *[keik] 1. noun1) (a food made by baking a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar etc: a piece of cake; a plate of cream cakes; a Christmas cake.) tort2) (a piece of other food pressed into shape: fishcakes; oatcakes.) placek3) (a flattened hard mass: a cake of soap.) kawałek2. verb(to cover in the form of a dried mass: His shoes were caked with mud.) pokrywać, oblepiać -
7 environmentalist
[ɪnvaɪərn'mɛntlɪst]ndziałacz(ka) m(f) na rzecz ochrony środowiska, ekolog m* * *noun (a person who wants to stop the damage being done to the environment by humans.) działacz na rzecz ochrony środowiska naturalnego -
8 give away
vtmoney, prizes rozdawać (rozdać perf); opportunity pozbawiać się (pozbawić się perf) +gen; secret, information wyjawiać (wyjawić perf); bride poprowadzić ( perf) do ołtarza ( do pana młodego)* * *1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) rozdać2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) wydać -
9 go-getter
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10 hope
[həup] 1. nnadzieja f2. vi 3. vtto hope that … — mieć nadzieję, że …
to hope to do sth — mieć nadzieję, że się coś zrobi
I hope so/not — mam nadzieję, że tak/nie
to have no hope of sth/doing sth — nie liczyć na coś/zrobienie czegoś
in the hope that/of — w nadziei, że/na +acc
* * *[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) mieć nadzieję2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) nadzieja2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) nadzieja3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) nadzieja•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
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11 nurse
[nəːs] 1. n( in hospital) pielęgniarka(-arz) f(m); (also: nursemaid) opiekunka f do dzieci2. vtpatient opiekować się +instr, pielęgnować; cold, toothache etc odleżeć ( perf); baby karmić (piersią); ( fig) desire, grudge żywić* * *[nə:s] 1. noun1) (a person who looks after sick or injured people in hospital: She wants to be a nurse.) pielęgniarka, pielęgniarz2) (a person, usually a woman, who looks after small children: The children have gone out with their nurse.) opiekunka2. verb1) (to look after sick or injured people, especially in a hospital: He was nursed back to health.) pielęgnować2) (to give (a baby) milk from the breast.) karmić piersią3) (to hold with care: She was nursing a kitten.) niańczyć, hołubić4) (to have or encourage (feelings eg of anger or hope) in oneself.) żywić uczucie•- nursery- nursing
- nursemaid
- nurseryman
- nursery rhyme
- nursery school
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12 person
['pəːsn]nosoba fon/about one's person — przy sobie
person to person call ( TEL) — ≈ rozmowa z przywołaniem
* * *['pə:sn]plural - people; noun1) (a human being: There's a person outside who wants to speak to you.) osoba2) (a person's body: He never carried money on his person (= with him; in his pockets etc).) ciało•- personal- personality
- personally
- personal computer
- personal pronoun
- personal stereo
- personal watercraft
- in person -
13 present
['prɛznt] 1. adj 2. n 3. vtprize wręczać (wręczyć perf); difficulty, threat stanowić; person, information przedstawiać (przedstawić perf); radio/tv programme prowadzić (poprowadzić perf)to present sth to sb, to present sb with sth — wręczać (wręczyć perf) coś komuś
to present sb to — przedstawiać (przedstawić perf) kogoś +dat
to give sb a present — dawać (dać perf) komuś prezent
to be present at — być obecnym na +loc
* * *I ['preznt] adjective1) (being here, or at the place, occasion etc mentioned: My father was present on that occasion; Who else was present at the wedding?; Now that the whole class is present, we can begin the lesson.) obecny2) (existing now: the present moment; the present prime minister.) obecny3) ((of the tense of a verb) indicating action now: In the sentence `She wants a chocolate', the verb is in the present tense.) teraźniejszy•- the present
- at present
- for the present II [pri'zent] verb1) (to give, especially formally or ceremonially: The child presented a bunch of flowers to the Queen; He was presented with a gold watch when he retired.) wręczyć2) (to introduce: May I present my wife (to you)?) przedstawiać3) (to arrange the production of (a play, film etc): The Elizabethan Theatre Company presents `Hamlet', by William Shakespeare.) przedstawiać4) (to offer (ideas etc) for consideration, or (a problem etc) for solving: She presents (=expresses) her ideas very clearly; The situation presents a problem.) przedstawiać5) (to bring (oneself); to appear: He presented himself at the dinner table half an hour late.) stawić się•- presentable
- presentation
- present arms III ['preznt] noun(a gift: a wedding present; birthday presents.) prezent -
14 prophet
['prɔfɪt]nprorok m* * *[-fit]1) (a person who (believes that he) is able to foretell the future.) prorok2) (a person who tells people what God wants, intends etc: the prophet Isaiah.) prorok -
15 radical
['rædɪkl] 1. adj 2. nradykał m* * *['rædikəl] 1. adjective1) (relating to the basic nature of something: radical faults in the design.) podstawowy, zasadniczy2) (thorough; complete: radical changes.) gruntowny3) (wanting or involving great or extreme political, social or economic changes.) radykalny2. noun(a person who wants radical political changes.) radykał -
16 reassurance
[riːə'ʃuərəns]n* * *1) (the process of reassuring or being reassured.) uspokajanie2) (something said etc that makes a person feel reassured: She wants reassurance; Despite his reassurances, I'm still not happy.) słowa uspokojenia, zapewnienie -
17 rival
['raɪvl] 1. n 2. adjfirm, newspaper konkurencyjny; team przeciwny3. vtrównać się z +instrto rival sb/sth in — konkurować z kimś/czymś +instr
* * *1. noun(a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) konkurencja, rywal2. verb(to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) rywalizować, stanowić konkurencję- rivalry -
18 show off
1. vi ( pej) 2. vtpopisywać się +instr* * *1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) popisywać się2) (to try to impress others with one's possessions, ability etc: She is just showing off - she wants everyone to know how well she speaks French (noun show-off a person who does this).) popisywać się -
19 soldier
['səuldʒə(r)] 1. nżołnierz m2. vi* * *['səul‹ə](a member (usually male) of an army, often one who is not an officer: The boy wants to be a soldier when he grows up.) żołnierz -
20 study
['stʌdɪ] 1. n- studies2. vt 3. vistudiować, uczyć się* * *1. verb1) (to give time and attention to gaining knowledge of a subject: What subject is he studying?; He is studying French; He is studying for a degree in mathematics; She's studying to be a teacher.) studiować, uczyć się2) (to look at or examine carefully: He studied the railway timetable; Give yourself time to study the problem in detail.) badać, studiować, dokładnie oglądać2. noun1) (the act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge: He spends all his evenings in study; She has made a study of the habits of bees.) studiowanie, nauka2) (a musical or artistic composition: a book of studies for the piano; The picture was entitled `Study in Grey'.) etiuda, studium3) (a room in a house etc, in which to study, read, write etc: The headmaster wants to speak to the senior pupils in his study.) gabinet
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