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1 flatten
['flætn]vt(also: flatten out) spłaszczać (spłaszczyć perf); terrain wyrównywać (wyrównać perf); building, city zrównywać (zrównać perf) z ziemiąto flatten o.s. against a wall/door — przywierać (przywrzeć perf) do ściany/drzwi
* * *verb ((often with out) to make or become flat: The countryside flattened out as they came near the sea.) spłaszczać (się) -
2 bulldoze
['buldəuz]vt* * *verb (to use a bulldozer on: They bulldozed the building site.) wyrównać spychaczem -
3 flat
[flæt] 1. adjsurface płaski; tyre bez powietrza post; battery rozładowany; beer zwietrzały; refusal stanowczy; ( MUS) za niski; rate, fee ryczałtowy2. n ( BRIT)mieszkanie nt; ( AUT) guma f (inf); ( MUS) bemol m3. adv 4. n* * *[flæt] 1. adjective1) (level; without rise or fall: a flat surface.) płaski2) (dull; without interest: She spent a very flat weekend.) nudny3) ((of something said, decided etc) definite; emphatic: a flat denial.) kategoryczny4) ((of a tyre) not inflated, having lost most of its air: His car had a flat tyre.) bez powietrza5) ((of drinks) no longer fizzy: flat lemonade; ( also adverb) My beer has gone flat.) zwietrzały6) (slightly lower than a musical note should be: That last note was flat; ( also adverb) The choir went very flat.) (za) niski2. adverb(stretched out: She was lying flat on her back.) płasko3. noun1) ((American apartment) a set of rooms on one floor, with kitchen and bathroom, in a larger building or block: Do you live in a house or a flat?) mieszkanie2) ((in musical notation) a sign (♭) which makes a note a semitone lower.) bemol3) (a level, even part: the flat of her hand.) płaska część4) ((usually in plural) an area of flat land, especially beside the sea, a river etc: mud flats.) nizina•- flatly- flatten
- flat rate
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4 lay
[leɪ] 1. pt, pp laid, pt of lie 2. adj ( REL)świecki; ( not expert)3. vtlay person — laik m
( put) kłaść (położyć perf); table nakrywać (nakryć perf), nakrywać (nakryć perf) do +gen; plans układać (ułożyć perf); trap zastawiać (zastawić perf); egg insect, frog składać (złożyć perf); bird znosić (znieść perf)to lay facts/proposals before sb — przedstawiać (przedstawić perf) komuś fakty/propozycje
she reads anything she can lay her hands on — czyta wszystko, co wpadnie jej w ręce
to get laid (inf!) — przelecieć ( perf) kogoś (inf!)
Phrasal Verbs:- lay by- lay down- lay in- lay into- lay off- lay on- lay out- lay up* * *I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) położyć, przedłożyć2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) położyć3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) nakryć, układać, zastawić4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) położyć5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) uciszyć6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) złożyć, nieść się7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) stawiać•- layer2. verb(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) ułożyć warstwami- layabout- lay-by
- layout
- laid up
- lay aside
- lay bare
- lay by
- lay down
- lay one's hands on
- lay hands on
- lay in
- lay low
- lay off
- lay on
- lay out
- lay up
- lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) świecki2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) nie wtajemniczony•- laymanIV [lei] noun(an epic poem.) ballada -
5 press
[prɛs] 1. n(also: printing press) prasa f (drukarska); (of switch, bell) naciśnięcie nt; ( for wine) prasa f2. vtone thing against another przyciskać (przycisnąć perf); button, switch naciskać (nacisnąć perf); clothes prasować (wyprasować perf); person naciskać (nacisnąć perf) (na +acc); idea, demand forsować (przeforsować perf); ( squeeze) ściskać (ścisnąć perf)3. vito press sth (up)on sb — wciskać (wcisnąć perf) coś komuś
to press for — domagać się +gen
we are pressed for time/money — mamy mało czasu/pieniędzy
to press sb for an answer — żądać (zażądać perf) od kogoś odpowiedzi
to press charges (against sb) — wnosić (wnieść perf) oskarżenie (przeciwko komuś)
to go to press — iść (pójść perf) do druku
Phrasal Verbs:- press on* * *[pres] 1. verb1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) przyciskać się2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) prasować, wyciskać3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) nalegać4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) obstawać przy5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) prasować2. noun1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) prasowanie2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) prasa (drukarska)3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) prasa4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) prasa5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) prasa•- pressing- press conference
- press-cutting
- be hard pressed
- be pressed for
- press for
- press forward/on
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