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1 many
['mɛnɪ] 1. adjwiele (+gen nvir pl), wielu (+gen vir pl), dużo (+gen pl)2. pronwiele nvir, wielu vira great many men/women — bardzo wielu mężczyzn/wiele kobiet
* * *['meni] 1. comparative - more; adjective(a great number of: Many languages are spoken in Africa; There weren't very many people; You've made a great/good many mistakes.) dużo, wiele2. pronoun(a great number: A few people survived, but many died.) wiele- many-- many a -
2 swarm
[swɔːm] 1. n 2. vi* * *[swo:m] 1. noun1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) rój, mrowie2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) mnóstwo2. verb1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) roić się2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) roić się3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) roić się -
3 cloud
[klaud] 1. nchmura f, obłok m2. vtto cloud the issue — zaciemniać (zaciemnić perf) sprawę
every cloud has a silver lining — ( proverb) po burzy zawsze jest słońce
Phrasal Verbs:* * *1.1) (a mass of tiny drops of water floating in the sky: white clouds in a blue sky; The hills were hidden in cloud.) chmura2) (a great number or quantity of anything small moving together: a cloud of flies.) chmara3) (something causing fear, depression etc: a cloud of sadness.) chmura2. verb1) ((often with over) to become cloudy: The sky clouded over and it began to rain.) chmurzyć się2) (to (cause to) become blurred or not clear: Her eyes were clouded with tears.) zamglić3) (to (cause to) become gloomy or troubled: His face clouded at the unhappy news.) chmurzyć (się)•- cloudy
- cloudburst
- under a cloud -
4 many a
(a great number of: I've told him many a time to be more polite.) wiele -
5 many-
(having a great number of (something): many-coloured; many-sided.) wielo- -
6 multitude
['mʌltɪtjuːd]n( crowd) rzesza fa multitude of — mnóstwo +gen
* * *(a great number or crowd: a multitude of reasons; multitudes of people.) mnogość -
7 rain
[reɪn] 1. ndeszcz m2. vi* * *[rein] 1. noun1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) deszcz2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) deszcz2. verb1) ((only with it as subject) to cause rain to fall: I think it will rain today.) padać2) (to (cause to) fall like rain: Arrows rained down on the soldiers.) sypać się•- rainy- raininess
- rainbow
- rain check: take a rain check
- raincoat
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rain forest
- rain-gauge
- keep
- save for a rainy day
- rain cats and dogs
- the rains
- as right as rain
- right as rain -
8 shoal
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9 infinity
[ɪn'fɪnɪtɪ]nnieskończoność f; ( infinite number) nieskończona liczba f* * *[-'fi-]1) (space, time or quantity that is without limit, or is immeasurably great or small.) bezmiar2) (in mathematics, an indefinitely large number, quantity or distance: Parallel lines meet at infinity.) nieskończoność -
10 large
[lɑːdʒ]adjduży, wielkiat large — ( at liberty) na wolności
* * *(great in size, amount etc; not small: a large number of people; a large house; a large family; This house is too large for two people.) duży- largely- largeness
- at large -
11 power
['pauə(r)]n( control) władza f; ( ability) ( of speech etc) zdolność f; ( legal right) uprawnienie nt; (of engine, electricity) moc f; ( strength) ( lit, fig) siła fshe did everything in her power to help — zrobiła wszystko, co było w jej mocy, by pomóc
the powers that be — ci na górze (inf)
to turn the power on — włączać (włączyć perf) zasilanie
* * *1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) zdolność2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) siła3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) władza4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) upoważnienie5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) wpływowa osobistość6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocarstwo7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potęga•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power -
12 considerable
[kən'sɪdərəbl]adj* * *adjective (great: considerable wealth; a considerable number of people.) znaczny -
13 legion
['liːdʒən]nlegion m, legia f* * *['li:‹ən]1) (in ancient Rome, a body of from three to six thousand soldiers.) legion2) (a great many or a very large number.) moc -
14 massacre
['mæsəkə(r)] 1. nmasakra f2. vturządzać (urządzić perf) masakrę +gen* * *['mæsəkə] 1. noun1) (the killing of a large number of usually people, especially with great cruelty.) masakra2) (a very bad defeat: That last game was a complete massacre.) rzeź2. verb(to kill (large numbers) cruelly.) urządzić rzeź, masakrować -
15 megaton
((usually with a number) (of a bomb) giving an explosion as great as that of a million tons of TNT: a five-megaton bomb.) megatona
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