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1 age-old
adjective (done, known etc for a very long time: an age-old custom.) odwieczny -
2 age
[eɪdʒ] 1. nwiek m2. vistarzeć się (zestarzeć się perf or postarzeć się perf)3. vtunder age — nieletni, niepełnoletni
to come of age — osiągać (osiągnąć perf) pełnoletniość
* * *[ei‹] 1. noun1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) wiek2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) wiek3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) wiek4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) wiek2. verb(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) starzeć się, postarzać- aged- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
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3 old
[əuld]adjstary; ( former) stary, dawny* * *[əuld]1) (advanced in age: an old man; He is too old to live alone.) stary2) (having a certain age: He is thirty years old.) w wieku3) (having existed for a long time: an old building; Those trees are very old.) stary4) (no longer useful: She threw away the old shoes.) stary5) (belonging to times long ago: old civilizations like that of Greece.) starożytny•- old age- old boy/girl
- old-fashioned
- old hand
- old maid
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4 old age
nstarość f* * *(the later part of a person's life: He wrote most of his poems in his old age.) zaawansowany/podeszły wiek -
5 old maid
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6 old age pension
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7 old age pensioner
( BRIT) nemeryt(ka) m(f) -
8 old age
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9 old age pension
emerytura -
10 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) podeszły wiek -
11 ripe (old) age
(a very old age: He lived to the ripe (old) age of ninety-five.) podeszły wiek -
12 middle age
nwiek m średni* * *(the years between youth and old age: She is well into middle age.) średni wiek -
13 (come) of age
(to become) old enough to be considered legally an adult (eg in Britain aged eighteen or over). osiągnać dojrzałość -
14 (come) of age
(to become) old enough to be considered legally an adult (eg in Britain aged eighteen or over). osiągnać dojrzałość -
15 topographic old age
stadium zgrzybiałeEnglish-Polish dictionary for engineers > topographic old age
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16 ripe
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17 eight
[eɪt]numSee also:- five* * *[eit] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 8: Four and four are/is/make eight.) ósemka2) (the age of 8: children of eight and over.) wiek 8 lat3) (the crew of an eight-oared racing boat: Did the Cambridge eight win?) ósemka2. adjective1) (8 in number: eight people; He is eight years old.) osiem2) (aged 8: He is eight today.) w wieku 8 lat•- eight-- eighth
- eight-year-old 3. adjectivean eight-year-old child.) ośmioletni -
18 mellow
['mɛləu] 1. adjsound, light, person łagodny; voice aksamitny; colour spokojny; stone, building pokryty patyną wieków; wine dojrzały2. vi* * *['meləu] 1. adjective1) ((of character) made softer and more mature, relaxed etc by age and/or experience: Her personality became more mellow as middle age approached.) łagodny2) ((of sound, colour, light etc) soft, not strong or unpleasant: The lamplight was soft and mellow.) łagodny3) ((of wine, cheese etc) kept until the flavour has developed fully: a mellow burgundy.) dojrzały2. verb(to make or become softer or more mature: Old age has mellowed him.) (z)łagodzić -
19 BE
[biː] 1. aux vb; pt was, were, pp been1) ( in continuous tenses)2) ( forming passives) być, zostać ( perf)3) ( in tag questions) prawdahe's good-looking, isn't he? — jest przystojny, prawda?
she's back again, is she? — a więc znów jest z powrotem?
4) (+to +infin)2. vb +complement1) byćI am hot/cold — jest mi gorąco/zimno
2) ( of health) czuć się3) ( of age)4) ( cost) kosztować3. vi1) (exist, occur etc) istnieć2) ( referring to place) być4. impers vb1) (referring to time, distance, weather) byćit's too hot/cold — jest za gorąco/zimno
2) ( emphatic)* * *['bi: ɡi:]( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.) -
20 be
[biː] 1. aux vb; pt was, were, pp been1) ( in continuous tenses)2) ( forming passives) być, zostać ( perf)3) ( in tag questions) prawdahe's good-looking, isn't he? — jest przystojny, prawda?
she's back again, is she? — a więc znów jest z powrotem?
4) (+to +infin)2. vb +complement1) byćI am hot/cold — jest mi gorąco/zimno
2) ( of health) czuć się3) ( of age)4) ( cost) kosztować3. vi1) (exist, occur etc) istnieć2) ( referring to place) być4. impers vb1) (referring to time, distance, weather) byćit's too hot/cold — jest za gorąco/zimno
2) ( emphatic)* * *present tense am [ʌm], are [a:], is [ɪz]; past tense was [woz], were [w†:]; present participle 'being; past participle been [bi:n, (·meriцan) bɪn]; subjunctive were [w†:]; short forms I'm [aim] (I am), you're [ju†] (you are), he's [hi:z] (he is), she's [ʃi:z] (she is), it's [ɪ ] (it is), we're [wi†] (we are), they're [Ɵe†] (they are); negative short forms isn't (is not), aren't [a:nt] (are not), wasn't (was not), weren't [w†:nt] (were not)1) (used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses: I'm reading; I am being followed; What were you saying?.) być, zostać2) (used with a present participle to form a type of future tense: I'm going to London.)3) (used with a past participle to form the passive voice: He was shot.)4) (used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity (When am I to leave?), purpose (The letter is to tell us he's coming), a possible future happening (If he were to lose, I'd win) etc.)5) (used in giving or asking for information about something or someone: I am Mr Smith; Is he alive?; She wants to be an actress; The money will be ours; They are being silly.)•- being- the be-all and end-all
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