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1 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
- the old -
2 shabby
['ʃæbɪ]adj* * *['ʃæbi]1) (looking old and worn: shabby curtains; shabby clothes.) nędzny, wytarty2) (wearing old or dirty clothes: a shabby old man; He used to be so smart but he looks shabby now.) obdarty3) ((of behaviour) unworthy or mean: That was a shabby thing to do.) nikczemny, podły•- shabbily- shabbiness -
3 huddle
['hʌdl] 1. vi2. nto huddle together — skupiać się (skupić się perf), ścieśniać się (ścieśnić się perf)
bezładna masa f, kupa f (inf)* * *1. verb1) ((often with together) to crowd closely together: The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field.) tłoczyć się, zbijać się (w kupę)2) (to curl up in a sitting position: The old man (was) huddled near the fire to keep warm.) (s)kulić się2. noun(a number of people, things etc crowded together: a huddle of people round the injured man.) gromadka -
4 at a snail's pace
(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) w ślimaczym tempie -
5 attack
[ə'tæk] 1. vt ( MIL)atakować (zaatakować perf); ( assault) atakować (zaatakować perf), napadać (napaść perf); ( criticize) atakować (zaatakować perf), napadać (napaść perf) na +acc; ( tackle) zabierać się (zabrać się perf) do +gen2. n ( MIL)atak m; ( on sb's life) napad m, napaść f; ( fig) ( criticism) atak m, napaść f; ( of illness) napad m, atak mheart attack — atak serca, zawał
* * *[ə'tæk] 1. verb1) (to make a sudden, violent attempt to hurt or damage: He attacked me with a knife; The village was attacked from the air.) atakować2) (to speak or write against: The Prime Minister's policy was attacked in the newspapers.) atakować3) ((in games) to attempt to score a goal.) atakować4) (to make a vigorous start on: It's time we attacked that pile of work.) zabierać się za2. noun1) (an act or the action of attacking: The brutal attack killed the old man; They made an air attack on the town.) atak2) (a sudden bout of illness: heart attack; an attack of 'flu.) atak -
6 batty
adjective (crazy: a batty old man.) zwariowany -
7 beat off
vtbronić się (obronić się perf) przed +instr* * *(to succeed in overcoming or preventing: The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.) odeprzeć -
8 befriend
[bɪ'frɛnd]vt* * *[bi'frend](to take as a friend: The old man befriended her when she was lonely.) zaprzyjaźnić się -
9 beg
[bɛg] 1. vi 2. vtto beg sb to do sth — błagać kogoś, żeby coś zrobił
I beg your pardon — ( apologizing) przepraszam; ( not hearing) słucham?
* * *[beɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - begged; verb1) (to ask (someone) for (money, food etc): The old man was so poor that he had to beg in the street; He begged (me) for money.) żebrać2) (to ask (someone) desperately or earnestly: I beg you not to do it.) błagać•- beggar2. verb(to make very poor: He was beggared by the collapse of his firm.) doprowadzić do nędzy- beg to differ -
10 bother
['bɔðə(r)] 1. vt 2. vi(also: bother o.s.) trudzić się, zawracać sobie głowę (inf)3. n4. exclto be a bother — zawracać głowę (inf)
kurczę (inf)I'm sorry to bother you — przepraszam, że przeszkadzam
* * *['boðə] 1. verb1) (to annoy or worry: The noise bothered the old man.) niepokoić, martwić2) (to take the trouble: Don't bother to write - it isn't necessary.) robić sobie kłopot2. noun1) (trouble, nuisance or worry.) kłopot2) (something or someone that causes bother: What a bother all this is!) co za kłopot• -
11 cantankerous
[kæn'tæŋkərəs]adj* * *[kæn'tæŋkərəs](quarrelsome: a cantankerous old man.) kłótliwy -
12 caprice
[kə'pri:s]1) (an especially unreasonable sudden change of mind etc; a whim: I'm tired of the old man and his caprices.) kaprys2) (a fanciful and lively piece of music etc.) kaprys•- capriciously
- capriciousness -
13 corpulent
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14 crabby
adjective (bad-tempered; complaining: a crabby old man.) nadąsany -
15 cry
[kraɪ] 1. viPhrasal Verbs:- cry off2. nto cry for help — wołać (zawołać perf) o pomoc
this is a far cry from … ( fig) — daleko temu do +gen
* * *1. verb1) (to let tears come from the eyes; to weep: She cried when she heard of the old man's death.) płakać2) ((often with out) to shout out (a loud sound): She cried out for help.) krzyczeć2. noun1) (a shout: a cry of triumph.) okrzyk2) (a time of weeping: The baby had a little cry before he went to sleep.) płacz3) (the sound made by some animals: the cry of a wolf.) nawoływanie, zew•- cry off -
16 effort
['ɛfət]n(endeavour, exertion) wysiłek m; ( determined attempt) próba f, usiłowanie ntto make an effort to do sth — dokładać (dołożyć perf) starań, żeby coś zrobić
* * *['efət]1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) wysiłek2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) staranie3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) próba•- effortlessly -
17 fall on/upon
(to attack: The robbers fell on the old man and beat him; They fell hungrily upon the food.) napaść na, rzucić się na -
18 fireside
['faɪəsaɪd]n* * *noun (a place beside a fireplace: The old man slept by the fireside; ( also adjective) a fireside chair.) miejsce przy kominku -
19 gait
[geɪt]nchód m, sposób m chodzeniato walk with a slow/confident gait — chodzić powolnym/pewnym krokiem
* * *[ɡeit]((plural rare) the way in which a person or animal walks: the old man's shuffling gait.) chód -
20 garrulous
['gærjuləs]adj* * *['ɡærələs](fond of talking: a garrulous old man.) gadatliwy- garrulity
- garrulousness
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