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  • 1 in association with

    (together with: We are acting in association with the London branch of our firm.) razem z

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  • 2 grip

    [grɪp] 1. n
    ( hold) (u)chwyt m, uścisk m; (control, grasp) kontrola f, panowanie nt; (of tyre, shoe) przyczepność f; ( handle) rękojeść f, uchwyt m; ( holdall) torba f (podróżna)
    2. vt
    object chwytać (chwycić perf); person pasjonować, fascynować; attention przyciągać (przyciągnąć perf)

    to grip the road — car trzymać się szosy

    * * *
    [ɡrip] 1. past tense, past participle - gripped; verb
    (to take a firm hold of: He gripped his stick; The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.) chwytać
    2. noun
    1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) uścisk
    2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) torba
    3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) opanowanie, orientacja w
    •
    - come to grips with
    - lose one's grip

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  • 3 secure

    [sɪ'kjuə(r)] 1. adj
    ( safe) bezpieczny; ( free from anxiety) spokojny; job, investment pewny; building, windows zabezpieczony; rope, shelf dobrze umocowany
    2. vt
    shelf etc mocować (umocować perf); votes etc uzyskiwać (uzyskać perf)

    to secure a loan — dawać (dać perf) zabezpieczenie pod pożyczkę

    * * *
    [si'kjuə] 1. adjective
    1) ((often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc: Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.) bezpieczny, spokojny
    2) (firm, fastened, or fixed: Is that door secure?) dobrze przymocowany
    3) (definite; not likely to be lost: She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.) pewny, solidny
    2. verb
    1) ((with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe: Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.) zabezpieczać
    2) (to fasten or make firm: He secured the boat with a rope.) zabezpieczać, przytwierdzić
    •
    - security
    - security risk

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  • 4 boycott

    ['bɔɪkɔt] 1. n 2. vt
    * * *
    ['boikot] 1. verb
    (to refuse to have any dealings with (a firm, country etc).) bojkotować
    2. noun
    (a refusal to deal with a firm etc.) bojkot

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  • 5 invest

    [ɪn'vɛst] 1. vt 2. vi
    * * *
    I [in'vest] verb
    ((with in) to put (money) into (a firm or business) usually by buying shares in it, in order to make a profit: He invested (two hundred dollars) in a building firm.) inwestować
    - investor II [in'vest] verb
    (to establish (a person) officially in a position of authority etc: The governor will be invested next week.) nadać urząd

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  • 6 business

    ['bɪznɪs]
    n
    (matter, question) sprawa f; ( trading) interesy pl, biznes m; ( firm) firma f, biznes m (inf); ( trade) branża f

    it's my business to … — moim obowiązkiem jest +infin

    * * *
    ['biznis]
    1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) zajęcie, działalność gospodarcza
    2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) interes, sklep, przedsiębiorstwo
    3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) sprawa
    •
    - businessman
    - on business

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  • 7 hold

    [həuld] 1. pt, pp held, vt
    ( in hand) trzymać; ( contain) mieścić (pomieścić perf); qualifications posiadać; power, permit, opinion mieć; meeting, conversation odbywać (odbyć perf); prisoner, hostage przetrzymywać (przetrzymać perf)

    to hold sb responsible/liable — obarczać (obarczyć perf) kogoś odpowiedzialnością

    to get hold of ( fig) — object, information zdobywać (zdobyć perf) +acc; person łapać (złapać perf) +acc (inf)

    to get hold of o.s. — brać (wziąć perf) się w garść

    to catch/get (a) hold of — chwycić się ( perf) +gen, złapać ( perf) za +acc (inf)

    to hold firm/fast — trzymać się mocno

    he holds the view that … — jest zdania, że …

    I don't hold with … — nie popieram +gen

    hold still, hold steady — nie ruszaj się

    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. vi
    glue etc trzymać (mocno); argument etc zachowywać (zachować perf) ważność, pozostawać w mocy; offer, invitation być aktualnym; luck, weather utrzymywać się (utrzymać się perf); ( TEL) czekać (zaczekać perf)
    3. n
    ( grasp) chwyt m; (of ship, plane) ładownia f
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    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) trzymać
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) trzymać
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) trzymać, przytrzymywać
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) wytrzymywać
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) zatrzymać
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) (po)mieścić
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) odbywać
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) trzymać się
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) zajmować stanowisko
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) uważać że, utrzymywać, mieć
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) być aktualnym, obowiązywać
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) zmusić do dotrzymania (obietnicy)
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) bronić
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) powstrzymać
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) utrzymywać
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) przetrzymać
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) obchodzić
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) posiadać
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) utrzymywać się
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) czekać (przy telefonie)
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) trzymać
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) przechowywać
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) gotować
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) chwyt
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) wpływ
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) chwyt
    •
    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) ładownia

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  • 8 trust

    [trʌst] 1. n
    zaufanie nt; (in bright future, human goodness etc) ufność f; ( COMM) trust m
    2. vt

    to trust (that) — mieć nadzieję(, że)

    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to have confidence or faith; to believe: She trusted (in) him.) zaufać
    2) (to give (something to someone), believing that it will be used well and responsibly: I can't trust him with my car; I can't trust my car to him.) powierzyć
    3) (to hope or be confident (that): I trust (that) you had / will have a good journey.) ufać
    2. noun
    1) (belief or confidence in the power, reality, truth, goodness etc of a person or thing: The firm has a great deal of trust in your ability; trust in God.) ufność
    2) (charge or care; responsibility: The child was placed in my trust.) opieka
    3) (a task etc given to a person by someone who believes that they will do it, look after it etc well: He holds a position of trust in the firm.) odpowiedzialność
    4) (arrangement(s) by which something (eg money) is given to a person to use in a particular way, or to keep until a particular time: The money was to be held in trust for his children; ( also adjective) a trust fund) depozyt
    5) (a group of business firms working together: The companies formed a trust.) trust
    •
    - trustworthy
    - trustworthiness
    - trusty
    - trustily
    - trustiness

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  • 9 fix

    [fɪks] 1. vt
    date, amount ustalać (ustalić perf), wyznaczać (wyznaczyć perf); leak, radio naprawiać (naprawić perf); meal przygotowywać (przygotować perf); ( inf) game, election fingować (sfingować perf); result fałszować (sfałszować perf)

    to fix sth to/on sth — ( attach) przymocowywać (przymocować perf) coś do czegoś; ( pin) przypinać (przypiąć ( perf)) coś do czegoś

    to fix one's eyes/gaze on sb — utkwić ( perf) w kimś oczy/wzrok

    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. n ( inf)
    * * *
    [fiks] 1. verb
    1) (to make firm or steady: He fixed the post firmly in the ground; He fixed his eyes on the door.) umocować, utkwić
    2) (to attach; to join: He fixed the shelf to the wall.) przytwierdzać
    3) (to mend or repair: He has succeeded in fixing my watch.) naprawiać
    4) (to direct (attention, a look etc) at: She fixed all her attention on me.) skupić, skoncentrować
    5) ((often with up) to arrange; to settle: to fix a price; We fixed (up) a meeting.) ustalić
    6) (to make (something) permanent by the use of certain chemicals: to fix a photgraphic print.) utrwalić
    7) (to prepare; to get ready: I'll fix dinner tonight.) przygotować
    2. noun
    (trouble; a difficulty: I'm in a terrible fix!) kłopot, tarapaty
    - fixed
    - fixedly
    - fixture
    - fix on
    - fix someone up with something
    - fix up with something
    - fix someone up with
    - fix up with

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  • 10 screw

    [skruː] 1. n
    śruba f, wkręt m
    2. vt
    ( fasten) przykręcać (przykręcić perf); (inf!) ( have sex with) pieprzyć (inf!)
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    [skru:] 1. noun
    1) (a type of nail that is driven into something by a firm twisting action: I need four strong screws for fixing the cupboard to the wall.) śruba
    2) (an action of twisting a screw etc: He tightened it by giving it another screw.) przykręcenie
    2. verb
    1) (to fix, or be fixed, with a screw or screws: He screwed the handle to the door; The handle screws on with these screws.) przyśrubować
    2) (to fix or remove, or be fixed or removed, with a twisting movement: Make sure that the hook is fully screwed in; He screwed off the lid.) przykręcać, odkręcać
    3) ((slang, vulgar) to fuck; to have sex (with).) przelecieć (kogoś)
    4) ((slang) to cheat or take advantage of: They screwed you - these are not real diamonds.) oszukać
    •
    - be/get screwed
    - have a screw loose
    - put the screws on
    - screw up
    - screw up one's courage

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  • 11 set

    [sɛt] 1. n
    ( of problems) zespół m; (of saucepans, books) komplet m; ( of people) grupa f; (also: radio set) radio nt, odbiornik m radiowy; (also: TV set) telewizor m, odbiornik m telewizyjny; (TENNIS) set m; ( MATH) zbiór m; (FILM) plan m; ( THEAT) dekoracje pl; ( of hair) ułożenie nt, modelowanie nt
    2. adj
    ( fixed) ustalony, stały; ( ready) gotowy
    3. vt; pt, pp set
    place, stage przygotowywać (przygotować perf); time, rules ustalać (ustalić perf); record ustanawiać (ustanowić perf); alarm, watch nastawiać (nastawić perf); task, exercise zadawać (zadać perf); exam układać (ułożyć perf); ( TYP) składać (złożyć perf)
    4. vi; pt, pp set
    sun zachodzić (zajść perf); jelly, concrete tężeć (stężeć perf); glue wysychać (wyschnąć perf); bone zrastać się (zrosnąć się perf)

    to set free — uwalniać (uwolnić perf), zwalniać (zwolnić perf)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [set] 1. present participle - setting; verb
    1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) kłaść
    2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) nakrywać do
    3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) ustalać, określać
    4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dawać
    5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) skłaniać do
    6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zachodzić
    7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) zastygnąć, wiązać
    8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nastawić
    9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) ułożyć
    10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) osadzić
    11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) nastawić, złożyć
    2. adjective
    1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) ustalony, stały
    2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) gotowy, zdeterminowany
    3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) rozmyślny, postanowiony
    4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) nieruchomy
    5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) stały, ustalony
    6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) wysadzony
    3. noun
    1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) zestaw, komplet
    2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) odbiornik
    3) (a group of people: the musical set.) zespół
    4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) ułożenie
    5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) dekoracje, plan
    6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set
    •
    - setback
    - set phrase
    - set-square
    - setting-lotion
    - set-to
    - set-up
    - all set
    - set about
    - set someone against someone
    - set against someone
    - set someone against
    - set against
    - set aside
    - set back
    - set down
    - set in
    - set off
    - set something or someone on someone
    - set on someone
    - set something or someone on
    - set on
    - set out
    - set to
    - set up
    - set up camp
    - set up house
    - set up shop
    - set upon

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  • 12 contract

    1. n
    kontrakt m, umowa f
    2. [kən'trækt] vi
    ( become smaller) kurczyć się (skurczyć się perf); ( COMM)

    to contract to do sth — zobowiązywać się (zobowiązać się perf) w drodze umowy do zrobienia czegoś

    3. vt
    illness nabawiać się (nabawić się perf) +gen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    4. cpd
    price umowny; work zlecony

    contract of employment/service — umowa o pracę

    * * *
    1. [kən'trækt] verb
    1) (to make or become smaller, less, shorter, tighter etc: Metals expand when heated and contract when cooled; `I am' is often contracted to `I'm'; Muscles contract.) kurczyć (się), zmniejszać (się), skracać (się)
    2) ( to promise legally in writing: They contracted to supply us with cable.) podejmować się
    3) (to become infected with (a disease): He contracted malaria.) zarażać się
    4) (to promise (in marriage).) zobowiązywać się
    2. ['kontrækt] noun
    (a legal written agreement: He has a four-year contract (of employment) with us; The firm won a contract for three new aircraft.) kontrakt, umowa
    - contractor

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  • 13 hard

    [hɑːd] 1. adj
    object, surface, drugs twardy; question, problem trudny; work, life ciężki; person surowy; evidence niepodważalny, niezbity; drink mocny
    2. adv
    work ciężko; think intensywnie; try mocno

    I find it hard to believe that … — trudno mi uwierzyć, że …

    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) twardy
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) trudny
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) surowy
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) srogi
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) ciężki
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) twarda (o wodzie)
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) ciężko
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) mocno
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) uważnie
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) zupełnie, całkiem
    •
    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up

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  • 14 stiff

    [stɪf] 1. adj
    sztywny; competition zacięty; penalty ciężki; drink mocny; breeze silny
    2. adv

    bored/scared stiff — śmiertelnie znudzony/przestraszony

    I am/feel too stiff to move — jestem/czuję się zbyt obolały, żeby się ruszyć

    to have a stiff neck/back — nie móc zgiąć karku/pleców

    * * *
    [stif]
    1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) sztywny
    2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) działający opornie, sztywny
    3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) gęsty
    4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) ciężki, trudny
    5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) silny
    6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) chłodny
    •
    - stiffness
    - stiffen
    - stiffening
    - bore
    - scare stiff

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  • 15 good will

    1) (the good reputation and trade with customers that a business firm has: We are selling the goodwill along with the shop.) dobre imię firmy
    2) (friendliness: He has always shown a good deal of goodwill towards us.) przychylność

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  • 16 goodwill

    [gud'wɪl]
    n
    dobra wola f; ( COMM) reputacja f przedsiębiorstwa
    * * *
    1) (the good reputation and trade with customers that a business firm has: We are selling the goodwill along with the shop.) dobre imię firmy
    2) (friendliness: He has always shown a good deal of goodwill towards us.) przychylność

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  • 17 gum

    [gʌm] 1. n ( ANAT)
    dziąsło nt; ( glue) klej m; (also: gumdrop) żelatynka f ( cukierek); (also: chewing-gum) guma f (do żucia)
    2. vt
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    I noun
    ((usually in plural) the firm flesh in which the teeth grow.) dziąsło
    II 1. noun
    1) (a sticky juice got from some trees and plants.) żywica
    2) (a glue: We can stick these pictures into the book with gum.) guma arabska
    3) (a type of sweet: a fruit gum.) galaretka
    4) (chewing-gum: He chews gum when he is working.) guma do żucia
    2. verb
    (to glue with gum: I'll gum this bit on to the other one.) przykleić
    - gumminess

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  • 18 hire

    ['haɪə(r)] 1. vt ( BRIT)
    car, equipment, hall wynajmować (wynająć perf) ( od kogoś); worker najmować (nająć perf)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. n ( BRIT)

    for hire — boat etc do wynajęcia; taxi wolny

    * * *
    1. verb
    1) ((often with from) to get the use of by paying money: He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.) wynajmować (od)
    2) ((often with out) to give (someone) the use of in exchange for money: Will you hire me your boat for the week-end?; Does this firm hire out cars?) wypożyczać
    3) ((especially American) to employ (a workman etc): They have hired a team of labourers to dig the road.) najmować
    2. noun
    ((money paid for) hiring: Is this hall for hire?; How much is the hire of the hall?; We don't own this crane - it's on hire.) wynajęcie, dzierżawa
    - hire-purchase

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  • 19 jelly

    ['dʒɛlɪ]
    n
    * * *
    ['‹eli]
    plural - jellies; noun
    1) (the juice of fruit boiled with sugar until it is firm, used like jam, or served with meat.) galareta
    2) (a transparent, smooth food, usually fruit-flavoured: I've made raspberry jelly for the party.) galaretka (owocowa)
    3) (any jelly-like substance: Frogs' eggs are enclosed in a kind of jelly.) galareta
    4) ((American) same as jam I.)
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  • 20 labour

    ['leɪbə(r)] 1. (US labor) n
    ( hard work) ciężka praca f; ( work force) siła f robocza; ( work done by work force) praca f; ( MED)
    2. vi 3. vt

    Labour, the Labour Party ( BRIT) — Partia Pracy

    hard labour — ( toil) harówka (inf); ( punishment) ciężkie roboty

    * * *
    ['leibə] 1. noun
    1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) (ciężka) praca
    2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) siła robocza
    3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) poród
    4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Partia Pracy
    2. verb
    1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) harować
    2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) poruszać się z trudem, pracować z mozołem
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    - laboriously
    - laboriousness
    - labourer
    - labour court
    - labour dispute
    - labour-saving

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