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1 blame
[bleɪm] 1. nwina f2. vtto blame sb for sth — obwiniać (obwinić perf) kogoś o coś
to be to blame — być winnym, ponosić winę
* * *[bleim] 1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) winić2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) potępiać2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) wina -
2 absolve
[əb'zɔlv]vtto absolve sb (from) — (blame, sin) odpuszczać (odpuścić perf) komuś (+acc); ( responsibility) zwalniać (zwolnić perf) kogoś (od +gen)
* * *[əb'zolv](to make free or release (from a promise, duty or blame): He was absolved of all blame.) zwalniać, oczyszczać -
3 censure
['sɛnʃə(r)] 1. vt 2. npotępienie nt* * *['senʃə] 1. verb(to criticize or blame: He was censured for staying away from work.) krytykować, nacenzurować2. noun(criticism or blame.) zarzuty -
4 accept
[ək'sɛpt]vtgift, invitation przyjmować (przyjąć perf); proposal przyjmować (przyjąć perf), akceptować (zaakceptować perf); fact, situation przyjmować (przyjąć perf) do wiadomości, godzić się (pogodzić się perf) z +instr; responsibility, blame brać (wziąć perf) na siebie* * *[ək'sept]1) (to take (something offered): He accepted the gift.) przyjmować2) (to believe in, agree to or acknowledge: We accept your account of what happened; Their proposal was accepted; He accepted responsibility for the accident.) przyjmować, uznawać•- acceptably
- acceptance
- accepted -
5 fault
[fɔːlt] 1. n( mistake) błąd m; ( defect) ( in person) wada f; ( in machine) usterka f; ( GEOL) uskok m; (TENNIS) błąd m serwisowy2. vtto find fault with sb/sth — czepiać się kogoś/czegoś
* * *[fo:lt] 1. noun1) (a mistake; something for which one is to blame: The accident was your fault.) błąd, wina2) (an imperfection; something wrong: There is a fault in this machine; a fault in his character.) defekt, skaza3) (a crack in the rock surface of the earth: faults in the earth's crust.) uskok2. verb(to find fault with: I couldn't fault him / his piano-playing.) krytykować- faultlessly
- faulty
- at fault
- find fault with
- to a fault -
6 insist
[ɪn'sɪst]viupierać się, nalegaćto insist that … — ( demand) upierać się or nalegać, żeby …; ( claim) utrzymywać or uparcie twierdzić, że …
* * *[in'sist]1) ((with that or on) to state, emphasize, or hold firmly to (an opinion, plan etc): He insists that I was to blame for the accident; I insisted on driving him home.) upierać się (przy)2) ((often with on or that) to demand or urge: He insists on punctuality/obedience; She insisted on coming with me; He insisted that I should go.) nalegać•- insistent -
7 reproach
[rɪ'prəutʃ] 1. nwyrzut m2. vtto reproach sb with sth — zarzucać (zarzucić perf) komuś coś
* * *[rə'prəu ] 1. verb(to rebuke or blame but usually with a feeling of sadness and disappointment rather than anger: She reproached me for not telling her about my money troubles; There is no need to reproach yourself - you did the best you could.) robić wyrzuty2. noun((an) act of reproaching: a look of reproach; He didn't deserve that reproach from you.) wyrzut- reproachfully -
8 scold
[skəuld]vt* * *[skəuld](to criticize or blame loudly and angrily: She scolded the child for coming home so late.) besztać- scolding -
9 shame
[ʃeɪm] 1. nwstyd m2. vtit is a shame to … — szkoda +infin
it is a shame that … — szkoda, że …
to put sb to shame — zawstydzać (zawstydzić perf) kogoś
* * *[ʃeim] 1. noun1) ((often with at) an unpleasant feeling caused by awareness of guilt, fault, foolishness or failure: I was full of shame at my rudeness; He felt no shame at his behaviour.) wstyd2) (dishonour or disgrace: The news that he had accepted bribes brought shame on his whole family.) hańba3) ((with a) a cause of disgrace or a matter for blame: It's a shame to treat a child so cruelly.) skandal4) ((with a) a pity: What a shame that he didn't get the job!) szkoda2. verb1) ((often with into) to force or persuade to do something by making ashamed: He was shamed into paying his share.) wymóc na, zmusić2) (to cause to have a feeling of shame: His cowardice shamed his parents.) zawstydzić•- shameful- shamefully
- shamefulness
- shameless
- shamelessly
- shamelessness
- shamefaced
- put to shame
- to my
- his shame -
10 shift
[ʃɪft] 1. nzmiana f2. vt 3. vi* * *[ʃift] 1. verb1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) przesuwać, przerzucać2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) przenosić3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) usuwać2. noun1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) przesunięcie2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) zmiana3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) zmiana•- shiftlessness
- shifty
- shiftily
- shiftiness
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