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1 figure out
vt* * *(to understand: I can't figure out why he said that.) (z)rozumieć, pojąć -
2 figure
['fɪgə(r)] 1. n ( GEOM)figura f; ( number) liczba f, cyfra f; ( body) figura f; ( person) postać f; ( personality) postać f, figura f2. vt (esp US) 3. vifigurować, pojawiać się (pojawić się perf)that figures — to było do przewidzenia, można się (było) tego spodziewać
Phrasal Verbs:* * *['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) postać, sylwetka2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) figura3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) cyfra4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) rycina, rysunek2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurować, występować2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) liczyć•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
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3 mould
[məuld] 1. (US mold) n 2. vt* * *I [mould] noun1) ((soil which is full of) rotted leaves etc.) czarnoziem2) (a growth on stale food etc: This bread is covered with mould.) pleśń•- mouldy- mouldiness II 1. [məuld] noun1) (a shape into which a substance in liquid form is poured so that it may take on that shape when it cools and hardens: a jelly mould.) forma2) (something, especially a food, formed in a mould.) odlew2. verb1) (to form in a mould: The metal is moulded into long bars.) odlewać2) (to work into a shape: He moulded the clay into a ball.) ukształtować, wymodelować3) (to make the shape of (something): She moulded the figure out of/in clay.) kształtować, wymodelować -
4 cut
[kʌt] 1. pt, pp cut, vtbread, meat kroić (pokroić perf); hand, knee rozcinać (rozciąć perf); grass przycinać (przyciąć perf); hair obcinać (obciąć perf); scene ( from book) usuwać (usunąć perf); (from film, broadcast) wycinać (wyciąć perf); prices obniżać (obniżyć perf); spending, supply ograniczać (ograniczyć perf); garment kroić (skroić perf); line, path przecinać (przeciąć perf); ( inf) ( cancel) odwoływać (odwołać perf)to cut one's finger — skaleczyć się ( perf) w palec
to get one's hair cut — obcinać (obciąć perf) sobie włosy
to cut sth short — skracać (skrócić perf) coś
to cut sb dead — udawać (udać perf), że się kogoś nie widzi
Phrasal Verbs:- cut back- cut down- cut in- cut off- cut out- cut up2. vi 3. n( in skin) skaleczenie nt; (in salary, spending) cięcie nt; ( of meat) płat m; ( of garment) krój m4. adjcold cuts (US) — różne rodzaje wędlin i zimnych mięs pokrojone w plasterki
jewel (o)szlifowany* * *1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) ciąć2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) ciąć3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) wycinać4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) ciąć, strzyc5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) obcinać6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) wycinać7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) przecinać8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) przekładać9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') przerywać10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) skracać, ścinać, zajeżdżać drogę11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) przecinać12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) opuszczać, nie uczęszczać do13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorować2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) cięcie, obcięcie, przerwa2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) krój3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) kawałek, porcja•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) zjadliwy- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) bezlitosny- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
5 carve
[kɑːv]vt( sculpt) rzeźbić (wyrzeźbić perf); meat kroić (pokroić perf); initials, design wycinać (wyciąć perf)Phrasal Verbs:- carve up* * *1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) rzeźbić2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) ciąć•- carving- carve out -
6 distinguish
[dɪs'tɪŋgwɪʃ]vtto distinguish between — rozróżniać (rozróżnić perf) pomiędzy +instr
to distinguish o.s. — ( in battle etc) odznaczać się (odznaczyć się perf)
* * *[di'stiŋɡwiʃ]1) ((often with from) to mark as different: What distinguishes this café from all the others?) wyróżniać2) (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) rozpoznać, dostrzegać3) ((sometimes with between) to recognize a difference: I can't distinguish (between) the two types - they both look the same to me.) rozróżnić4) (to make (oneself) noticed through one's achievements: He distinguished himself at school by winning a prize in every subject.) wyróżniać się•- distinguished -
7 incongruous
[ɪn'kɔŋgruəs]adjsituation, figure osobliwy, absurdalny; remark, act niestosowny, nie na miejscu post* * *[iŋ'koŋɡruəs](unsuitable or out of place; odd: Boots would look incongruous with an evening dress.) niestosowny- incongruousness -
8 jack-in-the-box
['dʒækɪnðəbɔks]nzabawka w formie pudełka, z którego po otwarciu wyskakuje figurka na sprężynie* * *['‹ækinðəboks](a toy consisting of a figure, fixed to a spring inside a box, which comes out suddenly when the lid is opened.) diabełek w pudełku -
9 Punch
[pʌntʃ] 1. n 2. vtPhrasal Verbs:- punch in* * *(the name of a comic figure in a puppet-show (traditionally known as a Punch and Judy show).)
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