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1 foolishness
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2 folly
['fɔlɪ]n( foolishness) szaleństwo nt; ( building) imitacja zamku, świątyni itp ustawiona w parku w celach dekoracyjnych* * *['foli]plural - follies; noun(foolishness: the follies of youth.) szaleństwo -
3 cease
[siːs] 1. vt 2. vi* * *[si:s](to stop or (bring to an) end: They were ordered to cease firing; That department has ceased to exist; This foolishness must cease!; Cease this noise!) kończyć (się)- ceaselessly -
4 fool
[fuːl] 1. n 2. vtoszukiwać (oszukać perf), nabierać (nabrać perf)3. vito make a fool of sb — ( ridicule) ośmieszać (ośmieszyć perf) kogoś; ( trick) wystrychnąć ( perf) kogoś na dudka
to make a fool of o.s. — zbłaźnić się ( perf)
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[fu:l] 1. noun(a person without sense or intelligence: He is such a fool he never knows what to do.) głupiec2. verb1) (to deceive: She completely fooled me with her story.) okpić, oszukać2) ((often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully: Stop fooling about!) błaznować, wygłupiać się•- foolish- foolishly
- foolishness
- foolhardy
- foolhardiness
- foolproof
- make a fool of
- make a fool of oneself
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5 madness
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6 nonsense
['nɔnsəns]nnonsens mnonsense! — nonsens!, bzdura!
it is nonsense to say that … — to nonsens twierdzić, że …
to make (a) nonsense of sth — odbierać (odebrać perf) czemuś sens, czynić (uczynić perf) coś bezsensownym
* * *['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!) niedorzeczność -
7 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
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