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1 polished
adjective (negative unpolished). poliert* * *pol·ished[ˈpɒlɪʃt, AM ˈpɑ:-]2. (showing great skill) formvollendet\polished performance großartige Leistung3. (refined) gebildet\polished manners geschliffene Manieren* * *['pɒlɪʃt]adj1) surface, furniture poliert, glänzend; ornaments poliert; floor gebohnert; stone, glass geschliffenhis highly polished shoes — seine blank geputzten Schuhe
2) style etc verfeinert; performance, performer brillant; language geschliffen; image makellos, sauber* * *1. poliert, glatt, glänzend:highly polished spiegelblank (Fußboden)2. fig geschliffen:a) höflichb) gebildet, fein, elegantc) brillant* * *adj.abgeschliffen adj.poliert adj. -
2 highly
1) (very; very much: highly delighted; highly paid; I value the book highly.) muy; enormemente2) (with approval: He thinks/speaks very highly of you.) muy bienhighly adv muy / altamentetr['haɪlɪ]1 (very) muy; (favourably) muy bienhighly ['haɪli] adv1) very: muy, sumamente2) favorably: muy biento speak highly of: hablar muy bien deto think highly of: tener en mucho aadv.• altamente adv.• mucho adv.• muy adv.• sumamente adv.'haɪlia) ( to a high degree)highly probable/unlikely — muy/muy poco probable
highly intelligent — inteligentísimo, sumamente inteligente
highly trained/skilled — altamente capacitado/calificado
b) ( favorably)his boss speaks/thinks very highly of him — su jefe habla muy bien/tiene muy buena opinión de él
c) ( at a high rate)a highly paid job — un trabajo muy bien pagado or remunerado
['haɪlɪ]ADV1) (with adj, pp used as adj) [effective, sensitive, controversial] muy, sumamente; [qualified, developed, sophisticated] sumamente, altamente; [significant] sumamente, tremendamente•
highly intelligent — sumamente inteligente, inteligentísimo•
it is highly likely that he will win the competition — es muy or sumamente probable que gane la competición•
a highly placed official — un funcionario importante, un alto cargo•
highly polished — [shoes, furniture, tiles] muy brillantes; [book, film, description] muy bueno, muy pulido•
highly qualified — muy preparado, muy cualificado•
a highly regarded writer — un escritor de mucha reputación•
highly sexed — muy sensual, con mucho apetito sexual•
highly spiced — con muchas especias, muy condimentado•
highly strung — muy nervioso, muy excitable•
a highly successful businessman — un hombre de negocios de muchísimo éxito•
highly trained soldiers — soldados sumamente adiestrados•
it is highly unlikely that she will see you — es muy poco probable que te reciba2) (with verb)•
to praise sb highly — alabar or elogiar mucho a algn•
I don't rate him very highly — no tengo muy buena opinión de élhis chances of survival are not rated very highly — no se cree que tenga muchas posibilidades de sobrevivir
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he is highly regarded by all his staff — está muy bien considerado por todo su personal•
these children score very highly in intelligence tests — estos niños consiguen unas puntuaciones muy altas en los tests de inteligencia•
to speak highly of sb/sth — hablar muy bien de algn/algo•
to think highly of sb/sth — tener muy buena opinión de algn/algo•
to value sth highly — apreciar mucho algo* * *['haɪli]a) ( to a high degree)highly probable/unlikely — muy/muy poco probable
highly intelligent — inteligentísimo, sumamente inteligente
highly trained/skilled — altamente capacitado/calificado
b) ( favorably)his boss speaks/thinks very highly of him — su jefe habla muy bien/tiene muy buena opinión de él
c) ( at a high rate)a highly paid job — un trabajo muy bien pagado or remunerado
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3 polish
1. Ithis wood won't polish это дерево не поддается полировке; his speech needs polishing его речь надо отшлифовать2. IIpolish in some manner marble polishes well (easily, beautifully, etc.) мрамор хорошо и т.д. шлифуется /поддается шлифовке/; mahogany polishes well (easily, etc.) красное дерево хорошо и т.д. полируется; the flooring that polishes easily пол, который легко натирается3. IIIpolish smth.1) polish silver (a brass doorknob, glass, etc.) частить серебре и т.д. до блеска; polish floors натирать полы; polish a story (a play, etc.) редактировать рассказ и т.д.2) polish verses отделывать стихи; polish one's French совершенствовать свои знания французского языка; polish one's manners оттачивать свои манеры; polish smb.'s manners учить кого-л. хорошим манерам; polish smb.'s appearance придавать кому-л. внешний лоск4. IVpolish smth. in some manner polish smth. splendidly (highly, etc.) начистить что-л. до блеска и т.д.; polish smth. at some time I did not have time to polish my shoes this morning я не успел [сегодня] утром почистить ботинки5. XIbe polished into smth. the brook pebbles are polished into roundness камешки в ручейке так обточились, что стали круглыми6. XXI1polish smth. with smth. polish a cylinder with emery (the brass with tripoli, etc.) зачистить цилиндр наждаком и т.д., отшкурить цилиндр и т.д.; polish smth. at some time we polished the furniture on the day the guests arrived мы до блеска отполировали мебель в день приезда гостей
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