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1 the
[ðəˌ ðiː]def art1)the books/children are in the library — książki/dzieci są w bibliotece
2) ( in titles)3) ( in comparisons)the more he works the more he earns — im więcej pracuje, tym więcej zarabia
* * *[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) ten1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the... -
2 put all one's eggs in one basket
(to depend entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than one job - don't put all your eggs in one basket.) postawić na jedną kartęEnglish-Polish dictionary > put all one's eggs in one basket
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3 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) z deszczu pod rynnęEnglish-Polish dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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4 spiral
['spaɪərl] 1. nspirala f2. vi ( fig)prices etc wzrastać (wzrosnąć perf) gwałtownie* * *1. adjective1) (coiled round like a spring, with each coil the same size as the one below: a spiral staircase.) spiralny2) (winding round and round, usually tapering to a point: a spiral shell.) spiralny, śrubowaty2. noun1) (an increase or decrease, or rise or fall, becoming more and more rapid (eg in prices).) spirala2) (a spiral line or object: A spiral of smoke rose from the chimney.) spirala3. verb(to go or move in a spiral, especially to increase more and more rapidly: Prices have spiralled in the last six months.) wzrastać gwałtownie- spirally -
5 which
[wɪtʃ] 1. adj1) który2)the train may be late, in which case don't wait up — pociąg może się spóźnić. W takim wypadku nie czekaj na mnie
2. pronwe got there at 8 pm, by which time the cinema was full — dotarliśmy tam o ósmej. Do tego czasu kino było już pełne
1) ( interrogative) który2) ( relative) ( referring to preceding noun) który; ( referring to preceding clause) cothe chair on which you are sitting — krzesło, na którym siedzisz
she said I was late, which was true — powiedziała, że się spóźniłem, co było prawdą
* * *[wi ] 1. adjective, pronoun(used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc from a particular known group: Which (colour) do you like best?; Which route will you travel by?; At which station should I change trains?; Which of the two girls do you like better?; Tell me which books you would like; Let me know which train you'll be arriving on; I can't decide which to choose.) który2. relative pronoun((used to refer to a thing or things mentioned previously to distinguish it or them from others: able to be replaced by that except after a preposition: able to be omitted except after a preposition or when the subject of a clause) (the) one(s) that: This is the book which/that was on the table; This is the book (which/that) you wanted; A scalpel is a type of knife which/that is used by surgeons; The chair (which/that) you are sitting on is broken; The documents for which they were searching have been recovered.) który3. relative adjective, relative pronoun(used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on something: My new car, which I paid several thousand pounds for, is not running well; He said he could speak Russian, which was untrue; My father may have to go into hospital, in which case he won't be going on holiday.) który, co- which is which? - which is which -
6 all
[ɔːl] 1. adj( with sing) cały; (with pl) wszystkie (+nvir), wszyscy (+vir)2. pronI ate it all, I ate all of it — zjadłem (to) wszystko
2)above all — przede wszystkim, nade wszystko
after all — przecież, w końcu
3. advall in all — w sumie, ogółem
all the more/the better — tym więcej/lepiej
all but — ( all except for) wszyscy z wyjątkiem or oprócz +gen; ( almost) już prawie
what's the score? — 2 all — jaki jest wynik? — dwa — dwa
* * *[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) cały2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) wszyscy2. adverb1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) całkowicie2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) tym (bardziej/mocniej)•- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
- in all -
7 only
['əunlɪ] 1. adv( solely) jedynie; (merely, just) tylko2. adj 3. conjan only child — jedynak(-aczka) m(f)
I would come, only I'm busy — przyszedłbym, tylko (że) jestem zajęty
not only … but (also) — nie tylko…, lecz (także)
* * *['əunli] 1. adjective(without any others of the same type: He has no brothers or sisters - he's an only child; the only book of its kind.) jedyny2. adverb1) (not more than: We have only two cups left; He lives only a mile away.) tylko2) (alone: Only you can do it.) jedynie3) (showing the one action done, in contrast to other possibilities: I only scolded the child - I did not smack him.) tylko, jedynie4) (not longer ago than: I saw him only yesterday.) dopiero5) (showing the one possible result of an action: If you do that, you'll only make him angry.) tylko3. conjunction(except that, but: I'd like to go, only I have to work.) tyle, że- only too -
8 common
['kɔmən] 1. adj( shared) wspólny; ( ordinary) object, name, species pospolity; experience, phenomenon powszechny; ( vulgar) prostacki2. nbłonia pl (wiejskie)it's common knowledge that … — powszechnie wiadomo, że …
for the common good — dla wspólnego dobra, dla dobra ogółu
* * *['komən] 1. adjective1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) pospolity2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) wspólny, powszechny3) (publicly owned: common property.) wspólny4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) ordynarny5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) prosty6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) pospolity2. noun((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) błonia- commoner- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common -
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10 several
['sɛvərl] 1. adjkilka (+gen); ( of groups of people including at least one male) kilku (+gen)2. pronkilka; ( of groups of people including at least one male) kilku* * *['sevrəl] 1. adjective(more than one or two, but not a great many: Several weeks passed before he got a reply to his letter.) kilka2. pronoun(some or a few: Several of them are ill; Of the eggs, several were broken.) niektórzy -
11 ambiguous
[æm'bɪgjuəs]adjdwuznaczny, niejasny* * *[æm'biɡjuəs](having more than one possible meaning: After the cat caught the mouse, it died is an ambiguous statement (ie it is not clear whether it = the cat or = the mouse).) dwuznaczny- ambiguity -
12 hundred
['hʌndrəd]numhundreds of — setki +gen
* * *1. noun1) ((plural hundred) the number 100: Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.) sto2) (the figure 100.) sto3) (the age of 100: She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.) sto4) ((plural hundred) a hundred pounds or dollars: I lost several hundred at the casino last night.) setka2. adjective1) (100 in number: six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.) sto2) (aged 100: He is a hundred today.) sto lat•- hundred-- hundredfold
- hundredth
- hundreds of -
13 railway
['reɪlweɪ]n ( BRIT)(system, company) kolej f; ( track) linia f kolejowa* * *1) (a track with (usually more than one set of) two (or sometimes three) parallel steel rails on which trains run: They're building a new railway; ( also adjective) a railway station.) linia kolejowa2) ((sometimes in plural) the whole organization which is concerned with the running of trains, the building of tracks etc: He has a job on the railway; The railways are very badly run in some countries.) kolej -
14 profit
['prɔfɪt] 1. nzysk m2. vito profit by/from ( fig) — odnosić (odnieść perf) korzyść or korzyści z +gen, mieć pożytek z +gen
to make a profit — osiągać (osiągnąć perf) zysk, zarabiać (zarobić perf)
to sell (sth) at a profit — sprzedawać (sprzedać perf) (coś) z zyskiem
* * *['profit] 1. noun1) (money which is gained in business etc, eg from selling something for more than one paid for it: I made a profit of $8,000 on my house; He sold it at a huge profit.) zysk2) (advantage; benefit: A great deal of profit can be had from travelling abroad.) pożytek2. verb((with from or by) to gain profit(s) from: The business profited from its exports; He profited by his opponent's mistakes.) czerpać zysk/korzyści, zarabiać- profitably -
15 do
[duː] 1. pt did, pp done, aux vbhe didn't seem to care — wydawało się, że go to nie obchodzi
2) ( to form questions)3) ( for emphasis) istotnie, rzeczywiścieshe does seem rather late — istotnie, wydaje się, że się spóźnia
oh do shut up! — och, zamknij się wreszcie! (inf)
4) ( in polite expressions) (bardzo) proszędo sit down/help yourself — (bardzo) proszę usiąść/poczęstować się
do you agree? — yes, I do/no, I don't — zgadzasz się? — tak/nie
who made this mess? — I did — kto tak nabałaganił — ja
6) ( in question tags) prawdayou like him, don't you? — lubisz go, prawda?
2. vtI don't know him, do I? — przecież go nie znam
what do you do (for a living)? — czym się Pan/Pani zajmuje?
we're doing "Othello" at school — ( studying) przerabiamy w szkole "Otella"; ( performing) gramy w szkole "Otella"
2) (AUT etc) ( of distance)3. viwe've done 200 km already — zrobiliśmy już 200 km; ( of speed)
1) (act, behave) robić (zrobić perf)do as I tell you — rób, jak ci każę
you did well to come so quickly — dobrze zrobiłeś, że tak szybko przyszedłeś
2) ( get on) radzić sobiehe's doing well/badly at school — dobrze/źle sobie radzi w szkole
how do you do? — miło mi Pana/Panią poznać
4) ( be sufficient) starczać (starczyć perf), wystarczać (wystarczyć perf)that'll do — ( is sufficient) (to) wystarczy
that'll do! — ( in annoyance) starczy już!
4. n ( inf)to make do with — zadowalać się (zadowolić się perf) +instr
impreza f (inf)* * *[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) robić6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) skończyć, przebyć7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) robić8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) wystarczyć, odpowiadać9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) pracować, uczyć się, robić10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) prosperować11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) układać, robić12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) zachowywać się13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) oddać (cześć)14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) powodować15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) zwiedzać2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) zabawa, impreza- doer- doings
- done
- do-it-yourself
- to-do
- I
- he could be doing with / could do with
- do away with
- do for
- done for
- done in
- do out
- do out of
- do's and don'ts
- do without
- to do with
- what are you doing with -
16 even
['iːvn] 1. adj 2. adv( showing surprise) nawet; ( introducing a comparison) jeszczeeven though — (po)mimo że, chociaż
3. vtto break even — wychodzić (wyjść perf) na czysto or na zero
Phrasal Verbs:- even out* * *I 1. [i:vən] adjective1) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) równy2) (smooth: Make the path more even.) gładki3) (regular: He has a strong, even pulse.) regularny4) (divisible by 2 with no remainder: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc are even numbers.) parzysty5) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) równy6) ((of temperament etc) calm: She has a very even temper.) spokojny2. verb1) (to make equal: Smith's goal evened the score.) wyrównywać2) (to make smooth or level.) wygładzać•- evenly- evenness
- be/get even with
- an even chance
- even out
- even up II [i:vən] adverb1) (used to point out something unexpected in what one is saying: `Have you finished yet?' `No, I haven't even started.'; Even the winner got no prize.) nawet2) (yet; still: My boots were dirty, but his were even dirtier.) jeszcze•- even if- even so
- even though -
17 heart
[hɑːt]serce nt; ( of lettuce etc) środek mto lose heart — tracić (stracić perf) ducha
to take heart — nabierać (nabrać perf) otuchy
to set one's heart on sth — pragnąć (zapragnąć perf) czegoś z całej duszy
- hearts* * *1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) serce2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centrum, serce3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) serce, dusza4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) odwaga, duch5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) serduszko6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) kier•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart -
18 another
[ə'nʌðə(r)] 1. adj 2. pron( one more) następny, drugi; ( a different one) inny, drugiSee also:- one* * *adjective, pronoun1) (a different (thing or person): This letter isn't from Tom - it's from another friend of mine; The coat I bought was dirty, so the shop gave me another.) inny2) ((one) more of the same kind: Have another biscuit!; You didn't tell me you wanted another of those!) jeszcze jeden -
19 right
[raɪt] 1. adj( correct) dobry, poprawny; ( suitable) właściwy, odpowiedni; ( morally good) dobry; ( not left) prawy2. n( what is morally right) dobro nt; ( entitlement) prawo nt; ( not left)3. adv 4. vt 5. exclthe right time — ( exact) dokładny czas; ( most suitable) odpowiedni czas
you are French, is that right? — jesteś Francuzem, prawda?
right before/after — tuż przed +instr /po +loc
right ahead — walk etc prosto przed siebie
right against the wall — przy samej ścianie, tuż przy ścianie
to right oneself — ship wyprostowywać się (wyprostować się perf)
* * *1. adjective1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) prawy2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) właściwy3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) słuszny4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) odpowiedni2. noun1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) prawo2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) słuszność, Racja!3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) prawa strona4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) prawica3. adverb1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) dokładnie2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) zaraz3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) tuż4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) całkiem5) (to the right: Turn right.) w prawo6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) dobrze4. verb1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) wyprostować2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) naprawić5. interjection(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') dobrze- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing 6. adjective((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) prawicowy- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right -
20 eye
[aɪ] 1. n ( ANAT) 2. vtto keep an eye on — mieć na oku +acc
* * *1. noun1) (the part of the body with which one sees: Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.) oko2) (anything like or suggesting an eye, eg the hole in a needle, the loop or ring into which a hook connects etc.) ucho, haftka, pętelka, oczko3) (a talent for noticing and judging a particular type of thing: She has an eye for detail/colour/beauty.) oko2. verb(to look at, observe: The boys were eyeing the girls at the dance; The thief eyed the policeman warily.) spoglądać, obserwować- eyeball- eyebrow
- eye-catching
- eyelash
- eyelet
- eyelid
- eye-opener
- eye-piece
- eyeshadow
- eyesight
- eyesore
- eye-witness
- before/under one's very eyes
- be up to the eyes in
- close one's eyes to
- in the eyes of
- keep an eye on
- lay/set eyes on
- raise one's eyebrows
- see eye to eye
- with an eye to something
- with one's eyes open
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