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1 nothing / not much to choose between
(hardly any difference between: There's not much to choose between the two methods.) prawie bez różnicyEnglish-Polish dictionary > nothing / not much to choose between
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2 none
[nʌn]pronI've none left — ( not any) nie zostało mi ani trochę; ( not one) nie został mi ani jeden
none at all — ( not any) ani trochę; ( not one) absolutnie żaden
* * *1. pronoun(not one; not any: `How many tickets have you got?' `None'; She asked me for some sugar but there was none in the house; None of us have/has seen him; None of your cheek! (= Don't be cheeky!).) żaden2. adverb(not at all: He is none the worse for his accident.) bynajmniej nie- none but- nonetheless
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3 no
[nəu] 1. adv 2. adjI have no money/books — nie mam (żadnych) pieniędzy/książek
there is no time/bread left — nie zostało ani trochę czasu/chleba
"no entry" — "wstęp wzbroniony"
3. n, pl noes"no smoking" — "palenie wzbronione"
* * *[nəu] 1. adjective1) (not any: We have no food; No other person could have done it.) żaden2) (not allowed: No smoking.) wzbronione3) (not a: He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.) żaden2. adverb(not (any): He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.) (bynajmniej) nie3. interjection(a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc: `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.') nie4. noun plural( noes)1) (a refusal: She answered with a definite no.) nie2) (a vote against something: The noes have won.) głos przeciw•- nobody5. noun(a very unimportant person: She's just a nobody.) nikt, zero- no-one- there's no saying
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4 go in one ear and out the other
(not to make any lasting impression: I keep telling that child to work harder but my words go in one ear and out the other.) wchodzić jednym, wychodzić drugim uchem -
5 none the wiser
(not knowing any more than before: He tried to explain the rules to me, but I'm none the wiser.) wcale nie mądrzejszy -
6 none the worse for
(not in any way harmed by: The child was lost in the supermarket but fortunately was none the worse for his experience.) bez szwanku mimo -
7 on no account
(not for any reason: On no account must you open that door.) pod żadnym pozorem -
8 quiet
['kwaɪət] 1. adj ( lit, fig)cichy; (peaceful, not busy) spokojny; ( not speaking) milczący; engine, aircraft cichobieżny2. n( silence) cisza f; ( peacefulness) spokój m3. vt, vi, see quieten (US)keep/be quiet! — bądź or siedź cicho!
on the quiet — cichcem (inf), cichaczem (inf)
* * *1. adjective1) (not making very much, or any, noise; without very much, or any, noise: Tell the children to be quiet; It's very quiet out in the country; a quiet person.) spokojny2) (free from worry, excitement etc: I live a very quiet life.) spokojny3) (without much movement or activity; not busy: We'll have a quiet afternoon watching television.) cichy4) ((of colours) not bright.) spokojny2. noun(a state, atmosphere, period of time etc which is quiet: In the quiet of the night; All I want is peace and quiet.) cisza3. verb((especially American: often with down) to quieten.) uspokoić (się)- quieten- quietly
- quietness
- keep quiet about
- on the quiet -
9 ever
['ɛvə(r)] 1. adv( always) zawsze; ( at any time) kiedykolwiekI'd rather not go — why ever not? — wolałabym nie iść — ale dlaczego (nie)?
you cannot do that — why ever not? — nie możesz tego zrobić — (a) dlaczegóż by nie?
2. advever since —
od tego czasu, od tej pory3. conjjuż od +genyours ever ( BRIT) — ( in letter) uściski
* * *['evə] 1. adverb1) (at any time: Nobody ever visits us; She hardly ever writes; Have you ever ridden on an elephant?; If I ever / If ever I see him again I shall get my revenge; better than ever; the brightest star they had ever seen.) kiedykolwiek2) (always; continually: They lived happily ever after; I've known her ever since she was a baby.) cały czas3) (used for emphasis: The new doctor is ever so gentle; What ever shall I do?)•- ever-- evergreen 2. noun(an evergreen tree: Firs and pines are evergreens.) drzewa i krzewy zielone przez cały rok- everlastingly
- evermore
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10 straight
[streɪt] 1. adjline, back, hair prosty; answer jasny; choice, fight bezpośredni; ( THEAT) part, play dramatyczny; whisky etc czysty; ( inf) ( heterosexual) normalny2. adv 3. nto put/get sth straight — ( make clear) wyjaśniać (wyjaśnić perf) coś; ( make tidy) doprowadzać (doprowadzić perf) coś do porządku
to go straight home — iść (pójść perf) prosto do domu
to tell sb straight out — powiedzieć ( perf) komuś prosto z mostu
straight away, straight off — od razu
* * *[streit] 1. adjective1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) prosty2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) rzetelny3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) prosty4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) w należytym, porządku5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) czysty6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) poważny7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) dramatyczny2. adverb1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) prosto2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) od razu3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) uczciwie3. noun(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) prosta- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
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11 pagan
['peɪgən] 1. adj 2. npoganin(-anka) m(f)* * *['peiɡən] 1. adjective(not belonging to any of the major world religions: pagan tribes; pagan gods.) pogański2. noun(a person who does not belong to any of the major world religions.) poganin- paganism -
12 unlikely
[ʌn'laɪklɪ]adj( not likely) nieprawdopodobny, mało prawdopodobny; ( unexpected) nieoczekiwanyin the unlikely event of any trouble, … — gdyby były jakieś kłopoty, co (jest) mało prawdopodobne, …
in the unlikely event that they give you any trouble, … — gdyby sprawiali wam jakieś kłopoty, co (jest) mało prawdopodobne, …
* * *(not likely or probable: an unlikely explanation for his absence; She's unlikely to arrive before 7.00 p.m.; It is unlikely that she will come.) nieprawdopodobny -
13 thin
[θɪn] 1. adjslice, line, book cienki; person, animal chudy; soup, fog, hair rzadki2. vt3. vito thin (down) — rozrzedzać (rozrzedzić perf), rozcieńczać (rozcieńczyć perf)
* * *[Ɵin] 1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) cienki2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) chudy3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) rzadki4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) rzadki5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) nieprzekonywający2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) rozrzedzić, przerzedzić się- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
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14 hope
[həup] 1. nnadzieja f2. vi 3. vtto hope that … — mieć nadzieję, że …
to hope to do sth — mieć nadzieję, że się coś zrobi
I hope so/not — mam nadzieję, że tak/nie
to have no hope of sth/doing sth — nie liczyć na coś/zrobienie czegoś
in the hope that/of — w nadziei, że/na +acc
* * *[həup] 1. verb(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) mieć nadzieję2. noun1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) nadzieja2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) nadzieja3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) nadzieja•- hopeful- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
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15 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 -
16 by no means
1) (definitely not: `Can I go home now?' `By no means!) w żadnym wypadku/razie2) ((also not by any means) not at all: I'm by no means certain to win.) bynajmniej -
17 dead
[dɛd] 1. adjperson zmarły; animal zdechły, nieżywy; plant zwiędły; city wymarły; language martwy; ( body part) zdrętwiały, ścierpnięty; engine zepsuty; telephone głuchy; battery wyładowany; silence zupełny2. adv( completely) całkowicie, zupełnie; (directly, exactly) akurat, dokładnie3. nplto shoot sb dead — zastrzelić ( perf) kogoś
in the dead centre, dead in the centre — w samym środku
* * *[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) martwy2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) zepsuty3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) kompletny, całkowity2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) kompletnie- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) nieludzko, śmiertelnie- dead end- dead-end
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- dead language
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18 ineffectual
[ɪnɪ'fɛktʃuəl]adj, see ineffective* * *[ini'fek uəl]1) (not producing any result or the desired result: His attempts to keep order in the classroom were quite ineffectual.) daremny, nieskuteczny2) ((of a person) not confident or able to lead people; not able to get things done: an ineffectual teacher.) nieudolny• -
19 never
['nɛvə(r)]adv( not at any time) nigdy; ( not) wcale nieSee also:- mind* * *['nevə](not ever; at no time: I shall never go there again; Never have I been so angry.) nigdy- nevertheless -
20 positive
['pɔzɪtɪv]adj( certain) pewny; (hopeful, confident, affirmative) pozytywny; ( decisive) stanowczy; ( MATH, ELEC) dodatni* * *['pozətiv] 1. adjective1) (meaning or saying `yes': a positive answer; They tested the water for the bacteria and the result was positive (= the bacteria were present).) pozytywny2) (definite; leaving no doubt: positive proof.) jednoznaczny3) (certain or sure: I'm positive he's right.) przekonany4) (complete or absolute: His work is a positive disgrace.) całkowity5) (optimistic and prepared to make plans for the future: Take a more positive attitude to life.) optymistyczny6) (not showing any comparison; not comparative or superlative.) równy7) ((of a number etc) greater than zero.) dodatni8) (having fewer electrons than normal: In an electrical circuit, electrons flow to the positive terminal.) dodatni2. noun1) (a photographic print, made from a negative, in which light and dark are as normal.) pozytyw2) ((an adjective or adverb of) the positive (not comparative or superlative) degree.) stopień równy•- positively
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