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21 commercial
[kə'məːʃəl] 1. adjorganization handlowy; success komercyjny2. n (TV, RADIO)reklama f* * *[kə'mə:ʃəl]1) (connected with commerce: Private cars are allowed to use this road but not commercial vehicles.) handlowy2) ((likely to be) profitable: a commercial proposition.) korzystny, dochodowy3) (paid for by advertisements: commercial television.) opłacany z reklam -
22 expect
[ɪks'pɛkt] 1. vt(anticipate, hope for) spodziewać się +gen; (await, require, count on) oczekiwać +gen; ( suppose)2. vito expect that … — przypuszczać, że …
to expect sb to do sth — ( anticipate) spodziewać się, że ktoś coś zrobi; ( demand) oczekiwać od kogoś zrobienia czegoś
* * *[ik'spekt]1) (to think of as likely to happen or come: I'm expecting a letter today; We expect her on tomorrow's train.) spodziewać się2) (to think or believe (that something will happen): He expects to be home tomorrow; I expect that he will go; `Will she go too?' `I expect so' / `I don't expect so' / `I expect not.') spodziewać się3) (to require: They expect high wages for their professional work; You are expected to tidy your own room.) oczekiwać4) (to suppose or assume: I expect (that) you're tired.) spodziewać się•- expectant
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23 flimsy
['flɪmzɪ]adj* * *['flimzi]1) (thin and light: You'll be cold in those flimsy clothes.) cienki, lekki2) (not very well made; likely to break: a flimsy boat.) marny, lichy -
24 guess
[gɛs] 1. vt 2. vi 3. nto take/have a guess — zgadywać
my guess is that … — sądzę or przypuszczam, że…
I guess… (esp US) — sądzę or przypuszczam, że …
* * *[ɡes] 1. verb1) (to say what is likely to be the case: I'm trying to guess the height of this building; If you don't know the answer, just guess.) zgadywać2) ((especially American) to suppose: I guess I'll have to leave now.) sądzić2. noun(an opinion, answer etc got by guessing: My guess is that he's not coming.) domniemanie- anybody's guess -
25 it
n abbr, see Information Technology* * *1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) to, ono2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) (to)3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) to właśnie...4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)•- its- itself -
26 mean
[miːn] 1. adj( with money) skąpy; ( unkind) person, trick podły; (US, inf) ( vicious) person, animal złośliwy; ( shabby) nędzny; ( average) średni2. vt; pt, pp meant3. n, pl meansI thought you meant her — sądziłem, że miałeś na myśli ją; ( intend)
( average) średnia f- means* * *[mi:n] I adjective1) (not generous (with money etc): He's very mean (with his money / over pay).) skąpy2) (likely or intending to cause harm or annoyance: It is mean to tell lies.) podły, małostkowy3) ((especially American) bad-tempered, vicious or cruel: a mean mood.) złośliwy4) ((of a house etc) of poor quality; humble: a mean dwelling.) ubogi, nędzny•- meanly- meanness
- meanie II 1. adjective1) ((of a statistic) having the middle position between two points, quantities etc: the mean value on a graph.) średni2) (average: the mean annual rainfall.) przeciętny2. noun(something that is midway between two opposite ends or extremes: Three is the mean of the series one to five.) średnia, środekIII 1. past tense, past participle - meant; verb1) (to (intend to) express, show or indicate: `Vacation' means `holiday'; What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?) znaczyć2) (to intend: I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot; For whom was that letter meant?; He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.) zamierzać•- meaning2. adjective((of a look, glance etc) showing a certain feeling or giving a certain message: The teacher gave the boy a meaning look when he arrived late.) znaczący- meaningless
- be meant to
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27 might
[maɪt] 1. vb, see may 2. nmoc f, potęga fwith all one's might — z całej siły, z całych sił
* * *I(-)1) (past tense of may: I thought I might find you here; He might come if you offered him a meal.) móc2) (used instead of `may', eg to make a possibility seem less likely, or a request for permission more polite: He might win if he tries hard; Might I speak to you for a few minutes, please?) móc3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) mógłbym, mógłbyś itd.•- might have
- I might have known II(power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) potęga- mighty- mightily
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28 noticeable
['nəutɪsəbl]adjzauważalny, widoczny* * *adjective ((likely to be) easily noticed: There's a slight stain on this dress but it's not really noticeable.) zauważalny -
29 pie in the sky
(something good promised for the future but which one is not certain or likely to get: He says he will get a well-paid job but it's just pie in the sky.) obiecanki cacanki -
30 probable
['prɔbəbl]adjit seems probable that … — wydaje się prawdopodobne, że …
* * *['probəbl](that may be expected to happen or be true; likely: the probable result; Such an event is possible but not probable.) prawdopodobny- probably- probability
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31 rickety
['rɪkɪtɪ]adj* * *['rikəti](not well built; unsteady; likely to fall over or collapse: a rickety table.) chybotliwy -
32 shaky
['ʃeɪkɪ]adjhand, voice trzęsący się, drżący; memory mglisty, niewyraźny; knowledge słaby; prospects, future chwiejny, niepewny; start niepewny, nieśmiały* * *1) (weak or trembling with age, illness etc: a shaky voice; shaky handwriting.) niepewny, drżący2) (unsteady or likely to collapse: a shaky chair.) rozklekotany3) ((sometimes with at) not very good, accurate etc: He's a bit shaky at arithmetic; My arithmetic has always been very shaky; I'd be grateful if you would correct my rather shaky spelling.) słaby -
33 stable
['steɪbl] 1. adjprices, patient's condition stabilny; marriage trwały2. n( for horse) stajnia f; ( for cattle) obora f* * *I ['steibl] adjective1) (firm and steady or well-balanced: This chair isn't very stable.) stabilny2) (firmly established and likely to last: a stable government.) mocny, trwały3) ((of a person or his character) unlikely to become unreasonably upset or hysterical: She's the only stable person in the whole family.) opanowany4) ((of a substance) not easily decomposed.) trwały•- stabilize
- stabilise
- stabilization
- stabilisation II ['steibl] noun1) (a building in which horses are kept.) stajnia2) ((in plural) a horse-keeping establishment: He runs the riding stables.) stajnie -
34 surprising
[sə'praɪzɪŋ]adjzaskakujący, niespodziewanyit is surprising how/that — (to) zaskakujące, jak/że
* * *adjective (likely to cause surprise: surprising news; It is not surprising that he resigned.) zadziwiający, zaskakujący -
35 wishful thinking
noun (expectations based on what one hopes will happen, not on what is likely to happen.) pobożne życzenia -
36 suppose
[sə'pəuz]vt( think likely) sądzić; ( imagine) przypuszczaćit was worse than she'd supposed — było gorzej, niż przypuszczała
I don't suppose she'll come — nie sądzę, żeby przyszła
he's about sixty, I suppose — ma chyba około sześćdziesiątki
I suppose so/not — sądzę, że tak/nie
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См. также в других словарях:
not likely! — ► not likely! informal certainly not. Main Entry: ↑likely … English terms dictionary
not likely! — informal certainly not; I refuse Are you going home? Not likely! * * * not ˈlikely! idiom (informal, especially BrE) used to disagree strongly with a statement or suggestion … Useful english dictionary
not likely — very little chance, improbable, a slim chance Do you think we ll win the prize? the boy asked. Not likely, his dad replied … English idioms
not likely! — informal certainly not. → likely … English new terms dictionary
not likely — spoken used for saying that you or someone else certainly will not do something … English dictionary
not likely! — Certainly not! … A concise dictionary of English slang
NOT LIKELY — … Useful english dictionary
likely — ► ADJECTIVE (likelier, likeliest) 1) such as well might be the case; probable. 2) promising. ► ADVERB ▪ probably. ● a likely story! Cf. ↑a likely story! … English terms dictionary
likely — [līk′lē] adj. likelier, likeliest [ME likly, prob. aphetic < OE geliclic (or < ? ON likligr): see LIKE1 & LY1] 1. apparently true to the facts; credible; probable [a likely cause] 2. seeming as if it would happen or might happen; reasonably … English World dictionary
not in a month of Sundays — (not) in a month of Sundays if you say that something will not happen in a month of Sundays, you mean that it is not likely to happen. He ll never run the marathon, not in a month of Sundays … New idioms dictionary
not worth the paper it is written on — not worth the paper it is written/printed/on phrase used for saying that a written agreement is not worth having because the person who signed it is not likely to do what they said they would do We signed a year’s lease on this place, but it’s… … Useful english dictionary