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121 aspect
['æspɛkt]naspekt mto take on a new/different aspect — nabierać (nabrać perf) nowego/innego zabarwienia
* * *['æspekt]1) (a part of something to be thought about: We must consider every aspect of the problem.) aspekt, element2) (a side of a building etc or the direction it faces in.) elewacja3) (look or appearance: His face had a frightening aspect.) wygląd -
122 bargain
['bɑːgɪn] 1. n(deal, agreement) umowa f, transakcja f; ( good buy) okazja f2. vito bargain (with sb) — ( negotiate) negocjować (z kimś); ( haggle) targować się (z kimś)
into the bargain — w dodatku, na dodatek
Phrasal Verbs:* * *1. noun1) (something bought cheaply and giving good value for money: This carpet was a real bargain.) okazyjny zakup2) (an agreement made between people: I'll make a bargain with you.) transakcja2. verb(to argue about or discuss a price etc: I bargained with him and finally got the price down.) targować się -
123 be on the point of
(to be about to (do something): I was on the point of going out when the telephone rang.) mieć właśnie (coś zrobić) -
124 blunder
['blʌndə(r)] 1. ngafa f2. vipopełniać (popełnić perf) gafęto blunder into sb/sth — wpadać (wpaść perf) na kogoś/coś
* * *1. verb1) (to stumble (about or into something): He blundered into the door.) zbłądzić2) (to make a (bad) mistake: He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.) popełnić gafę2. noun(a (bad) mistake.) gafa -
125 break
[breɪk] 1. pt broke, pp broken, vtPhrasal Verbs:- break in- break up2. vicrockery, glass tłuc się (stłuc się perf), rozbijać się (rozbić się perf); weather przełamywać się (przełamać się perf); storm zrywać się (zerwać się perf); story, news wychodzić (wyjść perf) na jaw3. nthe day was about to break when … — świtało, gdy …
to break the news to sb — przekazywać (przekazać perf) komuś (złą) wiadomość
to break even — wychodzić (wyjść perf) na czysto or na zero
to break with sb — zrywać (zerwać perf) z kimś
to break open — door wyważać (wyważyć perf); safe otwierać (otworzyć perf)
to take a break — ( for a few minutes) robić (zrobić perf) sobie przerwę; ( have a holiday) brać (wziąć perf) wolne
* * *[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) łamać2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) odłamać3) (to make or become unusable.) rozbić, zepsuć (się)4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) zerwać, nie dotrzymać5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) pobić6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) przerwać7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) skończyć, przerwać8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) przekazać, wyjść na jaw9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) załamywać się10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) osłabić11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) zaczynać się2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) przerwa2) (a change: a break in the weather.) zmiana3) (an opening.) wyrwa, przerwa4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) szansa•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) rzeczy łatwo tłukące się- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
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126 butt
[bʌt] 1. n( barrel) beczka f; ( of spear) rękojeść f; ( of gun) kolba f; ( of cigarette) niedopałek m; ( BRIT, fig) (of jokes, criticism) obiekt m; (US, inf!) dupa f (inf!)2. vtPhrasal Verbs:- butt in* * *I verb(to strike (someone or something) with the head: He fell over when the goat butted him.) uderzyć głową- butt inII 1. noun(someone whom others criticize or tell jokes about: She's the butt of all his jokes.) cel, obiekt (żartów)2. noun1) (the thick and heavy end (especially of a rifle).) kolba2) (the end of a finished cigar, cigarette etc: His cigarette butt was the cause of the fire.) niedopałek3) ((slang) a person's bottom: Come on, get off your butt - we have work to do.) tyłek -
127 by any chance
(used in enquiring about the possibility of something: Are you by any chance free tonight?) przypadkiem -
128 catalyst
['kætəlɪst]n* * *[kætəlist]1) (a substance which causes or assists a chemical change in another substance without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.) katalizator2) (someone or something that helps bring about a change.) osoba/rzecz funkcjonująca jako `katalizator`•
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