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1 help
[hɛlp] 1. n 2. vtpomagać (pomóc perf) +datwith the help of — ( person) przy pomocy +gen; ( tool etc) za pomocą +gen
help! — pomocy!, ratunku!
I can't help thinking that … — coś mi się zdaje, że …
* * *[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) pomagać2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) pomóc3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) pomóc4) (to serve (a person) in a shop: Can I help you, sir?) obsługiwać5) ((with can(not), could (not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) móc sie powstrzymać, móc coś poradzić2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) pomoc2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) pomoc3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) pomocnik4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) rada, ratunek•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
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2 beggar description
(to be so great in some way that it cannot be described: Her beauty beggars description.) być nie do opisania -
3 watertight
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4 work
[wəːk] 1. n 2. vi 3. vtto go/get or set to work — zabierać się (zabrać się perf) do pracy
to work a mine/an oil well — pracować przy wydobyciu węgla/ropy
to work loose — screw etc obluzowywać się (obluzować się perf); knot rozluźniać się (rozluźnić się perf)
to work on the principle that … — działać przy założeniu, że …
to work miracles/wonders — czynić cuda
Phrasal Verbs:- work on- work out- work up* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) praca, robota2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) praca, zajęcie3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) praca4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dzieło5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) praca6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) praca2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) pracować2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) pracować, być zajętym3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) działać, obsługiwać4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) sprawdzić się5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) posuwać się powoli, przedostać się itd.6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) stopniowo stawać się7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) wykonać, wykuć•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanizm2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) uczynek•- work-box
- workbook
- workforce
- working class
- working day
- work-day
- working hours
- working-party
- work-party
- working week
- workman
- workmanlike
- workmanship
- workmate
- workout
- workshop
- at work
- get/set to work
- go to work on
- have one's work cut out
- in working order
- out of work
- work of art
- work off
- work out
- work up
- work up to
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5 invincible
[ɪn'vɪnsɪbl]adj* * *[in'vinsəbl](that cannot be overcome or defeated: That general thinks that his army is invincible.) niezwyciężony- invincibility -
6 witness
['wɪtnɪs] 1. nświadek m2. vt ( lit, fig)być świadkiem +gento bear witness to — behaviour świadczyć o +loc; person dawać (dać perf) świadectwo +dat
witness for the prosecution/defence — świadek oskarżenia/obrony
to witness to sth/having seen sth — zaświadczać (zaświadczyć perf) o czymś/, że się coś widziało
* * *['witnəs] 1. noun1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) świadek2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) świadek3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) świadek2. verb1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) być świadkiem2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) poświadczyć•- bear witness -
7 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) zawierzyć stronie zainteresowanejEnglish-Polish dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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8 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) zawierzyć stronie zainteresowanejEnglish-Polish dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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9 hang
[hæŋ] 1. pt, pp hung, vt, pt, pp hanged 2. vionce you have got the hang of it, … ( inf) — jak już raz chwycisz, o co chodzi, … (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- hang on- hang out- hang up* * *[hæŋ]past tense, past participle - hung; verb1) (to put or fix, or to be put or fixed, above the ground eg by a hook: We'll hang the picture on that wall; The picture is hanging on the wall.) wieszać, powiesić2) (to fasten (something), or to be fastened, at the top or side so that it can move freely but cannot fall: A door hangs by its hinges.) zawiesić, wisieć3) ((past tense, past participle hanged) to kill, or to be killed, by having a rope put round the neck and being allowed to drop: Murderers used to be hanged in the United Kingdom, but no-one hangs for murder now.) wieszać (na szubienicy)4) ((often with down or out) to be bending, drooping or falling downwards: The dog's tongue was hanging out; Her hair was hanging down.) zwisać, opadać5) (to bow (one's head): He hung his head in shame.) zwiesić•- hanger- hanging
- hangings
- hangman
- hangover
- get the hang of
- hang about/around
- hang back
- hang in the balance
- hang on
- hang together
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10 hit
[hɪt] 1. pt, pp hit, vt( strike) uderzać (uderzyć perf); ( reach) trafiać (trafić perf) w +acc; (collide with, affect) uderzać (uderzyć perf) w +accto hit it off with sb — zaprzyjaźnić się ( perf) kimś
to hit the headlines — trafiać (trafić perf) na pierwsze strony gazet
to hit the road ( inf) — (wy)ruszyć ( perf) w drogę
to hit the roof ( inf) — wściec się ( perf) (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- hit back- hit on- hit upon2. n(knock, blow) uderzenie nt; ( shot) trafienie nt; (play, film, song) hit m, przebój mto give sb a hit on the head — uderzyć ( perf) kogoś w głowę
* * *[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) uderzyć2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) uderzyć, odbić3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) mocno dotknąć4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) trafiać2. noun1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) uderzenie2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) trafienie3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) przebój•- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
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11 impossible
[ɪm'pɔsɪbl]adjniemożliwy; situation beznadziejny* * *[im'posəbl]1) (that cannot be or be done: It is impossible to sing and drink at the same time; an impossible task.) niemożliwy2) (hopelessly bad or wrong: That child's behaviour is quite impossible.) nieznośny•- impossibility -
12 indelible
[ɪn'dɛlɪbl]adj* * *[in'deləbl]((making a mark) that cannot be removed: indelible ink; The events of that day have left an indelible impression on my mind.) niezmywalny, niezatarty -
13 inevitable
[ɪn'ɛvɪtəbl]adjnieuchronny, nieunikniony* * *[in'evitəbl](that cannot be avoided; certain to happen, be done, said, used etc: The Prime Minister said that war was inevitable.) nieunikniony- inevitably -
14 superstition
[suːpə'stɪʃən]nprzesąd m, zabobon m* * *[su:pə'stiʃən]1) ((the state of fear and ignorance resulting from) the belief in magic, witchcraft and other things that cannot he explained by reason.) przesąd2) (an example of this type of belief: There is an old superstition that those who marry in May will have bad luck.) zabobon•- superstitiously -
15 answering machine
['ɑːnsərɪŋ-]n* * *noun ((also machine) a machine that take messages for you when you cannot answer the phone: to leave a message on the answering machine.) automatyczna sekretarka -
16 apostrophe
[ə'pɔstrəfɪ]napostrof m* * *[ə'postrəfi](a mark (') which is used to show that a letter or letters has/have been omitted from a word, and which is also used in possessive phrases and in the plurals of letters: the boy's coat; the boys' coats; There are two n's in `cannot' but only one in `can't'.) apostrof -
17 as
1. (US) n abbr= Associate in/of Science stopień naukowy2. abbr* * *[æz] 1. conjunction1) (when; while: I met John as I was coming home; We'll be able to talk as we go.) jak, kiedy2) (because: As I am leaving tomorrow, I've bought you a present.) ponieważ3) (in the same way that: If you are not sure how to behave, do as I do.) tak jak4) (used to introduce a statement of what the speaker knows or believes to be the case: As you know, I'll be leaving tomorrow.) jak5) (though: Old as I am, I can still fight; Much as I want to, I cannot go.) chociaż6) (used to refer to something which has already been stated and apply it to another person: Tom is English, as are Dick and Harry.) tak/podobnie jak2. adverb(used in comparisons, eg the first as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) tak3. preposition1) (used in comparisons, eg the second as in the following example: The bread was as hard as a brick.) jak2) (like: He was dressed as a woman.) jak3) (with certain verbs eg regard, treat, describe, accept: I am regarded by some people as a bit of a fool; He treats the children as adults.) za, jak(o)4) (in the position of: He is greatly respected both as a person and as a politician.) jako•- as for- as if / as though
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18 can
I 1. n( for foodstuffs) puszka f; (for oil, water) kanister m2. vt II [kænˌ kən] negative cannot, can't, conditional and pt could, aux vb1) ( be able to) mócyou can do it if you try — możesz to zrobić, jeśli się postarasz
2) ( know how to) umieć3) (expressing permission, disbelief, puzzlement, possibility) móc* * *[kæn] I negative - can't; verb1) (to be able to: You can do it if you try hard.) móc2) (to know how to: Can you drive a car?) potrafić3) ((usually may) to have permission to: You can go if you behave yourself.) móc, mieć zezwolenie4) (used in questions to indicate surprise, disbelief etc: What can he be doing all this time?) mócII 1. noun(a metal container for liquids and many types of food: oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.) puszka2. verb(to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it: a factory for canning raspberries.) puszkować- canned- cannery -
19 certainty
['səːtəntɪ]n( assurance) pewność f; ( inevitability) pewnik m* * *plural - certainties; noun1) (something which cannot be doubted: It's a certainty that he will win.) pewność, pewnik2) (freedom from doubt: Is there any certainty of success?) pewność -
20 element
['ɛlɪmənt]n* * *['eləmənt]1) (an essential part of anything: Sound teaching of grammar is one of the elements of a good education.) element2) (a substance that cannot be split by chemical means into simpler substances: Hydrogen, chlorine, iron and uranium are elements.) pierwiastek3) (surroundings necessary for life: Water is a fish's natural element.) żywioł4) (a slight amount: an element of doubt.) ziarnko, drobina5) (the heating part in an electric kettle etc.) grzałka•- elements
- in one's element
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