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1 power
['pauə(r)]n( control) władza f; ( ability) ( of speech etc) zdolność f; ( legal right) uprawnienie nt; (of engine, electricity) moc f; ( strength) ( lit, fig) siła fshe did everything in her power to help — zrobiła wszystko, co było w jej mocy, by pomóc
the powers that be — ci na górze (inf)
to turn the power on — włączać (włączyć perf) zasilanie
* * *1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) zdolność2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) siła3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) władza4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) upoważnienie5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) wpływowa osobistość6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocarstwo7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potęga•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
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2 credit
['krɛdɪt] 1. n ( COMM)kredyt m; ( recognition) uznanie nt; ( SCOL) ≈ zaliczenie nton the credit side — po stronie "ma"
it is to their credit that … — to ich zasługa, że…, to dzięki nim…
to take the credit for — przypisywać (przypisać perf) sobie +acc
- credits2. adj ( COMM)balance etc dodatni3. vtto credit sth to sb/sb's account — zapisywać (zapisać perf) coś na dobro czyjegoś rachunku
to credit sb with sth ( fig) — przypisywać (przypisać perf) komuś coś
to credit 50 pounds to sb — zapisać ( perf) 50 funtów na czyjeś konto
* * *['kredit] 1. noun1) (time allowed for payment of goods etc after they have been received: We don't give credit at this shop.) kredyt2) (money loaned (by a bank).) pożyczka3) (trustworthiness regarding ability to pay for goods etc: Your credit is good.) wypłacalność4) ((an entry on) the side of an account on which payments received are entered: Our credits are greater than our debits.) przychód5) (the sum of money which someone has in an account at a bank: Your credit amounts to 2,014 dollars.) saldo, stan konta6) (belief or trust: This theory is gaining credit.) uznanie7) ((American) a certificate to show that a student has completed a course which counts towards his degree.) zaliczenie2. verb1) (to enter (a sum of money) on the credit side (of an account): This cheque was credited to your account last month.) wpłacić2) ((with with) to think of (a person or thing) as having: He was credited with magical powers.) przypisywać3) (to believe (something) to be possible: Well, would you credit that!) dawać wiarę•- creditably
- creditor
- credits
- credit card
- be a credit to someone
- be a credit to
- do someone credit
- do credit
- give someone credit for something
- give credit for something
- give someone credit
- give credit
- on credit
- take the credit for something
- take credit for something
- take the credit
- take credit -
3 sense
[sɛns] 1. n( physical) zmysł m; ( of guilt) poczucie nt; (of shame, pleasure) uczucie nt; ( good sense) rozsądek m; ( of word) sens m, znaczenie nt; (of letter, conversation) sens m2. vtthere is no sense in that/doing that — to/robienie tego nie ma (żadnego) sensu
to take leave of one's senses — postradać ( perf) zmysły
* * *[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) zmysł2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) poczucie3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) zmysł, poczucie4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) rozsądek5) (a meaning (of a word).) znaczenie6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) sens2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) wyczuwać- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
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4 partition
[pɑː'tɪʃən] 1. n(wall, screen) przepierzenie nt; ( of country) podział m; ( among foreign powers) rozbiór m2. vt* * *[pə'tiʃən] 1. noun1) (something that divides, eg a light, often temporary, wall between rooms: The office was divided in two by a wooden partition.) przegroda, ścianka2) (the act of dividing; the state of being divided: the partition of India.) rozbiór2. verb(to divide: They partitioned the room (off) with a curtain.) oddzielić
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