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  • 1 hard

    [hɑːd] 1. adj
    object, surface, drugs twardy; question, problem trudny; work, life ciężki; person surowy; evidence niepodważalny, niezbity; drink mocny
    2. adv
    work ciężko; think intensywnie; try mocno

    I find it hard to believe that … — trudno mi uwierzyć, że …

    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) twardy
    2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) trudny
    3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) surowy
    4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) srogi
    5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) ciężki
    6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) twarda (o wodzie)
    2. adverb
    1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) ciężko
    2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) mocno
    3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) uważnie
    4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) zupełnie, całkiem
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    - hardness
    - hardship
    - hard-and-fast
    - hard-back
    - hard-boiled
    - harddisk
    - hard-earned
    - hard-headed
    - hard-hearted
    - hardware
    - hard-wearing
    - be hard on
    - hard at it
    - hard done by
    - hard lines/luck
    - hard of hearing
    - a hard time of it
    - a hard time
    - hard up

    English-Polish dictionary > hard

  • 2 effort

    ['ɛfət]
    n
    (endeavour, exertion) wysiłek m; ( determined attempt) próba f, usiłowanie nt

    to make an effort to do sth — dokładać (dołożyć perf) starań, żeby coś zrobić

    * * *
    ['efət]
    1) (hard work; energy: Learning a foreign language requires effort; The effort of climbing the hill made the old man very tired.) wysiłek
    2) (a trying hard; a struggle: The government's efforts to improve the economy were unsuccessful; Please make every effort to be punctual.) staranie
    3) (the result of an attempt: Your drawing was a good effort.) próba
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    - effortlessly

    English-Polish dictionary > effort

  • 3 work

    [wəːk] 1. n
    praca f; (ART, LITERATURE) dzieło nt; ( MUS) utwór m
    2. vi
    person pracować; mechanism działać; medicine działać (zadziałać perf)
    3. vt
    wood, stone obrabiać; land uprawiać; machine obsługiwać

    to 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:
    * * *
    [wə:k] 1. noun
    1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) praca, robota
    2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) praca, zajęcie
    3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) praca
    4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dzieło
    5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) praca
    6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) praca
    2. verb
    1) (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.) pracować
    2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) pracować, być zajętym
    3) (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, obsługiwać
    4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) sprawdzić się
    5) (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 się
    7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) wykonać, wykuć
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    - - work
    - workable
    - worker
    - works     3. noun plural
    1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanizm
    2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) uczynek
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    - 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
    - work wonders

    English-Polish dictionary > work

  • 4 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, ono
    2) (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!)
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    - its
    - itself

    English-Polish dictionary > it

  • 5 line

    [laɪn] 1. n
    ( mark) linia f, kreska f; ( wrinkle) zmarszczka f; ( of people) kolejka f; ( of things) rząd m, szpaler m; (of writing, song) linijka f, wiersz m; ( rope) lina f, sznur m; ( for fishing) żyłka f; ( wire) przewód m; ( TEL) linia f, połączenie nt; ( railway track) tor m; (bus, train route) linia f; ( fig) (attitude, policy) linia f, kurs m; (business, work) dziedzina f, branża f; ( COMM) ( of product(s)) typ m, model m
    2. vt
    road ustawiać się (ustawić się perf) wzdłuż +gen, tworzyć (utworzyć perf) szpaler wzdłuż +gen; clothing podszywać (podszyć perf); container wykładać (wyłożyć perf)

    in line — rzędem, w szeregu

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) sznur, żyłka
    2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) linia
    3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) sylwetka
    4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) zmarszczka
    5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) rząd, szereg
    6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) `parę słów`
    7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) linia, ród
    8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) kurs, wytyczna
    9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) tor
    10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) sieć, instalacja
    11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) wiersz, linia
    12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) linia
    13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) towar, asortyment, branża
    14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) linia (bojowa)
    2. verb
    1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) tworzyć szpaler
    2) (to mark with lines.) kreskować
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    - linear - linesman
    - hard lines!
    - in line for
    - in
    - out of line with
    - line up
    - read between the lines     II verb
    1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) wyłożyć
    2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) podszyć
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    English-Polish dictionary > line

  • 6 might

    [maɪt] 1. vb, see may 2. n
    moc f, potęga f

    with 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.) móc
    2) (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?) móc
    3) (used in suggesting that a person is not doing what he should: You might help me clean the car!) mógłbym, mógłbyś itd.
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    - might have
    - I might have known     II
    (power or strength: The might of the opposing army was too great for us.) potęga
    - mightily
    - mightiness

    English-Polish dictionary > might

  • 7 strive

    [straɪv]
    pt strove, pp striven, vi

    to strive for sth — dążyć do czegoś, starać się coś osiągnąć

    to strive to … — starać się +infin

    * * *
    past tense - strove; verb
    (to try very hard or struggle: He always strives to please his teacher.) usiłować, starać się, wysilać się

    English-Polish dictionary > strive

См. также в других словарях:

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  • hard to please — index particular (exacting), querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hard to please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard-to-please — adjective (of persons) his father was a hard to please taskmaster was very hard to please • Syn: ↑hard to please • Similar to: ↑demanding …   Useful english dictionary

  • please — please1 W2S1 [pli:z] interjection 1.) used to be polite when asking someone to do something ▪ Could you please clean up the living room? ▪ Sit down, please. ▪ Please be quiet! 2.) used to be polite when asking for something ▪ I d like a cup of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hard — /hahrd/, adj., harder, hardest, adv., harder, hardest, n. adj. 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish;… …   Universalium

  • hard — /had / (say hahd) adjective 1. solid and firm to the touch; not soft. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task. 4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action specified:… …  

  • hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard — [[t]hɑrd[/t]] adj. and adv. er, est. 1) not soft; solid and firm to the touch 2) firmly formed; tight: a hard knot[/ex] 3) difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task[/ex] 4) difficult or troublesome with respect to an… …   From formal English to slang

  • Please Mr. Postman — Single by The Marvelettes from the album Please Mr. Postman Released …   Wikipedia

  • Please Please Me (álbum) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Please Please Me Álbum de The Beatles Publicación 22 de marzo de 1963 (mono) 26 de abril de 1963 (stereo) …   Wikipedia Español

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