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1 settle
['sɛtl] 1. vtargument rozstrzygać (rozstrzygnąć perf); accounts regulować (uregulować perf); affairs porządkować (uporządkować perf); land zasiedlać (zasiedlić perf)2. vi(also: settle down) sadowić się (usadowić się perf); ( calm down) uspokajać się (uspokoić się perf); bird, insect siadać (siąść perf or usiąść perf); dust, sediment osiadać (osiąść perf), osadzać się (osadzić się perf)to settle down to sth — zasiadać (zasiąść perf) do czegoś
Phrasal Verbs:* * *['setl]1) (to place in a position of rest or comfort: I settled myself in the armchair.) układać, usadawiać się2) (to come to rest: Dust had settled on the books.) osiadać3) (to soothe: I gave him a pill to settle his nerves.) uspokajać4) (to go and live: Many Scots settled in New Zealand.) osiedlać się5) (to reach a decision or agreement: Have you settled with the builders when they are to start work?; The dispute between management and employees is still not settled.) ustalać, załatwiać6) (to pay (a bill).) (u)regulować•- settler
- settle down
- settle in
- settle on
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2 raise
[reɪz] 1. n (esp US)( payrise) podwyżka f2. vthand, one's voice, salary, question podnosić (podnieść perf); siege zakańczać (zakończyć perf); embargo znosić (znieść perf); objection wnosić (wnieść perf); doubts, hopes wzbudzać (wzbudzić perf); cattle, plant hodować (wyhodować perf); crop uprawiać; child wychowywać (wychować perf); funds, army zbierać (zebrać perf); loan zaciągać (zaciągnąć perf)to raise a glass to sb/sth — wznosić (wznieść perf) toast za kogoś/coś
to raise a laugh/smile — wywoływać (wywołać perf) śmiech/uśmiech
* * *[reiz] 1. verb1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) podnieść2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) podnieść3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) hodować4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) wycho(wy)wać5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) poruszyć6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) zebrać7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) wzbudzić8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) wzniecać9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) wznieść10) (to give (a shout etc).) wydać11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) wywołać2. noun(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) podwyżka- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits
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