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21 advice
[əd'vaɪs]n( counsel) rada f; (doctor's, lawyer's etc) porada f; ( notification) zawiadomienie ntto ask sb for advice — prosić (poprosić perf) kogoś o radę
to take legal advice — zasięgać (zasięgnąć perf) porady prawnej
* * *(suggestions to a person about what he should do: You must seek legal advice if you want a divorce; Let me give you a piece of advice.) porada- advise- advisable
- advisability
- adviser
- advisor
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22 difference
['dɪfrəns]n( dissimilarity) różnica f; ( disagreement) różnica f poglądów* * *['difrəns]1) (what makes one thing unlike another: I can't see any difference between these two pictures; It doesn't make any difference to me whether you go or stay; There's not much difference between them.) różnica2) (an act of differing, especially a disagreement: We had a difference of opinion; Have they settled their differences? (= Have they stopped arguing?).) nieporozumienie3) (the amount by which one quantity or number is greater than another: If you buy it for me I'll give you $6 now and make up the difference later.) różnica•- differentiate
- differentiation -
23 discount
1. ['dɪskaunt] nzniżka f, rabat m2. [dɪs'kaunt] vt ( COMM)udzielać (udzielić perf) rabatu w wysokości +gen; idea, fact pomijać (pominąć perf), nie brać (nie wziąć perf) pod uwagę +gento give sb a discount on sth — udzielać (udzielić perf) komuś zniżki na coś
* * *1. noun(a (small) sum taken off the price of something: He gave me a discount of 20%.) rabat2. verb(to leave aside as something not to be considered: You can discount most of what he says - it's nearly all lies!) zlekceważyć -
24 grace
[greɪs] 1. n ( REL)łaska f; ( gracefulness) gracja f2. vtto say grace — odmawiać (odmówić perf) modlitwę ( przed posiłkiem)
* * *[ɡreis] 1. noun1) (beauty of form or movement: The dancer's movements had very little grace.) wdzięk2) (a sense of what is right: At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour.) wyczucie3) (a short prayer of thanks for a meal.) modlitwa przy stole4) (a delay allowed as a favour: You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace.) odroczenie5) (the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop: Your/His Grace.) Jaśnie Oświecony, Ekscelencja6) (mercy: by the grace of God.) łaska•- graceful- gracefully
- gracefulness
- gracious 2. interjection(an exclamation of surprise.) O Boże!- graciousness
- with a good/bad grace
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25 idea
[aɪ'dɪə]nI haven't the least/faintest idea — nie mam najmniejszego or zielonego pojęcia
that's not my idea of … — nie tak wyobrażam sobie +acc
* * *1) (opinion; belief: I have an idea that it won't work.) przeświadczenie2) (a plan: I've an idea for solving this problem.) pomysł3) (mental picture: This will give you an idea of what I mean.) pojęcie -
26 lay down
vtpen, book odkładać (odłożyć perf); rules etc ustanawiać (ustanowić perf); arms składać (złożyć perf)to lay down the law — rządzić się (pej)
to lay down one's life (for) — oddawać (oddać perf) życie (za +acc)
* * *1) (to give up: They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.) złożyć, oddać2) (to order or instruct: The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.) stanowić, przewidywać3) (to store: My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.) zrobić zapas -
27 listen
['lɪsn]vito listen (out) for — nasłuchiwać +gen
to listen to sb/sth — słuchać kogoś/czegoś
* * *['lisn]1) ((often with to) to give attention so as to hear (what someone is saying etc): I told her three times, but she wasn't listening; Do listen to the music!) słuchać2) ((with to) to follow the advice of: If she'd listened to me, she wouldn't have got into trouble.) posłuchać• -
28 message
['mɛsɪdʒ] 1. n( piece of information) wiadomość f; ( meaning) przesłanie nt; ( COMPUT) wiadomość f2. vt ( COMPUT)wysyłać (wysłać perf) wiadomość do +genhe finally got the message ( inf, fig) — wreszcie do niego dotarło (inf)
* * *['mesi‹]1) (a piece of information spoken or written, passed from one person to another: I have a message for you from Mr Johnston.) wiadomość2) (the instruction or teaching of a moral story, religion, prophet etc: What message is this story trying to give us?) przesłanie• -
29 seem
[siːm]viwydawać się (wydać się perf) (być)there seems to be … — zdaje się, że jest …
it seems (that) — wydaje się, że
what seems to be the trouble? — w czym kłopot? ( to child) co się stało?; ( to patient) co Panu/Pani dolega?
* * *[si:m](to have the appearance or give the impression of being or doing: A thin person always seems (to be) taller than he really is; She seems kind; He seemed to hesitate for a minute.) zdawać się, wydawać się- seeming- seemingly
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30 spoil
[spɔɪl] 1. pt, pp spoilt or spoiled, vtthing uszkadzać (uszkodzić perf); enjoyment psuć (zepsuć perf); child rozpieszczać (rozpieścić perf), psuć2. vito spoil a vote — oddawać (oddać perf) nieważny głos
* * *[spoil]past tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) psuć2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) psuć, rozpieszczać•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsport
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