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1 guess
[gɛs] 1. vt 2. vi 3. nto take/have a guess — zgadywać
my guess is that … — sądzę or przypuszczam, że…
I guess… (esp US) — sądzę or przypuszczam, że …
* * *[ɡes] 1. verb1) (to say what is likely to be the case: I'm trying to guess the height of this building; If you don't know the answer, just guess.) zgadywać2) ((especially American) to suppose: I guess I'll have to leave now.) sądzić2. noun(an opinion, answer etc got by guessing: My guess is that he's not coming.) domniemanie- anybody's guess -
2 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• -
3 sacrifice
['sækrɪfaɪs] 1. n( offering) składanie nt ofiary; ( animal etc offered) ofiara f; ( fig) poświęcenie nt, wyrzeczenie nt2. vtskładać (złożyć perf) w ofierze, składać (złożyć perf) ofiarę z +gen; ( fig) poświęcać (poświęcić perf)* * *1. noun1) (the act of offering something (eg an animal that is specially killed) to a god: A lamb was offered in sacrifice.) ofiara2) (the thing that is offered in this way.) ofiara3) (something of value given away or up in order to gain something more important or to benefit another person: His parents made sacrifices to pay for his education.) poświęcenie2. verb1) (to offer as a sacrifice: He sacrificed a sheep in the temple.) złożyć ofiarę z2) (to give away etc for the sake of something or someone else: He sacrificed his life trying to save the children from the burning house.) poświęcić•- sacrificially -
4 trial
['traɪəl]n ( JUR)- trials* * *1) (an act of testing or trying; a test: Give the new car a trial; The disaster was a trial of his courage.) próba, test2) (a legal process by which a person is judged in a court of law: Their trial will be held next week.) rozprawa, proces3) (a (source of) trouble or anxiety: My son is a great trial (to me).) utrapienie•- on trial
- trial and error
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give up — {v.} 1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield. * /The dog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn t give it up./ * /Jimmy is giving up his job as a newsboy when he goes back to school./ Compare: GIVE ONESELF UP, HAND OVER, LET GO(1a). Contrast:… … Dictionary of American idioms
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