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21 quarter
['kwɔːtə(r)] 1. n( fourth part) ćwierć f; (US) ( coin) ćwierć f dolara; ( of year) kwartał m; ( of city) dzielnica fit's a quarter to 3, (US) it's a quarter of 3 — jest za kwadrans trzecia
it's a quarter past 3, (US) it's a quarter after 3 — jest kwadrans po trzeciej
- quarters2. vt* * *['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) ćwiartka, kwadrans, kwartał2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) ćwierć dolara3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) dzielnica4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) strona (świata)5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) łaska6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) ćwiartka7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kwadra8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) kwarta9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trymestr2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) pokroić na cztery części2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) podzielić na cztery części3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) zakwaterować•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) kwartalnie4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) kwartalnik- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters -
22 twin
[twɪn] 1. nbliźniak(-aczka) m(f); ( in hotel) pokój m z dwoma łóżkami2. adjtowers, pregnancy bliźniaczy3. vttwins — bliźniaki, bliźnięta
* * *[twin]1) (one of two children or animals born of the same mother at the same time: She gave birth to twins; ( also adjective) They have twin daughters.) bliźniak2) (one of two similar or identical things: Her dress is the exact twin of mine.) kopia, odpowiednik -
23 watch
[wɔtʃ] 1. n(also: wristwatch) zegarek m; ( surveillance) obserwacja f; ( group of guards) warta f; ( NAUT) ( spell of duty) wachta f2. vtpeople, objects przyglądać się +dat, patrzeć or patrzyć na +acc; match, TV oglądać (obejrzeć perf); (spy on, guard) obserwować; ( be careful of) uważać na +acc3. vipatrzyć, przyglądać sięto keep a close watch on sb/sth — bacznie kogoś/coś obserwować
watch what you're doing/how you drive — uważaj, co robisz/jak jedziesz
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[wo ] 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) zegarek2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) warta, wachta3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) wachta2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) obserwować, oglądać2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) wypatrywać3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) uważać4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) pilnować5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) czatować na•- watcher- watchful
- watchfully
- watchfulness
- watchdog
- watchmaker
- watchman
- watchtower
- watchword
- keep watch
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over -
24 week
[wiːk]ntydzień monce/twice a week — raz/dwa razy w tygodniu
a week today/on Friday — od dziś/od piątku za tydzień
* * *[wi:k] 1. noun1) (any sequence of seven days, especially from Sunday to Saturday: It's three weeks since I saw her.) tydzień2) (the five days from Monday to Friday inclusive: He can't go during the week, but he'll go on Saturday or Sunday.) dni powszednie3) (the amount of time spent working during a period of seven days: He works a forty-eight-hour week.) tydzień pracy•- weekly2. adverb(once a week: The newspaper is published weekly.) tygodniowo, raz na tydzień3. noun(a publication coming out once a week: Is this newspaper a weekly or a daily?) tygodnik- weekday- weekend
- a week last Friday
- a week today
- tomorrow
- on/next Friday
- Friday -
25 ago
[ə'gəu]adv* * *[ə'ɡəu](at a certain time in the past: two years ago; Long ago, men lived in caves; How long ago did he leave?) temu -
26 ally
1. ['ælaɪ] n 2. [ə'laɪ] vtto ally o.s. with — sprzymierzać się (sprzymierzyć perf się) z +instr
* * *1. verb(to join by political agreement, marriage, friendship etc: Small countries must ally themselves with larger countries in order to survive.) sprzymierzać się2. noun(a state, person etc allied with another: The two countries were allies at that time.) sojusznik- alliance- allied -
27 close
I 1. [kləus] adj( near)2. advclose to — blisko +gen; friend, relative, ties bliski; writing, print drobny; texture gęsty, ścisły; examination, look dokładny; contest wyrównany; weather parny; room duszny
close to/up — z bliska
II 1. [kləuz] vtclose at hand —
door, window zamykać (zamknąć perf); sale, deal finalizować (sfinalizować perf); conversation, speech zakańczać (zakończyć perf)Phrasal Verbs:- close in2. vi3. nto close (with) — kończyć się (zakończyć się perf) ( +instr)
koniec mthe shops/libraries close on Saturdays at one p.m. — sklepy/biblioteki zamyka się w soboty o trzynastej
* * *I 1. [kləus] adverb1) (near in time, place etc: He stood close to his mother; Follow close behind.) blisko2) (tightly; neatly: a close-fitting dress.) ciasno2. adjective1) (near in relationship: a close friend.) bliski2) (having a narrow difference between winner and loser: a close contest; The result was close.) wyrównany3) (thorough: a close examination of the facts; Keep a close watch on him.) dokładny4) (tight: a close fit.) ciasny5) (without fresh air: a close atmosphere; The weather was close and thundery.) duszny6) (mean: He's very close (with his money).) skąpy7) (secretive: They're keeping very close about the business.) tajemniczy•- closely- closeness
- close call/shave
- close-set
- close-up
- close at hand
- close on
- close to II 1. [kləuz] verb1) (to make or become shut, often by bringing together two parts so as to cover an opening: The baby closed his eyes; Close the door; The shops close on Sundays.) zamykać2) (to finish; to come or bring to an end: The meeting closed with everyone in agreement.) zamykać (się)3) (to complete or settle (a business deal).) zawierać2. noun(a stop, end or finish: the close of day; towards the close of the nineteenth century.) koniec- close up -
28 endless
['ɛndlɪs]adjargument, search nie kończący się; forest, beach bezkresny; patience, resources niewyczerpany; possibilities nieograniczony* * *1) (going on for ever or for a very long time: endless arguments.) nieustający2) (continuous, because of having the two ends joined: an endless chain.) ciągły -
29 extension
[ɪks'tɛnʃən]n( of building) dobudówka f; (of time, road, table) przedłużenie nt; (of campaign, rights) rozszerzenie nt; ( ELEC) przedłużacz m; ( TEL) ( in private house) dodatkowy aparat m; ( in office) numer m wewnętrzny* * *[-ʃən]1) (an added part: He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.) przybudówka, przedłużenie, telefon wewnętrzny2) ((a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.) popularne kursy z zakresu wyższych studiów3) (the process of extending.) powiększanie, rozszerzanie4) (a telephone that operates on the same line as another: They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.) dodatkowy aparat -
30 fill
[fɪl] 1. vtcontainer napełniać (napełnić perf); space, time, gap wypełniać (wypełnić perf); tooth wypełniać (wypełnić perf), plombować (zaplombować perf); vacancy zapełniać (zapełnić perf)to fill sth with sth — napełniać (napełnić perf) or wypełniać (wypełnić perf) coś czymś
filled with anger/resentment — pełen gniewu/urazy
Phrasal Verbs:- fill in- fill out- fill up2. viwypełniać się (wypełnić się perf), zapełniać się (zapełnić się perf)3. n* * *[fil] 1. verb1) (to put (something) into (until there is no room for more); to make full: to fill a cupboard with books; The news filled him with joy.) napełniać2) (to become full: His eyes filled with tears.) napełniać się3) (to satisfy (a condition, requirement etc): Does he fill all our requirements?) spełniać4) (to put something in a hole (in a tooth etc) to stop it up: The dentist filled two of my teeth yesterday.) plombować2. noun(as much as fills or satisfies someone: She ate her fill.) porcja- filled- filler
- filling
- filling-station
- fill in
- fill up -
31 given
['gɪvn] 1. pp of give 2. adj 3. conjgiven the circumstances, … — wziąwszy pod uwagę okoliczności, …
given that… — zważywszy, że…
* * *1) (stated: to do a job at a given time.) dany2) ((with to) in the habit of (doing) something: He's given to making stupid remarks.) mieć w zwyczaju3) (taking (something) as a fact: Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five.) przyjąwszy, że -
32 heat
[hiːt] 1. n( warmth) gorąco nt, ciepło nt; ( temperature) ciepło nt, temperatura f; ( weather) upał m; ( excitement) gorączka f; (also: qualifying heat) wyścig m eliminacyjny2. vtPhrasal Verbs:- heat up* * *[hi:t] 1. noun1) (the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot: Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.) temperatura2) (the warmth from something which is hot: The heat from the fire will dry your coat; the effect of heat on metal; the heat of the sun.) żar3) (the hottest time: the heat of the day.) skwar4) (anger or excitement: He didn't mean to be rude - he just said that in the heat of the moment.) uniesienie, zdenerwowanie5) (in a sports competition etc, one of two or more contests from which the winners go on to take part in later stages of the competition: Having won his heat he is going through to the final.) eliminacja2. verb((sometimes with up) to make or become hot or warm: We'll heat (up) the soup; The day heats up quickly once the sun has risen.) (pod)grzać- heated- heatedly
- heatedness
- heater
- heating
- heat wave
- in/on heat See also:- hot -
33 holiday
['hɔlɪdeɪ]n ( BRIT)( vacation) wakacje pl; ( leave) urlop m; ( public holiday) święto ntto be/go on holiday — być na wakacjach/wyjeżdżać (wyjechać perf) na wakacje
* * *['holədi]1) (a day when one does not have to work: Next Monday is a holiday.) święto2) ((often in plural) a period of time when one does not have to work: The summer holidays will soon be here; We're going to Sweden for our holiday(s); I'm taking two weeks' holiday in June; ( also adjective) holiday clothes.) wakacje, urlop•- on holiday -
34 hour hand
(the smaller of the two hands of a watch or clock, which shows the time in hours.) wskazówka godzinowa -
35 infancy
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36 interval
['ɪntəvl]n* * *['intəvəl]1) (a time or space between: He returned home after an interval of two hours.) odstęp, przerwa2) (a short break in a play, concert etc: We had ice-cream in the interval.) antrakt• -
37 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, ono2) (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!)•- its- itself -
38 load
[ləud] 1. n( thing carried) ładunek m; ( weight) obciążenie nt2. vtładować, załadowywać (załadować perf)* * *[ləud] 1. noun1) (something which is being carried: The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.) ładunek2) (as much as can be carried at one time: two lorry-loads of earth.) ładunek3) (a large amount: He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream.) mnóstwo4) (the power carried by an electric circuit: The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps.) obciążenie2. verb1) (to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy): They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived.) (za)ładowywać, być ładowanym2) (to put ammunition into (a gun): He loaded the revolver and fired.) załadować3) (to put film into (a camera).) załadować•- loaded -
39 make it up
1) (to become friends again after a quarrel: It's time you two made it up (with each other).) pogodzić się2) (to give compensation or make amends for something: I'm sorry - I'll make it up to you somehow.) wynagrodzić -
40 minute hand
nwskazówka f minutowa* * *(the larger of the two pointers on a clock or watch, which shows the time in minutes past the hour.) wskazówka minutowa
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two-time — (someone) to have a sexual or romantic relationship with two people at the same time. If I ever found out she was two timing me, I d kill her … New idioms dictionary
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two-time — two′ time v. t. timed, tim•ing. Informal. 1) inf to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse) 2) inf to double cross • Etymology: 1925–30 two′ tim er, n … From formal English to slang
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two-time — ► VERB informal ▪ be unfaithful to (a lover or husband or wife) … English terms dictionary
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two-time — tv. to deceive one’s lover. □ Sam wouldn’t two time Martha. He just wouldn’t! □ Sam would and did two time Martha! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
two-time — 1. adjective that is or are what this adjective qualifies twice over two time winners of the World Cup 2. verb to be unfaithful to ones partner … Wiktionary
