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1 hard
[hɑːd] 1. adjobject, surface, drugs twardy; question, problem trudny; work, life ciężki; person surowy; evidence niepodważalny, niezbity; drink mocny2. advI find it hard to believe that … — trudno mi uwierzyć, że …
* * *1. adjective1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) twardy2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) trudny3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) surowy4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) srogi5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) ciężki6) ((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. adverb1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) ciężko2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) mocno3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) uważnie4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) zupełnie, całkiem•- harden- 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 -
2 slog
[slɔg] 1. vi ( BRIT) 2. n* * *[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) walnąć, grzmotnąć2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) wlec się3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) mozolić się2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) harówka2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) mocny cios, walnięcie -
3 iron
['aɪən] 1. nżelazo nt; ( for clothes) żelazko nt2. cpd 3. vtPhrasal Verbs:- iron out* * *1. noun1) (( also adjective) (of) an element that is the most common metal, is very hard, and is widely used for making tools etc: Steel is made from iron; The ground is as hard as iron; iron railings; iron determination (= very strong determination).) żelazo2) (a flat-bottomed instrument that is heated up and used for smoothing clothes etc: I've burnt a hole in my dress with the iron.) żelazko3) (a type of golf-club.) (typ kija golfowego)2. verb(to smooth (clothes etc) with an iron: This dress needs to be ironed; I've been ironing all afternoon.) prasować- ironing- irons
- ironing-board
- ironmonger
- ironmongery
- have several
- too many irons in the fire
- iron out
- strike while the iron is hot -
4 slave
[sleɪv] 1. nniewolnik(-ica) m(f)2. vi(also: slave away) harowaćto slave (away) at — męczyć się nad +instr
* * *[sleiv] 1. noun1) (a person who works for a master to whom he belongs: In the nineteenth century many Africans were sold as slaves in the United States.) niewolnik2) (a person who works very hard for someone else: He has a slave who types his letters and organizes his life for him.) najemnik, niewolnik2. verb(to work very hard, often for another person: I've been slaving away for you all day while you sit and watch television.) harować- slavery -
5 flint
[flɪnt]n( stone) krzemień m; ( in lighter) kamień m do zapalniczki* * *[flint]1) (( also adjective) (of) a kind of very hard stone: Prehistoric man used flint knives.) krzemień2) (a piece of hard mineral from which sparks can be struck: I must buy a new flint for my cigarette-lighter.) kamień -
6 work
[wəːk] 1. n 2. vi 3. vtto 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:- work on- work out- work up* * *[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) praca, robota2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) praca, zajęcie3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) praca4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) dzieło5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) praca6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) praca2. verb1) (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.) pracować2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) pracować, być zajętym3) (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, obsługiwać4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) sprawdzić się5) (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 się7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) wykonać, wykuć•- - work- workable
- worker
- works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mechanizm2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) uczynek•- 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 -
7 backbreaking
adjective ((of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work: Digging the garden is a backbreaking job.) wyczerpujący -
8 steel
[stiːl] 1. nstal f2. adj* * *[sti:l] 1. noun, adjective(of) a very hard alloy of iron and carbon, used for making tools etc: tools of the finest steel; steel knives/chisels; He had a grip of steel (= a very strong grip). stal2. verb(to harden and strengthen (oneself, one's nerves etc) in preparation for doing, or resisting, something: He steeled himself to meet the attack / to tell his wife the truth.) szykować- steely- steeliness
- steel wool
- steelworks -
9 anthracite
(a kind of very hard coal that burns almost without any smoke or flames.) antracyt -
10 aspire
[əs'paɪə(r)]vito aspire to — aspirować do +gen
* * *((usually with to) to try very hard to reach (something difficult, ambitious etc): He aspired to the position of president.) dążyć do, walczyć o -
11 bend/fall over backwards
(to try very hard: He bent over backwards to get us tickets for the concert.) stawać na głowie -
12 cement
[sə'mɛnt] 1. n(powder, concrete) cement m; ( glue) klej m cementowy2. vtpath, floor cementować (wycementować perf); ( fig) relationship cementować (scementować perf); (stick, glue) przytwierdzać (przytwierdzić perf)* * *[sə'ment] 1. noun1) (a mixture of clay and lime (usually with sand and water added) used for sticking things (eg bricks) together in building and to make concrete for making very hard surfaces.) cement2) (any of several types of glue.) klej3) (a substance used to fill cavities in teeth.) cement (plomba do wypełniania zębów)2. verb(to join firmly with cement.) spajać, cementować -
13 diamond
['daɪəmənd]n- diamonds* * *1) (a very hard, colourless precious stone: Her brooch had three diamonds in it; ( also adjective) a diamond ring.) diament2) (a piece of diamond (often artificial) used as a tip on eg a record-player stylus.) diament3) (a kind of four-sided figure or shape; ♦: There was a pattern of red and yellow diamonds on the floor.) romb4) (one of the playing-cards of the suit diamonds, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) karo•- diamonds -
14 drudge
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15 emery
['eməri](a very hard kind of mineral, used as a powder etc for polishing.) szmergiel -
16 heavy-duty
adjective (made to stand up to very hard wear or use: heavy-duty tyres.) o podwyższonej/zwiększonej odporności na zużycie -
17 in the end
(finally: He had to work very hard but he passed his exam in the end.) w końcu -
18 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 -
19 outdo
[aut'duː]prześcigać (prześcignąć perf), przewyższać (przewyższyć perf)* * *past tense - outdid; verb(to do better than: He worked very hard as he did not want to be outdone by anyone.) prześcignąć -
20 own
[əun] 1. vt 2. vi ( BRIT)( fml)to own to sth — przyznawać się (przyznać się perf) do czegoś
Phrasal Verbs:- own up3. adja room of my/his (etc) own — (swój) własny pokój
to make one's own bed — słać (posłać perf) sobie łóżko
to get one's own back on sb — odpłacić się ( perf) komuś
to do sth on one's own — robić (zrobić perf) coś samemu
from now on, you're on your own — od tej chwili jesteś zdany na własne siły
he'll come into his own — pokaże, na co go stać
* * *[əun] 1. verb1) (to have as a possession: I own a car.) posiadać2) (to admit that something is true: I own that I have not been working very hard.) przyznać (się)2. adjective, pronoun(belonging to (the person stated): The house is my own; I saw it with my own eyes.) własny- owner- ownership
- get one's own back
- own up
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