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1 white
[waɪt] 1. adj 2. nthe whites — ( washing) białe rzeczy
tennis/cricket whites — strój do gry w tenisa/krykieta
* * *1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) biały2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) biały3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) biały4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) zabielany, biały2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) biel2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) biały3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) białko4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) białko•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) bielić- white wine -
2 black
[blæk] 1. adj 2. n 3. vt ( BRIT)(INDUSTRY) bojkotować (zbojkotować perf)to give sb a black eye — podbić ( perf) komuś oko
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) czarny2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) ciemny3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) czarny4) (without milk: black coffee.) czarny5) (evil: black magic.) zły6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) kolorowy7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) czarnoskóry2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) czarny kolor, czerń2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) czerń3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) Murzyn3. verb(to make black.) uczernić- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) wciągnąć na czarną listę5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) szantaż- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white -
3 grey
[greɪ] 1. (US gray) adj 2. n(kolor m) szary or popielaty, popiel mto go grey — person siwieć (osiwieć perf); hair siwieć (posiwieć perf)
* * *[ɡrei] 1. adjective1) (of a mixture of colour between black and white: Ashes are grey.) szary2) (grey-haired: He's turning/going grey.) siwy2. noun1) ((any shade of) a colour between black and white: Grey is rather a dull colour.) popiel (kolor)2) (something grey in colour: I never wear grey.) szary, popiel3. verb(to become grey or grey-haired.) poszarzeć, posiwieć- greyish -
4 turn
[təːn] 1. n( rotation) obrót m; ( in road) zakręt m; ( change) zmiana f; ( chance) kolej f; ( performance) występ m; ( inf) ( of illness) napad m2. vthandle przekręcać (przekręcić perf); key przekręcać (przekręcić perf), obracać (obrócić perf); steak, page przewracać (przewrócić perf); wood, metal toczyć3. vi( rotate) obracać się (obrócić się perf); ( change direction) skręcać (skręcić perf); ( face in different direction) odwracać się (odwrócić się perf); milk kwaśnieć (skwaśnieć perf)it gave me quite a turn ( inf) — to mnie nieźle zaszokowało (inf)
"no left turn" — "zakaz skrętu w lewo"
in turn — ( in succession) po kolei; (indicating consequence, cause etc) z kolei
to take turns (at) — zmieniać się (zmienić się perf) (przy +loc)
at the turn of the century — u schyłku wieku, na przełomie wieków
to take a turn for the worse — przybierać (przybrać perf) zły obrót
his health/he has taken a turn for the worse — jego stan pogorszył się, pogorszyło mu się (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up* * *[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.) obracać (się)2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) obrócić się3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) skręcić4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) zwrócić5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) objechać, obejść6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) obrócić (się), przemieniać (się)7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) stać się, zmienić kolor na2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) obrót2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) zwój3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) zakręt4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) kolej5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) numer•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
- turn up -
5 follow
['fɔləu] 1. vtperson ( on foot) iść (pójść perf) za +instr, podążać (podążyć perf) za +instr (fml); ( by vehicle) jechać (pojechać perf) za +instr; suspect, event, story śledzić; route, path ( on foot) iść (pójść perf) +instr; ( by vehicle) jechać (pojechać perf) +instr; advice, instructions stosować się (zastosować się perf) do +gen; example iść (pójść perf) za +instr; ( with eyes) wodzić (powieść perf) wzrokiem po +loc2. vishe made for the stairs and he followed — skierowała się ku schodom, a on podążył or poszedł za nią; period of time następować (nastąpić perf); result, conclusion wynikać (wyniknąć perf)
to follow in sb's footsteps — iść (pójść perf) w czyjeś ślady
it follows that … — wynika z tego, że …
to follow suit ( fig) — iść (pójść perf) za czyimś przykładem
Phrasal Verbs:* * *['foləu] 1. verb1) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) pójśc za, nastąpić po2) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) iść/jechać wzdłuż, podążać3) (to understand: Do you follow (my argument)?) rozumieć4) (to act according to: I followed his advice.) zastosować się do•- follower- following 2. adjective1) (coming after: the following day.) następny2) (about to be mentioned: You will need the following things.) następujący3. preposition(after; as a result of: Following his illness, his hair turned white.) po4. pronoun(things about to be mentioned: You must bring the following - pen, pencil, paper and rubber.) co następuje- follow up -
6 strip
[strɪp] 1. n(of paper, cloth) pasek m; (of land, water) pas m; (SPORT) stroje pl, kostiumy pl2. vtperson rozbierać (rozebrać perf); paint zdrapywać (zdrapać perf); (also: strip down) machine rozbierać (rozebrać perf) na części3. vi* * *[strip] 1. past tense, past participle - stripped; verb1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.) zdjąć, usunąć, (ze)skrobać2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.) rozebrać się3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.) ogołacać, opróżnić4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.) pozbawić2. noun1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) pas(ek)2) (a strip cartoon.) komiks3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) kostium, strój•- strip-lighting
- strip-tease 3. adjectivea strip-tease show.) stripteasowy -
7 colour
['kʌlə(r)] 1. (US color) nkolor m; ( skin colour) kolor m skóry; (of spectacle, place) koloryt m- colours2. vt( paint) malować (pomalować perf); ( dye) farbować (ufarbować perf); ( fig) mieć (pewien) wpływ na +acc3. viczerwienić się (zaczerwienić się perf), poczerwienieć ( perf)Phrasal Verbs:4. cpdin colour — film, magazine kolorowy; illustrations barwny, kolorowy
* * *1. noun1) (a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them: What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.) kolor2) (paint(s): That artist uses water-colours.) farba3) ((a) skin-colour varying with race: people of all colours.) kolor (skóry)4) (vividness; interest: There's plenty of colour in his stories.) koloryt2. adjective((of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white: colour film; colour television.) kolorowy3. verb(to put colour on; to paint: They coloured the walls yellow.) malować- coloured4. noun((sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.) kolorowy- colouring
- colourless
- colours
- colour-blind
- colour scheme
- off-colour
- colour in
- show oneself in one's true colours
- with flying colours -
8 dwarf
[dwɔːf] 1. pl dwarves, nkarzeł m2. vt* * *[dwo:f] 1. plurals - dwarfs; noun1) (an animal, plant or person much smaller than normal.) karzeł2) (in fairy tales etc, a creature like a tiny man, with magic powers: Snow White and the seven dwarfs.) krasnoludek2. verb(to make to appear small: The cathedral was dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.) pomniejszać -
9 entitle
[ɪn'taɪtl]vtto entitle sb to sth/to do sth — uprawniać kogoś do czegoś/do (z)robienia czegoś
* * *1) (to give (a person) a right (to, or to do, something): You are not entitled to free school lunches; He was not entitled to borrow money from the cash box.) uprawniać2) (to give to (a book etc) as a title or name: a story entitled `The White Horse'.) zatytułować• -
10 half-caste
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11 heart
[hɑːt]serce nt; ( of lettuce etc) środek mto lose heart — tracić (stracić perf) ducha
to take heart — nabierać (nabrać perf) otuchy
to set one's heart on sth — pragnąć (zapragnąć perf) czegoś z całej duszy
- hearts* * *1. noun1) (the organ which pumps blood through the body: How fast does a person's heart beat?; ( also adjective) heart disease; a heart specialist.) serce2) (the central part: I live in the heart of the city; in the heart of the forest; the heart of a lettuce; Let's get straight to the heart of the matter/problem.) centrum, serce3) (the part of the body where one's feelings, especially of love, conscience etc are imagined to arise: She has a kind heart; You know in your heart that you ought to go; She has no heart (= She is not kind).) serce, dusza4) (courage and enthusiasm: The soldiers were beginning to lose heart.) odwaga, duch5) (a symbol supposed to represent the shape of the heart; a white dress with little pink hearts on it; heart-shaped.) serduszko6) (one of the playing-cards of the suit hearts, which have red symbols of this shape on them.) kier•- - hearted- hearten
- heartless
- heartlessly
- heartlessness
- hearts
- hearty
- heartily
- heartiness
- heartache
- heart attack
- heartbeat
- heartbreak
- heartbroken
- heartburn
- heart failure
- heartfelt
- heart-to-heart 2. noun(an open and sincere talk, usually in private: After our heart-to-heart I felt more cheerful.)- at heart
- break someone's heart
- by heart
- from the bottom of one's heart
- have a change of heart
- have a heart!
- have at heart
- heart and soul
- lose heart
- not have the heart to
- set one's heart on / have one's heart set on
- take heart
- take to heart
- to one's heart's content
- with all one's heart -
12 mark out
vt* * *1) (to mark the boundary of (eg a football pitch) by making lines etc: The pitch was marked out with white lines.) zaznaczać, wytyczać granice2) (to select or choose for some particular purpose etc in the future: He had been marked out for an army career from early childhood.) wybrać, przeznaczyć -
13 pale
[peɪl] 1. adj 2. n 3. vito grow/turn pale — blednąć (zblednąć perf)
to pale into insignificance (beside) — schodzić (zejść perf) na dalszy plan (wobec +gen)
* * *[peil] 1. adjective1) ((of a person, his face etc) having less colour than normal: a pale face; She went pale with fear.) blady2) ((of a colour) closer to white than black; not dark: pale green.) jasny, blady2. verb(to become pale: She paled at the bad news.) blednąć, zblednąć- paleness -
14 warm
[wɔːm] 1. adjciepły; thanks, applause gorący, serdeczny; person, heart czułyto keep a room (etc) warm — utrzymywać (utrzymać perf) ciepło w pokoju (etc)
2. vtwith my warmest thanks/congratulations — załączam najserdeczniejsze podziękowania/gratulacje
Phrasal Verbs:- warm up* * *[wo:m] 1. adjective1) (moderately, or comfortably, hot: Are you warm enough, or shall I close the window?; a warm summer's day.) ciepły2) ((of clothes) protecting the wearer from the cold: a warm jumper.) ciepły3) (welcoming, friendly, enthusiastic etc: a warm welcome; a warm smile.) serdeczny, ciepły4) (tending to make one hot: This is warm work!) rozgrzewający5) ((of colours) enriched by a certain quantity of red or pink, or (of red etc) rich and bright: a warm red; I don't want white walls - I want something warmer.) ciepły2. verb1) (to make moderately hot: He warmed his hands in front of the fire.) ogrzać2) (to become friendly (towards) or enthusiastic (about): She warmed to his charm.) ożywiać się3. noun(an act of warming: Give your hands a warm in front of the fire.) ogrzanie- warmly- warmness
- warmth
- warm-blooded
- warmed-over
- warmhearted
- warmheartedness
- warm up -
15 yoke
[jəuk] 1. njarzmo nt2. vt* * *[jəuk] 1. noun1) (a wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a cart etc.) jarzmo2) (a frame placed across a person's shoulders, for carrying buckets etc.) nosidła3) (something that weighs people down, or prevents them being free: the yoke of slavery.) jarzmo4) (the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck: a black dress with a white yoke.) karczek2. verb(to join with a yoke: He yoked the oxen to the plough.) zaprząc
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