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1 understanding
[ʌndə'stændɪŋ] 1. adj 2. n(of subject, language) znajomość f; ( sympathy) wyrozumiałość f, zrozumienie nt; ( co-operation) porozumienie ntto come to an understanding with sb — dochodzić (dojść perf) z kimś do porozumienia
on the understanding that … — przy założeniu, że …
* * *adjective ((of a person) good at knowing how other people feel; sympathetic: an understanding person; Try to be more understanding!) wyrozumiały -
2 out of touch (with)
1) (not in communication (with).) bez styczności, bez kontaktu2) (not sympathetic or understanding (towards): Older people sometimes seem out of touch with the modern world.) bez zrozumienia -
3 out of touch (with)
1) (not in communication (with).) bez styczności, bez kontaktu2) (not sympathetic or understanding (towards): Older people sometimes seem out of touch with the modern world.) bez zrozumienia -
4 sympathetically
[sɪmpə'θɛtɪklɪ]adv( with understanding) współczująco; ( with support) życzliwie* * *adverb współczująco -
5 understand
[ʌndə'stænd]I understand (that) … — rozumiem, że …
to make o.s. understood — porozumieć się ( perf) ( nie znając dobrze języka), dogadać się ( perf) (inf)
* * *1. past tense, past participle - understood; verb1) (to see or know the meaning of (something): I can't understand his absence; Speak slowly to foreigners so that they'll understand you.) zrozumieć2) (to know (eg a person) thoroughly: She understands children/dogs.) znać się (na)3) (to learn or realize (something), eg from information received: At first I didn't understand how ill she was; I understood that you were planning to leave today.) zorientować się•- understanding 2. noun1) (the power of thinking clearly: a man of great understanding.) rozum2) (the ability to sympathize with another person's feelings: His kindness and understanding were a great comfort to her.) zrozumienie3) (a (state of) informal agreement: The two men have come to / reached an understanding after their disagreement.) porozumienie•- make oneself understood- make understood -
6 come to terms
1) (to reach an agreement or understanding: They came to terms with the enemy.) dojść do porozumienia2) (to find a way of living with or tolerating (some personal trouble or difficulty): He managed to come to terms with his illness.) pogodzić się -
7 grip
[grɪp] 1. n( hold) (u)chwyt m, uścisk m; (control, grasp) kontrola f, panowanie nt; (of tyre, shoe) przyczepność f; ( handle) rękojeść f, uchwyt m; ( holdall) torba f (podróżna)2. vtobject chwytać (chwycić perf); person pasjonować, fascynować; attention przyciągać (przyciągnąć perf)to come to grips with — zmierzyć się ( perf) z +instr
to grip the road — car trzymać się szosy
to lose one's grip ( fig) — tracić (stracić perf) kontrolę
* * *[ɡrip] 1. past tense, past participle - gripped; verb(to take a firm hold of: He gripped his stick; The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.) chwytać2. noun1) (a firm hold: He had a firm grip on his stick; He has a very strong grip; in the grip of the storm.) uścisk2) (a bag used by travellers: He carried his sports equipment in a large grip.) torba3) (understanding: He has a good grip of the subject.) opanowanie, orientacja w•- gripping- come to grips with
- lose one's grip -
8 store
[stɔː(r)] 1. n( stock) zapasy pl; ( depot) schowek m; ( shop) (US) sklep m; ( BRIT) dom m towarowy; ( fig) (of patience, understanding) pokłady plwho knows what's in store for us? — kto wie, co nas czeka?
to set great/little store by sth — przywiązywać wielką/mała wagę do czegoś
- stores2. vtPhrasal Verbs:- store up* * *[sto:] 1. noun1) (a supply of eg goods from which things are taken when required: They took a store of dried and canned food on the expedition; The quartermaster is the officer in charge of stores.) zapas2) (a (large) collected amount or quantity: He has a store of interesting facts in his head.) zasób3) (a place where a supply of goods etc is kept; a storehouse or storeroom: It's in the store(s).) magazyn4) (a shop: The post office here is also the village store; a department store.) sklep2. verb1) (to put into a place for keeping: We stored our furniture in the attic while the tenants used our house.) założyć2) (to stock (a place etc) with goods etc: The museum is stored with interesting exhibits.) wyposażyć•- storage- storehouse
- storeroom
- in store
- set great store by
- set store by
- store up -
9 difficulty
['dɪfɪkəltɪ]ntrudność f* * *plural - difficulties; noun1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) trudność2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) trudność3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) kłopot -
10 grasp
[grɑːsp] 1. vtPhrasal Verbs:- grasp at2. n( grip) (u)chwyt m; ( understanding) pojmowanie nt* * *1. verb1) (to take hold of especially by putting one's fingers or arm(s) round: He grasped the rope; He grasped the opportunity to ask for a higher salary.) chwycić2) (to understand: I can't grasp what he's getting at.) pojąć2. noun1) (a grip with one's hand etc: Have you got a good grasp on that rope?) chwyt2) (the ability to understand: His ideas are quite beyond my grasp.) zdolność pojmowania•- grasping -
11 in / out of perspective
1) ((of an object in a painting, photograph etc) having, or not having, the correct size, shape, distance etc in relation to the rest of the picture: These houses don't seem to be in perspective in your drawing.) z dobrą/złą perspektywą2) (with, or without, a correct or sensible understanding of something's true importance: Try to get these problems in(to) perspective; Keep things in perspective.) we właściwych wymiarach -
12 literal
['lɪtərl]adj* * *['litərəl]1) (following the exact meaning with no exaggeration: the literal truth.) dosłowny2) (understanding the meaning by taking one word at a time: a literal translation.) dosłowny•- literally
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