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a telegraph/electricity pole; A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole; a tent pole; These poles will be easier to carry if we lash them together with a rope. rozpocznij naukę
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a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to support things
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She won silver in the pole vault; World pole vault champion; Four years later he finished fourth in the pole vault contest. rozpocznij naukę
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a sports competition in which you jump over a high bar using a long stick to push yourself off the ground
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He vaulted over the gate.; She vaulted the wall and kept running; He has vaulted 6.02 m in indoor competitions this year. rozpocznij naukę
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to jump over something by first putting your hands on it or by using a pole
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The speech vaulted him into the national spotlight; His impressive fundraising vaulted him into the top tier of candidates; vault into sth - Can these small firms vault into the big league? rozpocznij naukę
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To vault is also to move someone suddenly to a much higher or more important position
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sklepienie - a type of arch that supports a roof or ceiling, esp. in a church or public building, or a ceiling or roof supported by several of these arches
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The museum keeps many of its treasures in temperature-controlled storage vaults.; a bank vault; She entered the vault with an armed guard.; Buyers often store gold in a bank vault; The storage vaults will be able to store 100,000 metric tons of gas. rozpocznij naukę
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a room, esp. in or under the ground floor of a large building, that is used to store things safely; In a bank, a vault is where money, jewelry, important documents, etc., are locked for protection.
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a vaulted ceiling; a vaulted room rozpocznij naukę
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related to or having a vault
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After the explosion, nothing of the walls or vaulting remained intact. rozpocznij naukę
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arches that support a ceiling or room
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vaulting ambition - disapproving He sacrificed his marriage to his vaulting political ambition. rozpocznij naukę
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a strong wish to be extremely successful, powerful, rich, etc. and a belief that this is more important than anything else
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paper money and coins that are kept by a bank to use to pay customers exchanging cheques for money, etc rozpocznij naukę
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The rich spend more than the poor on VATable goods; You must add VAT to any VATable sales, rozpocznij naukę
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VATable goods are those on which VAT has to be paid; used to describe goods and services on which VAT must be paid
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the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you
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Ceilings are placed on interest rates by the government to provide firms with cheap capital.; The $7.4 trillion national debt ceiling is likely to be reached in the next few days. rozpocznij naukę
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A ceiling is also an upper limit put on something that varies; the highest level, number, or amount something is allowed to reach
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Women have made scant progress in breaking through the glass ceiling to reach top corporate executive and boardroom positions; In practice, however, many women are still hitting their head against the so-called glass ceiling. rozpocznij naukę
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a limit that is unofficial but understood which prevents someone, esp. a woman, from advancing to a top position in a company or organization
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These two men might be thought to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology. rozpocznij naukę
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either of two completely opposite or different opinions, positions, or qualities
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My sister and I are poles apart in personality. rozpocznij naukę
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Alonso is in pole position for today's Monaco Grand Prix. rozpocznij naukę
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the starting position on the inside of the front row in a motor race or similar racing competition, considered to be best and given to the competitor with the fastest time in the previous race
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Details of the payout will be contained in a circular to be sent to shareholders next month. To raise awareness the committee distributed 10,000 circulars and spent £100 per week on advertisements in fourteen different newspapers. rozpocznij naukę
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a printed announcement, advertisement, or letter that is sent to many people at the same time
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One man built a circular barn for his cows.; The circular area is used for parking. rozpocznij naukę
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in the shape of a circle; round
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The property includes two fine twelfth-century timber barns, once used for storing grain. (raczej nie dotyczy zwierząt - w przykładach jest tylko jedno o zwierzętach) rozpocznij naukę
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stodoła - a large building on a farm in which hay (= dried grass) and grain and often farm animals are kept
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siano - tall grass that is cut, dried, and used as animal food or as covering material
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stóg siana - a large, tall pile of hay in a field
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pyłek - a powder, produced by the male part of a flower, that causes the female part of the same type of flower to produce seeds. It is carried by insects or the wind.
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Bees pollinate the plants by carrying the pollen from one flower to another; Many species of tree depend on the wind for pollination. rozpocznij naukę
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She gets really bad hay fever; hay fever sufferers rozpocznij naukę
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a physical reaction to the pollen of plants which causes some people to have problems with their eyes, nose, throat, and lungs
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Activities include fishing, paddle boat rentals, hayrides, dances, miniature golf and a 27-hole golf course rozpocznij naukę
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a social event in which a group of people go for a ride in an open vehicle filled with hay
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grains of wheat/rice; A tornado destroyed grain crops across much of the Midwest.; Wheat and rye are two common grains used in making bread. rozpocznij naukę
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ziarno, zboże - a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat; a seed from a plant, esp. a grass such as wheat, or the crop from such a plant Definition: a crop such as wheat and corn that is grown for food; Ultra-high prices of metals, grains and energy spurred production and stifled consumption.
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grains of sand; There wasn't a grain of truth in anything she said.; Anyone with a grain of common sense would have known what to do.; You haven’t got a grain of sense. rozpocznij naukę
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a very small piece of a hard substance, or a small amount of something
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to cut something along/against the grain rozpocznij naukę
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the natural pattern of lines in the surface of a material, such as wood or rock, or the direction in which the fibers that form these substances lie
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he main crops grown for export are coffee and rice; The carrots have cropped (= grown) well this year.; Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year. rozpocznij naukę
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(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts; If a plant crops, it produces fruit, flowers, etc. Definition - another - a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant
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We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year. rozpocznij naukę
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A crop is also any group of similar things or people
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The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice; Genetically modified crops continue to be controversial; Last year there was a bumper crop of maize (= a very large one). rozpocznij naukę
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a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially for food; the total amount of a crop that is collected in one season
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Cotton was our cash crop.; Rice is now the main cash crop of nine-tenths of the farmers in Punjab. rozpocznij naukę
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a crop (= a plant) grown by someone to sell rather than to eat or use themselves
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a crop that people grow to use or eat themselves, rather than to sell
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These days it goes against the grain to show too much respect for authority. rozpocznij naukę
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If something goes against the grain, you would not usually do it because it would be unusual
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With this new book, she is going against the flow. rozpocznij naukę
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to do or say the opposite of what most people are doing or saying
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Her name keeps cropping up in conversation. rozpocznij naukę
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to happen or appear unexpectedly
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Wheat and rye are two common grains used in making bread. rozpocznij naukę
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make hay while the sun shines to make good use of an opportunity while it lasts rozpocznij naukę
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siano podczas gdy słońce świeci
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He polished the hardwood floor. I'll just give my shoes a quick polish. rozpocznij naukę
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to make something smooth and shiny by rubbing:; If you polish your nails, you paint them with a colored or colorless liquid to make them shine.
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Polish is a cream or other substance that you use to clean or shine something
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It's a lively, good-hearted film but it lacks a little polish.; This is a musical with polish and wit. rozpocznij naukę
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the quality of having been done in a way that shows skill and experience; Someone or something with polish has great skill or perfect style
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He rubbed (at) the stain on his trousers and made it worse; We rubbed some polish into the surface of the wood; She was rubbing her hands (together) at the thought of winning; My new shoes are rubbing (against/on my toe) and now I've got blisters. rozpocznij naukę
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pocierać, trzeć, rozcierać - to press or be pressed against something with a repeated circular, side to side, or up and down movement
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She got good reviews for her original cooking, but the rub was that people wanted very traditional dishes. rozpocznij naukę
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The rub is something that prevents success
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rub - formal - noun - c.d. You can't get a job unless you have experience, but there's the rub, you can't get experience unless you have a job. rozpocznij naukę
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the particular problem that makes a situation difficult or impossible
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He gave her hair a good rub to dry it. rozpocznij naukę
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the act of rubbing something
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He polished off two burgers and a mountain of French fries. rozpocznij naukę
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to finish something quickly and easily
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I write a rough draft on the computer and then polish it up a bit. rozpocznij naukę
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