actual

znaczenie: Existing and not merely potential or possible, based on fact. - RZECZYWISTY, PRAWDZIWY

przykład: In the second fragment there are added the actual notes of this person concerning certain events in his life.

myli się z: aktualny - current/topical

actually

znaczenie: In fact; in reality - NAPRAWDĘ, FAKTYCZNIE, RZECZYWIŚCIE, WŁAŚCIWIE

przykład: In his last letter he actually gave me some particulars of her behaviour at Langford, such as he received from a gentleman who knew her perfectly well, which, if true, must raise abhorrence against her, and which Reginald himself was entirely disposed to credit.

myli się z: aktualnie - currently

audition

znaczenie: A trial performance, as by an actor, dancer, or musician, to demonstrate suitability or skill. - PRZESŁUCHANIE

przykład: Whereas now, in one moment of audition, I take as it were the census and statistics, local, corporeal, mental and spiritual, of every living being in Lineland.

myli się z: audycja - broadcast

barracks

znaczenie: A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural. - KOSZARY

przykład: Barracks blockhouses were used to house troops in forts in Upper Canada.

myli się z: baraki - Portkabins

billion

znaczenie: The cardinal number equal to 1 000 000 000 - MILIARD

przykład: Why, I should have been laughed at for a billion miles around.

myli się z: bilion - trillion

caravan

znaczenie: A large covered vehicle - PRZYCZEPA KAMPINGOWA

przykład: Although this caravan vehicle says Campagnolo on it, it was actually being used by Lampre-Caffita's Team Caravan vehicle in the Wachovia Cycling Series- Lancaster Race

myli się z: karawan - hearse

chef

znaczenie: A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff. - SZEF KUCHNI

przykład: For dinner IS a mystery, a mystery of which even the greatest chef knows but little, as a poet knows not,

myli się z: szef - boss

consequent

znaczenie: Following as a natural effect, result, or conclusion - WYNIKAJĄCY, NASTĘPUJĄCY

przykład: They tried to prevent an oil spill and the consequent damage to wildlife.

myli się z: konsekwentny - consistent

consequently

znaczenie: As a result, therefore - W SKUTEK (CZEGOŚ)

przykład: He had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held

myli się z: konsekwentnie - consistently

divan

znaczenie: A long backless sofa, especially one set with pillows against a wall. - tapczan

przykład: He was lying in a squirrel-fur dressing gown on a divan, surrounded by pillows.

myli się z: dywan - carpet

diversion

znaczenie: The act or an instance of diverting or turning aside; deviation. - ODWRÓCENIE KIERUNKU, OBJAZD, COŚ CO ODWRACA UWAGĘ

przykład: It may seem strange that of all men sailors should be tinkering at their last wills and testaments, but there are no people in the world more fond of that diversion

myli się z: dywersja - sabotage

dress

znaczenie: A one-piece outer garment for women or girls, has skirt and bodice - SUKNIA, SUKIENKA

przykład: Turning in my seat I saw a woman in evening dress who had just entered the room.

myli się z: dres - tracksuit

eventual

znaczenie: expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating - KOŃCOWY, OSTATECZNY

przykład: If this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market

myli się z: ewentualny- possible, optional

eventually

znaczenie: Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time - W KOŃCU, OSTATECZNIE

przykład: She will understand eventually.

myli się z: ewentualnie - if necessary, optionally

fabric

znaczenie: A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers. - MATERIAŁ, TKANINA

przykład: The fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent.

myli się z: fabryka - factory

colleague

znaczenie: A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. - OSOBA Z KTÓRĄ PRACUJEMY

przykład: The surgeon consulted his colleagues.

myli się z: kolega - friend

genial

znaczenie: Having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner - DOBRODUSZNY, TOWARZYSKI

przykład: It was in this genial attitude of mind that I strode up the quaint circular staircase to fetch Fielding from my room, and, shade of Tom Jones

myli się z: genialny - brilliant

gymnasium

znaczenie: A room or building equipped for indoor sports. - SALA GIMNASTYCZNA, SIŁOWNIA

przykład: Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.

myli się z: gimnazjum - grammar school

hazard

znaczenie: A chance of being injured or harmed, danger - NIEBEZPIECZEŃSTWO

przykład: Space travel is full of hazards.

myli się z: hazard - gambling

lecture

znaczenie: An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or a class, as for the purpose of instruction. - WYKŁAD, UPOMNIENIE

przykład: Waldman, a fellow professor, would lecture upon chemistry the alternate days that he omitted.

myli się z: lektura - reading, reading matter

lunatic

znaczenie: Suffering from lunacy, insane - WARIAT/KA

przykład: No wonder that fellow thought me an escaped lunatic

myli się z: lunatyk - sleepwalker

mark

znaczenie: A visible trace or impression, such as a line or spot, written or printed symbol - PLAMA, ZNAK, ŚLAD

przykład: I could not get rid of the impression that there was nothing the matter here but a spring freshet, and that the river would fall in a few weeks and leave a dirty high-water mark on the houses, and the streets full of mud and rubbish.

myli się z: marka - brand, make

novel

znaczenie: A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters. - POWIEŚĆ

przykład: I must say the title of this novel does not seem to me a bad one, and I feel an inclination to read it all.

myli się z: nowela - short story

obscure

znaczenie: Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague. - NIEJASNY, NIEZNANY

przykład: At the commencement of my observations it seemed to me probable that a careful study of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants would offer the best chance of making out this obscure problem.

myli się z: obskurny - dilapidated, shabby

occupant

znaczenie: a tenant or owner - LOKATOR

przykład: The lovely palace had no other occupant, for the Nome King had left her at the entrance, which closed behind her, and in all the magnificent rooms there appeared to be no other person.

myli się z: okupant - occupier

ordinary

znaczenie: Commonly encountered, usual - ZWYKŁY, ZWYCZAJNY, POSPOLITY

przykład: Nothing out of the ordinary occurred.

myli się z: ordynarny - vulgar

pamphlet

znaczenie: An unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover. - BROSZURA

przykład: That long-forgotten pamphlet came back with startling vividness to my mind.

myli się z: pamflet - satire

pasta

znaczenie: Unleavened dough, made of wheat flour, water, and sometimes eggs, that is molded into any of a variety of shapes and boiled. - MAKARON

przykład: In this program he shows how to make pasta and noodles, and shares international style recipes for soups, main dishes, and side dishes featuring pasta.

myli się z: pasta - paste, polish

pension

znaczenie: A sum of money paid regularly as a retirement benefit or by way of patronage. - EMERYTURA, RENTA

przykład: He must have done his business well, for we find him receiving now a pension for life worth about 200 pounds in our money, now a grant of a daily pitcher of wine besides a salary of "71/2d.

myli się z: pensja - wage, salary

physician

znaczenie: A person licensed to practice medicine; a medical doctor. - LEKARZ

przykład: An old woman having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them.

myli się z: fizyk - physicist

prospect

znaczenie: Something expected, a possibility. - SZANSA, PERSPEKTYWA

przykład: During the past year I had not managed my professional resources as carefully as usual; and my extravagance now limited me to the prospect of spending the autumn economically between my mother's cottage at Hampstead and my own chambers in town.

myli się z: prospekt - brochure, prospectus

receipt

znaczenie: A written acknowledgment that a specified article, sum of money, or shipment of merchandise has been received. - PARAGON, POKWITOWANIE

przykład: When I wanted a refund for the brokem radio the store manager asked me for the receipt.

myli się z: recepta - prescription(lekarska), recipe(przepis)

rent

znaczenie: Payment, usually of an amount fixed by contract, made by a tenant at specified intervals in return for the right to occupy or use the property of another. - CZYNSZ, WYNAJĄĆ

przykład: They had learned that they would have to pay a rent of nine dollars a month for a flat, and there was no way of doing better, unless the family of twelve was to exist in one or two rooms, as at present.

myli się z: renta - disability pension

rumour

znaczenie: A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth. - PLOTKA, POGŁOSKA

przykład: It was rumored that the next president would be a woman

myli się z: rumor - clatter

smoking

znaczenie: Engaging in the smoking of tobacco - PALENIE(TYTONIU)

przykład: Archie lounged in the easy chair, surrounded by newspapers, Charlie stood upon the rug, in an Englishman's favourite attitude, and, I regret to say, both were smoking cigars.

myli się z: smoking - tuxedo, dinner suit

speaker

znaczenie: One who delivers a public speech - MÓWCA A loudspeaker - GŁOŚNIK

przykład: I bought a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier. / The leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives

myli się z: spiker - announcer

sympathetic

znaczenie: showing or having compassion - WSPÓŁCZUJACY

przykład: She heard the soft and sympathetic voices of women around her.

myli się z: sympatyczny - nice

fatal

znaczenie: Causing or capable of causing death ŚMIERTELNY

przykład: I was most seriously alarmed by her illness which trifling as it may appear to you, a certain instinctive sensibility whispered me, would in the End be fatal to her.

myli się z: fatalny - disastrous, misfortunate, ill-fated

pathetic

znaczenie: Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion ad pity - ŻAŁOSNY, GODNY WSPÓŁCZUCIA

przykład: There was something pathetic in it, as in the endeavour of an artist in his old age to equal the masterpieces of his youth - for the Tweed's famous passages were Captain S-'s masterpieces.

myli się z: patetyczny - pompous, full of pathos, turgid, grandiloquent

condition

znaczenie: A mode or state of being - STAN, WARUNEK

przykład: We came next day to Mazna, in so wretched a condition that we were not surprised at being hooted by the boys, but thought ourselves well used that they threw no stones at us.

myli się z: kondycja fizyczna - be in good shape/be fit

combine

znaczenie: To bring into a state of unity; merge. - POŁĄCZYĆ(Z), ZŁĄCZYĆ, ZJEDNOCZYĆ

przykład: Maurice Grieffenhagen knew how to combine in his illustrations the effect of his own most distinguished personal vision with an absolute fidelity to the inspiration of the writer.

myli się z: kombinować - contrive

pupil

znaczenie: A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor - UCZEŃ

przykład: A BEAUTIFUL Old Man, meeting a Sunday-school Pupil, laid his hand tenderly upon the lad's head, saying: "Listen, my son, to the words of the wise and heed the advice of the righteous.

myli się z: pupil(zwierze domowe) - pet

confident

znaczenie: Marked by confidence in oneself; self-assured/be sure. PEWNY SIEBIE, ZAUFANY/PEWNY

przykład: All these reasons justify the view that the poems with which we now have to deal were later than the "Iliad" and "Odyssey", and if we must recognize the possibility of some conventionality in the received dating, we may feel confident that it is at least approximately just.

myli się z: konfident - informer

data

znaczenie: Numerical or other information represented in a form suitable for processing by computer - DANE KOMPUTEROWE

przykład: All the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support our financial statement is on your hard drive.

myli się z: data(w kalendarzu) - date

pilot

znaczenie: One who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight. - PILOT SAMOLOTU

przykład: Coming toward him down the meadow was an aeroplane piloted by the black Usanga and in the seat behind the pilot was the white girl, Bertha Kircher.

myli się z: remote control - pilot do telewizora

habit

znaczenie: A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. NAWYK, ZWYCZAJ

przykład: Jane has a bad habit of biting her nails.

myli się z: habit - frock