B5

An anonymous benefactor donated $2 million.

Anonimowy dobroczyńca przelał 2 mln dolarów,

She is a sweet and benevolent woman

Jest słodką i dobroduszną kobietą

She shook his head in benign amusement.

Potrząsnęła głową w łagodnej wesołości.

Olek was a boy with a mechanical bent, who later became the car mechanic.

Olek był chłopcem z mechanicznym zacięciem który później stał się mechanikiem samochodowym

There is always a proportion of the crowd bent on interrupting the speakers.

Zawsze jest jakaś proporcja ludzi tłumie, która jest zdeterminowana przeszkadzać mówcom.

I bent to pick up the coin

He bequeathed Phoebe forty million dollars. It is true that colonialism did not bequeath much to Africa

On przepisał Fibi 40 mln. To prawda, że kolonializm dużo nie przekazał Afryce

Unfortunately the EU is hell-bent on trade-block-to-trade-block negotiations, and for this reason I abstained.

Niestety, UE jest chorobliwie przywiązana do negocjacji handlowych prowadzonych pomiędzy blokami. W tej sytuacji wstrzymałem się od głosu.

I know a bent cop working down at the station.

Znam skorumpowanego glibę, który pracuje na stacji

The church here was left a bequest to hire doctors who would work amongst the poor.

Kościołowi przysługiwał zapis pieniężny by mógł zatrudnić doktora pomagającego biednym

He wanted to show his sympathy for the bereaved.

Chciał okazać sympatię w stosunku do bliskich zmarłego.

When Mary died Anne did not share her brother's sense of bereavement

Kiedy zmarła Maria, Anna nie podzielała żałoby brata za bardzo

The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life. Street children 'bereft of everything'

Miejsce zdaje się być całkowicie pozbawione ludzkiego życia. Dzieci ulicy pozbawione wszystkiego.

I always wear a black beret.

Zawsze noszę czarny beret.

Od północy i wschodu graniczy z Alaską, na zachodzie z Syberią

Berm is narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal

Berserk means crazy and out of control. He tossed back his head in a howl of berserk laughter.

1. The ship has docked in its berth. 2. The captain is in his berth right now.

1. Statek zadokował w przystani. 2. Kapitan jest w tej chwili w swojej koi

She beseeched him to cut his drinking and his smoking

The country is beset by severe economic problems

Son, when you are beset with difficulties, when you meet temptation, when you are confused and don’t know where to go, call out and say, “Father, are you there?”’

If something is beside the point, it means that whatever you are talking about is separate from the main idea, or not related to the main idea.

Anna was beside herself with joy when her boyfriend proposed to her.

She was besieged with requests for her autograph. They were besieged for six months but refused to surrender.

People were trying to besmirch his reputation.

He was besotted with me.

Clark was a slim, quiet, bespectacled man.

The suits for Michael were made by a bespoke tailor.

I answered to the best of my knowledge

Odpowiedziałem w granicach moich spostrzeżeń

he's not exactly patient at the best of times

nigdy nie odznaczał się zbytnią cierpliwością

1. She bestowed a smile on me.2. President bestowed a title upon him

1. Ona obdarzyła mnie uśmiechem 2. Prezydent przyznał mu tytuł

you can pay the money back when you are better off

możesz zwrócić pieniądze, gdy będziesz w lepszej sytuacji finansowej

The betting is that the experience will make Japan more competitive still

Betting shop is a place where people go to risk money on horse races or other sports events

bevel edge

Faseta – pojęcie wieloznaczne, używane w budownictwie i jubilerstwie. Inaczej faza- ukos, ucios, skośne ścięcie narożnika lub graniastej krawędzi, w celu ochrony przed uszkodzeniem od przypadkowego uderzenia

Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, koalas and Tasmanian devils

She was surrounded by a bevy of little girls during the photosession.

Frequently he bewails the ingratitude of their children.

In the interim she will be faced with a bewildering array of options

The doctor is bewitched by Maya's beauty

The engine was damaged beyond repair. The situation in Eastern Europe has changed out of all recognition.

Cleaning out the garage may be a biannual project in your household, or your dentist might insist on biannual check-ups.

I stopped reading this newspaper because it showed political bias. We can't bias the judge in favour of us

I stopped reading this newspaper because it showed political bias. Nie możemy nastawić sędziego przychylnie do nas

Of course, he was biased towards it from the start.

Oczywiście, on był przychylnie nastawieny do tego od początku

last year's commemoration of the bicentenary of Mozart's birth"

Lenin legacy was to make a formidable bid for power

literacko

the highest bidder

osoba oferująca najwyższą cenę

He went there at his boss' personal bidding.

I've been biding my time for years, just waiting for a chance like this. He's not the type just to sit there and bide his time. He wants some action now.

My sister loves going to ooera because she's really big on classic music. My family is big on education, so I know I'm going to college next year.

He wants to win in a big way.

A big end is the end of a connecting rod that engages with a crankshaft.

She's so bigheaded!

Big Top is a large tent in which a traveling circus takes place.

He saw the whole park from the top of the Ferris wheel.

On widział cały park ze szczytu diabelskiego młyna

Bile is anger or bitterness towards someone or something or bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat.

She suffered from bilious attacks. His shirt was a bilious shade of green.

Instead of mouths, birds have bills.

Ptaki mają dzioby zamiast ust.

Billet is a place for soldiers to stay in for a short time... the soldiers that were billeted in private houses in Sutton.

His billfold was opened and dropped with an exclamation of disappointment.

The flames illuminated billows of smoke.

A friend of mine once tied up a billy goat as a bait for a panther and sat up over it in a tree.

A bookbinder binds books.

Introligator oprawia książki

On many occasions demonstrators were bound over to keep the peace.

I'm sorry, I'm bound up in my own problems.

Przepraszam, jestem pochłonięty moimi własnymi problemami

Franz went on a binge last night and is very sick this morning. Bill loves to spend money on clothes. He's out on a binge right now—buying everything in sight.

A biped is a creature with two legs.

In order to determine why the company was headed towards a fiscal disaster, the CFO had to take a step back and get a bird's eye view of the situation so he could locate the cause of the problem.

Biro is the brand name for a type of ballpoint pen

Bay of Biscay is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.

Zatoka Biskajska – zatoka Oceanu Atlantyckiego, położona pomiędzy północnym wybrzeżem Półwyspu Iberyjskiego a południowo-zachodnim wybrzeżem Francji.

An example of to bisect is to split a pear in two equal parts. The new road will bisect the town.

These bits are perfect for drilling metal

Te wiertła są idealne do wiercenia metalu

A horse is wearing a bit

Koń ma założone wędzidło.

bit part is a role in which there is direct interaction with the principal actors and no more than five lines of dialogue, often referred to as a five-or-less or under-five in the United States, or under sixes in British television

the play was bitty in the second act

drugi akt nie trzymał się kupy

bitum – mieszanina substancji stałych lub ciekłych o dużej lepkości, czarna lub brunatnoczarna, zawierająca bituminy naturalne lub sztuczne; są stosowane w drogownictwie, budownictwie, górnictwie

bivouac is a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter

I won't blab your secret.

I won't blab your secret.

And I remember reading, after the Lara Croft movies, how Angelina Jolie would go home completely black and blue

Pamiętam, że czytałam, jak podczas kręcenia filmów o Larze Croft Angelina Jolie wracała do domu cała posiniaczona.

She blacked out at school because she hadn't eaten for three days.

Straciła przytomność w szkole, bo trzy dni nic nie jadła.

Something else I think is lacking in this report is measuring the black economy.

Czymś innym, czego brakuje w tym sprawozdaniu, jest pomiar szarej strefy.

This would give too easy an argument for everybody who wants to diminish and blacken EU climate policy.

Każdy, komu zależy na osłabieniu i przedstawianiu w czarnych barwach europejskiej polityki dotyczącej klimatu, dostanie do ręki zbyt łatwy argument.

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She gave us budino for dessert.

I'm sorry, I'm drawing a blank—what's your name again? I actually did know the answer to that question, I just drew a blank when the teacher called on me, OK?

They were firing blanks

give somebody a blank cheque

The blanket cost of the house is 100 thousand dollars

Całościowy koszt domu to 100 tysięcy dolarów

The loudspeakers blared across the square. The radio was blaring (out) martial music.

Don't listen to any of her blarney! Thanks to my blarney, we got out of trouble.

Nie słuchaj żadnych jej pochlebstw. Dzięki mojemu wazeliniarstwu wymigaliśmy się od problemów

He flies first class so often, he's become blasé about it.

The terrorists blasted a police car. They blasted my house, they took everything

Blast, I forgot my glasses!

She kissed him in a blast of love

Pocałowała go w porywie miłości

Because of the blast, my cow died. There was a blast in my garden and all my plants withered

From the way she talks, it was blatantly obvious that the complaining lady was telling a tie to the manager of the cafe joint.

She had answered with something akin to anger.