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(n) a short description giving the most important facts about something start learning
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(n) a short description giving the most important facts about something I'll just give you an overview of the job.
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(n) B1 a coin or unit of money with a value of 1/100 of a pound (= UK unit of money); p start learning
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(n) B1 a coin or unit of money with a value of 1/100 of a pound (= UK unit of money); p There are 100 pence in a pound. fifty pence/50p
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(n) the quality of being very exact and accurate start learning
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(n) the quality of being very exact and accurate She parked the car with great precision.
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(adv) ~ exactly start learning
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(adv) ~ exactly We'll meet again at precisely 1 o'clock. The low price was precisely the reason why I chose this trip
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(adj) B1 correct or exact start learning
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(adj) B1 correct or exact information/measurements. She was able to give police a fairly accurate description of the man.
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(v) B1 to say what you think will happen in the future start learning
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(v) B1 to say what you think will happen in the future Companies are predicting massive profits. [+ (that) ] They predicted that the temperature would reach 80 degrees today.
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(v) B2 to behave as if something is true when it is not start learning
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(v) B2 to behave as if something is true when it is not [+ (that) ] I can't pretend that I like him. [+ to do sth ] Were you just pretending to be interested?
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parapsychologiczny, jasnowidzący (adj) having a special mental ability, for example so that you are able to know what will happen in the future or know what people are thinking start learning
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(adj) having a special mental ability, for example so that you are able to know what will happen in the future or know what people are thinking
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(v) to repeat what someone has said or written start learning
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(v) to repeat what someone has said or written I was quoting from Marx. Witnesses were quoted as saying there were two gunmen.
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myśleć, sądzić, przypuszczać (v) B2 to think that something is probably true start learning
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(v) B2 to think that something is probably true I reckon he likes her. [+ (that) ] He reckons that he earns more in a week than I do in a month.
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(n) B2 the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future: start learning
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(n) B2 the putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future: We've had to build some cupboards to give us more storage space.
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(v) /informal/ there are no more minutes, hours, etc. available: start learning
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(v) /informal/ there are no more minutes, hours, etc. available: OK, everyone, time's up for this week.
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wędrować, włóczyć się, szwędać (v) B2 to walk slowly about a place without any purpose start learning
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(v) B2 to walk slowly about a place without any purpose They wandered aimlessly around the town.
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(v) B1 [I, T ] to want to know something or to try to understand the reason for somethi start learning
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(v) B1 [I, T ] to want to know something or to try to understand the reason for something [+ question word ] I wonder what he's making for dinner. I wonder why she left so suddenly.
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