Polish English Dictionary

odpady in English:

1. waste

Youth is such a priceless commodity that it is a shame to waste it on children.

He and I discussed the waste problem in terms of recycling.

Some people consider it a waste of time to study languages such as Klingon, Interlingua and Esperanto.

Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.

I think it is about time we changed our ways of disposing of waste.

waste products

Packaging can actually prevent certain kinds of waste.

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

For things that have had contents with volatile oil like thinners they should be left for a few days to completely evaporate it before being disposed of as non-flammable waste.

He didn't waste a single minute, thinking constantly about how to survive and how to improve his condition.

It may seem like a hassle, but I think you ought to go back to the basics and start over. Haste makes waste they say.

Say that work is 8 hours, it feels like the three hour commute time is also work but you don't get any money for it. What a waste.

Is there any point recycling household waste? Yes, there's a point recycling household waste.

Severe health risks can result from saving waste

We must make the utmost effort to reduce the use of plastic packaging, and also to recycle all waste plastic.

English word "odpady"(waste) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Muriel Stuart)
Your Amazing Body: Blood and Circulation (unit 5)
Fiszki z książki - "The Yellow Rose" (Mór Jókai)
Fiszki z książki - "Jaffery" (William J. Locke)
Fiszki z książki - "Song-Surf" (Cale Young Rice)

2. debris

It's about time I cleaned the debris in my room.

Victims were trying to make their way through the debris

You need to be focused when you remove debris in between your teeth.

Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion.

Emergency teams are still clearing the debris from the plane crash.

Many could still be buried below the debris.

It took a week to clean up the debris after the explosion

Dawn revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children’s strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about the promenade

There is a lot of debris on the construction site.

workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings

English word "odpady"(debris) occurs in sets:

Scientific discoveries and inventions
Science and Technology: Unit 12 - Vocabulary Bank ...
[12] VB: Science and technology
NAUKA I TECHNIKA
science and technology

3. repulses

She repulses him.

English word "odpady"(repulses) occurs in sets:

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4. waste products

English word "odpady"(waste products) occurs in sets:

Biggest Producer of Plastic Waste
Klęski żywiołowe, wypadki
onkologia, gastrologia
medyczne slowka

5. household waste

The amount of household waste will probably decrease.

6. scrap

I think we should scrap this idea.

Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped.

They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.

Please get me a scrap of paper.

Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.

Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.

a scrap of a puzzle

There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.

throw sth on the scrap heap

... like Ron Roth to scrap their old vehicles.

the national tests for 14-year-olds were scrapped

My old car was sold for scrap.

scraps of left over food

We sold the car for scrap (= so that any good parts can be used again).

The child was throwing scraps of meat to his puppy under the table / Any scrap of information you may have could be helpful to our investigation

English word "odpady"(scrap) occurs in sets:

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