Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

odwracać uwagę in English:

1. distract distract


Don't distract me from studying.
I was distracted from reading by the noise.
She keeps distracting me.
stop distracting me I'm trying to finish my essay
Philosophical arguments for God could actually distract your attention from God Himself.
Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework.
you don't want to get distracted
Don't distract her (from her studies). He tried to distract attention from his own illegal activities.
Try not to distract the other students.
What kind of things distract your attention? Strange noises distract my attention.
She is so beautiful that she distracts men`s attantion from their work,
Now people are so distracted by their personal financial problems.
One of the girls distracted the shop assistant while the other stole cosmetics from the counter.
distract somebody's attention
In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.

English word "odwracać uwagę"(distract) occurs in sets:

słówka unit 3
NA WTOREK 12.11

2. to divert attention


The idea is to divert attention away from this fact.

English word "odwracać uwagę"(to divert attention) occurs in sets:

Unit 9 - trouble
Ang 26 11 2023
Słówka ang-pol 1

3. deflect


Frappier told CNN that his laptop, which was in the bag he was carrying on his back, managed to deflect a bullet.
... designed to distract and deflect.

4. put up a smokescreen