Polish English Dictionary
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potęgować in English:
1. reinforce
I want to reinforce the garden wall so that it doesn't fall down.
reinforce stereotypes
The climate of political confusion has only reinforced the country's economic decline.
‘the helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork
Legalizing marijuana could reinforce this trend
reinforce a person's positive image
Good visual aids can powerfully reinforce your message.
I've reinforced the elbows of this jacket with leather patches; Extra troops will be sent to reinforce the army.
Paratroopers were sent to reinforce the troops already in the area
The battle was going badly, and the army had to call for reinforcements
The concrete in this block of flats has been reinforced with steel.
This belief is often reinforced by the media. a security door reinforced by steel bars
I think they just used someone else to reinforce the situation.
It reinforced his sense that he was someone special.
Building codes in California required that steel rods be used to reinforce cinder-block construction.; The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
English word "potęgować"(reinforce) occurs in sets:
Słówka Adi page 332. escalate
Tensions escalated as the politicians refused to compromise.
Now the situation has escalated and four people have been killed. To escalate is defined as to increase quickly, to become more serious or to become worse. An example of escalate is when the price of grain quickly goes up.
English word "potęgować"(escalate) occurs in sets:
Integrated Skills3. exacerbate
The recession has exacerbated this problem.
Sunny weather exacerbates the effects of pollution
This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.
The backlog of payments exacerbated their financial situation.
The recession has exacerbated this problem. / His aggressive reaction only exacerbated the situation.
"The forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain."
"This drug exacerbates the pain"
the cycle is exacerbated
The child's detachment exacerbates the parents' feeling of helplessness
Climate change will exacerbate food and water shortages
We must be careful not to exacerbate the problem
His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process
, wouldexacerbate employment problems
Don't exacerbate the situation
4. intensify
5. heighten
An educational effort to heighten awareness about global warming is currently underway.
Tension has heightened after last week's terrorist attack.
The case has heightened public awareness of the problem of sexual harassment.
heighten your engagement
Increased levels of fat in the diet could heighten the risk of cancer.
The risk is heightened for injectable drugs
The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd.
[often passive] The book's success was heightened by the scandal.
English word "potęgować"(heighten) occurs in sets:
Force equals mass times acceleration.6. to aggravate
English word "potęgować"(to aggravate) occurs in sets:
sound and noise7. power
Power brings corruption.
Tim produced a perfect alveolar trill for a straight minute. The rest of the Spanish class envied and despised this vulgar display of power.
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Keeping Mario in a state in which he can throw fireballs is a delicate process; that newfound power sometimes makes one cocky and careless.
The power delivered by a one square metre solar panel is approximately one watt. Therefore it is currently difficult to harvest solar energy on a grand scale.
The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
People crushed by law, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose, will always be dangerous.
Ursula and Chelsea are battling over the boy they both have a crush on. Judging from the blood and teeth everywhere, this seems to be more of a matter of power than love.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
Zipang The Power Polack, a ferocious Polish berserker, flailed around wildly, charging into enemy ranks crazily without armor.
Shurrup! Don't make such a fuss over a little headache. I'm flat out of magical power - this is all your fault!
Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it.
In South Korea, the most powerful member of a family, usually the oldest living male, has the power to send members of his family to a psychiatric hospital as he sees fit.
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
8. amplify
This experience will amplify our relationship.
"These stories only amplified her fears. The notes to the financial statements will amplify the information given in the statement of financial position. "
amplify benefits
9. come to the fore
Various ecological issues have come to the fore since the discovery of the hole in the earth's ozone layer.
other words beginning with "P"
potrzebować in Englishpotwierdzać in English
potwierdzic in English
poważny in English
powiedzieć in English
powieka in English
