Polish English Dictionary

sprzeciwiać się in English:

1. demur

normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(demur) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Rice Papers" (H. L. Norris)
Fiszki z książki - "The Yellow Rose" (Mór Jókai)
Fiszki z książki - "Betty Grier" (Joseph Waugh)
Fiszki z książki - "A Fair Jewess" (B. L. Farjeon)
Fiszki z książki - "H. G. Wells" (J. D. Beresford)

2. oppose

I oppose it.

Bernard Kouchner, who established Medecins Sans Frontieres, did not oppose the Iraq war.

At first I thought I liked the plan, but on second thought I decided to oppose it.

I think Tom doesn't have the courage to oppose Mary.

They didn't oppose the project just because they feared public opinion.

He tends to get angry when people oppose him.

Were I in your position, I would oppose that plan.

Whoever may oppose my plan, I will carry it out nonetheless.

When two armies oppose one another, those who can fight should fight, those who can't fight should guard, those who can't guard should flee, those who can't flee should surrender, and those who can't surrender should die.

We need to consider carefully what materials and methods we can use to oppose them.

I'd very much like to see who'd try to oppose me.

Public opinion in both countries opposes the war.

The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats oppose Mr Cameron’s referendum.

Why do you think people sometimes oppose their government?

It began to dawn on me that, to oppose political and social chaos, cultured means would be ineffective.

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(oppose) occurs in sets:

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3. object

By freeing thought from its object, Descartes made it possible to view the latter in strictly mechanical terms, reopening the way to science, suffocated for more than fifteen centuries under religious nonsense.

Where is this object?

Robinson considers nature a mere object of scientific study to exploit for his own uses and pleasure.

There may be microscopes involved, bringing us ever closer to the heart of the matter; but even microbiology is objective, adding to knowledge by putting space between an object and its observer.

I suppose that what we mean by beauty is that object, spiritual or material, more often material, which satisfies our aesthetic sense.

Take care to indicate the right object before sending me your email, otherwise it will end up in the spam folder.

I have an object, a task, let me say the word, a passion. The profession of writing is a violent and almost indestructible passion.

For example, Pepperberg would show Alex an object, such as a green wooden peg or a red paper triangle.

A collection of historical objects from Central America

Actually, there are many cases where 'have [object] done' is not causative.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is? "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."

Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(object) occurs in sets:

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Gramatyka dla zaawansowanych

4. object to

I must object to this idea

I object to you smoking here.

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(object to) occurs in sets:

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5. to resist

I couldn’t resist buying the blouse. antibodies help us to resist infection.

to resist a temptation

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(to resist) occurs in sets:

language focus and language knowladge

6. counter

It's at that counter.

See that guy over there at the counter drinking whisky? He's pretty much my type.

Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.

Registration for the first visit is at Counter No.1.

The flow of evacuation events from occurrence of a large earthquake to the conclusion of emergency counter measures.

To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?

In the Tokyo stock market, stocks of about 450 companies are traded over the counter.

When the counter value reaches the assigned 'lucky-number' it displays a congratulatory message.

Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.

a counter attack

This counter helps to count how many calories are in your favourite food.

At the newsagent’s; you go to the counter to buy a newspaper and they offer to sell you a L1 chocolate bar.

The USA sent extra troops to counter the rising violence in Afghanistan.

He counters well and makes his point.

An Englishman, a Belgian and a Dutchman enter a pub and sit down at the counter. Says the barkeeper, "Wait a minute, is this a joke or what?"

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(counter) occurs in sets:

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chat checkouts

7. be opposed to

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(be opposed to) occurs in sets:

phrasal verbs + ing

8. to object to something

9. stand against

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(stand against) occurs in sets:

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czasowniki frazowe
buisnes English

10. cross

Jesus died on the cross. I'm cross because I'm on a diet

In 1881, Clara Barton donated her time to help people in need, starting the American Red Cross.

cross Europe

In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

When I'm home and I'm going to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be careful how I cross the street?

Well, you'll find out that after you cross. If I give too much away right from the start it won't be so interesting.

But she had not expected to cross an ocean, enter a new and romantic-sounding country, and find herself in exactly the same position.

According to research by Gunnar Samuelsson, Jesus may not have died on a cross. Instead, it's possible that he died on a pole or a tree trunk.

It then became necessary to settle the best route for the line to follow; and that was determined, in the first place, by the shape of the land it had to cross.

The river is six miles deep in some areas and the only way to cross it is using a pulley and a rope.

In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.

My mother always used to get cross with me when I received bad reports from school.

cross - (krzyż, przekreślenie, przejść)

Nordic combined is one of the winter sport events, a competition where you compete on the combination of two Nordic style ski events - cross country skiing and ski jumping.

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(cross) occurs in sets:

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11. be against

English word "sprzeciwiać się"(be against) occurs in sets:

PAŃSTWO I SPOŁECZENSTWO 1
Phrasal verbs
phrasal verbs

12. speak out against

He decided to speak out against the bombing.