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позволять in English:

1. allow allow


If you are a parent, don't allow yourself to set your heart on any particular line of work for your children.
Tom always stays at school as late as the teachers allow him to.
It allows...
Father, today I'm going out with some friends. Of course, that's if you will allow it.
The new version of Tatoeba will allow linking people, and even editing them!
If it's a light workout, OK. "Right, so will we allow crotch-kicking and eyeball crushing?"
You think that people are okay, but I allow one to think that people and all societies are bad. No one wants other people to tolerate their mischief. People give grief to people because their viewpoints vary.
Schools have tried to limit their use by not allowing them to be used in math classes, although they allow them in science lessons to save time.
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.
Other than that, you should know that I allow myself a bit of irony from time to time.
Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack.
It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard?
You might not feel comfortable about allowing the person to realise you didn't really catch their name
this allows you to keep these resources separate from the source code.
pozwalać, zezwalać na [often passive] Smoking is not allowed in the restaurant. [+ to do sth] You are not allowed to use calculators UK in the exam/US on the exam. [+ two objects] Patients are not allowed visitors after nine o'clock.

English word "позволять"(allow) occurs in sets:

artykół 1/czy ludzi gotowi do genetyki
lekcja 2(artykół o genetyce)
Technical English
грамматика "A"

2. let


Let me be.
Let us stop to think how much we depend upon atomic energy.
My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
Why has Japan let pollution get so bad?
You probably think you know how to do this, but let me explain it once more.
I'm sorry, I don't let in people I don't know.
He persuaded his firm to let him go back to his old job.
Make a good translation of the sentence that you are translating. Don't let translations into other languages influence you.
I had no difficulty in persuading my father to let me study abroad.
I held onto the rope for as long as I could, but I finally had to let go.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
This is a secret just between you and me, so don't let it slip out.
Tom let me read the letter he had received from Mary.
Tom asked Mary many times to let him go home early, but she wouldn't let him.
On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.

English word "позволять"(let) occurs in sets:

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3. afford


She affords cake and milk to our house. The round-the-world trip afforded me unforgettable experiences.
I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.
Whenever she goes shopping, she ends up buying more than she can afford.
I can afford
Don't get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
We must consider the question of whether we can afford such huge sums for armaments.
By pooling their money, they were able to afford a new computer for the office.
It was a purchase which he could not possibly afford.
We don't give discounts, the woman said sternly. "Regardless how small. Now, please take off the suit if you can't afford it."
Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.
I can't afford it. afford to pay something. affordable. be able to afford something
He took a job abroad with an insurance company and earned so much that he could afford to retire aged 37.
With his characteristic sense of humour he told our Japanese hosts that when he was growing up his family was poor and had to survive on rabbit meat but at least they could afford a fork! Mr.
B1 to have enough money to buy something or enough time to do something: I can't afford a new computer. [+ to do sth] Can we afford to go away? Can we afford it? (Czy stać nas na to?)