dicionário polonês - Inglês

opór inglês:

1. resistance

He met with his employees' resistance, so he had to increase the salaries.

Resist resistance!

Silence often implies resistance.

The resistance is pointless.

The alternative possibilities were resistance and flight.

I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.

The resistance to theory is the resistance to the use of language about language.

Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they "own" their bodies.

Resistance is growing now. You will feel a slight resistance as the needle passes through the stopper.

water resistance; resistance movement

Definition resistance to something is a refusal to accept it willingly

The idea of a single European currency met with resistance from older generations who were afraid of change.

Unit of resistance is ohm and its symbol is same with the capital letter Omega in Greek alphabet. It's "Ω".

Inglês palavra "opór"(resistance) ocorre em conjuntos:

Fiszki z książki - "Truth" (Émile Zola)
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MEDICATION & HYGIENE - Nursing unit 14&11
Fiszki z książki - "Veranilda" (George Gissing)
Fiszki z książki - "Library Notes" (A. P. Russell)

2. contumacy

Inglês palavra "opór"(contumacy) ocorre em conjuntos:

Fiszki z książki - "Locke" (Thomas Fowler)
Fiszki z książki - "The Outcaste" (F. E. Penny)
Fiszki z książki - "Discipline" (Mary Brunton)
Fiszki z książki - "The Baron's Sons" (Mór Jókai)
Fiszki z książki - "James Watt" (Andrew Carnegie)

3. drag

If you drag that chair across the floor it will make a loud noise.

He was dragging the equipment home

Its foolish if your friends can drag you down, Chris said finally.

Pick the chair up instead of dragging it behind you.

You can't drag this dog, if he doesn't want to go, don't force him.

The last hour dragged mercilessly.

Wanna have a drag?

rocks are dragged

Did you see my drag yesterday?

He took one more drag and threw away the dummy.

Tell him I'm not home. I don't wanna talk to this drag.

Yesterday I saw that movie you told me about. That was a real drag.

There was yellow weed on the line but the old man knew that only made an added drag.

if you drag someone somewhere, you make them go there with you, even though they do not want to go

Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive learning just to justify moving house for a child's entrance exams!

Inglês palavra "opór"(drag) ocorre em conjuntos:

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Fiszki z książki - "Earthbound" (Lester del Rey)
High price of mom's help is drag on family business
Fiszki z książki - "The Dragon of Wantley His Tale...
listening teks 4, 5, 30

4. resisted

He resisted arrest violently.

The soldiers resisted the enemy attack.

resisted increases

There must be equal pay for equal work, and where this is not the case, the abuse must be resisted at all costs.

Inglês palavra "opór"(resisted) ocorre em conjuntos:

Fiszki z książki - "Handyman" (Frank Banta)
Fiszki z książki - "Citizen Jell" (Michael Shaara)
Fiszki z książki - "Weymouth New Testament in Mode...
About business, strona 10

5. defiance

His brazen act of defiance almost cost him his life.

any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences

the demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings

He quit school as an act of defiance.

She resorted to defiance in order to find out the truth.

The demonstration is a pointless act of defiance against the government

Mr. Darby pointed out: "every time a prospect tried to bow me out, without buying, I saw that child standing there in the old mill, her big eyes glaring in defiance, and I said to myself, 'I’ve gotta make this sale.'

He hurled defiance at me.

He kept on drinking in defiance of his doctor's warning.

He shouted defiance at me.

He jumped into the river in defiance of the icy water.

6. resisting

It is no use your resisting.

Stop resisting!