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2collaborate (with sb) to help the enemy forces who have taken control of your country ▶ kolaborować Wyraża dezaprobatę.

(person) to fall down because you are very ill The winner collapsed at the end of the race. ▶ padać (z wyczerpania (business, plan, etc.) to fail suddenly The company collapsed, leaving hundreds of people out of work. ▶ upadać

the collapse of the motorway bridge ▶ zawalenie się 3[sing., uncountable] (person) a medical condition when a person becomes very ill and suddenly falls down She was taken to hospital after her collapse at work. ▶ załamanie (fizyczne, nerwowe)

2 a band of leather that is put round an animal’s neck (especially a dog or cat) ▶ obroża

2 to collect pieces of paper or the pages of a book, etc. and arrange them in the correct order ▶ segregować układać □ collation /kəˈleɪʃn; US / noun [uncountable] the collation of information ▶ zestawienie (np. danych) segregowanie segregacja

to come together A crowd collected to see what was going on. ▶ gromadzić się to go and get sb/sth from a particular place; to pick sb/sth up My daughter’s at a party and I have to collect her in half an hour. to collect the children from school

[countable, uncountable] the act of getting sth from people Your car will be ready for collection tomorrow. rubbish collections ▶ odbiór 3[countable] a group of people or things a large collection of papers on the desk ▶ grupa, stos

6[countable] a variety of new clothes or items for the home that are specially designed and sold at a particular time Armani’s stunning new autumn collection ▶ kolekcja zestaw

Jeśli natomiast mowa o college jako instytucji czy budynku, wtedy używa się the: I went to an art exhibition at the college last night.

2 [countable] (in the US) a university, or part of one, where students can study for a degree ▶ szkoła wyższa 3[countable] (in Britain) one of the separate institutions into which certain universities are divided King’s College, London ▶ kolegium

2[with sing. or pl. verb] a group of people who go to live permanently in another country but keep their own habits and customs ▶ kolonia 3 a group of the same type of animals, insects or plants living or growing in the same place a colony of ants

All the pictures in the book are in colour a colour TV ▶ kolor 3[uncountable] a red or pink colour in your face You look much better now, you’ve got a bit more colour. Colour flooded her face when she thought of what had happened. ▶ rumieńce

2 to influence thoughts, opinions, etc. You shouldn’t let one bad experience colour your attitude to everything. ▶ wpływać na coś

2 person belonging to a race that does not have white skin ▶ (osoba) innej rasy niż biała To słowo jest obecnie uważane za obraźliwe. Powinno się używać określenia black, Asian 3(Coloured) (in South Africa) having parents who are of different races

one of the vertical sections into which a printed page, especially in a newspaper, is divided a column of text kolumna 4 a piece of writing in a magazine that is part of a regular series or written by the same writer the travel/gossip column ▶ felieton

On this course, you may study French in combination with Spanish or Italian. He left the job for a combination of reasons. Odszedł z pracy z wielu różnych powodów. ▶ połączenie kombinacja

2[transitive] combine A and/with B to do or have two or more things at the same time This car combines speed and reliability. to combine business with pleasure łączyć przyjemne z pożytecznym ▶ łączyć

I use that room as a spare bedroom and office combined (jako pokoju gościnnego oraz biura). ▶ połączony

come (to.) to arrive somewhere or reach a particular place/time What time are you coming home? The time has come to say goodbye. Has the newspaper come yet? Her hair comes down to her waist. The water in the pool came up to our knees ▶ przychodzić

6 to become open or loose Her hair has come untied (rozwiązały się). Your blouse has come undone. Rozpięła ci się bluzka.

come back (to sb) to be remembered When I went to Italy again, my Italian started to come back to me. ▶ wracać przypominać się

3 (used about prices) to become lower The price of land has come down in the past year. ▶ (ceny) obniżać się

3 to become popular or fashionable Punk fashions came in in the seventies. ▶ (moda itp.) przyjąć się 4 (used about news or information) to be received Reports are coming in of fighting in Beirut. ▶ (wiadomości) przychodzić nadchodzić

3[before an adverb] (informal) to be in a good, bad, etc. situation as a result of sth Unfortunately, Dennis came off worst in the fight. ▶ wychodzić na czymś (dobrze lub źle)