A

say

1

/seI/

verb

(

3rd pers. sing. pres. says

/sez/;

pt

,

pp said

/sed/)

1

[

T

]

say sth (to sb)

to speak

words: ‘Please come back,’ she said.

H

The

teacher said we should hand in our essays on
Friday.

H

to say goodbye z˙egnac´ sie˛

H

to say your

prayers mo´wic´ pacierz

H

He said to his mother

that he would phone back later.

H

They just sat

there without saying anything (w milczeniu).

H

‘This isn’t going to be easy,’ she said to herself
(pomys´lała).

B

mo´wic´, powiedziec´

Say

czy

tell

?

Say

zwykle uz˙ywa sie˛, gdy przy-

tacza sie˛ czyja˛s´ wypowiedz´, albo w mowie
zalez˙nej przed

that

: ‘I’ll catch the 9 o’clock

train,’ he said.

H

He said that he would catch

the 9 o’clock train. Zwro´c´ uwage˛, z˙e uz˙ywa
sie˛ przyimka

to

, z˙eby okres´lic´, do kogo sie˛

mo´wi: He said to me that he would catch the 9
o’clock train.

Tell

zawsze ła˛czy sie˛ z rzeczow-

nikiem lub zaimkiem oznaczaja˛cym osobe˛, z
kto´ra˛ sie˛ rozmawia: He told me that he would
catch the 9 o’clock train. Przytaczaja˛c polece-
nia lub porady, uz˙ywa sie˛

tell

: I told them to

hurry up.

H

She’s always telling me what I

ought to do.

2

[

T

] (used about a book, notice, etc.) to give

information: What time does it say on that
clock?

H

The map says the hotel is just past the

railway bridge.

B

pokazywac´, byc´ napisanym

3

[

I,T

] to express a thought, feeling, answer,

opinion, etc.: ‘What time is she coming?’ ‘I don’t
know – she didn’t say.’

H

I should like to say how

happy I am to be here today.

H

He is said to be

(mo´wia˛, z˙e on jest) very rich.

H

What is the artist

trying to say in this painting?

H

Well, what do

you say (co ty na to)? Do you think it’s a good
idea?

B

mo´wic´, wyraz˙ac´

4 say sth (to sb)

to

show a feeling, a situation, etc. without using
words: His angry look said everything about the
way he felt.

B

mo´wic´

5

[

T

] to suppose sth: We

will need, say, £5 000 for a new car.

H

Say you

don’t get a place at university, what will you do
then?

B

przypus´c´my/powiedzmy (z˙e)

E

go without saying

to be clear, so that

you do not need to say it: It goes without saying
that the children will be well looked after at all
times.

B

to sie˛ rozumie (samo przez sie˛)

F

have a lot, nothing, etc. to say for yourself

to have a lot, nothing, etc. to say in a particular
situation: Late again! What have you got to say
for yourself?

B

miec´ duz˙o/nie miec´ nic do

powiedzenia (np. na swoja˛ obrone˛)

F

I must

say

(

spoken

) (used to emphasize your opinion):

I must say, I didn’t believe him at first.

B

musze˛

stwierdzic´

F

I wouldn’t say no

(

spoken

) (used

to say that you would like sth): ‘Coffee?’ ‘I
wouldn’t say no.’

B

che˛tnie

F

Say when

(

spoken

)

(used to tell sb to say when you have poured
enough drink in their glass or put enough food
on their plate)

B

powiedz, ile (nalac´, nałoz˙yc´

na talerz)

F

that is to say...

which means...:

We’re leaving on Friday, that’s to say in a
week’s time.

B

czyli

say

2

/seI/

noun

[

sing.

,

U

]

say (in sth)

the power

or right to decide sth: I’d like to have some say
in the arrangements for the party.

B

głos (w

decyzji), (miec´) cos´ do powiedzenia

D

have your say

to express your opinion:

Thank you for your comments. Now let some-
body else have their say.

B

wypowiadac´ swoje

zdanie/opinie˛

saying

/"seIIN/

noun

[

C

] a well-known phrase

that gives advice about sth: ‘A stitch in time
saves nine’ is an old saying.

C

Por.

proverb

.

B

powiedzenie, przysłowie

scab

/sk&b/

noun

[

C,U

] a mass of dried blood

that forms over a part of the body where the
skin has been cut or broken

C

Por.

scar

.

B

strup

scaffold

/"sk&f@Uld/

noun

[

C

] a platform on

which criminals were killed, e.g. by hanging

B

szafot

scaffolding

/"sk&f@ldIN/

noun

[

U

] long metal

poles and wooden boards that form a structure
which is put next to a building so that builders,
painters, etc. can stand and work on it

B

rusz-

towanie

scald

/skO;ld/

verb

[

T

] to burn sb/sth with very

hot liquid

B

o/parzyc´

K

scald noun

[

C

] a burn that was caused by very

hot liquid

B

oparzenie

F

scalding adj.

: scalding

hot water

B

wrza˛cy

A

scale

1

/skeIl/

noun

1

[

C

] a series of marks on a

tool or piece of equipment that you use for
measuring sth: The ruler has one scale in centi-
metres and one scale in inches.

B

podziałka,

skala

2

[

C

] a series of numbers, amounts, etc.

that are used for measuring or fixing the level
of sth: The earthquake measured 6.5 on the Rich-
ter scale.

H

the new pay scale for nurses

B

skala;

tabela

3

[

C

] the relationship between the

actual size of sth and its size on a map or plan:
The map has a scale (jest w skali) of one centi-
metre to the kilometre.

H

a scale of 1: 50 000

H

We

need a map with a larger scale.

H

a scale model

model (w skali)

H

The plan of the building is not

drawn to scale (nie jest narysowany według
skali).

B

skala

4

[

C,U

] the size or extent of sth

when compared to other things: We shall be
making the product on a large scale next year.

H

I think we have only just realized the scale of the
problem.

B

skala, rozmiar

5

[

C

] a series of

musical notes which go up or down in a fixed
order. People play or sing scales to practise
their musical technique: the scale of C major

B

gama

F

scale sth up/down

to increase/

decrease the size, number, importance, etc. of
sth: Police have scaled up their search for the
missing boy.

B

(proporcjonalnie) zwie˛kszac´/

zmniejszac´

scale

2

/skeIl/

noun

[

C

] one of the small flat

pieces of hard material that cover the body of
some fish and animals: the scales of a snake

B

łuska

scale

3

/skeIl/

verb

[

T

] to climb up a high wall,

steep cliff, etc.

B

wspinac´ sie˛/wchodzic´ na cos´

scales

/skeIlz/

noun

[

pl.

] a piece of equipment

that is used for weighing sb/sth: I weighed it on
the kitchen scales.

B

waga

scalp

/sk&lp/

noun

[

C

] the skin on the top of

scalp

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