| Dodatkowe Tłumaczenia |
| hard adj | (rugged) | trudny przym. |
| | | ciężki przym. |
| | This is a very hard hike, over rocks and boulders. |
| hard adj | (inclement) | trudny przym. |
| | | ciężki przym. |
| | It was a hard winter, but they survived. |
| hard adj | (stern) | srogi przym. |
| | She gave him a very hard stare. |
| hard adj | (vigorous) (przenośny) | ciężki przym. |
| | They put up a long, hard fight. |
| hard adj | (bad) | trudny przym. |
| | | zły przym. |
| | We have had some very hard luck. |
| hard on [sb] adj | (severe) | surowy przym. |
| | He's too hard on his children. |
| hard adj | figurative (person: tough, unemotional) | surowy przym. |
| | | twardy przym. |
| | The old woman rarely showed any emotion and people said she was hard. |
| hard adj | (sharp, distinct) (przenośny) | ostry przym. |
| | | wyraźny przym. |
| | Her face has hard features. |
| hard adj | (photograph: high contrast) (papier) | o twardej gradacji wyr. |
| | Print the photo using hard paper. |
| hard adj | figurative (unsentimental) (przenośny) | chłodny przym. |
| | When I started to cry in his office, he just gave me a hard look and asked me to leave. |
| hard adj | colloquial (stingy) | surowy przym. |
| | He won't lend you any money? That's rather hard. |
| hard adj | figurative (currency) (przenośny) | twardy przym. |
| | You'll need hard currency to pay for this. |
| hard adj | figurative (drink: alcoholic) | mocny przym. |
| | He only drinks hard liquor, never beer. |
| hard adj | (water: with minerals) | twardy przym. |
| | Water is hard if it leaves deposits in the shower. |
| hard adj | (baked goods: crusty) | chrupiący przym. |
| | This bread has a lovely hard crust. |
| hard adj | (baked goods: stale) | twardy przym. |
| | | czerstwy przym. |
| | Ellen used the previous day's hard bread to make breadcrumbs. |
| hard adj | technical (textiles: smooth) | gładki przym. |
| | The cloth is made with a hard fibre. |
| hard adj | (destructive) | ostry przym. |
| | The army made a very hard attack on the enemy town. |
| hard adj | (military installation: protected) | umieszczony w podziemnych silosach wyr. |
| | The location of the army's hard missiles is secret. |
| hard adj | (phonetics) | twardy przym. |
| | You should pronounce this word with a hard "c", not a soft. |
| be hard on [sb] adj | (treat [sb] harshly, sternly) | być dla kogoś surowym zwrot posił. |
| | My parents were hard on me when I was growing up. |
| hard adv | (intently) | w skupieniu przyim. + n |
| | | uważnie przys. |
| | She looked hard at the exam question. |
| | Przyjrzała się w skupieniu pytaniom egzaminacyjnym. |
| hard adv | (severely) | surowo przys. |
| | The teacher looked at him hard, and told him to leave the room. |
| hard adv | (nautical: to an extreme) | na burtę przyim. + ż |
| Uwaga: T: This is difficult to translate as 'hard' in nautical terms will be different, depending whether we talk about 'hard aport' (w lewo na burtę) or for example 'hard astern' (cała wstecz). |
| | Go hard aport and make sure everything is alright. |
| hard adv | (with difficulty) | trudno przys. |
| | | ciężko przys. |
| | Her victory was all the sweeter for being hard won. |
hard on [sth],
hard upon [sth] adv + prep | (near, coming up to) | zaraz po czymś przys. + przyim. |
| | | wkrótce po czymś przys. + przyim. |
| | It was hard upon nightfall when they arrived. |
| hard n | UK (solid beach) | utwardzona plaża przym. + ż |
| | You can access the hard during low tide. |
Formy złożone:
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| a hard one n | informal ([sb] difficult) | osoba o trudnym charakterze wyr. |
| | Mark is a hard one; you never know what he is thinking. |
| a hard one n | informal ([sb] cold, severe) (potoczny) | surowy facet przym. + m |
| | The boss is a hard one; he is very strict. |
cider,
also UK: cyder n | UK (alcoholic apple drink) | cydr, jabłecznik m |
| | After work, we stopped by the pub to have a half pint of cider. |
cold,
hard cash n | figurative (making money) | zarabianie pieniędzy n + m, l.mn. |
| | He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold,
hard cash n | (money, not credit) | gotówka ż |
| | I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
die-hard,
diehard n | (rigid traditionalist) | ultratradycjonalista m |
| | She's a die hard who believes in the old ways. |
die-hard,
diehard adj | (rigidly traditionalist) | ultratradycyjny przym. |
| | He's a die-hard supporter of the Republican Party. |
| drive a hard bargain v expr | (be tough negotiator) | twardy negocjator przym. + m |
| | The shopkeeper drove a hard bargain, but we eventually agreed on a price for the vase. |
| go hard at [sth] vtr | informal (do [sth] intensely) (potoczny, przenośny) | twardo coś ciągnąć przys. + ndk. |
| | I started learning Italian a year ago, and I've been going hard at it ever since. |
| hard as nails adj | (tough, durable) | twardy jak skała |
| | I can't crack the ice, it is as hard as nails. |
| hard as nails adj | ([sb]: tough, without sympathy) | twardy, nieubłagany przym. |
| | Don't expect any sympathy from him, he is as hard as nails. |
| hard at work adj | (working hard) | ciężko pracujący przys. + przym. |
| | Miguel was hard at work doing his history project. |
| hard blow n | literal (forceful punch or strike) | mocny cios przym. + m |
| | Although the jab to the chin dropped him, it was the hard blow to the ribs that did the damage. |
| hard blow n | figurative (emotional setback) | mocny cios przym. + m |
| | The loss of his job dealt a hard blow to his self-confidence. |
| hard boiled adj | (egg: cooked until firm) | ugotowany na twardo wyr. |
| | How do you prefer your eggs - hard boiled or soft? |
hard boiled,
hard-boiled adj | figurative (person: tough) | twardy przym. |
| Uwaga: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | The main character is a hard-boiled private detective. |
| hard candy n | US (boiled sweets) | landrynek m |
| | My grandmother always kept a dish of hard candies on her coffee table. |
| hard cider n | US (alcoholic apple drink) | cydr m |
| | That tavern serves the best hard cider in the state. |
| hard copy n | (physical copy of data) | egzemplarz papierowy m + przym. |
| | Can you send me a hard copy of the data? |
hard-core,
hardcore adj | (pornography: obscene) | ostry przym. |
hard-core,
hardcore adj | (person: staunch, committed) | zagorzały przym. |
| the hard core n | (those most committed to [sth]) | zagorzały przym. |
| | The arduous ascent soon separated the wimps from the hard core. |
| hard court n | (tennis: type of playing surface) | utwardzony kort przym. + m |
| hard currency n | (coins and bills) | twarda waluta przym. + ż |
| | We accept only hard currency, no checks or credit cards. |
| hard currency n | (currency unlikely to lose value) | twarda waluta przym. + ż |
| | The price of a hard currency tends to remain stable in the short term. |
hard disk,
magnetic disk n | (computing: disk-reading hardware) | dysk twardy m + przym. |
| hard drive n | (data-reading hardware) | dysk twardy m + przym. |
| | The police were able to retrieve information from the fraudster's hard drive. |
| hard drugs npl | (cocaine, heroin, etc.) | twarde narkotyki przym. + m, l.mn. |
| | He started off abusing alcohol and later moved on to hard drugs. |
| hard fact n | ([sth] harsh but true) | twardy fakt przym. + m |
| | The hard fact was that I had failed, and nothing could change that. |
| hard feelings npl | informal, often neg (resentment) | uraza ż |
| | When they broke up there were no hard feelings. |
| hard-fought adj | (achieved through great struggle) | ciężko wywalczony przys. + przym. |
| | The campaigners were celebrating their hard-fought victory. |
| hard goods npl | (durable goods) | dobra trwałego użytku wyr. |
| | There has been a slowdown in sales of hard goods such as appliances and furniture. |
| hard hat n | (protective helmet) | kask m |
| | Visitors to this building site are required to wear a hard hat at all times. |
| hard hat n | US (construction worker) | pracownik budowlany m + przym. |
| | There was a group of hard hats hanging out at the bar tonight. |
| hard head n | figurative (unsentimental person) | niesentymentalny przym. |
| | He has a hard head on him for someone so young. |
| hard job n | (difficult occupation) | trudna praca przym. + ż |
| | Long haul trucking is a hard job. |
| hard job n | (difficult task) | ciężkie zadanie, trudne zadanie przym. + n |
| | In this recession, we're going to have a hard job persuading the boss to spend money on new computers. |
| hard knocks npl | figurative, informal (real-life experience) (przenośny) | szkoła życia ż + n |
| | Dan brings to the job a life-long experience of hard knocks. |
| hard knocks npl | figurative, informal (difficult experiences) (przenośny) | cięgi m, l.mn. |
| | The advertising industry has taken some hard knocks in the recent economic downturn. |
| hard labor n | (physical work done by prisoners) | tłumaczenie niedostępne |
| hard landing n | (aircraft: descending with heavy impact) | ciężkie lądowanie przym. + n |
| | The pilot misjudged his rate of descent and made a hard landing, which buckled the undercarriage. |
| hard life n | (difficult existence) | trudne życie, ciężkie życie przym. + n |
| | Working in the coal mines was a hard life. |
| hard liquor n | (spirits, alcoholic drink) | trunek wysokoalkoholowy m + przym. |
| | The store sells wine and beer but no hard liquor. |
| hard luck n | (misfortune) | pech m |
| hard-luck adj | (relating to unfavorable conditions) | pechowy przym. |
| | Tired of all the hard-luck updates her friend kept posting on social media, Tania unfriended him. |
| hard news n | informal (information about serious and current events) | poważne wiadomości przym. + ż, l.mn. |
| | This newspaper has a reputation for hard news rather than celebrity gossip. |
hard of hearing,
hard-of-hearing adj | (partially deaf) | niedosłyszący przym. |
| Uwaga: hyphens used when term is before a noun |
| | My grandfather is hard of hearing, so don't bother talking to him from across the room. |
| hard rock n | (heavy form of popular music) | hard rock |
| | I prefer easy listening and jazz to hard rock. |
| hard rubber n | (vulcanized rubber) | guma twarda ż + przym. |
| | | ebonit m |
| | The truck's tires were made of hard rubber. |
| hard stuff n | slang, figurative (liquor, alcoholic drink) | trunek wysokoalkoholowy m + przym. |
| | Some people like beer or wine, but others prefer the hard stuff. |
| hard times npl | (financial hardship) | kłopoty finansowe m, l.mn. + przym. |
| | Both he and she are unemployed and they're going through some hard times. |
| hard times npl | (difficult period) | ciężkie czasy przym. + m, l.mn. |
| | These are hard times for those wanting to start their own business. |
| hard to avoid adj | (found or seen everywhere) | wszechobecny przym. |
| | Those advertisements are hard to avoid; we see them on any page with Google ads. |
| hard to believe adj | (not credible) | trudno uwierzyć przys. + dk. |
| | It's hard to believe that this was once all open fields. |
| hard to please adj | (fussy, not easily satisfied) | trudno zadowolić przys. + dk. |
| | My boss has very high expectations of our work and as a result is very hard to please. |
| hard to understand adj | (not reasonable) | trudno zrozumieć przys. + dk. |
| | His motives are hard to understand. |
hard up,
hard-up adj | informal (poor) | bez pieniędzy przyim. + m, l.mn. |
| | (potoczny) | spłukany przym. |
| Uwaga: hyphen used when term is before a noun |
| | I'm not exactly hard up, but I still don't like to waste money. |
hard up,
hard-up adj | slang (desperate for sex) (przenośny) | napalony przym. |
| | Go on a date with John? No thanks, I'm not that hard up! |
| hard water n | (water with high mineral content) | twarda woda przym. + ż |
| | If you live in a hard water area you will get lime deposits in your kettle. |
| hard work n | (great effort) | ciężka praca przym. + ż |
| | We would like to commend you on your hard work for the company over the years. |
| hard work n | informal ([sth]: requires effort) | ciężka praca przym. + ż |
| | Riding a bike uphill is hard work. |
| hard worker n | ([sb] who works diligently) | pilny pracownik przym. + m |
| | Julie is a hard worker who does everything that's asked of her. |
| hard-and-fast adj | (rule: strictly enforced) | sztywny przym. |
| | The company has no hard-and-fast dress code, but everyone wears a business suit. |
| hard-and-fast rule n | (rule: unbreakable) (przenośny) | żelazny przym. |
| | There's no hard-and-fast rule about what makes good picnic food. |
| hard-boiled egg n | (egg boiled until yolk is firm) | jajko na twardo wyr. |
| | Hard-boiled eggs are frequently required for slicing and adding to salad dishes. |
hard-headed,
hardheaded adj | (stubborn, unwilling to take advice) | uparty przym. |
| | He is so hard-headed he refused to turn back even when it was obvious we were on the wrong road. |
| hard-headed adj | (unsentimental, without regards for morals) | twardy, niewzruszony przym. |
| hard-hitting adj | (blunt, honest) | bezkompromisowy przym. |
| | The hard-hitting documentary about climate change has already won several prestigious awards. |
| hard-nosed adj | figurative, informal (tough, uncompromising) (przenośny, potoczny) | twardy przym. |
| | | bezkompromisowy przym. |
| | The journalist is a hard-nosed critic of the current administration. |
| hard-on n | slang (erection) | stoi |
| | He got a hard-on when she came through the door in nothing but high-heels. |
hard-pressed,
hard pressed,
also US: hardpressed adj | (finding [sth] difficult) | pod presją przyim. + ż |
| | | pod naciskiem przym. + m |
| | He knew that if asked to justify himself, he would be hard-pressed. |
be hard-pressed to do [sth],
be hard pressed to do [sth],
also US: be hardpressed to do [sth] v expr | (finding [sth] difficult) | mieć problem, żeby coś zrobić zwrot ndk. |
| | I would be hard-pressed to tell you the capital of Azerbaijan if you asked me. |
| | Miałbym problem, żeby wymienić stolicę Azerbejdżanu, gdybyś mnie zapytał. |
hard-wired,
hardwired adj | (directly circuited) | wbudowany, układowy przym. |
hard-wired,
hardwired adj | (programmed) | zaprogramowany na stałe wyr. |
hardhat,
hard hat,
hard-hat n | (protective helmet) | kask ochronny m + przym. |
hardhat,
hard hat,
hard-hat n | US, informal, figurative (construction worker, etc.) | robotnik m |
hardhat,
hard hat,
hard-hat n | US, slang, figurative (very conservative or patriotic person) | konserwatysta m |
hardline,
hard-line n as adj | (staunch, uncompromising) | zatwardziały przym. |
hardliner,
hard-liner n | (staunch traditionalist) | twardogłowy przym. |
| | Howard is a Republican, but he's not a hardliner. |
hardwired,
hard-wired adj | figurative (psychology: innate) | wrodzony przym. |
| | Many of our fears are hard-wired, such as fear of the unknown. |
hardworking,
also UK: hard-working adj | (diligent) | pracowity przym. |
| | The seasonal workers employed to help with the harvest are very hardworking indeed. |
| have a hard time v expr | (experience difficulties) | mieć trudności ndk. + ż, l.mn. |
| | Be kind to her - she's having a really hard time right now. |
| live hard vi | (behave recklessly and decadently) | żyć ostro ndk. + przys. |
| | Rock stars are known for living hard and dying young. |
| lose your hard-on v expr | slang (no longer have an erect penis) | tracić wzwód ndk. + m |
| | | stracić wzwód dk. + m |
| pretty hard adj | informal (quite difficult) | całkiem trudny przys. + przym. |
| | Wow! that test was pretty hard. |
| pretty hard adv | informal (severely) | bardzo trudno przys. + przys. |
| | The car was hit pretty hard in the accident. |
| pretty hard adj | informal (quite firm or solid) | całkiem twardy przys. + przym. |
| | That type of wood's pretty hard. |
take a hard line on [sth],
take the hard line on [sth] v expr | (be staunch about [sth]) | zajmować twarde stanowisko w jakiejś sprawie zwrot ndk. |
| think hard v expr | (contemplate seriously) | rozmyślać ndk. |
| | He had to think hard to remember the exact details of the conversation. |
a tough nut,
a hard nut n | figurative (difficult person) (potoczny) | twarda sztuka przym. + ż |
a tough nut to crack,
a hard nut to crack n | figurative, informal ([sb] hard to persuade) (potoczny) | twarda sztuka przym. + ż |
| | Good luck with getting him to agree - he's a tough nut to crack. |
a tough nut to crack,
a hard nut to crack n | figurative, informal ([sth] hard to solve) | twardy orzech do zgryzienia |
| | This algebra equation is a tough nut to crack. |
| try hard vi + adv | informal (make an effort) | zawzięcie próbować przys. + ndk. |
| | Try hard to be on your best behavior at the party. |
| work hard vi | (be diligent, apply oneself) | ciężko pracować przys. + ndk. |
| | When studying for exams it is important to work hard. |
| work hard vi | (be devoted to one's job) | poświęcać się pracy ndk. + ż |
| | | poświęcić się pracy dk. + ż |