English English Dictionary

future in English:

1. work

The radio doesn't work.

Mother Teresa used the prize money for her work in India and around the world.

After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.

I always work alone. I'm just not a team player.

Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.

Japanese office workers work very hard.

If you want to sound like a native speaker, it'll take a lot of work.

Exhausted from a day's work, he went to bed much earlier than usual.

I was beaten up by a gang of hoodlums on the way home from work.

People who regularly work in the open air do not suffer from sleeplessness.

After a hard day's work, a man can do with a good, hot meal.

I wonder if Tom has ever considered cycling to work.

Tom brings his children with him to work once or twice a year.

The committee stayed up late last night trying to work out measures that would please everyone.

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.

2. studies

She studies hard.

It's not as difficult to find a native speaker to help you with your language studies as it used to be.

It has been shown in most studies on this subject that intervention of the legislature had adverse effects.

I'm never free from worry about my son. Nowadays, he does nothing but play video games, and never studies at all.

Who excels in studies can follow an official career.

English studies on the use of cell phones by young people show truly worrying situations, in which a person between the ages of six and twenty sends an average of twenty nine messages, receives fifteen, and makes nine calls each day.

It is important to think over what you will do, to pursue your studies economically, and effectively.

In return for helping you with your studies, I'd like to ask a small favor of you.

In order to improve the students' attitude to their studies, the school let them start class an hour later.

Application to his studies brought him excellent results in the final examination.

Psychology, which studies the human mind and human behavior, builds knowledge by observation and experiments.

All in all, I think my hobbies are balanced; they bring some relaxation to my life, and at the same time bring focus to my studies.

Most studies, however, have not focused on the influence Emmet's theory had on computer graphics.

Studies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happiness.

In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.

3. the period of time that is going to happen next

English word "future"(the period of time that is going to happen next) occurs in sets:

Most common nouns 201 - 250

4. a period of time that is to come

5. distance

It's within walking distance.

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand, they are rough.

Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.

The league originally referred to the distance a person or a horse could walk in an hour.

If the distance you move the pen is too small, the speed too slow, it can't recognize the gestures well and you can't operate it in the way you thought.

For some, a professional distance between their 'work' selves and their 'social' selves is necessary.

distance (n)

The first water-car prototype could only cover a distance of 2km before running out of fuel.

Students in the high school that has a distance of more than 6 km (one way) between home and school, are entitled to daily ride or travel allowances.

When meeting a person for the first time, be sure to pay attention to the distance placed between yourself and your partner.

All at once I saw a human form in the distance, and, to my surprise, soon recognized that the traveler was a woman.

Gestural language had, however, serious limitations, since it could not be used in the dark or at distance.

Distance per degree of longitude at equator.

English word "future"(distance) occurs in sets:

ROZDZIAŁ 5 COLLOCATION

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