Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

chwilę in English:

1. awhile


Can't you just wait awhile?
I'll bet Madonna doesn't return to her career for awhile.
Now, it's been awhile, so you'll have to remind me.
It will take awhile for the cement to dry before we can use it to park the car.
He made a motion that we stop and rest awhile.
The operation was really touch and go there for awhile but the doctor thinks he'll pull through.

English word "chwilę"(awhile) occurs in sets:

Sting- Rise And Fall, Fields of gold
Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Walter R. Cassels)
Fiszki z książki - "Fun and Nonsense" (Willard Bonte)
Fiszki z książki - "The Boys' And Girls' Library" ...
Fiszki z książki - "Peregrine's Progress" (Jeffery...

2. momentarily


I was absent-minded momentarily.
we tend to beat ourselves up, momentarily feel that unbearable shame, then avoid or distract to alleviate the discomfort.
IOLAN and both Perth links dropped momentarily on the 18th and 19th
I must have stolen it when I lost control of myself momentarily.

English word "chwilę"(momentarily) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Time Enough at Last" (Lyn Vena...
Fiszki z książki - "Youngling A Terran Empire stor...
Fiszki z książki - "The Troubadour" (Robert August...
Fiszki z książki - "New Year's Wake A Terran Empir...
The Seven Sisters 2

3. moment


Wait a moment!
We may have a very severe earthquake any moment now.
I'd like to know when the best moment is to quit a job.
At the moment, I have no plans to travel.
Just a moment. I haven't made up my mind.
Trade friction might arise between the nations at any moment.
It took him a moment to realize where he was after he came to.
This is the most embarrassing moment of my life.
For the moment there's nothing in particular I need to be doing.
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
At the moment they think that the accident is due to his carelessness.
From the moment that I knew that the university existed, I've wanted to go there.
The young man got up hurriedly, stammered a few words and in a moment was gone.
From that moment on, he felt undying hatred for his oppressors.

English word "chwilę"(moment) occurs in sets:

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