Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

istota in English:

1. being


I hate being late.
He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
Tom said he liked what she had made for dinner, but he was only being polite.
Being too busy with work is a problem, but then so is having too much free time.
I'm very glad that I've been singled out as being a suitable person for the job.
Being written in great haste, this letter has quite a few mistakes.
The well being of the nation is the government's responsibility.
He insists on things being done in the most efficient way and he usually does them that way himself.
They fed me a line about Monday being a holiday, so I took the day off, and it wasn't.
Being unemployed gave me the chance to stand back and think about my life.
Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker.
Being aware of what and how much we eat is essential to good health.
Being 25 letters long, 'anticonstitutionnellement' is the longest word in French.
Being anxious to please her, I bought her a nice present.
He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.

English word "istota"(being) occurs in sets:

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2. creature


The creature in the lake appeared to be half-fish, half-person.
He once lied and told her a rare creature lived in her closet.
It's an interesting creature.
The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
What a lovely creature!
You cannot compare the strength of a man to that of a tiger, but nevertheless, the tiger is still the inferior creature.
However, it was not just me – there was one more person, no, one more creature visiting.
You will find that the ship's cabins have all the creature comforts of home.
We are surprised to see how every creature lives.
I don't know what kind of creature is making such a terrible noise outside tonight.
Just then the door opened a little way, and a creature with a long beak put its head out for a moment and said: "No admittance till the week after next!" and shut the door again with a bang.
They looked at us, as much as to say, "Poor creature."
There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the elephant.
The first living creature sent into space was a dog named Laika
No creature whatsoever can live in space.

English word "istota"(creature) occurs in sets:

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3. essence


Loving is the essence of life.
This painting captures the essence of the subject.
Human history is in essence a history of ideas.
For all his political activities he was in essence a singer.
'Yuki', so you do put your own name in. "Yup, isn't that roleplaying's essence?"
The essence of Japanese culture could never be appreciated by them.
Only the surface of things reveals the essence of things.
Existence precedes essence.
Extract an essence from the bark of a tree.
It's really unfortunate. You don't understand at all its essence.
This, in essence, is the secret of science.
It goes to his very essence as a human being.
I think that the essence of a relationship is trusting your partner.
You can not see the essence with your eyes.
Time is of the essence, Paul. If you don't tell her how you feel now, you'll never have another chance.

English word "istota"(essence) occurs in sets:

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4. entity


We shouldn't change our principles because of a single entity.
Every human being is a separate entity.
What types of business entity are there in your country?
I'm not a living entity in your world.
It makes no sense to talk about the European economy as a single entity
legal entity / the brain is a remarkably plastic entity
They are the entity responsible for this product.
We have the chemical entity.
A new autonomous political entity will be created to replace the existing Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
The small retail outlet is only a front for a much larger entity.
If you see language as a living being, formed by the entity of all speakers, dividing strictly into "right" and "wrong" makes little sense.
When he asked for a single slice, they gave him an entire uncut pizza, which he proceeded to eat by rolling it up like a burrito and just shoveling it in. The question, of course, is whether a whole entity is a slice of itself.

English word "istota"(entity) occurs in sets:

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5. a gist


a gist of a short TV clip

English word "istota"(a gist) occurs in sets:

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