Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

opóźniać in English:

1. delay


In case the shipment is delayed, we have special delay insurance.
If the delay is simply an oversight, will you please take care of it at once?
delayed flight
... was inconclusive, because the delay was too short to...
John Tel is expected to delay the release of its chip set until August.
Every reporter sent his stories with the least possible delay.
I regret the delay in writing to you to thank you for your hospitality on my visit to your country.
Don’t delay leaving – it won’t ease your grief.
Malzahar opens up two portals to the Void which, after a 0.5-second delay, silence all enemies caught between them and deal them magic damage.
Sorry, I was delayed by the traffic. His delay cost the company thousands of dollars. I was delayed by traffic.
There was a delay at the airport because of the fog, but eventually our flight left four hours late.
I hate public transport delays! The plane to Spain was delayed by 2 hours, so we got to our hotel very late.
The period or amount of time during which something is delayed.
But they could not long have delayed her going home.
It has been announced for this year, and so this would not mean too much of a delay.

English word "opóźniać"(delay) occurs in sets:

Gerunds and infinitives (Ing I bezokoliczniki)
czasowniki po ktorych czasownik z ing
Czasowniki green str 71
2022_chapter 2 - travel
słówka 10 stycznia 2013

2. set back



English word "opóźniać"(set back) occurs in sets:

Matura PP - cz. 10 - Sport
no 4 winter 2021
dział 10 sport
Sport - Angielski

3. hold up


hold up the bank
I hate to hold up the meeting but I have to go to the bathroom.
This work is going to hold up most of the morning.
You are not hold up by slow costomers.
hold up
She wants to hold up the ceremony.
I hope the repairs hold up until we can get to a garage.
how'd it hold up?

English word "opóźniać"(hold up) occurs in sets:

RYE Maturalne CZASOWNIKI FRAZOWE
Phrasal verbs Murphy
Phrasal Verbs 3
Frazale (Phrasal Verbs)
Phrasal Verbs

4. retard


One more time and I'm gonna fire this retard!
A rise in interest rates would severely retard economic growth
Physical development is retarded
Normally, a guy who reads light novels despite not being a kid anymore is a retard, don't you think?

5. postpone


Let's postpone dinner.
For the moment, we want to postpone making a decision.
I will postpone my trip to Scotland until it is warmer.
We were to be married in May but had to postpone the marriage until June.
The decision of whether to invest in new stock was postponed till the next financial year.
Can we postpone our appointment?
Our class postponed the test until Friday.
If you postpone meeting with their representatives, another chance like that might not appear in the future.
we can't postpone the decision any longer
Because of illness, the concert is postponed until further notice.
An emergency came up so Helen had to postpone our dinner-date.
They have agreed to postpone repayment of the loan to a future unspecified date.
I postponed starting my homework until Sunday morning when the house was quiet.
procrastinate = To postpone or delay needlessly.
the visit had to be postponed for some time

English word "opóźniać"(postpone) occurs in sets:

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