Polish English Dictionary

pozwalać sobie na coś in English:

1. afford

She affords cake and milk to our house. The round-the-world trip afforded me unforgettable experiences.

I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.

Whenever she goes shopping, she ends up buying more than she can afford.

I can afford

Don't get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

We must consider the question of whether we can afford such huge sums for armaments.

By pooling their money, they were able to afford a new computer for the office.

It was a purchase which he could not possibly afford.

We don't give discounts, the woman said sternly. "Regardless how small. Now, please take off the suit if you can't afford it."

Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.

I can't afford it. afford to pay something. affordable. be able to afford something

He took a job abroad with an insurance company and earned so much that he could afford to retire aged 37.

With his characteristic sense of humour he told our Japanese hosts that when he was growing up his family was poor and had to survive on rabbit meat but at least they could afford a fork! Mr.

B1 to have enough money to buy something or enough time to do something: I can't afford a new computer. [+ to do sth] Can we afford to go away? Can we afford it? (Czy stać nas na to?)

English word "pozwalać sobie na coś"(afford) occurs in sets:

business book unit 1: the company
Shopping and travelling
A i B odwrócone
logistyka firma

2. indulge

Even during work, I secretly indulge my Internet addiction.

to indulge oneself in sth

You shouldn't indulge that child. It will make him very selfish.

Indulge me with your saucy dating stories.

Thus you cannot indulge in the pleasure of spending money freely.

We're not supposed to indulge pets.

As these days most parents indulge their children, many children don't know what good manners are.

didn’t give yourself so many choices to indulge in self-‐doubt?

Radio Luxembourg allowed young people to dream their dreams and to indulge in visions of a colourful world, very much in contrast to Communism’s grey and oppressive reality.

Give yourself the permission to indulge your own needs.

We indulged in a cream tea.

Now it is a lovely hotel where you can indulge yourself.

The army and the military indulged themselves in the most sadistic form of brutality.

But he did indulge her in just about everything else.

Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied rather than ridiculed.