Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

zacny in English:

1. respectable


He makes his living in a perfectly respectable trade.
The building is inhabited by some respectable people.
Hers is a respectable family with a long history behind it.
He was a respectable businessman.
I hope to earn a respectable income by the time I settle down.
I know some most respectable people in the town.
He is said to have been a man of respectable position.
At no period of our ancient history does there appear to have been greater attention paid to the culture of the female mind than during the age of Elizabeth and at no time has there existed a greater number of amiable and respectable women.
To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
This part of the city has become quite respectable in the last ten years. I wore my boring, respectable suit to the interview.
a respectable married woman
We are not thieves! We are respectable businesspeople.
Try to behave yourself here. It's a respectable institution.
The crowd was respectable although it looked smaller due to the large size of the building
They were of a respectable family in the north of England.

English word "zacny"(respectable) occurs in sets:

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2. worthy


Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
Churchill was a worthy statesman.
The act known as terrorism, that rips away from us in an instant our peaceful days of happiness, is certainly worthy of being called an enemy to all mankind.
In fact, love is the only genuinely precious thing in life; it's also the only thing worthy of pursuit.
We will elect whoever we believe is worthy.
Kate's wish is to prove that she is a worthy actress.
A man worthy of his salt cannot do such a thing.
Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
That's very worthy
Every year she makes a large donation to a worthy cause.
A politician worthy of our respect. A worthy cause. A worthy champion.
everything I've ever done was all so I'd be worthy of you.
Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
It is a worthy ambition to do well whatever one does.
He who has friends for dinner, but takes no care in the meal that he has prepared for them is not worthy of having friends.