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delay Englisch:

1. hold up 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?

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2. put back put back


I'm afraid we have to put back our appointment.
Remember to put back the CDs when you don't listen to them.
Remember to put back your watch when you'll land in London.
We've had to put back the seminar again.
Remember to put back your watch when you'll land in New York.
Remember to put back the CDs when you don't listen to them / I'm afraid we have to put back our appointment / Remember to put back your watch when you'll land in London.
they have put back the film's release date to September

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3. put off


The concert has been put off.
He put off reading newspapers until the evening.
Don't put off cleaning your room
Can we put off our classes?
The neighbour put off his dreams about his relax with beer.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
We are going to put off celebrating our anniversary until June.
Do you believe in the saying "never put off until tomorrow that which you can do today"?
I get put off by a lot of work
I know a lot of people are put off by it.
Even though he had failed his driving test nine times, John wasn't put off and applied to take it again.
But plenty of people are happy to smoke for years, and put off worrying about the health risks for the future.
procrastinate = To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
He had to put off his dental appointment until the next day because of a business meeting.
The teacher had to put off the class till the following week.

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Do your best

4. in


I live in Warsaw.
Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
Poverty does more to bring out the worst in people and conceal the best than anything else in the world.
Kissing one's spouse in public is considered acceptable behavior in some countries.
In the United States, it takes a minimum of eight years of college to become a medical doctor.
Water, in its natural state, is a fluid.
An estimated 20% of the water used by homeowners in cities is used for their grass.
What you spend time doing in your childhood affects the rest of your life.
The inland taipan, a snake found in Australia, is the most venomous snake in the world.
In North America, business operates on "the customer is always right" principle.
I'm the type who gets nervous in front of people, so I'm bad at speech making.
Please make your reservation one week in advance.
If I should be suddenly spoken to in English, I might run away.
The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.

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