1. keen
David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
keen on something
A fence between makes love more keen.
Competition is very keen in the car industry.
Boeing, which builds more than half the world's commercial airliners, is understandably keen to draw attention to what can go wrong besides planes.
Japanese parents are not keen to talk about their own children.
bank was keen to build long term customer thrust.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.
She always look for extra work to do- she's very keen.
a. The butcher’s keen knife cut through the meat.
As a keen cyclist I am especially pleased by the provisions for carrying bicycles on the train.
They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.; Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen (= I didn't want to go).; She's a keen tennis player.; She's keen on (playing) tennis.
meets a unique set of obstacles, but Campbell’s keen insight was that the outline of these stories is
He has become keen on Italian food since visiting Rome.
Hounds hunt by their keen scent.
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Use of english B2 phrasal verbsAdjectives + prepositionsAdjectiv/ noun + prepositionprepositional phraseskartkówka przyimki2. influence
The influence of the strong yen on the Japanese economy has become very serious.
Their influence becomes greater every day, but they are uncreative and can't make value judgements.
Make a good translation of the sentence that you are translating. Don't let translations into other languages influence you.
direct influence
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Augustine's thought had an influence not only on Christianity but on the whole of Western thought.
And with all their charms they are not of a kind to maintain their influence over us for any length of time, when we know that they are nonentities.
And they will continue to influence the world through the excitement of their literature, movies and music.
It has been demonstrated in various researches that the private sector has little influence over policy making.
For some companies their treatment of their employees or clients at any given time could affect their share prices and so inevitably have a great influence on the company’s success or failure.
In this paper I would like to examine the notion of "dyad style" and its influence on fine arts.
Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey.
Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
Let us consider in this connection the influence of Western ideologies on Korean literature.
Can you influence them in any way? Maybe they will change their minds?
How does the place where you live influence what you buy?
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przyimki po rzeczownikach3. effect
The medicine took effect.
CO₂ has a lot to do with the so-called greenhouse effect.
The Doppler effect is also observed with light and with radiant energy in general.
This sort of structure is called a double negative, but in effect it shows affirmation.
A scientist had to know how to ask the correct question and to state it so clearly that the answer would be, in effect, a definite yes or no, not "maybe".
Penis enlargement supplements, as sold on sites and in magazines, have essentially no effect.
They said something to the effect of ‘I’m going in the same direction so, I’ll call a taxi and then why don’t you ride with me?’
In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect.
In order to live happily and healthily with parakeets or parrots, you should understand the science of animal behavior for domesticated birds, and consider the emotional effect of eventually losing them.
Everyone loves to hear praise, but over-praise has the opposite effect of sounding insincere.
Carpets have the effect of a dust pocket, with merit of sucking up dust and stopping it flying around, but you can say that effect backfires.
The answer lies in the effect of stress on two paricular parts of the brain
David’s parents were doctors and they had been studying the effects of the operation on the brain for years.
I wonder what effect technical advances such as the Internet, mobile phones and digitalization technology have on the people's awareness, actions and interest in politics.
What? Pharamp asked. "Nothing," Sysko lied, "we were talking about the effect of Confucianism on modern Chinese socialism."
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Nouns and dependent prepositions4. depend
A man's happiness doesn't depend on what he has, but on what he is.
Now that she has quit her job, we can't depend on her.
We depend on foreign nations for our natural resources.
Let us stop to think how much we depend upon atomic energy.
The inhabitants of the city depend upon the river for drinking water.
It depend.
It's OK now. Don't worry. You can depend on me one hundred percent.
When bears sleep or lie down, their postures depend on whether they want to get rid of heat or conserve it.
Your success will largely depend upon how you will make good use of your opportunity.
The insurance payments depend on the use intended (work or leisure).
Many U.S. politicians depend on contributions from fat cats for their campaigns.
It is generally assumed that fundamental constants such as c have the same value throughout spacetime, meaning that they do not depend on location and do not vary with time.
Are your parents going to buy you an iPod?' 'It depends whether I pass my exams or not.'
Private universities do not depend on government’s support.
Our museum's depends on your money. You can depend on me.
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prepositions sritionsthe biggest shitGerundy prop.5. comment
No comment.
If you find a mistake, please leave a comment.
Few people understood his comment.
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused riots at its 1913 premiere. These days, of course, music is only capable of causing angry YouTube comment threads.
When submitting a new sentence, feel free to add usage notes or tag requests in a comment below it.
You have added a comment, not a translation. To add a translation, click on the «あ→а» icon above the sentence.
The applicability of any given comment depends on topics already established within the conversation.
It would be appreciated if you also went to the website to post a comment on that sentence, to indicate it doesn't sound natural and should be improved.
Oh, while I remember, it seems that that was a bug that occurs when you use the comment field's 'letter-spacing' tag which adjusts the tracking.
Because he thought Fred's comment was tacky, Larry got up on his high horse.
I'm always writing strange things, so I'm sure it's difficult to comment on.
‘Rose made some interesting comments about the situation.’ ‘What did she say?’
Please fill out this form at the end of your stay if you would like to comment on
The spokesperson denied all charges and declined to comment
Those whose bones were exhumed to build the new catacombs could not be reached for comment.
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Prepositions for Ewa6. insist
Insist on the best.
You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on.
Come in. I insist.
Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
Some people insist that television does more harm than good.
It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.
It never occurred to me that he might insist on treating me to dinner.
If you insist, I'll have another drink.
Many Americans insist that immigrants speak English, but wouldn't a true language purist insist on Old English, wynns, thorns, edhs and all?
We insist that during the next three days you make decisions which are fair to all generations and which show an active concern for the environment.
And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash.
Not to harp on the same string, I still insist that those who drink should never drive.
Smart single women were insisting that every lover used a condom for protection from AIDS ans STDs.
She insisted on me having a rest. / She insisted that I (should) have a rest.
To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you. Mia insisted that she and Carlo were just friends.
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N prepositions dział 47. attack
If UFOs were to attack the earth, what would become of us?
A racist attack.
To keep holding the barrier up is just to wait for death! So we're going to go out past the wall and counter attack the enemy, you ready!?
Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.
The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.
My grandmother died of a heart attack. / An unknown group of criminals carried out a series of attacks on public property.
When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
The Department of Homeland Security's primary function is the prevention of terrorist attacks occurring within America and, in the extreme case of an attack happening, holding losses to the smallest possible level and swiftly carrying out restoration.
I'm not going to get into a battle of wits with you; I never attack anyone who's unarmed.
Seeing the face of his wife covered in green spots, he had a heart attack. Yet another victim of the killer cucumber!
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ang 24.09.20218. emphasis
The emphasis of his talk was on the need to work hard.
We emphasis on branding.
Our candidate's plan has a different emphasis.
I would like to put special emphasis on the concept that social ecology is the second school of contemporary environmentalism.
It's a guest room equipped with soundproofing with an emphasis on privacy.
Your report very rightly places a heavy emphasis on this issue.
Increased emphasis is now being placed on corporate image.
Theaters are making adjustments by trying new approaches, she said, including more emphasis on shows geared toward children and parents./ Clinton’s emphasis on criminal justice reform comes at the same time as President Obama pushes the issue.
I think we should put as much emphasis on preventing disease as we do on. He emphasized that all the people taking part in the research were volunteers.curing it
I can assure you' she added with emphasis, 'the figures are correct'
The concept of emphasis is the art of creating a focal point, even if the room has absolutely nothing going for it.
The course places emphasis on practical work.
She repeated the question with emphasis.
The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language.
For too long society has placed sole emphasis on children's test results, to the detriment of social discipline.
9. on
It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
on the table
I think it's dangerous to climb a mountain on a day when it's stormy.
We pigged out on pizza and chicken at lunchtime.
The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.
Tom boiled some eggs on the rocket stove that he had just built.
Tom lives on a farm with his wife, Mary, not too far from Boston.
You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.
Even though there were many cookies on the dish, I only ate three.
A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.
If it's okay for her to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?
On Friday evenings, a group of us with spouses working overseas meet at Chuck's Bar and Grill.
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ANG - VI klasa - 03 prepositions of placeEwa Jump with Joey 9Ewa Jump with Joey 8Ewa: Jump with Joey 110. rely
Don't rely on others.
When you rely on the team too much, it may reduce your individual competitive instincts.
That knife was so blunt I couldn't use it to cut the meat so I had to rely on my pocket knife.
But in return they get a clear look at important games, and if they miss something, they can always rely on the commentator's description or the instant replay.
Japanese people tend to rely on established authority.
The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.
We rely on Patty because she never breaks her promises.
In my analysis I rely considerably on the types of authoritarian behaviour first analyzed by Kurz.
In conclusion, Ahn, it very much falls to you and me to set the tone for the work environment. I will do my bit to defuse the present climate and crack on with the job at hand. I hope I can rely on your support for this.
The success of the project relies on everyone doing their best. You can't rely on what other people say.
For my own part, I should not like to think that I ever rely on the protection of the State.
It's good to have a friend that you can always rely on. / I can't rely on my friends anymore, they disappointed me. / I wouldn't rely on him. / He shouldn't rely on his car so much, it's very old.
I guess my view on friendship is pretty bleak because I've never really had to rely on anyone for anything.
Families rely more on wives earning than before
Others rely on a combination of 2.4 gigahertz signals and WiFi, and they may pass on an old‐school controller for one that looks more like a gamepad, or they may rely on a control app on your smartphone or tablet.
11. ban
I agree with the ban in principle, but in practice it will be extremely difficult.
He asked the officials to lift the ban.
President Jefferson ordered a ban on trade with Europe.
An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.
Do you think they will ban fur coats?
I banned computer games.
The local school board would go to any length to ban that book.
There are movements to try to ban TV advertising.
Shoes ... many courses ban shoes with spikes, so take care.
I heard that Isezaki city decided to ban beards for male city employees starting June 19. It's the complete opposite of the Taliban laws imposing the wearing of beards.
Together with Britain, France may ban imports of waste from Germany.
Barack Obama is aiming for an international ban on nuclear weapons, but is not against them in all wars.
I think that photography in museums should be banned.
Some people think there should be a ban on fast food, because it is so unhealthy.
Is it mere coincidence that "banality", when anagrammed, reads "Ban Italy"?
12. impact
The impact was big
Because of the large scale of drones' likely impact on our society (and because we're talking about a federal bureaucracy) you can bet that it will be a few years before drones really take off commercially across the country.
The design was also given the finishing touch to have launch impact and dynamism provided by the novelty of the arch shaped logo design.
Parents saw impact of Jack`s new friends - he started to smoke and drink.
The impact of the crash reduced the car to a third of its original length. The bullet explodes on impact (= when it hits another object).
Imogen of the Internet cannot look at a cat, even a dead one, without coming up with a blood-curdlingly saccharine, egregiously misspelled caption in 60-point white Impact.
The project is well-planned and interesting, but its immediate impact on the bottom line is not considered substantial.
Considering the violence of the impact, he must have died instantly.
Forming an information infrastructure, the real impact of the information highway is an expectation of new economic development due to a shift from a tangible hardware-industry to brain-oriented software-industry.
Compared to many other countries, the average intake of trans-fats per person in Japan is low and it is hypothesized that it does not have a strong impact on health.
The impact of Emmet's theory on physics has been widely discussed, but this is not my concern in this paper.
Take a look at this. "Eh?" "There's an impact mark on the right-hand side of the bumper."
This movement has not yet achieved all its goals, but it has already had considerable impact in many areas of male-female relations.
Afterwards, because it was sanctioned by many of the successive dynasties Buddhism became widespread and had a tremendous impact on the development of Chinese thought, culture and art.
Kano, pretending to cry has impact from being used sparingly!
13. insisted
The millionaire insisted on acquiring the masterpiece no matter how much it cost.
She insisted on helping me.
It was raining hard, but she insisted on going for a drive.
The old lady made her a present of it and insisted she should have it.
We insisted on rich and poor being treated alike.
The customer insisted on a price reduction because of defects in the product.
At the dinner party he insisted on my making a speech.
The mother insisted on her children not playing in the park after dark.
The American tourist insisted on gelato, for he was too hipstery for regular ice cream.
Aw, come on, son! the farmer insisted.
Again his father insisted on another private conversation and broke the sad news.
But it's true! Dima insisted. "They won't let me buy the suit unless I give them another 99 kopeks! Can't you wire me some money?"
Our boss insisted on that price, the shopkeeper explained. "But you know, you don't have to pay me 0.99 in kopeks. You can pay more if you like."
He was embarrassed when I insisted on reading the criticism of his new book.
14. concentrate
You only need to concentrate.
Don't look out the window. Concentrate on your work.
You should concentrate on one thing and learn to do it well.
Settle down for a while and concentrate.
A good ballboy or ballgirl must be able to concentrate hard and run fast.
If you concentrate all your energies on the study of English, you will master the language.
Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose instead to concentrate on mathematics and physics.
It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on your work, but you're completely ignoring the people around you.
The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.
Does it take a lot of effort to concentrate if
I find it hard to concentrate after a big meal.
Sometimes it's difficult for me to concentrate at work on Friday afternoons.
At this moment in time, we cannot concentrate on one of these two issues alone.
The municipal council should concentrate more on specific issues.
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verbs/adjectives, nouns with propositions C15. bet
I just bet you were thinking something perverse just now.
I bet it's Karolina.
If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.
She's so stubborn. I bet if she ever gets reincarnated, she'd be a bacteria capable of living in empty space.
Dima... Al-Sayib sighed. "How much is this phone call costing you? I bet you it's more than 99 kopeks, noob..."
Gambling site lets users bet on which species will go extinct because of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
I'll bet your arteries are already hardening from all those French fries!
There's another reason, isn't there? Well, how did I do? I bet I hit the mark.
"There's no way you could pass this exam." "Do you want to bet?"
He will never win a bet, he does not know how to do it. Once you've chosen your horse, you can place a bet. He always spends Saturday afternoons betting on horses.
Because of the large scale of drones' likely impact on our society (and because we're talking about a federal bureaucracy) you can bet that it will be a few years before drones really take off commercially across the country.
She won her bet. He PUT A BET ON Barcelona winning on Saturday.
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently.
I wonder whether he'll make it here on time tomorrow. Want to bet a can of juice on it?
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verbs/adjectives, nouns with propositions B16. tax
President Reagan's tax program has not worked.
He clinched the election when he came out against a tax increase.
If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn't pay tax at all.
It doesn't make much sense to me that I have to pay more income tax than you even though you make more money than I do.
to pay tax
But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.
Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.
Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.
I dreamt that Congress effected sensible tax reform to improve the lot of the working class. I then woke up in a gutter with nothing but ragged clothes and a stolen guitar to my name.
It's not a question of tax allowance but of moral exhaustion.
The situation where farmers pay tax while financiers do not is not acceptable.
An individual with an annual income of more than 15 million yen is required to file his or her final tax return in March.
There can be large differences between the profit recorded in the financial statements and the profit for the income tax calculation between the U.S. and Britain due to different accounting methods, taxation and financial reporting.
It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
After pay withholding tax, please send the tax paid receipt in PDF format.
17. focus
Adjust the microscope's focus.
He has given up running in order to focus on the long jump.
Focus on one thing and do it well.
I tried to focus my attention on reading.
I'll focus on the market development for 1999.
I would like to focus attention on the particular design that best represents Emmet's concept.
We must focus on building a solid grass-roots movement.
Due to recent events, it is completely impossible for me to focus on my work.
Although people like to focus on the differences, I think that on the whole it's the same.
Before we try to move up to the next level, I think we need to focus on keeping what we have.
All in all, I think my hobbies are balanced; they bring some relaxation to my life, and at the same time bring focus to my studies.
The publication of the exam results over without incident, for the time being attention is naturally going to focus on the summer break, right?
In fact, an artist lacking in confidence and fortitude would lose focus after 2 or 3 hours.
A good Tatoeba contributor adopts orphaned sentences so the rest of us can focus on Christopher Columbus and his zany antics.
These days many young people work without much focus; my friend's son hadn't gone two years after graduating before he'd changed jobs five times.
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