1. 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
Anglais mot "przełożyć w czasie"(postpone) se produit dans des ensembles:
Słówka z TOIC2. 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.
Anglais mot "przełożyć w czasie"(put off) se produit dans des ensembles:
lesson 41,42,43,44,45,46