1. allow
If you are a parent, don't allow yourself to set your heart on any particular line of work for your children.
Tom always stays at school as late as the teachers allow him to.
It allows...
Father, today I'm going out with some friends. Of course, that's if you will allow it.
The new version of Tatoeba will allow linking people, and even editing them!
If it's a light workout, OK. "Right, so will we allow crotch-kicking and eyeball crushing?"
You think that people are okay, but I allow one to think that people and all societies are bad. No one wants other people to tolerate their mischief. People give grief to people because their viewpoints vary.
Schools have tried to limit their use by not allowing them to be used in math classes, although they allow them in science lessons to save time.
Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.
Other than that, you should know that I allow myself a bit of irony from time to time.
Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack.
It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard?
You might not feel comfortable about allowing the person to realise you didn't really catch their name
this allows you to keep these resources separate from the source code.
pozwalać, zezwalać na [often passive] Smoking is not allowed in the restaurant. [+ to do sth] You are not allowed to use calculators UK in the exam/US on the exam. [+ two objects] Patients are not allowed visitors after nine o'clock.
2. let
Let me be.
Let us stop to think how much we depend upon atomic energy.
My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
Why has Japan let pollution get so bad?
You probably think you know how to do this, but let me explain it once more.
I'm sorry, I don't let in people I don't know.
He persuaded his firm to let him go back to his old job.
Make a good translation of the sentence that you are translating. Don't let translations into other languages influence you.
I had no difficulty in persuading my father to let me study abroad.
I held onto the rope for as long as I could, but I finally had to let go.
It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
This is a secret just between you and me, so don't let it slip out.
Tom let me read the letter he had received from Mary.
Tom asked Mary many times to let him go home early, but she wouldn't let him.
On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.
3. permission
You need your parents' permission if you are going to apply for that.
with your permission
When foreign citizens land in Japan, they must apply for landing permission at the air or seaports where they arrive.
There are frequent instances of malicious door-to-door selling, such as pushing water purifiers on people after carrying out water quality tests without permission.
You need permission to put up that sort of poster, and, most of all, you're ruining the looks of the street!
Father, today I'm going out with some friends. That is, of course, if you give me permission.
At no time have we made your email address available to any other user without your permission.
They must then go through a landing examination conducted by inspection officers before they can obtain landing permission.
In the Diet, often a politician or two leave without permission when a question becomes too personal.
A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.
You have our permission to include our software on condition that you send us a copy of the final product.
Obtaining copyright permission can be a time-consuming process.
What's going on today that nobody asks permission?
She GAVE him PERMISSION without asking any questions. [+ to do sth] He has permission to stay in the country for one more year. They even have to ASK FOR PERMISSION before they go to the toilet. He took the car WITHOUT PERMISSION.
if you have permission to do something, you are officially allowed to do it