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1 go to any lengths
(to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc, to achieve a particular aim: She'd go to any lengths to get herself promoted.) posunąć się do ostateczności -
2 length
[lɛŋθ]ndługość f; (piece of wood, string etc) kawałek mat length — ( at last) wreszcie; ( fully) obszernie; ( for a long time) długo
he fell/was lying full-length — przewrócił się/leżał jak długi
they went to great lengths to please us — nie szczędzili starań, by nas zadowolić
* * *[leŋƟ]1) (the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc: What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.) długość2) (a piece of something, especially cloth: I bought a (3-metre) length of silk.) sztuka, kupon3) (in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc: He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front.) długość•- lengthen- lengthways/lengthwise
- lengthy
- at length
- go to any lengths
См. также в других словарях:
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