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1 nosiness
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2 curiosity
[kjuərɪ'ɔsɪtɪ]n( interest) ciekawość f, zaciekawienie nt; ( nosiness) ciekawość f; ( unusual thing) osobliwość f* * *[-'o-]1) (eagerness to learn: She was very unpopular because of her curiosity about other people's affairs.) ciekawość2) (something strange and rare: That old chair is quite a curiosity.) osobliwość -
3 nose
[nəuz] 1. nnos m; ( of aircraft) dziób m; ( of car) przód m2. vi(also: nose one's way) sunąć powolito follow one's nose — ( go straight ahead) iść (pójść perf) prosto przed siebie; ( be guided by instinct) zdawać się (zdać perf) się na wyczucie
it gets up my nose ( inf) — to mnie wkurza (inf)
to look down one's nose at sb/sth ( inf) — nie mieć o kimś/czymś wysokiego mniemania
to pay through the nose (for sth) ( inf) — zapłacić ( perf) kupę pieniędzy (za coś) (inf)
to turn one's nose up at sth ( inf) — gardzić (wzgardzić perf) czymś
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[nəuz] 1. noun1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nos2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) węch3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) nos2. verb1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) torować sobie drogę2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) węszyć•- - nosed- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job 3. verb(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.) pikować- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose
См. также в других словарях:
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nosiness — nəʊzɪnɪs n. curiosity, inquisitiveness, snoopiness … English contemporary dictionary
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prying — I noun offensive inquisitiveness • Syn: ↑nosiness, ↑snoopiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑snoopy (for: ↑snoopiness), ↑pry, ↑no … Useful english dictionary