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1 elastic
[ɪ'læstɪk] 1. nguma f2. adjrozciągliwy, elastyczny; ( fig) elastyczny* * *[i'læstik] 1. adjective1) ((of a material or substance) able to return to its original shape or size after being pulled or pressed out of shape: an elastic bandage; Rubber is an elastic substance.) elastyczny2) (able to be changed or adapted: This is a fairly elastic arrangement.) elastyczny2. noun(a type of cord containing strands of rubber: Her hat was held on with a piece of elastic.) guma- elastic band -
2 sight
[saɪt] 1. n 2. vtwidzieć, zobaczyć ( perf)to catch sight of sb/sth — dostrzegać (dostrzec perf) kogoś/coś
to lose sight of sth ( fig) — tracić (stracić perf) coś z oczu
to set one's sights on sth — stawiać (postawić perf) sobie coś za cel
* * *1. noun1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) wzrok2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) widok3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) widok4) (a view or glimpse.) spojrzenie5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) widok6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) celownik2. verb1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) wiąć na cel2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) dostrzec•- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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