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[rɔk] 1. n( substance) skała f; ( boulder) skała f, głaz m; (US) ( small stone) kamień m; (also: rock music) rock m; ( BRIT) ( sweet) twardy cukierek w kształcie spiralnej laseczki2. vtperson baby, cradle kołysać; waves ship kołysać +instr; explosion, news wstrząsać (wstrząsnąć perf) +instr3. vion the rocks — ( drink) z lodem post; ( ship) na skałach post; ( marriage etc) w rozsypce post
to rock the boat ( fig) — wprowadzać (wprowadzić perf) zamieszanie
* * *I [rok] noun1) ((a large lump or mass of) the solid parts of the surface of the Earth: The ship struck a rock and sank; the rocks on the seashore; He built his house on solid rock.) skała2) (a large stone: The climber was killed by a falling rock.) głaz3) (a type of hard sweet made in sticks: a stick of Edinburgh rock.) rodzaj cukierka•- rockery- rocky
- rockiness
- rock-bottom
- rock-garden
- rock-plant
- on the rocks II [rok] verb1) (to (cause to) swing gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: The mother rocked the cradle; This cradle rocks.) kołysać (się)2) (to swing (a baby) gently in one's arms to comfort it or make it sleep.) kołysać3) (to shake or move violently: The earthquake rocked the building.) zakołysać się•- rocker- rocky
- rockiness
- rocking-chair
- rocking-horse
- off one's rocker III [rok]((also rock music) music or songs with a strong, heavy beat and usually a simple melody: She likes rock; ( also adjective) a rock band.) rock
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