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[əb'zɔːb]vtliquid wchłaniać (wchłonąć perf), absorbować (zaabsorbować perf); light pochłaniać (pochłonąć perf), absorbować (zaabsorbować perf); group, business wchłaniać (wchłonąć perf); changes, effects dostosowywać się (dostosować się perf) do +gen; information przyswajać (przyswoić perf) sobie* * *[əb'zo:b]1) (to soak up: The cloth absorbed the ink I had spilled.) wchłaniać2) (to take up the whole attention of (a person): He was completely absorbed in his book.) pochłaniać•- absorption
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