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  • 1 nip

    [nɪp] 1. vt
    szczypać (szczypnąć perf or uszczypnąć perf)
    2. n
    ( bite) uszczypnięcie nt; ( drink) łyk m

    to nip downstairs/upstairs ( BRIT, inf) — wyskoczyć ( perf) na dół/na górę (inf)

    to nip into a shop ( BRIT, inf) — wskoczyć ( perf) do sklepu (inf)

    * * *
    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) uszczypnąć
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) odciąć
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) szczypać
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skoczyć
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) zmrozić
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) uszczypnięcie
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) przymrozek
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) łyk
    •
    - nip something in the bud
    - nip in the bud

    English-Polish dictionary > nip

  • 2 swell

    [swɛl] 1. n
    ( of sea) fala f
    2. adj (US)
    ( inf) kapitalny
    3. vi; pt swelled, pp swollen or swelled
    ( increase) wzrastać (wzrosnąć perf); ( get stronger) narastać (narosnąć perf), wzmagać się (wzmóc się perf); (also: swell up) puchnąć (spuchnąć perf or opuchnąć perf)
    * * *
    [swel] 1. past tense - swelled; verb
    (to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) puchnąć, podnieść (poziom, liczbę)
    2. noun
    (a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) fala
    3. adjective
    ((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) świetny, klawy
    - swollen
    - swollen-headed
    - swell out
    - swell up

    English-Polish dictionary > swell

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