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1 car
[kɑː(r)]n ( AUT)* * *1) ((American automobile) a (usually privately-owned) motor vehicle on wheels for carrying people: What kind of car do you have?; `Did you go by car?') samochód2) (a section for passengers in a train etc: a dining-car.) wagon3) ((American) a railway carriage for goods or people: a freight car.) wagon•- car park- car phone -
2 car phone
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3 estate-car
noun ((American station wagon) a car with a large area behind the seats for luggage etc, and a rear door.) samochód kombi -
4 racing-car
noun (a car specially designed and built for racing.) samochód wyścigowy -
5 rent-a-car
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6 restaurant-car
noun (a carriage on a train in which meals are served to travellers.) wagon restauracyjny -
7 squad car
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8 cable-car
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9 blowout
1) (the bursting of a car tyre: That's the second blowout I've had with this car.) rozerwanie opony2) ((on eg an oil rig) a violent escape of gas etc.) eksplozja -
10 comedown
noun (a fall in dignity etc: The smaller car was a bit of a comedown after the Rolls Royce.) obniżenie lotów -
11 millionth
1) (one of a million equal parts.) (jedna) milionowa2) (the last of a million (people, things etc) or (the person, thing etc) in an equivalent position: the millionth (car).) milionowy -
12 parking-lot
noun ((American) a car park.) parking -
13 parking-meter
noun (a coin-operated meter beside which a car may be parked for the number of minutes or hours shown on the meter.) parkometr -
14 racer
noun (a car, bicycle etc built for competitive racing.) samochód, rower itd. wyścigowy -
15 revs
noun plural (revolutions (of a car engine etc): thirty revs a second.) obroty -
16 safety-belt
noun (a fixed belt in a car or aircraft used to keep a passenger from being thrown out of the seat in an accident, crash etc.) pas bezpieczeństwa -
17 shock-absorber
noun (a device (in a motor car etc) for reducing the effect of bumps.) amortyzator -
18 steering-wheel
noun (the wheel in a car for steering it, fixed to the steering-column, or the wheel on a ship that is turned to control the rudder.) kierownica -
19 tail-light
noun (the (usually red) light on the back of a car, train etc: He followed the tail-lights of the bus.) światło tylne -
20 taker
noun (a person who takes (something) especially one who accepts an offer or takes a bet: I offered my friends my car, but there were no takers.) reflektant
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