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catch+(noun)

  • 1 catch

    [kætʃ] 1. pt, pp caught, vt
    (capture, get hold of) łapać (złapać perf); ( surprise) przyłapywać (przyłapać perf); ( hit) trafiać (trafić perf); ( hear) dosłyszeć ( perf); ( MED) zarażać się (zarazić się perf) +instr, łapać (złapać perf) (inf); (also: catch up) zrównać się ( perf) z +instr, doganiać (dogonić perf)

    to catch sb's attention/eye — zwracać (zwrócić perf) (na siebie) czyjąś uwagę

    to catch firezapalać się (zapalić się perf), zajmować się (zająć się perf)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. vi
    fire zapłonąć ( perf); ( in branches etc) zaczepić się ( perf)
    3. n
    ( of fish etc) połów m; ( hidden problem) kruczek m; ( of lock) zapadka f
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    [kæ ] 1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
    1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) łapać
    2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) zdążyć na
    3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) łapać
    4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) łapać
    5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) przytrzaskiwać
    6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) trafić
    7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) usłyszeć
    8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) zająć się ogniem
    2. noun
    1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) chwyt
    2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) zatrzask
    3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) połów
    4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) podstęp, haczyk
    - catchy
    - catch-phrase
    - catch-word
    - catch someone's eye
    - catch on
    - catch out
    - catch up

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  • 2 hop

    [hɔp] 1. vi
    ( person) podskakiwać or skakać na jednej nodze; bird skakać, podskakiwać
    2. n
    ( of person) podskok m (na jednej nodze); ( of animal) skok m
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    I 1. [hop] past tense, past participle - hopped; verb
    1) ((of people) to jump on one leg: The children had a competition to see who could hop the farthest; He hopped about in pain when the hammer fell on his foot.) skakać
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) to jump on both or all legs: The sparrow/frog hopped across the lawn.) skakać
    3) (to jump: He hopped (over) the fence and ran away; He hopped out of bed.) wyskoczyć, przeskoczyć
    4) ((with in(to), out (of)) to get into or out of a car etc: The car stopped and the driver told the hikers to hop in; I'll hop out of the car at the next crossroads.) wskoczyć, wyskoczyć
    2. noun
    1) (a short jump on one leg.) podskok
    2) ((of certain small birds, animals and insects) a short jump on both or all legs: The sparrow crossed the lawn in a series of hops.) podskok
    - catch someone on the hop
    - catch on the hop
    - keep someone on the hop
    - keep on the hop
    II [hop] noun
    (a climbing plant, the bitter fruits of which (hops) are used in brewing beer.) chmiel

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  • 3 release

    [rɪ'liːs] 1. n
    (from prison, obligation) zwolnienie nt; ( of documents) udostępnienie nt; ( of funds) uruchomienie nt; (of gas, water) spuszczenie nt; (of book, record) wydanie nt; ( of film) wejście nt na ekrany; ( TECH) mechanizm m wyzwalający
    2. vt
    (from prison, obligation, responsibility) zwalniać (zwolnić perf); ( from wreckage etc) uwalniać (uwolnić perf), wyswobadzać (wyswobodzić perf); gas etc spuszczać (spuścić perf); catch, brake zwalniać (zwolnić perf); film, record wypuszczać (wypuścić perf); report, news, figures publikować (opublikować perf)

    a new release( record) nowa płyta, nowy album; ( film) nowy film

    See also:
    * * *
    [rə'li:s] 1. verb
    1) (to set free; to allow to leave: He was released from prison yesterday; I am willing to release him from his promise to me.) uwolnić
    2) (to stop holding etc; to allow to move, fall etc: He released (his hold on) the rope.) zwolnić
    3) (to move (a catch, brake etc) which prevents something else from moving, operating etc: He released the handbrake and drove off.) zwolnić
    4) (to allow (news etc) to be made known publicly: The list of winners has just been released.) opublikować
    5) (to offer (a film, record etc) to the general public: Their latest record will be released next week.) wypuścić, udostępnić
    2. noun
    1) (the act of releasing or being released: After his release, the prisoner returned to his home town; the release of a new film; ( also adjective) the release catch.) uwolnienie, zwolnienie
    2) (something that is released: This record is their latest release; The Government issued a press release (= a statement giving information about something, sent or given to newspapers, reporters etc).) wydawnictwo, publikacja

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  • 4 cold

    [kəuld] 1. adj
    zimny; person ( in temperature) zmarznięty; ( unemotional) chłodny, oziębły
    2. n
    ( weather) zimno nt; ( MED) przeziębienie nt

    I am/feel cold — zimno mi

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    [kəuld] 1. adjective
    1) (low in temperature: cold water; cold meat and salad.) zimny
    2) (lower in temperature than is comfortable: I feel cold.) zmarznięty
    3) (unfriendly: His manner was cold.) zimny, chłodny
    2. noun
    1) (the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings: She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold.) chłód, zimno
    2) (an illness with running nose, coughing etc: He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold.) przeziębienie
    - coldness
    - cold-blooded
    - cold war
    - get cold feet
    - give someone the cold shoulder
    - give the cold shoulder
    - in cold blood

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  • 5 death

    [dɛθ]
    n ( BIO)
    zgon m, śmierć f; ( fig) śmierć f; ( fatality) ofiara f (śmiertelna)
    * * *
    [deƟ]
    1) (the act of dying: There have been several deaths in the town recently; Most people fear death.) śmierć
    2) (something which causes one to die: Smoking too much was the death of him.) śmierć
    3) (the state of being dead: eyes closed in death.) śmierć
    - death-bed
    - death certificate
    - at death's door
    - catch one's death of cold
    - catch one's death
    - put to death
    - to death

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  • 6 drift

    [drɪft] 1. n
    ( of current) prąd m; ( of snow) zaspa f; (of thought, argument) sens m
    2. vi
    boat dryfować; sand, snow tworzyć zaspy

    to let things driftpozostawiać (pozostawić perf) sprawy własnemu biegowi

    I get/catch your drift — rozumiem, o co ci chodzi

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    [drift] 1. noun
    1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) zaspa
    2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) sens, tok
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) nawiać, dryfować
    2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) nie móc długo zagrzać gdzieś miejsca, krążyć
    - driftwood

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  • 7 fire

    ['faɪə(r)] 1. n
    ogień m; ( accidental) pożar m
    2. vt
    ( shoot) gun strzelać (strzelić perf) z +gen; arrow wystrzeliwać (wystrzelić perf); ( stimulate) rozpalać (rozpalić perf); ( inf) wyrzucać (wyrzucić perf) z pracy, wylać ( perf) (inf)
    3. vi

    to catch firezapalać się (zapalić się perf), zajmować się (zająć się perf)

    to be on fire — palić się, płonąć

    to set fire to sth, set sth on fire — podkładać (podłożyć perf) ogień pod coś, podpalać (podpalić perf) coś

    electric/gas fire — grzejnik elektryczny/gazowy

    to come/be under fire (from) — znaleźć się ( perf) /być pod ostrzałem (+gen)

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    1. noun
    1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) ogień
    2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) piec(yk)
    3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) ogień
    4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) ogień
    5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) ostrzał
    2. verb
    1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.) wypalać
    2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.) podniecać
    3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.) (wy)strzelić z
    4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.) wystrzelić
    5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.) strzelać
    6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.) wyrzucić z posady
    - firearm
    - fire-brigade
    - fire-cracker
    - fire-engine
    - fire-escape
    - fire-extinguisher
    - fire-guard
    - fireman
    - fireplace
    - fireproof
    - fireside
    - fire-station
    - firewood
    - firework
    - firing-squad
    - catch fire
    - on fire
    - open fire
    - play with fire
    - set fire to something / set something on fire
    - set fire to / set something on fire
    - set fire to something / set on fire
    - set fire to / set on fire
    - under fire

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  • 8 miss

    [mɪs]
    n
    ( with surname) pani f, panna f ( old); ( SCOL) ( as form of address) proszę pani ( voc); ( beauty queen) miss f inv
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    [mis] 1. verb
    1) (to fail to hit, catch etc: The arrow missed the target.) chybić
    2) (to fail to arrive in time for: He missed the 8 o'clock train.) spóźnić się na
    3) (to fail to take advantage of: You've missed your opportunity.) zmarnować, nie skorzystać z
    4) (to feel sad because of the absence of: You'll miss your friends when you go to live abroad.) odczuwać brak, tęsknić za
    5) (to notice the absence of: I didn't miss my purse till several hours after I'd dropped it.) zauważyć brak
    6) (to fail to hear or see: He missed what you said because he wasn't listening.) nie usłyszeć
    7) (to fail to go to: I'll have to miss my lesson next week, as I'm going to the dentist.) opuścić
    8) (to fail to meet: We missed you in the crowd.) nie zauważyć, przeoczyć
    9) (to avoid: The thief only just missed being caught by the police.) uniknąć
    10) ((of an engine) to misfire.) nie zapalić
    2. noun
    (a failure to hit, catch etc: two hits and two misses.) pudło, chybienie
    - go missing
    - miss out
    - miss the boat

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  • 9 nap

    [næp] 1. n
    ( sleep) drzemka f; ( of fabric) włos m
    2. vi

    to be caught napping ( fig)dać ( perf) się zaskoczyć

    to have a napucinać (uciąć perf) sobie drzemkę

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    [næp]
    (a short sleep: She always has a nap after lunch.) drzemka
    - catch someone napping
    - catch napping

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  • 10 sight

    [saɪt] 1. n
    ( faculty) wzrok m; ( spectacle) widok m; ( on gun) celownik m
    2. vt
    widzieć, zobaczyć ( perf)

    on sight shoot bez uprzedzenia

    to catch sight of sb/sth — dostrzegać (dostrzec perf) kogoś/coś

    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) wzrok
    2) (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.) widok
    3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) widok
    4) (a view or glimpse.) spojrzenie
    5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) widok
    6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) celownik
    2. verb
    1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) wiąć na cel
    2) (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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  • 11 sun

    [sʌn]
    n

    everything under the sun — wszystko, co można sobie wyobrazić

    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the round body in the sky that gives light and heat to the earth: The Sun is nearly 150 million kilometres away from the Earth.) słońce
    2) (any of the fixed stars: Do other suns have planets revolving round them?) słońce
    3) (light and heat from the sun; sunshine: We sat in the sun; In Britain they don't get enough sun; The sun has faded the curtains.) słońce
    2. verb
    (to expose (oneself) to the sun's rays: He's sunning himself in the garden.) opalać się
    - sunny
    - sunniness
    - sunbathe
    - sunbeam
    - sunburn
    - sunburned
    - sunburnt
    - sundial
    - sundown
    - sunflower
    - sunglasses
    - sunlight
    - sunlit
    - sunrise
    - sunset
    - sunshade
    - sunshine
    - sunstroke
    - suntan
    - catch the sun
    - under the sun

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  • 12 trap

    [træp] 1. n
    (for mice, rats) pułapka f; ( for larger animals) sidła pl, wnyki pl; ( carriage) dwukółka f; ( fig) pułapka f, zasadzka f
    2. vt
    mouse łapać (złapać perf) w pułapkę; hare etc łapać (złapać perf) w sidła or we wnyki; energy pozyskiwać; ( fig) trick łapać (złapać perf) w pułapkę

    to set/lay a trap (for sb) — zastawiać (zastawić perf) (na kogoś) pułapkę

    to be trapped(in bad marriage, under rubble etc) być uwięzionym

    shut your trap! (inf!)stul gębę! (inf!)

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    [træp] 1. noun
    1) (a device for catching animals: He set a trap to catch the bear; a mousetrap.) pułapka
    2) (a plan or trick for taking a person by surprise: She led him into a trap; He fell straight into the trap.) zasadzka
    2. verb
    (to catch in a trap or by a trick: He lives by trapping animals and selling their fur; She trapped him into admitting that he liked her.) złapać w sidła, schwytać w zasadzkę
    - trap-door

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  • 13 hold

    [həuld] 1. pt, pp held, vt
    ( in hand) trzymać; ( contain) mieścić (pomieścić perf); qualifications posiadać; power, permit, opinion mieć; meeting, conversation odbywać (odbyć perf); prisoner, hostage przetrzymywać (przetrzymać perf)

    to hold sb responsible/liable — obarczać (obarczyć perf) kogoś odpowiedzialnością

    to get hold of ( fig)object, information zdobywać (zdobyć perf) +acc; person łapać (złapać perf) +acc (inf)

    to get hold of o.s. — brać (wziąć perf) się w garść

    to catch/get (a) hold of — chwycić się ( perf) +gen, złapać ( perf) za +acc (inf)

    to hold firm/fast — trzymać się mocno

    he holds the view that … — jest zdania, że …

    I don't hold with … — nie popieram +gen

    hold still, hold steady — nie ruszaj się

    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. vi
    glue etc trzymać (mocno); argument etc zachowywać (zachować perf) ważność, pozostawać w mocy; offer, invitation być aktualnym; luck, weather utrzymywać się (utrzymać się perf); ( TEL) czekać (zaczekać perf)
    3. n
    ( grasp) chwyt m; (of ship, plane) ładownia f
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    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.) trzymać
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.) trzymać
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.) trzymać, przytrzymywać
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?) wytrzymywać
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.) zatrzymać
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.) (po)mieścić
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.) odbywać
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.) trzymać się
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.) zajmować stanowisko
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.) uważać że, utrzymywać, mieć
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.) być aktualnym, obowiązywać
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.) zmusić do dotrzymania (obietnicy)
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.) bronić
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.) powstrzymać
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) utrzymywać
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?) przetrzymać
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.) obchodzić
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.) posiadać
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.) utrzymywać się
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?) czekać (przy telefonie)
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.) trzymać
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.) przechowywać
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?) gotować
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.) chwyt
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.) wpływ
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.) chwyt
    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with
    II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.) ładownia

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  • 14 angle

    ['æŋgl] 1. n ( MATH)
    kąt m; ( corner) róg m, narożnik m; ( viewpoint) strona f
    2. vi 3. vt

    to angle sth towards/to — ( aim) kierować (skierować perf) coś do +gen

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    I ['æŋɡl] noun
    1) (the (amount of) space between two straight lines or surfaces that meet: an angle of 90°.) kąt
    2) (a point of view: from a journalist's angle.) punkt widzenia
    3) (a corner.) róg
    - angularity II ['æŋɡl] verb
    (to use a rod and line to try to catch fish: angling for trout.) wędkować
    - angling

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  • 15 bait

    [beɪt] 1. n 2. vt
    ( tease) drażnić

    to bait a hookzakładać (założyć perf) przynętę na haczyk

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    [beit] 1. noun
    (food used to attract fish, animals etc which one wishes to catch, kill etc: Before he went fishing he dug up some worms for bait.) przynęta
    2. verb
    (to put bait on or in (a hook, trap etc): He baited the mousetrap with cheese.) założyć przynętę

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  • 16 bib

    [bɪb]
    n
    * * *
    [bib]
    1) (a cloth etc tied under a child's chin to catch spilt food etc.) śliniaczek
    2) (the top part of an apron or overalls, covering the chest.) klapa

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  • 17 burn

    [bəːn] 1. pt, pp burned or burnt, vt
    papers etc palić (spalić perf); fuel spalać (spalić perf); toast etc przypalać (przypalić perf); part of body parzyć (oparzyć perf or sparzyć perf)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. vi
    house, wood palić się (spalić się perf); fuel spalać się (spalić się perf); toast etc przypalać się (przypalić się perf); blister etc piec
    3. n
    * * *
    [bə:n] 1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb
    1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.) palić
    2) (to use as fuel.) spalać
    3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.) wypalić
    4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.) palić się
    2. noun
    (an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) oparzenie, wypalona dziura

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  • 18 button

    ['bʌtn] 1. n
    ( on clothes) guzik m; ( on machine) przycisk m, guzik m; (US) ( badge) znaczek m ( do przypinania)
    2. vt
    (also: button up) zapinać (zapiąć perf)
    3. vi
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (a knob or disc used as a fastening: I lost a button off my coat.) przycisk, guzik
    2) (a small knob pressed to operate something: This button turns the radio on.) guzik
    2. verb
    ((often with up) to fasten by means of buttons.) zapiąć
    3. verb
    (to catch someone's attention and hold him in conversation: He buttonholed me and began telling me the story of his life.) przyczepić się do kogoś i nudzić

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  • 19 chase

    [tʃeɪs] 1. vt
    ( pursue) gonić; (also: chase away) wyganiać (wygonić perf); job etc uganiać się za +instr
    Phrasal Verbs:
    2. n
    * * *
    [ eis] 1. verb
    1) (to run after; to pursue: He chased after them but did not catch them; We chased them by car.) ścigać
    2) ((with away, off etc) to cause to run away: I often have to chase the boys away from my fruit trees.) odgonić
    2. noun
    1) (an act of chasing: We caught him after a 120 kph chase.) pogoń
    2) (hunting (of animals): the pleasures of the chase.) pościg, gonitwa

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  • 20 decoy

    ['diːkɔɪ]
    n
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    ['di:koi]
    (anything intended to lead someone or something into a trap: The policewoman acted as a decoy when the police were trying to catch the murderer.) przynęta

    English-Polish dictionary > decoy

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