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1 eat away
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2 eat away at
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3 eat
[iːt] 1. pt ate, pp eaten, vt 2. viPhrasal Verbs:- eat away- eat into- eat out- eat up* * *[i:t] 1. past tense - ate; verb(to (chew and) swallow; to take food: They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.) jeść- eatable2. noun((in plural) food: Cover all eatables to keep mice away.) żywność- eat into- eat one's words -
4 eat into
vt fus, see eat away at* * *(to destroy or waste gradually: Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings.) wżerać się, nadwyrężać -
5 corrode
[kə'rəud] 1. vtpowodować (spowodować perf) korozję +gen, korodować2. viulegać (ulec perf) korozji, korodować (skorodować perf)* * *[kə'rəud](to destroy or eat away (as rust, chemicals etc do).) korodować- corrosive -
6 erode
[ɪ'rəud]vtpowodować (spowodować perf) erozję +gen; ( fig) freedom ograniczać (ograniczyć perf); authority podrywać (poderwać perf); confidence podkopywać (podkopać perf)* * *[i'rəud](to eat or wear away (metals etc); to destroy gradually: Acids erode certain metals; Water has eroded the rock; The individual's right to privacy is being eroded.) wżerać się w, wyżłobić niszcząc- erosion -
7 tuck in
1. vt 2. vizajadać, wcinać (inf)* * *1) (to gather bedclothes etc closely round: I said goodnight and tucked him in.) otulić2) (to eat greedily or with enjoyment: They sat down to breakfast and started to tuck in straight away.) napychać się
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