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1 cień
cień drzewa/domu — shadow of a tree/house
w cieniu kogoś — (przen) overshadowed by sb (przen)
* * *miGen. -a Gen.pl. -i l. -ów1. ( ciemny ślad oświetlonej rzeczy) shadow; dawać l. rzucać cień cast l. throw a shadow; chińskie cienie l. teatr cieni teatr shadow play l. show l. theater; bać się własnego cienia be afraid of one's own shadow; być czyimś cieniem be sb's shadow, be sb's inseparable companion; chodzić za kimś jak cień tag along behind sb; rzucać cień na kogoś question sb's integrity; pozostał z niego tylko cień he's a ghost of his former self; gabinet cieni polit. shadow cabinet.2. przen. (= odrobina) shadow, hint, grain; cień prawdy grain of truth; cień wątpliwości shadow of a doubt; cień nadziei faint hope.3. ( miejsce zacienione) shade, shadow; schować się w cień find shelter in the shade; być l. trzymać się l. pozostawać w cieniu stay in the background, not stand out; usuwać kogoś/coś w cień overshadow sb/sth, cast l. put sb/sth in the shade; być l. pozostawać w cieniu kogoś be overshadowed by sb; przekroczyć smugę cienia cross the shadow line.4. przen. (= ciemność) shades, darkness.5. sztuka (= półcień) shadow, shade; cienie pod oczami dark rings under the eyes; blaski i cienie advantages and disadvantages.7. (= kształt, sylwetka) silhouette.8. (= zjawa, duch) shade, shadow, ghost; cienie przodków shades ( of ancestors), manes; kraina cieni mit. ( świat zamieszkały przez zmarłych) the shades, Hades; ( pośmiertna kraina błogosławionych) Elysium, Elysian fields; cienie elizejskie mit. Elysian shades; wyglądać jak cień l. być cieniem samego siebie be a ghost of one's former self.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > cień
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2 wąt|ły
adj. grad. 1. książk. (mizerny, słabowity) [dziecko] puny, frail; [ręce] frail, fragile; [barki] delicate, slim- być wątłej budowy to be slightly built- była wątłego zdrowia she was in fragile a. frail health- mieć wątły organizm to have a frail a. weak constitution- ta praca przekracza jej wątłe siły this job is too much for her frail a. weak strength2. (łatwo ulegający zniszczeniu) [konstrukcja] fragile; [kładka] slim, insecure; [roślinka] weak, puny; [gałązka] delicate 3. (niewielki) [głosik] frail, feeble; [płomyk] small, sickly; [światło] faint, feeble; [ślad] faint 4. przen. (słaby) [intryga, fabuła] tenuous, flimsy- wątła nić nadziei a fragile a. tenuous thread of hopeThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wąt|ły
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3 upa|ść1
pf — upa|dać impf (upadnę, upadniesz, upadł, upadła, upadli — upadam) vi 1. (przewrócić się) to fall (down)- potknął się i upadł he tripped and fell (over)- upadł ciężko na ziemię he fell heavily to the ground- upaść głową do przodu to fall headlong a. head first- upadł jak długi he fell flat a. full length, he went sprawling- upaść na kolana to fall a. drop to one’s knees, to fall (down) on one’s knees- upaść na plecy/twarz to fall a. land on one’s back/to fall on one’s face- upadł tak nieszczęśliwie, że złamał rękę he landed so awkwardly that he broke his arm- upadła z hukiem/zemdlona na podłogę she fell to the floor with a thud/in a faint- upaść ze schodów to fall down the stairs2. (skończyć się niepowodzeniem) [imperium, cywilizacja, komunizm] to collapse; [rząd] to collapse, to topple; [powstanie] to fail, to collapse; [pomysł] to come to nothing; [inicjatywa] to founder- sztuka upada art is in a decline3. (zbankrutować) [firma] to collapse 4. książk. (stoczyć się) to decline morally- upadać coraz niżej to be reaching new (moral) lows- tak nisko jeszcze nie upadłem I would never stoop a. sink so low■ upadać na siłach/na zdrowiu przest. to lose (one’s) strength/to lose one’s health- upadać pod ciężarem a. pod brzemieniem zmartwień to be overwhelmed by one’s worries- upaść komuś do nóg to fall a. throw oneself at sb’s feet- upaść na duchu to lose heart a. hope- upaść na fotel/na krzesło to collapse a. drop into an armchair/onto a chair- upaść na łóżko to collapse onto a bed- chyba upadłeś na głowę! you must be out of your mind!; have you lost your marbles?- musiałbym upaść na głowę, żeby tam iść I’d have to be mad a. out of my mind to go there- wniosek upadł the motion was defeated a. rejected- projekt ustawy podatkowej upadł the tax bill was defeated a. voted downThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > upa|ść1
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