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1 overcome
[əuvə'kʌm] 1. ( irreg like: come) vt 2. adjovercome with — ogarnięty or owładnięty +instr
* * *1. adjective(helpless; defeated by emotion etc: overcome with grief; I felt quite overcome.) zmożony, przygnieciony2. [-'keim] verb(to defeat or conquer: She finally overcame her fear of the dark.) przezwyciężyć -
2 emotion
[ɪ'məuʃən]nuczucie nt; ( as opposed to reason) emocja f (usu pl)he was overcome by/with emotion — ogarnęło go wzruszenie
* * *[i'məuʃən]1) (a (strong) feeling of any kind: Fear, joy, anger, love, jealousy are all emotions.) uczucie2) (the moving or upsetting of the mind or feelings: He was overcome by/with emotion.) wzruszenie•- emotionally -
3 melancholy
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4 be/get carried away
(to be overcome by one's feelings: She was/got carried away by the excitement.) dawać się ponieść -
5 inertia
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6 overwhelm
[əuvə'wɛlm]vt* * *[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) przygniatać -
7 tough
[tʌf]adjmaterial, meat, policy twardy; shoes, rope mocny; person, animal wytrzymały; choice, task trudny, ciężki; neighbourhood niebezpieczny* * *1. adjective1) (strong; not easily broken, worn out etc: Plastic is a tough material.) twardy2) ((of food etc) difficult to chew.) twardy3) ((of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc: She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness.) uparty4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) niebezpieczny5) (difficult to deal with or overcome: a tough problem; The competition was really tough.) trudny2. noun(a rough, violent person; a bully.) chuligan- toughen
- tough luck
- get tough with someone
- get tough with
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