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['daun'hɪl] 1. adv2. nto go downhill — ( road) biec w dół zbocza; ( person) schodzić (zejść perf) ze zbocza; ( car) zjeżdżać (zjechać perf) ze zbocza; fig ( person) staczać się (stoczyć się perf); (business, career) podupadać (podupaść perf)
(also: downhill race) bieg m zjazdowy* * *1) (down a slope: The road goes downhill all the way from our house to yours.) w dół2) (towards a worse and worse state: We expected him to die, I suppose, because he's been going steadily downhill for months.) w coraz gorszy stan
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