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lead up the garden path

  • 1 lead up the garden path

    (to deceive.) `wpuścić w maliny`

    English-Polish dictionary > lead up the garden path

  • 2 lead

    I 1. [liːd] pt, pp led, n (SPORT)
    prowadzenie nt; ( fig) przywództwo nt; (piece of information, clue) trop m; (in play, film) główna rola f; ( for dog) smycz f; ( ELEC) przewód m
    2. vt
    (walk in front, guide) prowadzić (poprowadzić perf); organization, activity kierować (pokierować perf) +instr; ( BRIT)

    to lead the orchestra — grać (zagrać perf) partię pierwszych skrzypiec (w orkiestrze)

    3. vi

    to lead the way — prowadzić, wskazywać drogę

    to lead sb astray — ( mislead) zwieść ( perf) kogoś; ( corrupt) sprowadzić ( perf) kogoś na manowce or złą drogę

    to lead sb to believe that — dawać (dać perf) komuś powody sądzić, że …

    to lead sb to do sth — sprawić ( perf), że ktoś coś zrobi

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II 1. [lɛd] n
    ( metal) ołów m; ( in pencil) grafit m
    2. cpd
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    I 1. [li:d] past tense, past participle - led; verb
    1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) prowadzić, wieść
    2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) prowadzić, wieść
    3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) (do)prowadzić (do)
    4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) prowadzić
    5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) prowadzić, wieść
    2. noun
    1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) prowadzenie, kierownictwo
    2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) przewaga
    3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) przykład
    4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) przewaga
    5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) smycz, postronek
    6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) poszlaka
    7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) główna rola
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    - leadership
    - lead on
    - lead up the garden path
    - lead up to
    - lead the way     II [led] noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) ołów
    2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) grafit
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    English-Polish dictionary > lead

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