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1 plain
[pleɪn] 1. adj( unpatterned) gładki; ( simple) prosty; (clear, easily understood) jasny; ( not beautiful) nieładny; ( frank) otwarty2. adv 3. n( area of land) równina f; (KNITTING) prawe oczko ntto make sth plain to sb — dawać (dać perf) coś komuś jasno do zrozumienia
* * *[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) zwykły, prosty2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) zrozumiały3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) szczery, otwarty4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) oczywisty5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) nieładny2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) równina2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) ścieg gładki•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
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2 level out
vi, see level off* * *(to make or become level: The road levels out as it comes down to the plain.) wyrównać (się) -
3 stretch
[strɛtʃ] 1. n(of ocean, forest) obszar m; ( of water) akwen m; (of road, river, beach) odcinek m; ( of time) okres m2. vi 3. vtto stretch to/as far as — ciągnąć się do +gen /aż po +acc
it stretches as far as the eye can see — ciągnie się tak daleko, jak okiem sięgnąć
at a stretch — jednym ciągiem, bez przerwy
Phrasal Verbs:* * *[stre ] 1. verb1) (to make or become longer or wider especially by pulling or by being pulled: She stretched the piece of elastic to its fullest extent; His scarf was so long that it could stretch right across the room; This material stretches; The dog yawned and stretched (itself); He stretched (his arm/hand) up as far as he could, but still could not reach the shelf; Ask someone to pass you the jam instead of stretching across the table for it.) wy-, prze-, roz- itp. -ciągać (się)2) ((of land etc) to extend: The plain stretched ahead of them for miles.) rozciągać się2. noun1) (an act of stretching or state of being stretched: He got out of bed and had a good stretch.) wyciągnięcie się, przeciągnięcie2) (a continuous extent, of eg a type of country, or of time: a pretty stretch of country; a stretch of bad road; a stretch of twenty years.) przestrzeń, odcinek•- stretchy
- at a stretch
- be at full stretch
- stretch one's legs
- stretch out
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