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1 have one's back to the wall
(to be in a very difficult or desperate situation: He certainly has his back to the wall as he has lost his job and cannot find another one.) być przypartym do muru -
2 back
[bæk] 1. n( of person) plecy pl; of animal grzbiet m; (of house, car, shirt) tył m; ( of hand) wierzch m; ( of chair) oparcie nt; (FOOTBALL) obrońca m2. vtcandidate popierać (poprzeć perf); ( financially) sponsorować; horse obstawiać (obstawić perf); car cofać (cofnąć perf)Phrasal Verbs:- back out- back up3. vi 4. cpd 5. advback to front — wear tył(em) na przód; know na wylot
to break the back of a job ( BRIT) — wychodzić (wyjść perf) na prostą
to take a back seat ( fig) — usuwać się (usunąć się perf) na drugi plan
* * *[bæk] 1. noun1) (in man, the part of the body from the neck to the bottom of the spine: She lay on her back.) plecy2) (in animals, the upper part of the body: She put the saddle on the horse's back.) grzbiet3) (that part of anything opposite to or furthest from the front: the back of the house; She sat at the back of the hall.) tył4) (in football, hockey etc a player who plays behind the forwards.) pomocnik2. adjective(of or at the back: the back door.) tylny3. adverb1) (to, or at, the place or person from which a person or thing came: I went back to the shop; He gave the car back to its owner.) z powrotem2) (away (from something); not near (something): Move back! Let the ambulance get to the injured man; Keep back from me or I'll hit you!) daleko, dalej3) (towards the back (of something): Sit back in your chair.) do tyłu4) (in return; in response to: When the teacher is scolding you, don't answer back.) w odpowiedzi, z powrotem5) (to, or in, the past: Think back to your childhood.) w przeszłość4. verb1) (to (cause to) move backwards: He backed (his car) out of the garage.) cofać2) (to help or support: Will you back me against the others?) popierać3) (to bet or gamble on: I backed your horse to win.) stawiać na•- backer- backbite
- backbiting
- backbone
- backbreaking
- backdate
- backfire
- background
- backhand 5. adverb(using backhand: She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand.) bekhendem, pochyło, pochyłym pismem- backlog- back-number
- backpack
- backpacking: go backpacking
- backpacker
- backside
- backslash
- backstroke
- backup
- backwash
- backwater
- backyard
- back down
- back of
- back on to
- back out
- back up
- have one's back to the wall
- put someone's back up
- take a back seat -
3 back and forth
(first in one direction and then in the other; backwards and forwards: We had to go back and forth many times before we moved all our furniture to the new house.) tam i z powrotem -
4 back down
vi* * *(to give up one's opinion, claim etc: She backed down in the face of strong opposition.) wycofać się -
5 turn on one's heel
(to turn one's back (and walk off).) odwrócić się na pięcie -
6 take back
vt* * *1) (to make (someone) remember or think about (something): Meeting my old friends took me back to my childhood.) przypominać2) (to admit that what one has said is not true: Take back what you said about my sister!) cofać -
7 pay back
vtmoney zwracać (zwrócić perf), oddawać (oddać perf); loan spłacać (spłacić perf); person zwracać (zwrócić perf) or oddawać (oddać perf) pieniądze +dat* * *1) (to give back (to someone something that one has borrowed): I'll pay you back as soon as I can.) zwrócić (pieniądze)2) (to punish: I'll pay you back for that!) odpłacić -
8 double back
vi* * *(to turn and go back the way one came: The fox doubled back and went down a hole.) zawrócić -
9 hit back
vito hit back (at sb) — oddawać (oddać perf) (komuś) cios or uderzenie, oddawać (oddać perf) (komuś) (inf)
* * *(to hit (someone by whom one has been hit): He hit me, so I hit him back.) oddawać -
10 at/in the back of one's mind
(being vaguely aware of something; deep inside: In the back of her mind she knew she couldn't trust him.) podświadomie, świtać komuś -
11 get one's own back
(to revenge oneself: He has beaten me this time, but I'll get my own back (on him).) odegrać się -
12 go back on
vt fus* * *(to fail to do (something one has promised to do): I never go back on my promises.) wycofywać się z -
13 shake one's fist at
(to hold up one's fist as though threatening to punch: He shook his fist at me when I drove into the back of his car.) grozić komuś pięścią -
14 hold one's ground
(to refuse to move back or retreat when attacked: Although many were killed, the soldiers held their ground.) nie ustępować -
15 go back to square one
(to start all over again.) zaczynać od samego początku -
16 backwards
['bækwədz]advto know sth backwards or (US) backwards and forwards — znać coś na wylot
* * *1) (towards the back: He glanced backwards.) do tyłu2) (with one's back facing the direction one is going in: The child walked backwards into a lamp-post.) tyłem3) (in the opposite way to that which is usual: Can you count from 1 to 10 backwards? (= starting at 10 and counting to 1).) do tyłu -
17 pack
[pæk] 1. n( packet) paczka f; ( back pack) plecak m; ( of hounds) sfora f; ( of people) paczka f (inf); ( of cards) talia f2. vtpakować (spakować perf); ( press down) przyciskać (przycisnąć perf); ( COMPUT) upakowywać (upakować perf)3. vito pack into — wpakowywać (wpakować perf) do +gen (inf)
to send sb packing ( inf) — odprawiać (odprawić perf) kogoś, przeganiać (przegonić perf) kogoś (inf)
Phrasal Verbs:- pack in- pack off- pack up* * *[pæk] 1. noun1) (things tied up together or put in a container, especially to be carried on one's back: He carried his luggage in a pack on his back.) tłumok2) (a set of (fifty-two) playing-cards: a pack of cards.) talia3) (a number or group of certain animals: a pack of wolves / a wolf-pack.) sfora4) (a packet: a pack of cigarettes.) paczka2. verb1) (to put (clothes etc) into a bag, suitcase or trunk for a journey: I've packed all I need and I'm ready to go.) pakować2) (to come together in large numbers in a small space: They packed into the hall to hear his speech.) tłoczyć się•- packing- packing-case
- packed out
- packed
- pack off
- pack up -
18 wall
[wɔːl] 1. n( interior) ściana f; ( exterior) mur m, ściana f; (of tunnel, cave) ściana f, ścianka f; ( city wall etc) mur m2. vtPhrasal Verbs:- wall in* * *[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) mur2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) ściana2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) otoczyć murem- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) tapetować- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall -
19 backstroke
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20 hunchbacked
adjective (having a hump on one's back.) garbaty
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