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1 parade
[pə'reɪd] 1. n( public procession) (uroczysty) pochód m; ( MIL) parada f2. vt 3. vi* * *[pə'reid] 1. noun1) (a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event: a circus parade.) parada, rewia2) (an arrangement of soldiers in a particular order: The troops are on parade.) defilada, przegląd2. verb1) (to march in a line moving forward in order: They paraded through the town.) defilować2) (to arrange soldiers in order: The colonel paraded his soldiers.) przygotować do inspekcji3) (to show or display in an obvious way: She paraded her new clothes in front of her friends.) afiszować się -
2 forces
noun plural (the army, navy and air force considered together: The Forces played a large part in the parade.) siły zbrojne -
3 colours
npl (of party, club) barwy pl* * *1) (the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports: He won his cricket colours last season.) odznaka reprezentanta2) (a flag: Army regiments salute the colours when on parade.) sztandar3) (a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person.) bluza dżokejska -
4 grandstand
['grændstænd]n (SPORT)trybuna f główna* * *noun (rows of raised seats at a sports ground etc: We watched the sports meeting from the grandstand; ( also adjective) grandstand seats; We had a grandstand (= a very good) view of the parade.) trybuna
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parade ground — noun a place where troops gather for parade … English new terms dictionary
parade ground — noun A large area of hard ground, usually of concrete or tarmac, where soldiers practice routine marching maneuvres … Wiktionary
parade ground — noun (C) a large flat area where soldiers practise marching or standing together in rows … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
