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21 embankment
[ɪm'bæŋkmənt]n(of road, railway) nasyp m; ( of river) nabrzeże nt* * *[im'bæŋkmənt](a bank or ridge made eg to keep back water or to carry a railway over low-lying places etc.) nasyp -
22 freeze
[friːz] 1. pt froze, pp frozen, viweather mrozić (przymrozić perf); liquid, pipe zamarzać (zamarznąć perf); person ( with cold) marznąć (zmarznąć perf); ( from fear) zastygać (zastygnąć perf) (w bezruchu)Phrasal Verbs:2. vt 3. n( cold weather) przymrozek m; (on arms, wages) zamrożenie nt* * *[fri:z] 1. past tense - froze; verb1) (to make into or become ice: It's so cold that the river has frozen over.) zamarzać, zamrażać2) ((of weather) to be at or below freezing-point: If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.) być/spaść poniżej zera3) (to make or be very cold: If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).) zamrozić, zamarzać4) (to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it: You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.) zamrażać5) (to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc): She froze when she heard the strange noise.) zamierać6) (to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level: If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.) zamrozić2. noun(a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point: How long do you think the freeze will last?) mróz- freezer- freezing
- frozen
- freezing-point
- freeze up -
23 ooze
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24 paddle
['pædl] 1. nwiosło nt; (US) ( for table tennis) rakietka f2. vi( at seaside) brodzić; ( row) wiosłować3. vtto paddle a boat — płynąć (popłynąć perf) łódką
* * *['pædl] I verb(to walk about in shallow water: The children went paddling in the sea.) brodzić, taplaćII 1. noun(a short, light oar, often with a blade at each end of the shaft, used in canoes etc.) (rodzaj wiosła)2. verb(to move with a paddle: He paddled the canoe along the river.) wiosłować- paddle-wheel -
25 peter out
['piːtə-]vi* * *(to come gradually to an end: As the river dried up our water-supply petered out; Their enthusiasm gradually petered out.) wyczerpać się -
26 plunge
[plʌndʒ] 1. n( of bird) nurkowanie nt; ( of person) skok m ( do morza itp); (fig: of prices, rates) gwałtowny spadek m2. vt 3. vi( fall) wpadać (wpaść perf); ( dive) bird nurkować (zanurkować perf); person wskakiwać (wskoczyć perf); ( fig) prices, rates spadać (spaść perf) (gwałtownie)to take the plunge ( fig) — podejmować (podjąć perf) życiową decyzję
* * *1. verb1) (to throw oneself down (into deep water etc); to dive: He plunged into the river.) dać nura, skoczyć2) (to push (something) violently or suddenly into: He plunged a knife into the meat.) wepchnąć, wbić2. noun(an act of plunging; a dive: He took a plunge into the pool.) nurkowanie, skok (na głowę)- plunger- take the plunge -
27 rapids
['ræpɪdz]npl* * *noun plural (a place in a river where the water flows quickly, often having dangerous rocks in mid-stream.) progi -
28 retain
[rɪ'teɪn]vtindependence, souvenir, ticket zachowywać (zachować perf); heat, moisture zatrzymywać (zatrzymać perf)* * *[rə'tein]1) (to continue to have, use, remember etc; to keep in one's possession, memory etc: He finds it difficult to retain information; These dishes don't retain heat very well.) zachować (dla siebie), trzymać2) (to hold (something) back or keep (something) in its place: This wall was built to retain the water from the river in order to prevent flooding.) zatrzymać -
29 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 -
30 swim
[swɪm] 1. pt swam, pp swum, vi 2. vt 3. nto go for a swim, to go swimming — iść (pójść perf) popływać
* * *[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) pływać2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) przepływać, pływać3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) wirować2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) pływanie- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume -
31 waters
noun plural (a body of water such as the sea, a river etc: the stormy waters of the bay.) wody
- 1
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