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1 zawada
* * *f.cumbrance, encumbrance, hindrance, stumbling block; stać komuś na zawadzie stand in sb's way.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zawada
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2 kł|oda
f 1. (pień, kloc) log- zwalić się/leżeć jak kłoda to fall/lie like a log- mam nogi (ciężkie) jak kłody my legs are as heavy as logs2. daw. (ul) hive (made from a log) 3. Hist. (dyby) the stocks- zakuć kogoś w kłodę to put sb in the stocks■ rzucać a. walić (komuś) kłody pod nogi to put stumbling blocks in sb’s wayThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kł|oda
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3 nierównoś|ć
f 1. zw. pl (na powierzchni) irregularity, bump- farba ta pokrywa wszystkie nierówności na ścianie this paint covers every irregularity a. bump in the surface of the wall- samochód podskakiwał na nierównościach drogi the car bounced up and down on the bumpy road- potykał się na nierównościach he was stumbling on the bumps2. sgt (ściany, deski) unevenness, roughness 3. sgt (brak równouprawnienia) inequality- nierówność społeczna social inequality- nierówność wobec prawa inequality before the law4. sgt (dysproporcja) inequality- nierówność między sztuką mężczyzn i kobiet disparity between men’s and women’s art- nierówność walczących wojsk the disparity a. inequality of the fighting armies5. Mat. inequalityThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > nierównoś|ć
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Stumbling-stone — Stum bling stone , n. A stumbling block. [1913 Webster] This stumbling stone we hope to take away. T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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