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1 burden
['bəːdn] 1. n( responsibility) obciążenie nt; (load, worry) ciężar m2. vtto burden sb with — (trouble, worry) martwić kogoś +instr
* * *['bə:dn] 1. noun1) (something to be carried: He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).) ciężar2) (something difficult to carry or withstand: the burden of taxation.) brzemię2. verb(to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) obciążyć -
2 millstone
['mɪlstəun]n ( fig)* * *1) (one of the two large, heavy stones used in an old-fashioned mill for grinding grain.) kamień młyński2) ((usually with round one's/the neck) something that is a heavy burden or responsibility, and prevents easy progress: He regarded his brother as a millstone round his neck.) kamień młyński -
3 shoulder
['ʃəuldə(r)] 1. n ( ANAT)bark m2. vt ( fig)to look over one's shoulder — spoglądać (spojrzeć perf) przez ramię
to rub shoulders with sb ( fig) — ocierać się (otrzeć się perf) o kogoś
to give sb the cold shoulder ( fig) — traktować (potraktować perf) kogoś ozięble
* * *['ʃəuldə] 1. noun1) (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm: He was carrying the child on his shoulders.) ramię, bark2) (anything that resembles a shoulder: the shoulder of the hill.) skarpa, występ, stopień3) (the part of a garment that covers the shoulder: the shoulder of a coat.) ramię4) (the upper part of the foreleg of an animal.) łopatka2. verb1) (to lift on to the shoulder: He shouldered his pack and set off on his walk.) wziąć na barki, wziąć na plecy2) (to bear the full weight of: He must shoulder his responsibilities.) brać na siebie3) (to make (one's way) by pushing with the shoulder: He shouldered his way through the crowd.) przepychać się•- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- shoulder to shoulder
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