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1 tongue
[tʌŋ]ntongue in cheek — speak, say żartem
* * *1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) język2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) ozór3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) język, jęzor4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) język -
2 mother
['mʌðə(r)] 1. nmatka f2. cpd 3. vt( act as mother to) wychowywać; (pamper, protect) matkować +dat* * *1. noun1) (a female parent, especially human: John's mother lives in Manchester; ( also adjective) The mother bird feeds her young.) matka2) ((often with capital: also Mother Superior) the female leader of a group of nuns.) matka przełożona2. verb(to care for as a mother does; to protect (sometimes too much): His wife tries to mother him.) matkować- motherless
- motherly
- motherliness
- mother-country
- motherland
- mother-in-law
- mother-of-pearl
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3 lap
[læp] 1. n2. vt 3. viin his/my lap — u niego/u mnie na kolanach
water pluskaćPhrasal Verbs:- lap up* * *I [læp] past tense, past participle - lapped; verb1) (to drink by licking with the tongue: The cat lapped milk from a saucer.) chłeptać2) ((of a liquid) to wash or flow (against): Water lapped the side of the boat.) pluskać o•- lap upII [læp] noun1) (the part from waist to knees of a person who is sitting: The baby was lying in its mother's lap.) podołek, łono2) (one round of a racecourse or other competition track: The runners have completed five laps, with three still to run.) okrążenie•- lap dog- the lap of luxury
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