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1 get the sack
(to be sacked: I'll get the sack if I arrive at the office late!) być wylanym z pracy -
2 sack
[sæk] 1. nworek m2. vthe got the sack — zwolnili or wylali (inf) go
* * *I [sæk] noun(a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic: The potatoes were put into sacks.) worek- sacking- sackcloth II [sæk] verb(to dismiss (a person) from his job: One of the workmen was sacked for drunkenness.) wyrzucić z pracy -
3 hoist
[hɔɪst] 1. ndźwig m, wyciąg m2. vt* * *[hoist] 1. verb1) (to lift (something heavy): he hoisted the sack on to his back; He hoisted the child up on to his shoulders.) podnosić2) (to raise or lift by means of some apparatus, a rope etc: The cargo was hoisted on to the ship: They hoisted the flag.) windować, wywieszać2. noun1) (an apparatus for lifting usually heavy objects: a luggage hoist.) dźwig2) (a lift or push up: Give me a hoist over this wall, will you!) podrzut -
4 meal
[miːl]n(occasion, food) posiłek m; ( flour) mąka f razowato go out for a meal — wychodzić (wyjść perf) do restauracji
to make a meal of sth ( fig) — robić (zrobić perf) z czegoś problem
* * *I [mi:l] noun(the food taken at one time: She eats three meals a day.) posiłek- make a meal of something
- make a meal of II [mi:l] noun(the edible parts of grain ground to a coarse powder: a sack of meal; oatmeal.) mąka, mączka- mealy -
5 contrive
[kən'traɪv] 1. vt 2. vito contrive to do sth — znajdować (znaleźć perf) sposób na zrobienie czegoś
* * *1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) znaleźć sposób na2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) wykombinować•
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the sack — [S] UK ► HR, WORKPLACE a situation in which you are told by your employer that you must leave your job, especially because you have done something wrong: get the sack »If I don t do the job right, I ll get the sack. give sb the sack »Her repeated … Financial and business terms
the sack — informal, chiefly N. Amer. bed. → sack the sack informal dismissal from employment. → sack … English new terms dictionary
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get the sack — Sack Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To give the sack to — Sack Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To hit the sack — Sack Sack, n. [OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, s[ae]cc, L. saccus, Gr. sa kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. {Sac}, {Satchel}, {Sack} to plunder.] 1. A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hit the sack — verb prepare for sleep I usually turn in at midnight He goes to bed at the crack of dawn • Syn: ↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑kip down, ↑hit the hay, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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