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f 1. (urwisko) chasm, precipice- ich samochód zawisł nad przepaścią their car was perched over a precipice- droga wije się nad przepaścią the road winds along the edge of a precipice- dwaj alpiniści spadli w przepaść two mountaineers have fallen down a chasm2. przen. (różnica) gap, gulf; chasm książk.- przepaść kulturowa a culture gap- przepaść między pokoleniami the generation gap- ogromna przepaść między anarchistami a socjalistami the enormous difference a. chasm between anarchists and socialists- rośnie przepaść między bogatymi a biednymi the gulf between rich and poor is widening- kiedyś byli przyjaciółmi, teraz dzieli ich przepaść nie do pokonania they used to be friends once, but now there is an insurmountable gulf between them3. książk., przen. (uczuć) abyss- przepaść rozpaczy/bólu the abyss of despair/pain■ balansować na krawędzi a. skraju przepaści to teeter on the brink a. edge of disaster- stać na skraju przepaści książk. to stand on the edge of a precipice, to be on the brink of disaster- stoczyć a. staczać się w przepaść czegoś to slide a. fall into an abyss of sth- stoczył się w przepaść zbrodni he fell a. drifted into a life of crime- po ostatnich wydarzeniach miał wrażenie, że stoczył się na dno przepaści recent events made him feel he had hit rock bottom pot.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przepaś|ć1
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