they lined up along the street

► verbo pronominal

1 (unirse) to become aligned, align oneself ( con, with)

2 MILITAR to fall in

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VPR (=ponerse en fila) to line up; (Mil) to fall in; (Inform) to justify

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vpr

1. [colocarse en línea] to line up;

2. Pol to align ( con with o alongside);

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1 ( ponerse en fila) line up

2 POL align o.s. ( con with)

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vr

1) : to fall in, to line up

alinearse con : to align oneself with

1 long, lengthy.

2 tall.

3 largo.

get out, beat it, scram, get out of here.

1 length.

2 largo, slow-paced musical movement.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: largar.

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► adjetivo

1 (en longitud) long

■ me he comprado un vestido largo I've bought myself a long dress

2 (en extensión) long

■ esta redacción es demasiado larga this composition is too long

■ se me hizo muy larga la película I thought the film dragged on

■ hace largo tiempo de eso it's a long time now

3 (alto) tall

■ ¡qué largo está tu hijo! hasn't your son grown!

■ se cayó cuan larga era she fell flat on her face

4 (en cantidad) good

■ llevo una hora larga esperándote I've been waiting for you for over an hour

► nombre masculino largo

1 length

■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?

2 (de tela) length

■ con dos largos te basta para una falda two lengths will be enough for a skirt

3 (de piscina) length, US lap

4 MÚSICA largo

► nombre femenino plural largas

1 (de vehículo) full beam, full headlights

■ llevas las largas puestas you've got full beam on

► interjección ¡largo!

1 familiar get out!

■ ¡largo de aquí! get out of here!

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a la larga in the long run

a lo largo lengthwise

■ mídelo a lo largo measure it lengthwise

a lo largo de along, throughout

■ a lo largo del año throughout the year

■ he aprendido mucho a lo largo de los años I've learned a lot over the years

dar largas a alguien to put somebody off

dar largas a algo to put off doing something

esto va para largo this is going to take a long time

ir de largo to wear a long dress

largo y tendido at length

ser más largo,-a que un día sin pan familiar to take ages, take forever

pasar de largo to pass by

tener para largo to be busy for a long time

■ ¿tienes para largo? will you be long?

venir de largo to go back a long way

vestir de largo to wear a long dress

► nombre masculino

1 length

■ ¿qué mide de largo? how long is it?, what length is it?

2 (de tela) length

■ con dos largos te basta para una falda two lengths will be enough for a skirt

3 (de piscina) length, US lap

4 MÚSICA largo

► nombre femenino plural

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1 to border (estar alrededor de).

El bus bordea la colina The bus borders the hill.

2 to be close to.

3 to avoid, to sidestep.

María bordea los problemas Mary avoids problems.

4 to border on, to be on the border of.

5 to serve as a border to, to fringe, to border, to serve as fringe for.

El encaje bordea el paño The lace serves as a border to the towel.

6 to be a border to, to border, to limit with, to border with.

El río bordea al país The river is a border to the country.

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► verbo transitivo

1 to skirt, go round

2 (aproximarse) to border on, verge on

■ esto bordea el ridículo this is verging on the ridiculous

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1) to border, skirt

2) border on

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1. VT

1) (=rodear) to skirt (round)

2) [calle, árboles] (=estar alrededor de) to border, border on; (=flanquear) to line

3) (=acercarse a) [+ edad] to be approaching, be close to; [+ genialidad, obsesión] to border on

4) Cono Sur (=evitar)

VI (Náut) to tack

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verbo transitivo

a) ( seguir el borde de) <costa/isla> to skirt, go around

b) (rodear, lindar con)

c) <peligro/fracaso> to come close to

d) ( acercarse a)

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= bound, line, skirt.

Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex. The maple trees that lined the Allenby Public Library parking lot reached toward the sun like a hedge of orange fire.

Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

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* bordear la costa = coast.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( seguir el borde de) <costa/isla> to skirt, go around

b) (rodear, lindar con)

c) <peligro/fracaso> to come close to

d) ( acercarse a)

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bordear [A1 ]

1 (seguir el borde de) ‹costa/isla› to skirt, go around

la carretera que bordea el lago the road that goes along the edge of the lake

navegar bordeando la costa to hug the coast

(rodear, lindar con): un camino bordeado de álamos a road lined with poplars

las barriadas pobres que bordean la ciudad the poor districts on the outskirts o edge of the city, the poor districts that flank/surround the city

3 ‹peligro/fracaso› to come close to

bordea los cincuenta he's approaching o around fifty

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a) ( seguir el borde de) ‹ costa› to go along;

b) ( estar a lo largo del borde):

◊ un camino bordeado de álamos a road lined with poplars

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bordear vt

1. [estar alrededor de] to border;

cientos de árboles bordean el camino hundreds of trees line the way

2. [moverse alrededor de] to skirt (round);

tuvimos que bordear el lago we had to skirt (round) the lake;

bordearon la costa they hugged the coast

3. [rozar] to be close to;

bordea los ochenta años she's nearly eighty years old;

su insistencia bordea lo impertinente his insistence is verging o bordering on the impertinent

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v/t ( rodear) border

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bordear vt

1) : to border, to skirt

el Río Este bordea Manhattan: the East River borders Manhattan

2) : to border on

bordea la irrealidad: it borders on unreality

3) : to line

una calle bordeada de árboles: a street lined with trees

1 to go or head straight along (camino).

2 to aim (weapon).

3 to place in rows, to place in line, to string.

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► verbo transitivo

1 (poner en fila) to line up

2 (una calle) to go along, go down; (túnel) to go through

3 (dirigir) to direct

► verbo intransitivo

1 (tomar dirección) to head for, head towards, make for

■ enfilamos hacia Burgos we headed for Burgos

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1) (Mil) to rake with fire

2) (=colocar en fila) to line up, put in a row

3) (=ensartar) to thread

4) [+ calle] to go straight along, go straight down

5) (=apuntar) [+ pistola, cañón] to aim, train on

6) * (=dirigir) [+ tema, asunto] to direct

7) * (=coger manía a)

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verbo intransitivo

a) <calle/autopista> to take

b) <cuentas/perlas> to string, thread

c) <mira/cañón> to aim

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verbo intransitivo

a) <calle/autopista> to take

b) <cuentas/perlas> to string, thread

c) <mira/cañón> to aim

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enfilar [A1 ]

to make one's way

enfiló por la carretera principal she made her way o she went along the main road

enfilaron hacia la plaza they set off toward(s) the square

1 ‹calle/autopista› to take

el coche enfiló el camino del hospital the car turned into o took the road that leads to the hospital

enfiló la pista de aterrizaje he lined up on o with the runway

2 ‹cuentas/perlas› to string, thread

3 ‹mira/cañón› to aim enfilar algo HACIA algo to aim sth AT sth, line sth up ON sth

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♦ vt

1. [camino] to go o head straight along;

el autobús enfiló la avenida hacia la plaza the bus went down the avenue towards the square;

los atletas enfilaron la recta final the runners headed into o entered the home stretch

2. [arma] to aim (a o hacia at)

3. [protestas, acciones] to aim, to direct;

enfiló la conversación hacia temas políticos she steered the conversation towards political subjects

4. [enhebrar] to thread, to string

♦ vi

enfilar hacia/por to go o head straight towards/for;

la embarcación enfiló hacia el norte the boat headed north

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1 camino take

2 perlas thread, string

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enfilar vt

1) : to take, to go along

enfiló la carretera de Montevideo: she went up the road to Montevideo

2) : to line up, to put in a row

3) : to string, to thread

4) : to aim, to direct

enfilar vi

: to make one's way

1) long, of space and time (langt sverð, löng stund);

2) neut., langt, long, far, distant; þeir áttu eigi langt til eyjarinnar, they had no long distance to the island;

3) e-m er langt at e-m, one is interested in a person; hvat er yðr langt at þessum mönnum, what interest do you take in these men?;

4) long, wearisome (þér mun langt þykkja hér á heiðinni).

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löng, langt, adj., compar. lengri, superl. lengstr, [common to all Teut. languages]:—long, of space and time; löng sverð, Fas. i. 379; af löngu skeggi, Skálda 181; lengri hina eptri fætr, Stj.; þóat sú sé lengri, N. G. L. i. 44; þeir lifa opt langan aldr er með orðum eru vegnir, a saying = Engl. words break no bones, Nj. 252; hann fékk eigi mælt tveim orðum lengra samfast, Hkr. ii. 138; Föstudagr inn langi, Long Friday, Good Friday, passim; langt líf, Hom. 12; mjök langa hríð, Nj. 94; þá er dagr er sem lengstr, þá er nótt er sem lengst, Landn. (pref.); vili þér þiggja lengra líf, Fms. vi. 166; sigr þinn mun eigi langr vera, xi. 23; höfum vér eigi heyrt þessa sögu lengri, we have not heard this story any farther, i. e. here ends the tale, Njarð. (fine); þat er löng saga at segja, ‘tis a long story to tell, Fms. xi. 99; seint er um langan veg at spyrja tíðenda, a saying, Edda 31; endi-langr, liggja endi-langr, to lie at full length; hón lagðisk sem hón var löng hjá honum, Karl. 47: long in prosody, Skálda 175, 179.

II. neut. long, far, distant; langt á milli fjalls ok fjöru, Landn. 57; ok áttu eigi langt til eyjarinnar, Fms. i. 41; langt í brott, a long way off, far away, Stj. 195; langt mun yðr flestum til at ér veiðit svá, Ó. H. 78; fljótið var svá mikit, at langt var um úreitt, that it was impassable far beyond that, Nj. 63; hann seildisk upp svá hátt sem hann mátti lengst, Edda 33; svá langt vestr, at engi hefir síðan lengra eignask, Landn. 41; lið kom vel til hans ór héruðum, en fátt kom um lengra, Fms. iv. 385; þvíat þeir ætluðu ekki lengra í kveld en til Höfðabrekku, Nj. 252; ok þurfti þar eigi lengra at grafa til vatns en í djúpum dölum, Edda (pref.); langt mun í milli vera lítilmennsku minnar ok þess hins mikla áhuga er þér býr í brjósti, Fms. iv. 80: in the saying, leita langt um skammt, cp. Lat. quod petis hic est, Nj. 207.

III. adverbial phrases; of langt, far off, þá sá hann of langt krossinn, 656 B. 5; langt frá, far from it! langt-um, by far; langtum betra, better by far.

2. löngu or laungu, long since; sá ek þetta löngu á hans yfirbragði, Fms. i. 141; svá sem ek sagða yðr löngu, 139; sem mér sagði löngu hugr um, Nj. 191; mjök löngu, very long ago, Sks. 117; seg oss ný tíðendi, löngu fundumsk vit næst, we have not seen one another for an age, Bjarn. 15: fyrir löngu, long ago; þat vissa ek fyrir löngu at ek var vel kvæntr, Gísl. 69; hann hafði tekinn verit ór jörðu fyrir löngu áðr, Fms. i. 51: löngum, long, mostly, continuously; Eirekr var löngum með föður sínum, 6; hón var löngum um nætr á kirkju at bænum sínum, Ld. 328; en þó löngum ( mostly) vel stiltr, Nj. 38; þeir vóru samflota, svá at hvárir vissu löngum til annarra, Eg. 126: compar. lengrum, longer; lengrum en lög stóðu til, Fms. xi. 99; þeir skolu skipta vikum eða smærum, ok eigu þeir at ráða er lengrum vilja skipta, Grág. ii. 350: superl. lengstum, mostly, most of the time; höfuðborg sú er Geira sat í lengstum, Fms. i. 101; hann var þó lengstum at Grjótá, Nj. 135; gamanmál er þit munut lengstum um tala, Ld. 306.

IV. metaph. longing, taking interest in; hvat er yðr langt at þessum mönnum, hvárt mægð eðr frændsemi, what interest take you in these men? Fms. ii. 211; hann lét eigi ráða, hvárt menn vóru tignir eða útignir, eðr honum mikit at langt eða lítið, Rb. 364.

2. neut. long, weary; langt þykki mér, ligg ek einn saman, Eg. (in a verse); þat vil ek, at þú komir til heimkynna minna, þvíat þér mun langt þykkja hér á heiðinni, Grett. 130 new Ed.

V. in many local names, Lang-ey, Langa-nes, Langa-hlíð, Langa-land (the Danish island), etc., Landn.; see below.

B. COMPDS: langabein, langabúr, langidjákn, Langafasta, Langifrjádagr, Langaspjót, langatöng.

II. lang-afi, a, m. a great grandfather. lang-amma, u, f. a great grandmother; langömmu-bróðir, -systir, a great granduncle, aunt. lang-áss, m. a purlin, opp. to þvertré, Fms. ix. 512. lang-bakki, a, m. (see bakki 2); in the phrase, skjóta í langbakka, to stave off for a long time, Fms. x. 132. lang-band, n. the purlin along the roof in a house. lang-barðr, m. a halberd, Hkm. 7; Edda (Gl.) reckons it amongst swords: name of a serpent, Edda (Gl.) Lang-barðar, m. pl. the Lombards, either from their beard (barð) or battle axe (barða), Skv. 3, Greg. 63. Langbarða-land, n. Lombardy, Mart. lang-bein, n. = langabein, a nickname, Ann. lang-bekkr, m. a long bench, bench lengthways, opp. to þverbekkr, Fms. vi. 193, Sturl. i. 142, iii. 182. Lang-brók, f. ‘Long-breek,’ nickname of a lady on account of her tall stature, Nj. lang-eldar, m. pl. long fires (see eldr II), Eb. 276, Nj. 15, Korm. 144. lang-ermar, f. pl. long sleeves, Fms. vii. 321. lang-feðgar, m. pl. agnate-forefathers, ancestors by the father’s side, counted upwards, Hkr. i. 1, Eg. 2, Nj. 158. langfeðga-kyn, n. the lineage of langfeðgar, Hkr. i. 14. langfeðga-nöfn, n. pl. the name of one’s langfeðgar, Edda 153 (pref.) langfeðga-tal, n. a tale or roll of langfeðgar, agnate pedigree, Eg. 536: the name of an old historical work containing ancient pedigrees of kings, Hkr. i. (pref.) langfeðga-tala, u, f. = langfeðgatal, Nj. 25. langfeðga-ætt, f. = langfeðgakyn, Fms. x. 158. lang-feðgin, n. pl. ancestors, agnate and cognate. lang-feðr, m. pl. = langfeðgar, and langfeðra-tal, n. = langfeðgatal, Gþl. 284, Stj. 331, Fagrsk. 151, Hom. 46. lang-feðri, n. = langfeðgar, Landn. 167. lang-ferð, f. a long journey, Sturl. ii. 185, Fs. 51, Bs. ii. 162. langferða-maðr, m. one who ‘fares’ far, a far traveller, Fs. lang-frami, a, m. lasting fame, Orkn. 466, Fb. ii. 513, Mar.; á langframann, mod. til langframa, adverb. for good, Rétt, 4. 25. lang-fættr, adj. long-legged, Stj. 276. lang-för, f. = langferð, Eb. 298. lang-gæði, n. long-lasting, corrupt from langæð. lang-gæðr and langæðligr, adj. a later and inferior form for langær, langæligr, Bs. i. 62, Fas. iii. 57. lang-háls, m. long-neck, a nickname, Landn. lang-hálsaðr, adj. long-necked, Njarð. 364. lang-hendr, adj. with long hands, Ld. 298. Lang-hlíðingar, m. pl. the men from Langahlíð, Sturl. lang-húfr, m. long-hulk, name of a ship, Bs. lang-húsa, að, to run, in a pun (langhús = rann), Krók. 63, 64. lang-hyggja, u, f. long-suffering, Barl. 42. lang-höfðaðr, adj. long-beaked, of a ship, Hkv. 1. 24. lang-höfði, a, m. a nickname, Sturl. lang-knakkr, m. a kind of bench, Finnb. 310. lang-lega, u, f. a long stay, of a weatherbound ship, Fms. ix. 296; as also of long sickness in bed. lang-leggr, m. the long leg, bone of a leg of mutton, Bárð. 176, Háv. 40. langleggjar-stykki, n. a leg of mutton, Háv. 40. lang-leiði, n. lengthwise; langleiði sín á milli, at a long distance, Stj. 73, Eg. 579. lang-leikr, m. length, Stj. 346. lang-leitr, adj. long-faced, Fms. i. 155, ii. 20, vii. 175, 321, Þiðr. 174, Bs. i. 72. lang-liðit, n. part. after a long time, Bs. ii. 133. lang-liga, adv. for a long time past, = mod. langalengi, Js. 24, Sturl. iii. 297, Fas. ii. 268. lang-lífi, n. long life, Fms. vii. 73, K. Þ. K. 60. lang-lífr, adj. long-lived, Fs., Fms. iii. 173. lang-loka, u, f. ‘long-lock,’ a kind of eight-lined verse in which the first and the last line make a sentence, whilst the six between them are intercalary, of which Edda (Ht.) 14 furnishes a specimen: in mod. usage langloka is a poem not divided into strophes, for specimens of which see Snót 72, 215. lang-lund, f. long-suffering, langlundar-geð, n. id. lang-minni, n. a long memory. lang-minnigr, adj. having a long memory, Nj. 30, v. l.: long to be remembered, Pr. 158. lang-mælgi, f. long-winded talk, Fms. v. 225. lang-mæli, n. long talk, Hom. 125, Bs. ii. 117. lang-mæltr, part. long-spoken, long-winded, Sks. 316, Hom. (St.) lang-nefjaðr, adj. long-nosed, Sturl. ii. 133, iii. 105. lang-nefjur, f. pl. rowlocks, Edda (Gl.) lang-nefr, m. long-nose, a nickname, Sturl. lang-niðjar, m. pl. a descending lineage by the father’s side, pedigree of agnates, counted downwards, Vsp. 16; opp. to landfeðgar when counted upwards in time. lang-nætti, n. the long night, Fr. lang-orf, n. a long handle of a scythe, Korm. 38, Sturl. i. 180, Sks. 358. lang-pallr, m. a dais along (not across) the hall, Fms. vi. 439. lang-reið, f. a long ride, Vígl. 61. lang-ræða, u, f. a long talk, Fms. ix. 252. lang-ræðr, part. long-spoken, long-winded, Sks. 316. lang-ræki, n. rancour, an unforgiving temper, N. G. L. ii. 417, Hom. 33, 143. lang-rækr, adj. having a long memory, brooding long over past wrongs, Anal. 171, Eb. 42, Bret. 92, Þiðr. 181, Fas. iii. 520. lang-samlega, adv. incessantly. lang-seta, u, f. a long stay, Vm. 113. lang-setis, adv. lengthways, lang-skepta, u, f. a long-shafted spear, Karl. 405. lang-skeptr, part. long-shafted, Sks. 388, Fs. 64. lang-skip, n. a long ship, a kind of large ancient ship of war, distinguished from the lesser skeið, both being distinguished from the merchant’s knörr (cp. Gr. ναυς μακρα, Lat. longa navis), Hkv. 2. 11, Ó. H., Fms. passim, Eg. 37, 42; langskips mastr, rá, segl, a mast, yard, sail of a long ship, Sturl. i. 194, Eg. 198, 515, Fms. vii. 30, passim. langskipa-görð, f. building of a langskip, Gþl. 121. langskips-búza, u, f. = langskip, Hkr. ii. 143. langskips-menn, m. pl. the crew of a long ship, Fms. ii. 16, Fs. 92. lang-skör, f. the lower hem of a tent, Fas. i. 372. lang-staðinn, part. of old date, long-standing, Lv. 77. lang-stóll, m. a long seat, Vm. 7, Fas. i. 84. lang-stræti, n. a long street, Fms. viii. 319. lang-sýnn, adj. far-sighted, Fas. i. 157. lang-sæi, f. a far sight, Edda i. 544. lang-sær, adj. long-sighted, prophetic, Lv. 81. lang-talaðr, part. long-spoken, Fms. i. 288. lang-úðigr, adj. = langrækinn, Hkr. iii. 252. lang-vari, a, m.; til langvara, to last long, Njarð. 376. lang-vaxinn, part. longish, Fms. ii. 59. lang-vé, mod. lang-vía, u, f. a bird, columbus troile, Edda (Gl.) lang-viðir, m. pl. the long timbers in a house or ship, N. G. L. i. 65, 100, Hom. 95. lang-viðri, n. pl. long-continued weather, heat, cold, or the like; langviðrum skal eyða grund, Mkv. 24; cp. Ísland eyðist af langviðrum ok lagaleysi, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 438. lang-vinnr, adj. long-lasting, of sickness, bad weather, or the like. lang-vinr, m. a friend of long standing, Hm. 157, Fas. ii. 64, Bárð. 173; langvinirnir rjúfask sízt, a saying, Grett. 184 new Ed. lang-vist, f. a long abode, Hom. 9, Fr.: adv. langvistum, staying long, Fbr. 33, Fms. vii. 112, Eg. 227, Fs. 149. lang-vængr, m. long wing (?), Vm. 27. lang-þili, n. the wainscot lengthwise, opp. to þverþili, Gþl. 346. lang-æð, f. long-lasting; til langæðar eða fullnaðar, Bs. i. 740, Ant. 112. lang-æliga, adv. for a long time, Sturl. ii. 186, MS. 625. 77. lang-æligr, adj. long-lasting, Stj. 47, Fas. i. 171, Bs. i. 311. lang-ær, adj. [langr and æ = ever, or akin to Germ. ew, ewig], long-lasting; langætt musteri, MS. 677. 6: vegsama föður þinn ok móður, svá at þú sért langær yfir jörðinni, Stj. 301 (Fifth Commandment); hverr eldrinn mun vera heitari ok langærri, Fms. vii. 37; má vera at sigrinn verði ekki langær, ii. 10; at langær friðr standi í þessu landi, Bs. i. 572.

- iść na piechotę a. piechotą to go on foot

- doktor idzie do swojego gabinetu the doctor is going to his surgery

- idź do domu go home

- szedł wolno, powłócząc nogami he was walking slowly, dragging his feet ⇒ pójść

- konie szły truchtem/galopem the horses were trotting/galloping

- bezradnie patrzyli, jak ich rzeczy idą na dno they looked on helplessly as their things went under ⇒ pójść

- iść na mecz to go to (see) a match

- iść na film to go to (see) a film

- iść na koncert to go to a concert

- iść po zakupy to go shopping

- iść popływać/pojeździć na nartach to go swimming/skiing

- idź po lekarstwa dla babci go and buy grandma’s medicine/pills

- bała się iść na zastrzyk she was afraid of having a. going for an injection

- powinieneś iść do lekarza you ought to go to a. go and see a doctor

- idę dziś z wizytą do cioci I’m visiting my aunt today

- idę do koleżanki I’m going to visit my friend

- iść do szpitala/więzienia to go into hospital/to prison

- robi się późno, idź do łóżka it’s getting late, go to bed

- iść do ataku a. natarcia to be on the attack ⇒ pójść

- najpierw szły wiadomości sportowe pot. the sports news came first

- program idzie na żywo pot. the programme is going out live

- przypomina postać z filmu, który szedł niedawno w telewizji pot. he resembles a character from a film that was recently shown on TV

- nikt się nie pchał, wszystko szło sprawnie there was no pushing or shoving, everything went smoothly

- na początku interes szedł dobrze pot. at the beginning business was going a. went well

- nie wszystko szło po jej myśli not everything went as she would have liked

- w szkole nauka szła mu kiepsko pot. he didn’t do well at school

- „jak ci idzie?” – „w porządku” pot. ‘how’s it going?’ – ‘okay’ pot.

- nie szło mu jakoś to malowanie pot. the painting seemed to take him a long time

- idzie burza there’s a storm coming, a storm is approaching

- idzie na nas wyż ze wschodu a high is approaching us from the east

- szła wysoka fala powodziowa a high flood wave was approaching

- światło idące ze środka budynku the light coming from the house

- klekot szedł od strony pałacu the clatter came from the direction of the palace

- z Berlina idą niepokojące komunikaty there are disturbing reports (coming) from Berlin

- maszyny idą pełną parą the machines are running a. working at full speed

- zegar za szybko idzie the clock’s fast

- większość dochodów szła na jedzenie i lekarstwa most of his/her earnings went on a. were spent on food and medicine

- stare gazety idą na makulaturę (the) old newspapers go for recycling

- wiele dzieł sztuki idzie pod młotek many works of art are going under the hammer

- po sezonie narty idą w kąt when winter’s over, the skis go back in the cupboard ⇒ pójść

- tory idą przez las the (railway) track a. line runs through a forest

- wzdłuż muru szedł napis: zwyciężymy there was an inscription running along the wall: we shall overcome

- domy szły rzędem wzdłuż ulicy the houses lined the street

- iść na studia to go to university

- nikt z nas nie idzie na medycynę none of us is going to study medicine

- powinna szybko skończyć szkołę i iść do pracy she should leave school as soon as possible and find a job

- iść na lekarza/nauczyciela pot. to study to become a doctor/teacher

- była dumna, że syn idzie do dyplomacji she was proud that her son was to be a diplomat

- tylko głupi idzie do łopaty pot. manual work is for those without brains

- iść za kogoś (za mąż) to marry sb

- po co było jej za niego iść? what did she (go and) marry him for?

- chce, żeby córka szła za mąż s/he wants her daughter to get married a. find a husband ⇒ pójść

- chciała iść śladem matki i zostać naukowcem she wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a scientist

- czy teatr ma brać wzory z kina, czy iść własną drogą? should the theatre imitate the cinema or go its own way?

- iść z duchem czasu to move with the times

- iść za kimś to follow sb

- iść za porywem serca to listen to a. follow one’s heart ⇒ pójść

- idą święta Christmas/Easter is approaching

- idzie ciepła jesień a warm autumn is ahead of us a. on its way

- chyba idzie na deszcz it looks as though it’s going to rain, it looks like rain

- ile dziecko ma lat? – idzie mu piąty rok pot. how old is the child? – s/he’s getting on for five

- czas idzie nieubłaganie naprzód time goes marching on

- tego lata szły naprzemian dni słoneczne i deszczowe this summer it was sunny one day and rainy the next

- odszkodowania idące w miliony złotych damages amounting to millions of zlotys

- nakłady jego książek szły w setki tysięcy egzemplarzy his books were sold in editions of hundreds of thousands ⇒ pójść

- w tym roku ta literatura nie idzie this kind of fiction isn’t selling well this year

- po ile idą dziś dolary? what’s the going rate for the dollar today?

- to był człowiek, z którym nie szło pracować s/he was a (really) difficult person to work with

- piekielnie zimno, ale idzie wytrzymać it’s freezing outside, but it’s not unbearable

■ a co za tym idzie… and, following on from this/that…; and consequently a. in consequence… książk.

- idzie mu/jej o coś he/she means a. intends sth

- idzie mu o zdobycie władzy he means a. intends to seize power

- był świadom stawki, o którą szło he was aware of the stakes involved

- iść do ziemi a. piachu pot. to kick the bucket pot.

- iść na coś to agree to sth

- iść na współpracę z wrogiem to agree to collaborate with the enemy

- iść na kompromis to reach a compromise

- idź precz a. do diabła a. w cholerę! pot. go to hell! pot.; go to the devil! przest.

- iść sobie to go away

- iść w zapomnienie a. niepamięć to be forgotten

- iść w górę/dół to go up/down

- wstąpił do partii i szybko szedł w górę he joined the party and advanced rapidly