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1 stunt
[stʌnt]n( in film) wyczyn m kaskaderski; (also: publicity stunt) chwyt m reklamowy* * *I verb(to prevent or check the full growth or development of: It is thought that smoking by a pregnant mother may stunt the baby's growth.) hamować- stuntedII(something (daring or spectacular) done to attract attention etc: One of his stunts was to cross the Niagara Falls blindfolded on a tight rope.) wyczyn- stuntman -
2 knot
[nɔt] 1. n 2. vtto tie a knot — zawiązywać (zawiązać perf) węzeł or supeł
* * *[not] 1. noun1) (a lump or join made in string, rope etc by twisting the ends together and drawing tight the loops formed: She fastened the string round the parcel, tying it with a knot.) węzeł2) (a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk: This wood is full of knots.) sęk3) (a group or gathering: a small knot of people) gromadka4) (a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour).) węzeł2. verb(to tie in a knot: He knotted the rope around the post.) wiązać- knotty -
3 tighten
['taɪtn] 1. vtrope napinać (napiąć perf), naprężać (naprężyć perf); screw dokręcać (dokręcić perf); grip zacieśniać (zacieśnić perf); security zaostrzać (zaostrzyć perf)2. vifingers zaciskać się (zacisnąć się perf); rope, chain napinać się (napiąć się perf), naprężać się (naprężyć się perf)* * *verb (to make or become tight or tighter.) zacieśniać, naciągać -
4 relax
[rɪ'læks] 1. vi( unwind) odprężać się (odprężyć się perf), relaksować się (zrelaksować się perf); ( calm down) uspokajać się (uspokoić się perf); muscle rozluźniać się (rozluźnić się perf)2. vtone's grip rozluźniać (rozluźnić perf); mind, person relaksować (zrelaksować perf); rule, control łagodzić (złagodzić perf)* * *[rə'læks]1) (to make or become less tight or tense or less worried etc; to rest completely: The doctor gave him a drug to make him relax; Relax your shoulders; He relaxed his grip for a second and the rope was dragged out of his hand.) rozluźnić się2) (to make or become less strict or severe: The rules were relaxed because of the Queen's visit.) uczynić łagodniejszym, złagodzić•
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Tight — Tight, a. [Compar. {Tighter} (t[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Tightest}.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]ttr, Dan. t[ae]t, Sw. t[ a]t: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tight — 1 Tight, taut, tense are comparable chiefly in their basic senses in which they mean drawn or stretched to the point where there is no looseness or slackness. Tight implies a drawing around or about something in a way that constricts or binds it… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
