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1 luchar contra molinos
(v.) = tilt against/at + windmillsEx. It seems to me that Mr. Berman is tilting against windmills.* * *(v.) = tilt against/at + windmillsEx: It seems to me that Mr. Berman is tilting against windmills.
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2 walka
- ki; -ki; dat sg -ce; gen pl; -k; ffight; ( ciągła) warfarewalka o władzę/niepodległość — struggle for power/independence
* * *f.1. ( starcie) fight (z kimś/czymś against sb/sth) ( o coś for sth); (np. o dobre miejsce, bilety) scramble ( o coś for sth); walka o wolność/niepodległość/władzę struggle for freedom/independence/power; walka partyzancka partisan struggle, guerilla war; walka powietrzna aerial combat; walka zbrojna armed combat; walki wewnętrzne polit. domestic conflicts; walka na śmierć i życie life-and-death struggle, mortal combat; walka do upadłego last-ditch battle; czysta walka clean fight; nierówna walka unequal fight; odebrać komuś wolę walki take the fight out of sb; rwać się do walki be spoiling for a fight; stanąć do walki z kimś draw one's sword against sb.2. (= rywalizacja) battle, competition; walka ekonomiczna/polityczna/parlamentarna economic/political/parliamentary battle; walka o byt fight for existence; walka o przetrwanie fight for survival; walka klas polit. class struggle.3. sport fight; walka na pięści fistfight; walka byków bullfighting; walki kogutów cockfighting; walka psów dogfight; walka wręcz unarmed combat.4. (= zmaganie się) struggle, fight ( z czymś against l. sth); walka ze zmęczeniem struggle with fatigue; walka ze złem fight against the evil; walka z przestępczością crackdown on crime; walka z wiatrakami tilting at windmills.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > walka
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