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to be no rival for sb

  • 1 rival

    ['raɪvl] 1. n
    (in competition, love) rywal(ka) m(f); ( in business) konkurent(ka) m(f)
    2. adj
    firm, newspaper konkurencyjny; team przeciwny
    3. vt

    to rival sb/sth in — konkurować z kimś/czymś +instr

    * * *
    1. noun
    (a person etc who tries to compete with another; a person who wants the same thing as someone else: For students of English, this dictionary is without a rival; The two brothers are rivals for the girl next door - they both want to marry her; ( also adjective) rival companies; rival teams.) konkurencja, rywal
    2. verb
    (to (try to) be as good as someone or something else: He rivals his brother as a chess-player; Nothing rivals football for excitement and entertainment.) rywalizować, stanowić konkurencję

    English-Polish dictionary > rival

  • 2 scrimmage

    ['skrimi‹]
    1) (in American football, a struggle for the ball by the rival forwards hunched tightly round it.) walka o piłkę (w futbolu amerykańskim)
    2) (a fight; a confused struggle.) bójka, bijatyka, tumult

    English-Polish dictionary > scrimmage

  • 3 scrum

    * * *
    (in rugby football, a struggle for the ball by the rival forwards hunched tightly round it.) młyn

    English-Polish dictionary > scrum

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