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1 snuć
(-ję, -jesz); vt; perf u-(nitkę, pajęczynę, opowieść) to spin; (intrygę, spisek) to devise; ( plany) to make* * *ipf.1. (= prząść) spin; snuć domysły speculate (o czymś l. na temat czegoś on l. about sth); snuć opowieść tell a story; ( zwłaszcza długą i pełną niesamowitych zdarzeń) spin a yarn; snuć plany devise plans; snuć wspomnienia reminisce ( o czymś about sth).2. (= rozwijać nitkę) unreel.4. tk. ( osnowę) warp.ipf.1. ( o opowieści) be spun out, be told.2. (= rozwijać się) unreel.3. (= być przędzionym) be spun.4. (o drodze, ścieżce) wind.5. (= przesuwać się w powietrzu) float; (= ciągnąć się) trail; co ci się snuje po głowie? what's in your head?, what's going on in there?6. (= włóczyć się) moon about, mope about, lallygag.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > snuć
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2 bajer
- ru; -ry* * *mi1. pot. (= nieszczere słowa) glib speech, smooth talk; (= nieprawda) tale, yarn; brać kogoś na bajer spin sb a yarn; take sb in; wciskać komuś bajery feed sb baloney.2. sl. (= efektowny przedmiot) gadget, fancy thing.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > bajer
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3 baje|r
m (G bajeru) pot. 1. (zmyślona historia) tall story- wstawiać a. wciskać komuś bajer to spin sb a yarn2. (ozdoba) frill zw. plThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > baje|r
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spin a yarn — {v. phr.} To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale. * /Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don t always believe everything he says./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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spin a yarn — If someone spins a yarn, they tell a story, usually a long or fanciful one … The small dictionary of idiomes
spin a yarn — ► spin a yarn tell a far fetched story. Main Entry: ↑spin … English terms dictionary
spin a yarn — If you spin a yarn, you tell a story, usually a long improbable one, with distorted truths. He failed the exam and spun a yarn about the exam papers being stolen … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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To spin a yarn — Spin Spin (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To spin street yarn — Spin Spin (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spin\ a\ yarn — v. phr. To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale. Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don t always believe everything he says … Словарь американских идиом