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['nærəu] 1. adjspace, sense wąski; majority, defeat nieznaczny; ideas, view ograniczony2. vi 3. vtto have a narrow escape — ledwo ujść ( perf) cało
to narrow sth down (to sth) — zawężać (zawęzić perf) coś (do czegoś)
* * *['nærəu] 1. adjective1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) wąski2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) nieznaczny, ledwo osiągnięty3) ((of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough.) ograniczony2. verb(to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) zwęzić się- narrowly- narrows
- narrow-minded
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