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giddy shunt

Polish translation: niespodziewany dzwon

19:03 Mar 15, 2002
English to Polish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: giddy shunt
you brake sharply and give another car a giddy shunt
LaMotta
Polish translation:niespodziewany dzwon
Explanation:
OR stłuczka
shunt jest informal, stad nieformalne propozycje
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Jakub Szacki
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Local time: 06:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2niespodziewany dzwon
Jakub Szacki
4 +1i kolejne stuk-puk
KORNELIA ZWIÓR-HOŁENKO
4oszałamiająca kraksa
Araksia Sarkisian
4 -1nagły skręt i zmiana pasa jezdni
leff
2robisz kierowcy z tylu/ za toba niemila niespodzianke
Barbara Szelest-VanDussen


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
oszałamiająca kraksa


Explanation:
zawrotne mocne uderzenie

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Note added at 2002-03-17 11:32:13 (GMT)
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gwałtownie hamujeś i mocno uderzasz w inny samochód

Araksia Sarkisian
Poland
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian, Native in RussianRussian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
niespodziewany dzwon


Explanation:
OR stłuczka
shunt jest informal, stad nieformalne propozycje

Jakub Szacki
Poland
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 1857
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agree  Araksia Sarkisian: stłuczka chyba brzmi lepiej...
1 day 15 hrs
agree  Anna Bittner
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
i kolejne stuk-puk


Explanation:
ALBO "i następne stuk-puk"
(znajomy tak mówi)

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Note added at 2002-03-17 14:23:07 (GMT)
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from all the answers, it seems to be a very confusing expression: most dctries I\'ve looked up only have SHUNT in the sense of moving/sliding etc. (like \'przetaczanie\' wagonów)
in Longman\'s there are two meanings (alas, neither of them is \"giddy\"):
SHUNT (n) 1. an act of shunting, 2. (slang) a car crash; COLLISION

Supposing SHUNT in your phrase does mean not COLLISION, then the meaning of it as I see it, lies somewehe between the versions proposed by IEFF and BINASZ (you brake abruptly and \"robisz kierowcy z tyłu niemiłą niespodziankę\", because it is him/her who has to \"zmienić pas\" abruptly in consequence).

I would have the phrase discussed by the \"English monolingual\" team (the decisive factor being the difference between TO GIVE STH A SHUNT and TO GET A SHUNT or sth like that)

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Note added at 2002-03-17 14:24:20 (GMT)
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sorry, LEFF for the typo

KORNELIA ZWIÓR-HOŁENKO
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Polish
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agree  Araksia Sarkisian: lol.....
1 day 14 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
nagły skręt i zmiana pasa jezdni


Explanation:
shunt = to shift or switch, as a train, car, etc. from one track to another

giddy = turning or circling around very rapidly; whirling

[both after Webstere's]



leff
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 11240

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neutral  Kasia Trzcińska-Draper (X): Inf. Brit. Shunt = hitting the car in front of you
59 mins
disagree  KORNELIA ZWIÓR-HOŁENKO: what about giving it to "another car"?
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robisz kierowcy z tylu/ za toba niemila niespodzianke


Explanation:
The only problem is that this is a common expression and "giddy shunt" is not.

Barbara Szelest-VanDussen
United States
PRO pts in pair: 129
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