cowers

Polish translation: drzy ze strachu

17:16 Jan 14, 2003
English to Polish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: cowers
While our Parlament cowers...
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Polish translation:drzy ze strachu
Explanation:
albo 'kuli sie', 'trzesie'

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Monika Sojka
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4 +2drzy ze strachu
Monika Sojka
4 +1trzęsie portkami
pidzej
3cofa się (ze strachu)...
Maciej Andrzejczak


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
drzy ze strachu


Explanation:
albo 'kuli sie', 'trzesie'

za STanislawskim

Monika Sojka
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 714

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agree  Pawel Czernecki
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agree  hadraadae
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cofa się (ze strachu)...


Explanation:
przed czymś; dosłownie "kuli sie ze strachu"
to cower away from sth - cofnąć się ze strachu przed czymś
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After she throws him a wine-soaked rag to put on his cut, Ares
cowers away from Xena as she approaches to help him stand up


    Reference: http://www.whoosh.org/issue4/italiano.html
Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 10:32
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trzęsie portkami


Explanation:
ze strachu przed itd

pidzej
Poland
Local time: 10:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 1081

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