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ciąg (alkoholowy)

English translation: to go on a bender

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Polish term or phrase:wpaść w ciąg (alkoholowy)
English translation:to go on a bender
Entered by: Maciej Andrzejczak

19:37 May 28, 2006
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: ciąg (alkoholowy)
"Nie wiem gdzie jest. Może leży gdziś pod płotem. Jest w ciagu."


Będę wdzięczna za wskazówki co do tego ciagu... Z góry dzięki :-)
Weronika Sobita
Local time: 13:19
to go on a bender
Explanation:
The cops think he went on a bender and is too ashamed to come home. Fiona is sure he ran off to get away from Crystal, and Crystal is just as sure he’s dead ...
www.searchabook.us/isbn/0375416854

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BENDER DRINKING – The term “bender drinking” refers to a prolonged period of intoxication or excessive heavy drinking that can last for days or weeks. Respondents who endorsed the following survey item were defined as engaging in bender drinking: “Have you ever gone on binges where you kept drinking for a couple of days or more without sobering up?”
www1.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ms/ rda/research/4/52/state/0ExSum.pdf
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Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 13:19
Grading comment
dzięki
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6on a binge
Ewa Dabrowska
5 +4to go on a bender
Maciej Andrzejczak


Discussion entries: 1





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
on a binge


Explanation:
moze tak?


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Note added at 3 mins (2006-05-28 19:41:08 GMT)
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Binge drinking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn earlier decades, going "on a binge" meant drinking over the course of days until one was no longer physically able to continue due to "blacking out" or ...
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ReasonAccording to the CDC, you have just gone on a binge. Not surprisingly, this counterintuitive definition of the term, often used by alcohol researchers in ...
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PAPA ROACH - BINGE LYRICSPut the bottle down, I am on a binge Behave, little boy, you better sit back down ... I am on a binge, I wish things would change Wish they'd rearrange, ...
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Ewa Dabrowska
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olga Karp
7 mins
agree  Ewa Nowicka: definitely :)
12 mins
agree  KathyAnna O: definitely yes
27 mins
agree  Piotr Fras
47 mins
agree  allp
1 hr
agree  Caryl Swift
2 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to go on a bender


Explanation:
The cops think he went on a bender and is too ashamed to come home. Fiona is sure he ran off to get away from Crystal, and Crystal is just as sure he’s dead ...
www.searchabook.us/isbn/0375416854

============
BENDER DRINKING – The term “bender drinking” refers to a prolonged period of intoxication or excessive heavy drinking that can last for days or weeks. Respondents who endorsed the following survey item were defined as engaging in bender drinking: “Have you ever gone on binges where you kept drinking for a couple of days or more without sobering up?”
www1.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/ms/ rda/research/4/52/state/0ExSum.pdf

Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
dzięki

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafal Korycinski
11 mins
agree  Piotr Fras
35 mins
agree  allp
1 hr
agree  Caryl Swift: Or 'to be on a bender' :-)
2 hrs
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