to be up against

Polish translation: czego mam sie spodziewac, comnie czeka

20:46 Dec 14, 2001
English to Polish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: to be up against
"So it struck kind of some fear in me like, what am I up against cause I had no idea what was gonna happen."
Anna Korzeniowska-Bihun
Local time: 21:46
Polish translation:czego mam sie spodziewac, comnie czeka
Explanation:
czego mam sie spodziewac, co mnie czeka,
co sie za tym kryje, czemu mam stawic czola
depending on contex, one of those should be ok.
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Ivona McCormick
United States
Local time: 14:46
Grading comment
Dzieki ogromne.
Anna
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Summary of answers provided
4(musieć) zmierzyć się z...
Jakub Szacki
4czego mam sie spodziewac, comnie czeka
Ivona McCormick
4na co sie porywam // z czym / kim mam do czynienia
Stanislaw Kulikowski


  

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(musieć) zmierzyć się z...


Explanation:
be up against = to have to deal with a difficult situation or fight an opponent - wg. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Jakub Szacki
Poland
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 1857
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czego mam sie spodziewac, comnie czeka


Explanation:
czego mam sie spodziewac, co mnie czeka,
co sie za tym kryje, czemu mam stawic czola
depending on contex, one of those should be ok.

Ivona McCormick
United States
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 139
Grading comment
Dzieki ogromne.
Anna
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
na co sie porywam // z czym / kim mam do czynienia


Explanation:
zwlaszcza to pierwsze wyrazenie wyraza niepewnosc i obawe, czy uda sie sprostac zadaniu

Stanislaw Kulikowski
Poland
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 117
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