Polish English Dictionary

ślina in English:

I swallowed my saliva and turned away

My mouth forms a lot of saliva.

Tom ate only three or four bites then spit out the food.

In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.

A gentleman would not spit on the street.

spit out

They often behave like pigs: swearing, spitting, starting fights.

spat/amer. spit

Wait a sec. She usually spits up after eating.

And now Ive just seen her spit at you, the mayor of our town.

He'd pop up and snatch the glasses off a classmate's face, or spit at the teacher.

Although a lickspit licks spit and an ass-kisser kisses asses, both expressions are used for people who are tarred with the same brush.

Please spit.

She spit out an angry reply.

Instead of slapping him in the face, she spit in it, and walked contemptuously away.

Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.