Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

zakręcać in English:

1. curve


His car spun out of control going around the curve.
The boy knows how to throw a curve.
The curve illustrates the relationship between the two values. The road curved sharply.
From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.
At times I confuse "curve" with "carve".
The curve extends from point A to point B.
Seeing as the curvature is smaller than unity, once the curve leaves the unit circle it will not come back.
Draw me the Pareto curve.
A car was coming down the curve of the dirt road
There is a sharp curve in the road that makes it dangerous when you're turning.
The road curves to the left.
You curve wall
a curve in the road; the delicate curve of her ear; to plot a curve on a graph
Steel roofs can be manufactured to a wide range of shapes including curved ones.
A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.

English word "zakręcać"(curve) occurs in sets:

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2. turn round


I have to turn round because I forgot documents

3. wind


Among the wind instruments, the aboriginal didgeridoo made of eucalyptus was his favorite.
In the last typhoon, the wind blew at over 200 kilometers per hour!
The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly.
Wind energy has been used to some extent in many countries.
After spending hours out in the cold winter wind, my skin got all chapped and dry.
His kiss winded me
It's windy
To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
After rounding the Dragon's Tooth, the wind was on our side, and we were flying. It felt like we were running twice as fast.
Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go.
The walls of this apartment are weather-beaten after many years of wind and rain.
As long as a bear is relatively inactive, and is not exposed to wind, it does not burn excessive energy in cold weather.
Losing his balance from a sudden gust of wind, the tightrope walker fell to his death.
He seems really depressed and lifeless today. I wonder what took the wind out of his sails.

4. twist


Our company survived the sudden twist on the market.
Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
twist my ankle
Who is that twist?
The robbery took a deadly new twist as the robber pulled out a gun.
Today in the class we have discussed ankle twist.
This mystery has a plot twist that's completely novel.
Game Of Thrones, opened their final episode with a bang and provided enough shocking twists,
I’d like a Stoli-cranberry with a twist, please.
Walnuts give a new twist to regular banana bread.
She twisted her ankle when she tripped over the cat.
Many modern readers are annoyed by frequent twists in the plot of Fielding’s novels.
We have to prevent the structure from twisting.
Today I'm going to prepare pasta twists for dinner.
In a cruelly ironic twist of fate, someday Tatoeba will make an example of us all.

5. tighten


tighten the nuts
To make our house payments, we're going to have to tighten our belts.
I have to tighten my belt.
Small businesses will have to tighten their belts to survive.
I saw her small finger tighten on the trigger
The gun lobby in the US has blocked any attempts to tighten gun control.
The nuts weren't properly tightened and the wheel came off.
Which tool would you use to tighten a screw? I'd use a screw-driver to tighten a screw.
To turn the lid on a jar is an example of tighten.
Wiesiek tightened this flange so it isn't leaking anymore.
His hand tightened around her arm.
The prefectural police chief tried to tighten his police officers' discipline.
Tighten the lid so that it doesn't go bad.
Tighten the defences! They're coming!

6. bend bent bent



English word "zakręcać"(bend bent bent) occurs in sets:

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7. wind up


I need to wind up my watch.
We need to wind up now, we've only got five minutes. I think it's about time we wound this meeting up.
to put a company into liquidation; to wind up a meeting
As the teacher started to wind up the lesson, the students put their books away.
I thought we were going to wind up on the street.
There was also no way to wind up the company
What time will the meeting wind up?
You wind up asking me for help, I promise you.
wind up
If they continue at this pace, there's absolutely no telling where they might wind up.

8. wind wound wound



9. spin spun spun



10. curling



English word "zakręcać"(curling) occurs in sets:

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11. turn off


turn off the radio please, I'd like to read.
means to lose concentration and stop being interested in it, e.g. if you’re reading a boring book you might turn off... We also say ‘turn off’ for TVs, lights, radios etc
Please turn off the music. It's too loud.
There's nothing on. Shall I turn off the TV?
Can we turn off the cameras
I wish people would turn off their mobiles in the cinema.
Please turn off your computer
We always turn off the water and electricity at home before we go on holiday.
turn off the tap
Don't forget to turn off the TV before you leave the house.
You have to turn off your phone now.
Why did you turn off the road?
Could you turn off the light, please?
turn off the water when you brush your teeth

12. turn


Turn left.
One good turn deserves another.
You should stay away from cults like that before you turn into a moron.
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.
Police have failed to turn up any new evidence about the murder.
I never turn my back on a friend in need.
Turn to me for help if you are in difficulty.
I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.
No, that's not the right way. You have to turn it the other way round.
I can't turn the shower off. Could you check it for me?
The record is finished. Turn it over.
It's very unlikely that any evidence will turn up to prove Tom's guilt.
Our parents took care of us and now it's our turn to take care of them.
This catterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly.
You can't turn the heat off as long as the system is operating.

13. to bend


Several critics accused the government of trying to bend ancient religious rules.

14. swerve


The car almost swerved off the road and into the river.
The driver swerved so as not to hit the people on the hard shoulder.
he swerved into ditch
The car swerved toward an empty house
The car swerved into the middle of the road to avoid the cyclist.
Definition if you swerve, you change direction very suddenly, usually in order to avoid hitting or crashing into something
i had to swerved to avoid the cat in the road

15. to loop



16. curl


The curl of his lip showed that he was angry.
She made his hair curl.
She curled the ends of the ribbon.
And I curl up into a little...
On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.
It's not the mode for young girls to curl their bangs.

17. twisting


We humans have a great way of twisting facts to fit our conclusion as soon as we have made one.
He fell, twisting his ankle.
Local officials are twisting arms to push new development projects.
River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.