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roast - verb, adj., noun - a large piece of roasted meat Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon.; Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over a fire - roast beef/chicken/potatoes; roasted red pepper sauce Lernen beginnen
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to cook food in an oven or over a fire
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Critics roasted him for exploiting racial stereotypes. Lernen beginnen
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to criticize severely or speak angrily to someone
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Baste the turkey at regular intervals.; We basted the turkey every twenty minutes. Lernen beginnen
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to pour hot fat and liquid over meat while it is cooking
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sweet-and-sour pork; I much prefer chicken to beef or pork.; a pork and apple casserole Lernen beginnen
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meat from a pig, eaten as food
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roast lamb; Roast the lamb on a spit.; I cooked a lamb casserole. Lernen beginnen
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a young sheep, or the flesh of a young sheep eaten as meat
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"Get out!" she spat, when Ace appeared in the doorway. Lernen beginnen
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pluć; literary - to say or shout words quickly and angrily
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If something hot, such as a fire, spits, it produces short, sharp noises and throws out little pieces.
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If it's only spitting (with rain), perhaps we don't need waterproofs. Lernen beginnen
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Roast the lamb on a spit. Lernen beginnen
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rożen - a long, thin, metal stick put through a piece of food, especially meat, so that it can be cooked above a fire
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Our hotel was perched on a spit of land in the harbor. Lernen beginnen
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mierzeja - a long, thin, flat beach that goes out into the sea
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Come on, spit it out, who told you about this? Lernen beginnen
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used to tell someone to start speaking or to speak more quickly, when they are unwilling to speak or are speaking slowly
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spit and polish - informal The car needs some spit and polish. Lernen beginnen
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careful cleaning and shining
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również - kisiel; galaretka - US - Jell-O
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She fed the documents into the machine making sure that there were no paper jams. Lernen beginnen
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something that is stuck in a machine, or that prevents the parts of a machine from moving
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It's a real jam inside - it took me ten minutes to get to the bar. Lernen beginnen
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a situation in which a lot of people are in a small space
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The door jammed behind me and I couldn't get out.; He jammed the window open with a piece of wood.; My key jammed in the lock.; Paper was jamming the printer. Lernen beginnen
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to become stuck and unable to move, or to be stuck in something
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He jammed the boxes into the trunk of the car...; She jammed on the brakes when the light turned red. Lernen beginnen
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to pack tightly into a small space; to push something hard with sudden effort
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The centre of town was jammed with cars moving at a very slow pace. Lernen beginnen
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to fill a place completely
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How did you manage to get such a plum job? Lernen beginnen
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something that is very good and worth having
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plum - adj. - also - plum-coloured Lernen beginnen
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having a dark reddish-purple colour
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krewetka - creature similar to a prawn but smaller, or its flesh eaten as food
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kałamarnica, kalmar - an edible sea creature that has a long body with eight arms and two tentacles (= arm-like parts) around the mouth
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macka - one of the long, thin parts like arms of some sea animals, used for feeling and holding things, catching food, or moving
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meduza - a sea animal with a soft, round, almost transparent body with tentacles that can sting
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pieces of squid that are cooked and eaten
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beza - a mixture of sugar and the beaten white part of eggs, baked until firm, or the light, sweet cake made of this
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a baseball/cricket/rounders/table tennis bat Lernen beginnen
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a specially shaped stick of wood or metal, used for hitting the ball esp. in baseball
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She smiled and batted her eyelashes at him. Lernen beginnen
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to open and close your eyes quickly several times, especially to attract attention or admiration
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He batted the ball high into the air.; Jones will be the first to bat. Lernen beginnen
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to use a bat to hit the ball, esp. in baseball
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in cricket, a person who hits the ball
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a vehicle like an open-air carriage, pulled by horses, using runners instead of wheels for use in winter on snow/ice
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a small single person conveyance to slide down hills, usually has runners, but may just have a flat bottom.
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any kind of flat conveyance to be dragged over the ground. These are used for conveyance large loads or injured people when a wheeled vehicle is not available
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a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking stones or other heavy material, or for hitting posts into the ground, etc.
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They accused the prime minister of using sledgehammer tactics. Lernen beginnen
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used to describe a way of behaving that is too forceful
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a sledgehammer to crack a nut 50 police officers to arrest two unarmed men is surely using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Lernen beginnen
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If you use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, you use much more force than is needed
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sledging - informal - noun Lernen beginnen
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the act of one sports player insulting another during a game, in order to make them angry
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Another: an adult animal of the cattle family, esp. a male that has had its sexual organs removed Lernen beginnen
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wół - a bull (= male cow) that has had its reproductive organs removed, used in the past for pulling heavy things on farms, or, more generally, any adult of the cattle family
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used to describe a vehicle or piece of farm equipment that is pulled by an ox (= a male cow)
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plough - noun, verb - to dig land with a plough US - plow; Farmers start ploughing in the spring.; Large areas of grazing land have been ploughed up to grow wheat. Lernen beginnen
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pług - a large farming tool with blades that digs the soil in fields so that seeds can be planted
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under the plough - formal These fields have been under the plough for centuries. Lernen beginnen
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If land is under the plough, crops are grown on it
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snowplough; US - snowplow Lernen beginnen
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a vehicle or device for removing snow from roads or railways
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Cows grazed in the field. Lernen beginnen
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(of animals) to eat grass, or to cause animals to feed on grass
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The bullet only grazed his leg. Lernen beginnen
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to touch and rub against something while passing it, causing slight damage
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graze - informal - eat - verb No dinner for me, thanks - I've been grazing all day. Lernen beginnen
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to eat small amounts of food many times during the day instead of sitting down to eat meals at particular times
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The sheep were grazing on the lush green pastures. Lernen beginnen
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pastwisko - grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered in this
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greener pastures - also - pastures new; new pastures She's giving up her job and moving on to pastures new. Lernen beginnen
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a new place or activity that offers new opportunities
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buczek - a young male cow, especially one that has had its testicles removed
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kura - an adult female chicken that is often kept for its eggs, or the female of any bird
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hen - woman - UK - informal Lernen beginnen
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a woman who is going to get married soon, when she is at a hen party (= a party with her women friends to celebrate this)
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hen party - also - hen night Lernen beginnen
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a party for a woman who is going to get married, to which only her female friends are invited
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a man who is going to get married soon, when he is at a stag party (= a party with only men to celebrate this)
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stag - verb - finance - stag - person who stags There will be the usual scramble as private investors try to stag the new issue and sell at a profit. Lernen beginnen
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to buy shares in a company when it is first sold to the public and then sell the shares as soon as the price goes up to make a quick profit
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If a man goes stag to an event, he goes without a partner
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stag night/party - also - bachelor party Lernen beginnen
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a party with male friends and family members for a man about to be married
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a man who has never married
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a woman, especially a young woman, who has never married
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a first degree at college or university
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