Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

pościg in English:

1. pursuit


in pursuit
It is our national conviction that politics is a dirty and dishonest pursuit.
In fact, love is the only genuinely precious thing in life; it's also the only thing worthy of pursuit.
Give up, give up your vain pursuit!
After a short pursuit, the police caught him.
Bleeding from her little finger, the nymphomaniac started a hot pursuit with the cops on a stolen raft.
We need reinforcements to continue the pursuit.
The criminal was caught after a long pursuit.
The robbers fled the scene of the crime, with the police in pursuit. The union is on strike in pursuit of (= trying to achieve) a ten percent pay increase.
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent.
Pursuit is the act of following something. An example of pursuit is when you chase behind someone to try to catch him.
The criminal was caught after a long pursuit. At least two people were hurt in a crash following a police pursuit in London yesterday.
Fishing is his favourite outdoor pursuit.
The pursuit of happiness. The pursuit of prestige over social good.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

English word "pościg"(pursuit) occurs in sets:

English unit I book
angielski 2012/13
English for nobody...
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2. chase


Harrison's men continued to chase the enemy.
Last night, I took part in an illegal car chase. The police dogs are trained to chase the criminals.
What's your favorite movie with a car chase?
chase happiness
Let's chase out corrupt politicians!
We all knew that Bob was on a wild-goose chase after Marge, because she was already happily engaged.
The patrol car pursued a speeding sports car, but it all ended in a wild-goose chase.
If it's an aggressive strange salesman, then call me right away. I'll chase him off.
My little sister and I used to play tag a lot. We would chase each other, and the one chasing would try to tag the one being chased and yell: "You're it!"
If I saw a mouse in my romm, I would chase it.
Our dog chased the neighbour’s cat round and round the garden until the cat managed to get into a tree.
Im gonna cut right to the chase
Men chased Texas church shooting suspect
He even tried sleeping in a garden, but was chased away by a dog.
Twelve boxers chase Victor across the big Sylter dike.

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UNIT 4 Cutting Edge Intermediate Student's Book
SŁOWNICTWO 33 (KWIECIEŃ 2014)
M2602B4 DRINK-DRIVING
Vocabulary 1
Chapter 21-25

3. pursuit of


He spent all his life in the pursuit of happiness.

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"For adrenaline lovers" p. 123 Repetytorium B2-C1
Audyt: Lekcja 1

4. pursue


Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Are you being pursued?
So many goals? Which goals to pursue first?
They are typically employed by an office of the government, with safeguards in place to ensure such an office can successfully pursue the prosecution of government officials.
1. pursue an activity, interest, goal, dream or plan; 2. pursue the thief, pursue by car
Political programmes in 2003 must pursue this priority more strenuously than in 2002.
It is important to think over what you will do, to pursue your studies economically, and effectively.
Other gentleman came and said we need to pursue him.
If you pursue your dreams then you will surely achieve a few.
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Pursue is defined as to follow or chase, to continue with or to try to get someone or something. An example of pursue is taking classes to get ahead in your career.
To pursue a goal of pleasing everyone is a recipe for failure.
pursue one's interest in biology
Even after she got married and had children, she still found time to pursue her interest in archeology.
I want to pursue my research despite a low budget.

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