Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

przebiegły in English:

1. shrewd


Angela is a really shrewd person.
His shrewd move won us a lot of money.
shrewd businessman/investment/eyes
"But she is shrewd enough to know that partisanship would only narrow her audience."
He may be a poor talker and far from shrewd, but I like him all the better for that.
He is shrewd and calculating.
... these estimates were quite shrewd, sophisticated, and(it would...
He was shrewd enough not to take the ​job when there was the ​possibility of getting a ​better one a few ​months ​later
shrewd municipal buyers started to scratch their heads
Despite his looks, he can be a very shrewd person.
savvy well-informed and shrewd
I felt her shrewd eyes looking me up and down.
she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture
He was too shrewd to leave himself out in the open.
They are shrewd in trade.

English word "przebiegły"(shrewd) occurs in sets:

8. Describing people: positive andnegative qualities
Egzamin Angielski - 1 semestr handouts
Fiszki z książki - "Goody Two Shoes" (Walter Crane)
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2. astute


An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.
astute politician/decision
It was an astute move to sell the shares then.
He's always been a very astute politician
astute businessman
Unlike some sportsmen, he has been astute enough to invest in a financial future during his playing days. /əˈstjuːt/
He iż cery astute at handling negotiation
He's very astute at handling negotiations.
He's always been a very astute politician and he always give an astute response to my question.
an astute investor/businesswoman
Your perception of the team is very astute.
She gave an astute response to my question

English word "przebiegły"(astute) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Ye Book of Copperheads" (Anony...
angielskie słówka/razor's edge
1 lesson - C1 coursebook
Dawson Functional Occlusion
Elisa (the documentary)

3. crafty


He is more crafty than wise.
The Germans are very crafty.
crafty man/plan/look
His crafty mind prepared a plan to defraud his partners.
Jill: They like to be crafty and so, you know, that kind of stuff.

English word "przebiegły"(crafty) occurs in sets:

1-2 Adjectives (Behaviour and Traits)
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Fiszki z książki - "A Dog Day or The Angel in the ...
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Fiszki z książki - "Doctor Rabbit and Ki-Yi Coyote...

4. cunning


He's cunning.
a cunning and resourceful criminal
It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.
The fox was very cunning. He waited until the door of the chicken coop was left open and then snuck inside.
That's just how cunning North Korea (and China) is.
He makes believe that he is a practical statesman, but in really he is a cunning politician.
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.
Time and again they risk their lives in search of cunning new escape routes. Cunning as a fox.
The thief is very cunning, it won't be easy to catch him.
"He was a most cunning and courageous warrior," Thrawn continued.
He's as cunning as a fox. / 2. He thinks he's so cunning. / 3. I admit my cunning plan backfired.
I didn't know that Peter is so cunning.
So he had to think of something much more cunning
I am a cunning because can find a good way out in a difficult situation.
The Parisian police, he said, "are exceedingly able in their way. They are persevering, ingenious, cunning, and thoroughly versed in the knowledge which their duties seem chiefly to demand."

English word "przebiegły"(cunning) occurs in sets:

Podstawowe cechy charakteru po angielsku
Vocabulary II - Character and Personality
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Różności angielskie cz. 2.
As you like it - Shakespeare

5. wily


wily businessman/manoeuvring
wily opponents
The wily cartoon character was always thinking of ways to steal food
A wily hunter, Christopher Columbus once donned a red riding hood and went into the forest. Without a doubt, he attracted the Big Bad Wolf, grabbed him, and dragged the screaming wolf back to his ship.

English word "przebiegły"(wily) occurs in sets:

words of familiar meaning - adj
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6. vulpine



English word "przebiegły"(vulpine) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Tales from Gorky" (Maxim Gorky)
Fiszki z książki - "Masterman and Son" (W. J. Dawson)
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7. devious


You set me up yesterday. You are a devious little woman, aren't you, Becky?
He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.

English word "przebiegły"(devious) occurs in sets:

character and personality
describing personality
negative character traits
zestaw numer 10 (32)
Cechy charakteru

8. sly


He is a sly fox.
I don't like him because he is sly as a fox.
Remember that he's sly enough to cheat us.
"You'll find out eventually," said Mary, with a sly smile.
It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
He'd been on the receiving end of his own set of sly smiles.
You sly dog, you did listen to me.
Julia is so sly; she says one thing to my face and another behind my back.
He looked at me with a sly smile on his face and a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Fox is a very sly animal.
She looked into his eyes and gave him a sly smile.
His smile was a sly thing, breaking in from the side of his face.
If you do something on the sly, you do it ​secretly because you should not be doing it:
a sly political move
He appears sly on the surface.

English word "przebiegły"(sly) occurs in sets:

negatywne cechy pt2
ubrania i osobowość F3U1

9. sneaky


No matter how sneaky you are, you can never surprise yourself.
You sneaky bastard!
Don't trust him. He's a sneaky son of a bitch.
“sneaky, underhanded tactics”

English word "przebiegły"(sneaky) occurs in sets:

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