Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

sznur in English:

1. cord cord


My husband cut our son's umbilical cord.
He caught the cord.
She wore the key on a cord around her neck. They used cords to tie the tent to the trees.
... box in the spinal cord where new wires, new...
After a minute of free fall he pulled the rip cord and out came the parachute.
Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.
I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.
Bolas are made up of a long cord with two stone balls at the free ends.
A device implanted in the spinal cord, dubbed the Orgasmotron, allows female patients to experience orgasm with the flick of a remote control.
Unfortunately, this cord isn't long enough
The kidnappers tied his hands with a piece of thick cord.
a piece/length of cord
extension cord
The definition of a cord is string or rope. cord = strong thick string.
That extension cord looks dangerous to me. You see where it's frayed there?

English word "sznur"(cord) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (Iris Tree)
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Fiszki z książki - "Spool Knitting" (Mary A. McCor...
Fiszki z książki - "His Lady of the Sonnets" (Robe...
Fiszki z książki - "Telephoning to Santa Claus" (J...

2. string string


This string is strong.
Tie the package with string.
The police say there's someone pulling string behind the scenes.
Tom often thinks of Mary when he hears a string quartet.
silly string
All you do is string together a bunch of farfetched ideas. I can't understand a word of it.
Her heart has been hardening all throughout her string of bad hookups.
Not to harp on the same string, I still insist that those who drink should never drive.
Monotony develops when you harp on the same string.
She was lying on the floor, strangled by a harp string.
Officers patrolled the neighborhood for a month after the string of robberies.
An example of a string instrument is a violin.
Hold your strings tight.
I tried to assemble that with a string, but it didn’t work
The townsfolk were convinced that the string of murders was tied to a satanic cult.

English word "sznur"(string) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Dotty Dimple at Play" (Sophie ...
Fiszki z książki - "Fun and Nonsense" (Willard Bonte)
Fiszki z książki - "Money Magic A Novel" (Hamlin G...
Fiszki z książki - "Little Henry and His Bird" (An...
Fiszki z książki - "With a Camera in Majorca" (Mar...

3. rope


Hold the rope.
It was a real challenge for us to go down the cliff on a rope.
Don't mention rope in the home of a hanged man.
In the United States it is popular for girls to learn to skip rope.
The river is six miles deep in some areas and the only way to cross it is using a pulley and a rope.
I fastened the box tight with a rope so that it wouldn't break up.
Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again? "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
Jumping rope is my daughter's favorite.
Tom's wife keeps him on such a short rope.
What is this? An offering? "That's right. Put it in this offertory box ... and pull this rope."
The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.
When do people use a rope to pull a car?
His invention caused his death when he was strangled by the ropes.
Marius watched as Jondrette put a metal bar in the fire and inspected a rope ladder on the table.

English word "sznur"(rope) occurs in sets:

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4. ripcord