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| bad cold n | (severe cold virus) | ostre przeziębienie przym. + n |
| | She's home with a bad cold. |
| bitter cold n | (weather: freezing) | przenikliwe zimno przym. + n |
| | The older she gets, the less she can tolerate the bitter cold. |
| bitterly cold adj | (intensely cold) | przenikliwie zimny przys. + przym. |
| | You need very warm clothing to survive the bitterly cold weather in the Arctic. |
catch a cold,
catch cold,
take a cold v expr | (contract cold virus) | łapać przeziębienie ndk. + n |
| | | złapać przeziębienie dk. + n |
| | If you go out in this rain without a coat you're liable to catch a cold. |
| cold as ice adj | (very cold) | zimny jak lód wyr. |
| | The sodas from the vendor on the beach were as cold as ice. |
| cold call n | (unsolicited sales call) | niezapowiedziana wizyta akwizytora wyr. |
| | | telefon od akwizytora wyr. |
| | I got my start in sales by making door-to-door cold calls. |
| cold calling n | (making unsolicited sales calls) | akwizycja przez telefon wyr. |
| | (od drzwi do drzwi) | akwizycja bezpośrednia ż + przym. |
| | Do you prefer to make your sales contacts by cold calling or direct mail? |
| cold cash n | (currency) | gotówka ż |
| | Davis paid the workers in cold cash. |
| cold comfort n | (small, ineffective consolation) | słabe pocieszenie przym. + n |
| | The pension, though not insubstantial, was cold comfort to the widow of such a loving husband. |
cold cream,
cold-cream n | (skincare product) | cold cream |
| | Her only bad habit was putting cold cream on her face before coming to bed. |
| cold cuts npl | (meat served cold) | wędliny ż, l.mn. |
| | The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. |
| cold fish n | figurative, informal (person: unfriendly) (przenośny) | zimna ryba przym. + ż |
| | She's such a cold fish that she wouldn't even talk to me when I said hello. |
| cold front n | (cool air pushing forward) | zimny front przym. + m |
| | The weather will get nasty due to the cold front pushing in from the North. |
| cold heart n | figurative (lack of compassion) | zimne serce przym. + n |
| | She had a cold heart and nothing I could say or do would melt it. |
| cold meat n | US (meat: cooked, sliced) | wędlina ż |
| | What do you want in your sandwich: cheese, or cold meat? |
| cold pack n | (ice pack, compress) | lodowy kompres przym. + m |
| | After getting hit in the eye, I put a cold pack on it to prevent swelling. |
| cold-shoulder [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (snub) | celowo odrzucać kogoś przys. + dk. |
| cold shower n | (shower: in cold water) | zimny prysznic przym. + m |
| | After the soccer game, I went home and took a cold shower. |
| cold shower n | figurative (reception: unenthusiastic) | chłodne przyjęcie, lodowate przyjęcie przym. + n |
| cold snap n | (period: cold weather) | nagłe ochłodzenie przym. + n |
| | The recent cold snap killed my tomato plants. |
| cold sore n | (herpes on lip) | opryszczka ż |
| | I never kiss anyone with a cold sore. |
| cold spell n | (period of cold weather) | zimny okres przym. + m |
| | After the heat wave there was a cold spell, much to everyone's relief |
| cold turkey n | (leftover turkey meat served cold) | indyk na zimno wyr. |
| | Since Christmas we have been eating cold turkey sandwiches every day. |
| cold turkey n | figurative (sudden withdrawal from [sth] addictive) | nagłe zaprzestanie przym. + n |
| | Some people believe that cold turkey is the only way to beat addiction. |
| cold turkey adv | (abruptly, without support) | nagle przys. |
| | He quit smoking, and he did it cold turkey. |
| cold turkey adj | (abrupt and sudden) | nagły przym. |
| | Cold turkey withdrawal from any drug is very difficult. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | zimna wojna przym. + ż |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | zimna wojna przym. + ż |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) | zimna wojna przym. + ż |
| | | stały konflikt przym. + m |
| cold water n | (water: not hot) | zimna woda przym. + ż |
| | The football team poured cold water on the coach's head. |
cold weather,
cold-weather n | (chilly conditions) | zimna pogoda przym. + ż |
| Uwaga: hyphen used when term is an adj |
| | We are going north, so prepare for cold weather! |
cold weather,
cold-weather n as adj | (for chilly conditions) | na zimną pogodę wyr. |
cold-blooded,
cold blooded adj | (animal: relying on sun for body heat) | zimnokrwisty przym. |
| | Cold blooded animals can't regulate their body heat like warm blooded animals do. |
cold-blooded,
cold blooded adj | figurative (person: emotionless) | bez emocji przyim. + ż, l.mn. |
| | They say the convict is a cold-blooded killer. |
cold-blooded,
cold blooded adj | figurative (act: cruel, showing no mercy) | okrutny przym. |
| | The massacre was a cold-blooded, ruthless act. |
cold-hearted,
cold hearted adj | (lacking compassion) | bezlitosny przym. |
| | The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold hearted. |
cold,
hard cash n | figurative (making money) | zarabianie pieniędzy n + m, l.mn. |
| | He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold,
hard cash n | (money, not credit) | gotówka ż |
| | I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | zwykłe przeziębienie przym. + n |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| freezing cold n | (sub-zero temperatures) | przeraźliwe zimno przys. + n |
| | All my delicate plants died last night in the freezing cold. |
| freezing cold adj | figurative (extremely cold) | mroźnie przys. |
| | She may have a warm heart but on the outside she's freezing cold. |
| get cold feet v expr | figurative, informal (abandon [sth] due to anxiety) | tchórzyć ndk. |
| | | stchórzyć dk. |
| | He was starting to get cold feet about the wedding. |
| give [sb] the cold shoulder v expr | figurative, informal (snub) | traktować kogoś ozięble nkd. + przys. |
| | | potraktować kogoś ozięble dk. + przys. |
| | After the incident, they all gave her the cold shoulder. |
| grow cold vi + adj | (weather) | chłodnieć ndk. |
| | | schłodnieć dk. |
| | After nightfall, the desert really grows cold. |
| grow cold vi + adj | figurative (feelings) | chłodnieć ndk. |
| | | schłodnieć dk. |
| | Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. |
| have a cold v expr | (be suffering from the cold virus) | być przeziębionym posił. + przym. |
| | I don't feel like going out today because I have a cold. |
have [sth] down cold,
also US: have [sth] down pat v expr | US, informal (know, understand [sth] completely) | w pełni coś rozumieć zwrot ndk. |
| | | w pełni coś zrozumieć zwrot dk. |
| | (potoczny) | mieć coś opanowane do perfekcji zwrot ndk. |
| | She scored 100% on her Spanish test because she had the conjugations down cold. |
| have [sb] down cold v expr | US, informal (understand [sb]'s character) | w pełni kogoś rozumieć zwrot ndk. |
| | | w pełni kogoś zrozumieć zwrot dk. |
| | (potoczny, przenośny) | znać kogoś na wylot zwrot ndk. |
| in cold blood adv | figurative (without premeditation) | z zimną krwią wyr. |
| | The gunman killed his victim in cold blood. |
| in cold storage adv | (refrigerated) | w chłodni przyim. + ż |
| | Meat will go bad if not kept in cold storage. |
| in cold storage adv | figurative (saved, postponed) | na później przys. |
| | Let's keep that idea in cold storage until we have the capital to develop it. |
| in the cold adv | literal (outside, exposed to cold weather) | na zimnie przyim. + n |
| | The hikers were caught in the cold during the early snow storm. |
| in the cold adv | figurative (excluded) (przenośny) | na lodzie przyim. + m |
| | He was left out in the cold when his friends left without him. |
| intense cold n | (extremely cold conditions) | intensywne zimno przym. + n |
| | The intense cold numbed their limbs and paralyzed them. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) | wrażliwy na zimno wyr. |
| | Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) | wrażliwy na zimno wyr. |
| | Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |