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swallow noun

  /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ , /ˈswɒ.ləʊ/ , [ˈswɑ.wɜʊ̯] , [ˈswɑ.ɫoʊ̯]
  • A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.
 jaskółka, dymówka

swallow verb

  /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ , /ˈswɒ.ləʊ/ , [ˈswɑ.wɜʊ̯] , [ˈswɑ.ɫoʊ̯]
  • (transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]
  • (transitive) To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb. [from 13th c.]
  • (intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion. [from 18th c.]
 połykać, połknąć
  • (transitive) To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept. [from 16th c.]
  • (transitive) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.
 połykać

swallow noun

  /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ , /ˈswɒ.ləʊ/ , [ˈswɑ.wɜʊ̯] , [ˈswɑ.ɫoʊ̯]
  • The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.
 łyk
one swallow does not a summer make
jedna jaskółka wiosny nie czyni
barn swallow
dymówka
one swallow doesn't make a summer
jedna jaskółka nie czyni wiosny
red-rumped swallow
jaskółka rudawa
welcome swallow
jaskółka australijska
American cliff swallow
jaskółka rdzawoszyja
swallow-tailed kite
jaskólak
swallow one's pride
chować ambicję do kieszeni, schować ambicję do kieszeni
cave swallow
jaskółka jaskiniowa
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