Dizionario Polacco - Inglese

połknąć in inglese:

1. swallow

He swallowed loudly.

The woman downed the gin and lime that was served in one swallow.

My son swallowed a coin and had to be taken to hospital.

She downed her drink in one swallow. She put the sweet into her mouth and swallowed it whole.

The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.

When she swallowed that quarter, he spent all day with her

It is most important to chew your food, whether vegetable or meat, before you swallow it.

When you swallow a dangerous substance, what you need to do depends on what you swallowed.

See how Lenny can swallow an entire hot dog without chewing or choking? That's why upper management loves him so much.

For me, this daily battle is a particularly tough pill to swallow, because I’m a sleep researcher, so I know too much about the consequences of sleep loss to be doing this to my own son.

Oooh! It's nine o'clock! I must swallow medicine.

She swallowed hard and said, "I don't know what to tell you."

I almost swallowed my tongue when I fell.

Claire swallowed hard, opened the door and stepped inside.

The food tasted horrible, but I swallowed it rather than risk causing offence.

Inglese parola "połknąć"(swallow) si verifica in set:

Słownik tematyczny żywienie (strona 105) rozszerzenie
Vocabulary VII - Reacting to events
Unit 6: Meals & General food vocabulary
Speakout_Intermediate_1.2/Men and woman
Express Publishing Matura, Unit 6, Food

2. gulp

He raised the glass to his lips and drained it at one gulp.

She gulped nervously before trying to answer.

A pair of enormous purple toads sat gulping

A huge turtle swam up and swollowed the jellyfish in one gulp!

He gulped back his sobs.

I just had time to gulp down a cup of coffee before I left.

He gulped down the last piece of the steak.

Greta chugged the beer in one gulp.

Inglese parola "połknąć"(gulp) si verifica in set:

Meals and their preparation / Posiłki i ich przygo...
Słownik tematyczny Żywienie (strona 104)
Repetytorium - dział 6 - Żywienie
Repetytorium UNIT 6 Żywienie
Angielski dział 6 part 1

3. gulp down

He hardly has time to gulp down a piece of pizza.

Inglese parola "połknąć"(gulp down) si verifica in set:

The night out
from the book

4. swallow up