| Formy złożone: |
| beat a dead horse | | | wysilać się na próżno |
| come back from the dead | v | figurative (make a comeback, become successful again) | powracać ndk. |
| | | powrócić dk. |
| In last place going into the final lap, the runner came back from the dead to win the race. |
| come back from the dead | v | figurative (recover from serious illness) | wracać do świata żywych |
| After the triple bypass he came back from the dead and now he is living an active life. |
| dead against | | | zdecydowanie przeciwny przys.+przym. |
| dead ahead | adv | US, slang (directly in front) | dokładnie naprzeciwko przys. + przys. |
| You can't possibly miss the target, it's dead ahead! |
| dead and buried | | | dawno zapomniany przys.+przym. |
| dead and gone | | | dawno zmarły przys.+przym. |
| dead body | n | (corpse) | zwłoki l. mn. |
| The dead body lay undiscovered for 3 days. |
| dead calm | n | (nautical: no wind) | cisza morska ż + przym. |
| A sailing ship can make no progress at all in a dead calm. |
| dead calm | n | (total stillness) | całkowity spokój przym. + m |
| A dead calm enveloped the house after his wife left him. |
| dead centre, US: dead center | n | (exact centre, precise middle) | w samym centrum |
| dead centre, US: dead center | adv | (precisely in the middle) | dokładnie w centrum |
| dead end | | | ślepa uliczka przym.+ż |
| | | ślepy zaułek przym.+m |
| dead heat | n | (sport: tie, joint win, draw) | remis m |
| Not even the photograph could distinguish the winner, so the race was declared a dead heat. |
| dead language | n | (language whose speakers have died out) | martwy język przym. + m |
| Latin is a dead language. |
| dead language | n | (language which is no longer a first language) | martwy język przym. + m |
| dead loss | n | (sth, sb, useless) | nieużytek m |
| Don't ask her to help, she's a dead loss. |
| dead man | | | zmarły m |
| dead person | n | (corpse, dead body) | trup m |
| dead person | n | (sb who is no longer alive) mężczyzna | zmarły m |
| | kobieta | zmarła ż |
| dead right | | | masz rację wykrz. |
| dead ringer | n | slang (sb identical to another person) | sobowtór m |
| He was a dead ringer for the President, and for a while made a good living impersonating him. |
| dead set | adj | (resolute, determined) | zdeterminowany, zdecydowany przym. |
| He was dead set on becoming a naval pilot, and was bitterly disappointed when he was rejected for poor eyesight . |
| He was dead set against the Prime Minister's proposal. |
| dead stop | | | jak wryty przyim.+przym. |
| dead to the world | | | śpiący jak zabity przym.+przyim.+przym. |
| dead weight | | | masa bezwładności ż + ż |
| dead zone | n | (area with no mobile phone coverage) | strefa bez sieci komórkowej |
| dead-end street | n | US (cul-de-sac, road with no exit) | ślepa uliczka przym. + ż |
| Don't turn there, it's a dead-end street. |
| drop dead | | | padać trupem ndk. + m |
| half dead | adj | figurative (physically exhausted) | półżywy przym. |
| David continued the climb, although he was half dead from the effort; he had to make it to the top. |
| in the dead of night | adv | (in the middle of the night) | w środku nocy przyim. + m + ż |
| Strange noises in the dead of night can be very scary. |
| over my dead body | | potoczny | po moim trupie przyim. + zaim. + m |
| risen from the dead | adj | (Bible: resurrected) | zmartchwywstały przym. |
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