Translations for „past“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] N no pl

1. past (time before present):

past

przeszłość f

2. past no pl LING:

past

forma f przeszła

II . past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] PREP

1. past (temporal):

past

po

ten past two

dziesięć po drugiej

half past two

wpół do trzeciej

2. past (spatial):

past

za

past the school

za szkołą

to go past sb/sth

przejść [lub przejechać] obok kogoś/czegoś

straight past

tuż obok

3. past (beyond):

to be past thirty

być po trzydziestce

past belief

nie do wiary

past the expiration date

przeterminowany

I'm past caring

jest mi to już obojętne

I'm past it

to już nie dla mnie

Phrases:

I wouldn't put it past sb to do sth

nie zdziwiłbym się, gdyby ktoś coś zrobił

III . past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADJ

1. past (not present):

past

przeszły

the past three years

ostatnie trzy lata pl

2. past (over, finished):

past

skończony

to be past

skończyć się

what's past is past

co było, to było

3. past (former):

past

były

IV . past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADV

past

obok

months went past

mijały miesiące

past perfect N LING

past perfect tense

czas m zaprzeszły

shoot past VB intr

shoot past

przemknąć obok

slip past VB intr

slip past PHRVB slip by

See also slip by

slip by VB intr

1. slip by days, time:

slip by

uciekać

2. slip by car:

slip by

przemykać [perf przemknąć] obok

Usage examples with past

what's past is past

co było, to było

straight past

tuż obok

past belief

nie do wiary

far in the past

w odległej przeszłości

to be past thirty

być po trzydziestce

past the expiration date

przeterminowany

to streak past sth

przemykać [perf przemknąć] obok czegoś

in the recent past

w niedalekiej przeszłości

to flash by [or past]

przemykać [perf przemknąć]

the past three years

ostatnie trzy lata pl

a car roared past

samochód przejechał z hukiem

to zip along [or past]

przemykać [perf przemknąć]

beyond [or past] hope

beznadziejny

months went past

mijały miesiące

past the school

za szkołą

I'm past caring

jest mi to już obojętne

I'm past it

to już nie dla mnie

to squeeze past/between

przeciskać [perf przecisnąć] się obok/między

ten past two

dziesięć po drugiej

half past two

wpół do trzeciej

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English

The proportion of businesses holding a cash surplus has remained relatively steady for the past four years.

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Of course, eventually the threats in both the past and present mount, and you're evading death by the narrowest of margins by using time switch like a dodge button.

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In the past, epilepsy patients were referred for surgery only after they had taken medicine after medicine without success, often for 10 years or more.

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We can never correct mistakes made in the past, but we can learn from the past, he told parliamentarians.

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The groups prolific repertoire spans many genres of music and grows each year with new arrangements and contributions of past and popular songs.

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Women past puberty wore a small skirt of cotton, and the men might wear a loincloth made of plaited leaves or cotton.

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In the assumptive, the distinction appears to be not between present versus past, but indefinite versus definite.

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This creates a wall that the other player then has to work around, although they may still slip past diagonally.

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It can be formed in the past perfect and future perfect, too, with the past and future forms of "van".

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The husbands families often request certain gifts, unlike in the past when guests brought gifts they had chosen.

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