Translations for „verge“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

verge [vɜ:ʤ, Am vɜ:rʤ] N

verge Brit:

verge

pobocze nt

Phrases:

to be on the verge of sth

być bliskim czegoś

verge N

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verge ARCHIT

okap (dachu) m

verge on VB trans

to verge on sth

graniczyć z czymś

Usage examples with verge

to verge on sth

graniczyć z czymś

to be on the verge of sth

być bliskim czegoś

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English

The island of Martinique was on the verge of civil war.

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The house features scroll-sawn verge boards, arched windows and doors, and a fieldstone chimney with stepped weatherings and capped corbelled stacks topped with two octagonal chimney pots.

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Many of his stories verge on the dream-like, while other are closer to science-fiction.

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It is hypocritical to hold her to standards that verge on the prim or prudish.

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On the verge of passing, he was diagnosed with the sacrifice, which should be a leg amputee to break up with her illness.

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Thus, the band was on the verge of potential collapse and at an impasse.

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Realism is all very well but when storylines verge on the nasty and gratuitous, a writer should take care.

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The problem with the verge was that it required the pendulum to swing in a wide arc of 80 to 100.

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Thus, for the largest segment of people subject to the wealth tax, it means taxing the accumulated savings and houses of those on the verge of retiring.

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Juries may be dismissed and skeptical juries have been dismissed on the verge of verdicts, and acquittals are frequently overturned by higher courts.

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