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I . catch <caught, caught> [kætʃ] VB trans

1. catch (seize, get, capture):

catch
łapać [perf z-]
he won't catch the plane
I have a train to catch
to catch pneumonia

2. catch (discover):

to catch sb stealing

3. catch (notice):

to catch [a glimpse of] sth

4. catch (hit):

catch

6. catch (hear):

catch
I didn't catch what you said

7. catch (understand):

catch

8. catch (surprise):

to catch sb by surprise

10. catch (represent accurately):

catch

II . catch <caught, caught> [kætʃ] VB intr

III . catch <-es> [kætʃ] N

1. catch (for fastening):

catch

2. catch (trick):

catch
haczyk m

3. catch (fish):

catch

4. catch (in hands):

catch
to miss a catch

5. catch inf (partner):

good catch

catch at VB trans Brit

to catch at sth

catch on VB intr

1. catch on (become popular):

catch on

2. catch on inf (understand):

catch on

catch out VB trans

1. catch out (cause difficulty):

catch out

2. catch out (show ignorance):

to catch sb out with sth

I . catch up VB intr

1. catch up (reach):

to catch up with sb

2. catch up (make up for):

catch up
to catch up on one's work

3. catch up (equal):

to catch up with sb/sth

II . catch up VB trans

catch question N

safety catch N (on gun)

catch someone by surprise VB

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Expecting to find a small fish population, the researchers caught twenty fish in one catch, increasing previous estimates of the loch's fish population about ninefold.
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The processing of the krill must be very rapid since the catch deteriorates within several hours.
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Red foxes seem to dislike the taste of moles, but will nonetheless catch them alive and present them to their kits as playthings.
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Something should also be placed below the patient to catch any urine that leaks during removal.
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At the end of hay-making a sheep would be loosed in the meadow among the mowers, for him to keep who could catch it.
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Why do we need three boats to go and catch a certain species of fish when we can just have two boats there and have some sort of cooperative arrangement?
www.stuff.co.nz
In the event of a fall, the gear acts as a catch-point for the rope, thus preventing the climber from hurtling to the ground.
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Often the coxswain would be thrown into the air to catch the chicken.
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Look at the pictures while we hear from some of the legends of old time catch wrestling talking about their approaches to the hammerlock.
www.bloodyelbow.com
The boy's father used his son to catch the store in the act after he was found taking laughing gas at school.
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk

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