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oldest
najstarszy
I. old [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ
1. old (not young or new):
old
stary
to grow [or get] older
starzeć [perf ze-] się
2. old (indicating age):
to be 20 years old
mieć 20 lat
how old is he?
ile on ma lat?
two-year-old boy
dwuletni chłopiec m
3. old (former):
old
były
old
poprzedni
Old English
[język] staroangielski m
4. old (experienced):
old
doświadczony
to be an old hand at sth
zjeść na czymś zęby
5. old (familiar):
old methods
wypróbowane [lub stare] metody fpl
the same old excuse
wiecznie ta sama wymówka
6. old inf (unimportant):
at any old time
kiedykolwiek
any old place
gdziekolwiek
7. old inf (expressing friendship):
good old Tom!
poczciwy, stary Tom!
Phrases:
to be old beyond one's years
być wyjątkowo rozsądnym jak na swój wiek
[as] old as the hills
stary jak świat
any old how
byle jak
the same old story
stara śpiewka
II. old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N
1. old:
the old pl (people)
[ludzie] starsi pl
2. old liter (past):
in days of old
w dawnych czasach
to know sb of old
znać kogoś kawał czasu
old age N no pl
old age
starość f
in [one's] old age
na starość
old-age ADJ
old-age provision
zabezpieczenie nt emerytalne
Old Bailey N Brit LAW
Old Bailey
centralny sąd karny w Londynie
old boy N Brit
1. old boy inf (old man):
old boy
staruszek m
2. old boy (former pupil):
old boy
absolwent m
old economy N
old economy
stara gospodarka f (energetyka, przemysł metalurgiczny, motoryzacyjny — jako przeciwieństwo gospodarki opartej na nowych technologiach)
old-fashioned ADJ
old-fashioned
staroświecki
old-fashioned clothes
niemodny
old girl N Brit
1. old girl inf (old woman):
old girl
staruszka f
2. old girl (former pupil):
old girl
absolwentka f
old maid N pej
1. old maid (woman):
old maid
stara panna f
2. old maid inf (person):
old maid
osoba f staroświecka
old man <-men> N pej
old man
stary m
old-style ADJ
old-style
w starym stylu
old-timer N inf
1. old-timer (worker, member):
old-timer
weteran(ka) m (f)
2. old-timer (resident):
old-timer
długoletni mieszkaniec m
old-timer
długoletnia mieszkanka f
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Dawn approaches, and the old maid elf wants to close the shutters.
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Spinster often implied that the woman was older than the age when most women traditionally marry and that she would probably never marry; a more derogatory term was old maid.
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The game is played exactly as old maid except "any" card can be removed at the start of the game.
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He lived with his sister, a flat-chested, consumptive old maid.
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She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed.
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