Translations for „trick“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . trick [trɪk] N

1. trick (tricky action):

trick

podstęp m

to play a trick on sb

nabierać [perf nabrać] kogoś

a dirty [or mean] trick pej

świństwo nt

2. trick (magic):

trick

sztuczka f

trick

trik m

3. trick (clever way):

trick

sposób m

he knows the tricks of the trade

on zna się na rzeczy

4. trick (in cards):

trick

lewa f

trick

bitka f

Phrases:

to use every trick in the book

wykorzystać wszystkie możliwe sposoby

my eyes are playing tricks on me

zdaje mi się

how's tricks? inf

jak leci?

a trick of the light

złudzenie nt optyczne

not [or never] miss a trick

nigdy nie przepuszczać okazji

II . trick [trɪk] VB trans

trick

oszukiwać [perf oszukać]

conjuring trick N

conjuring trick

sztuczka f magiczna

dirty trick N inf

dirty trick

świństwo nt

hat-trick N SPORTS

hat-trick

hat-trick m

Usage examples with trick

shabby trick

podłość f

to miss a trick

przegapić okazję

a dirty [or mean] trick pej

świństwo nt

a trick of the light

złudzenie nt optyczne

not [or never] miss a trick

nigdy nie przepuszczać okazji

to play a trick on sb

nabierać [perf nabrać] kogoś

to use every trick in the book

wykorzystać wszystkie możliwe sposoby

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The trick to getting good handsaw performance is the design of the teeth.

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The trick is figuring out how to let the sweat out while keeping the heat in, he says.

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However, since that point, the popularity of the trick has waned.

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A person going zero/nil also gets -10 for each extra trick and those points go into the zero pot.

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Demanding "tolerance" in a culture war is this kind of dirty trick.

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This perceptual trick is known as stereo irrelevancy.

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It's a pretty good trick, actually, because guess who gets off scot-free?

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The trick is to come half an hour early and chat up the "cowboys" who are playing drovers.

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This was a well-known and documented trick from a period when cunning folk were often consulted about lost items.

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They're becoming an increasingly rarefied, trick-pony circuit rather than a common student experience, like square dancing and having to memorize state capitals.

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