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 Translation for 'at close quarters' from English to Polish
z bliska {adv}at close quarters
Partial Matches
z bliska {adv}at close range
tuż {adv}close at hand
bliski {adj}close
zamykać [niedok.]to close
zamknąć [dok.]to close
za progiem {adv}very close
bliski przyjaciel {m}close friend
niedaleki {adj}close [nearby]
ścisły kontakt {m}close contact
bliski krewny {m} [osob.]close relative
bliska przyjaźń {f}close friendship
drewno {n} gęstosłoisteclose-grained wood
pod baczną obserwacjąunder close surveillance
sport
wąski margines {m}
close match [sport, narrow margin]
duże podobieństwo {n}close match [similarity of objects]
filmF
U progu życia [Ingmar Bergman]
So Close to Life [UK title]
przy {prep} [+loc.]at
w tym momencie {adv}at present
o świcie {adv}at dawn
losowo {adv}at random
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Usage Examples English
  • For fighting at close quarters the "Jäger" carried a straight-bladed hunting dagger ("Hirschfänger"), a short sabre or a falchion.
  • The wild macaques ignore the small crowds that gather at these feeding sessions, and may be observed at close quarters.
  • Turpin spent much of the fight trapped on the ropes taking punches at close quarters to the head and body.
  • Paullus now ordered the legions into the gaps, attacking the phalangites on their exposed flanks. At close quarters the longer Roman sword and heavier shield easily prevailed over the Macedonian Kopis and lighter shields of the Macedonians.
  • The act of fixing bayonets has been held to be primarily connected to morale, the making of a clear signal to friend and foe of a willingness to kill at close quarters.

  • According to the book "At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy" 99 of the 531 PT boats that served during World War II were lost to various causes.
  • The fight was fought at close quarters, but there was also some rough tactics used by both boxers.
  • While soldiers armed with firearms could inflict great damage on cavalry at a moderate distance, at close quarters the cavalry could slaughter the musket-armed infantry if they could break their formation and close to engage in melee combat.
  • The bridge can be seen at close quarters from Thomas Telford's adjacent 1826 Conwy Suspension Bridge.
  • They are used for herding sheep and also for quiet careful work at close quarters at lambing time or for "shedding" (cutting out) sheep.

  • Although having substantial impact in the charge, lancers could be vulnerable to other cavalry at close quarters, where the lance proved a clumsy and easily deflected weapon when employed against sabres.
  • The act of fixing bayonets has been held to be primarily connected to morale, the making of a clear signal to friend and foe of a willingness to kill at close quarters.
  • The Clymene dolphin looks very similar to the spinner dolphin. At close quarters, it is possible to observe that the beak of the Clymene is slightly shorter than that of its relative.
  • Defences were found to be light and/or abandoned as they advanced and only three Germans were encountered at close quarters who withdrew immediately.
  • For a sequence featuring grizzly bears at close quarters, the camera team were accompanied by Buck Wilde, an ursine specialist.

  • This was considered more humane than the slow death by strangulation caused by the "short drop" method, which was particularly distressing to prison governors and staff who were required to witness executions at close quarters following the abolition of public executions by the Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868.
  • Prince conducted a detailed observation of this German battalion at close quarters using natural foliage as a cover.
  • When feeding, they had enough strength to use their long, sharp claws to tear apart tree branches; presumably their strength and formidable claws would be dangerous for hunters that attempted to attack them at close quarters.
  • The resident Taronga flock nested in exotic Canary Island date palms, and was notably very closely habituated to people; approaching them at close quarters, feeding from rubbish bins and scavenging food from outdoor dining areas.
  • Brassington was a stranger to Peace, but he had seen him at close quarters under a gas-lamp and a full moon; thus, he was able to swear to his identity.

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