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 Translation for 'hands' from English to Polish
NOUN   a hand | hands
VERB   to hand | handed | handed
handing | hands
SYNO custody | hands | manpower | ...
Ręce do góry!Hands up!
uścisnąć dłoń [dok.]to shake hands
uściskać dłoń [niedok.]to shake hands
3 Words
idiom
załamywać ręce [niedok.]
to wring one's hands
eduk.
lekcja {f} poglądowa
hands-on lesson
4 Words
naut.
Wszyscy na pokład!
All hands on deck!
na czworakach {adv}on hands and knees
idiom
gołymi rękoma {adv}
with one's bare hands
idiom
być w dobrych rękach
to be in good hands
5+ Words
On ma dwie lewe ręce.He is awkward with his hands.
zaprzeć się [dok.] rękami o coś [acc.]to brace one's hands against sth
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Usage Examples English
  • It is Aarne-Thompson type 706, the girl without hands. Other variants of this tale include "The Girl Without Hands", "Penta of the Chopped-off Hands", "The Armless Maiden", and "The One-Handed Girl".
  • The "man hands" are all close-ups of a male crew member's hands, while actress Kristin Bauer van Straten's real hands were kept off-camera.
  • The "headmill" is a windmill variant performed without the use of hands for stability, rotating with the head and shoulders as the pivot point.
  • Since suits have no relative value in poker, two hands can be considered identical if one hand can be transformed into the other by swapping suits.
  • Therefore, there are 169 non-equivalent starting hands in hold 'em, which is the total count of 13 pocket pairs, 13 × 12 x 1 / 2 = 78 suited hands and likewise 78 unsuited hands (13 + 78 + 78 = 169).

  • A side effect of the Babcock scoring system in the 1920s was that many players frequently sought after limit hands rather than hands of smaller value.
  • Bimanual coordination involves the coordination of two arms in bimanual action, which allows two hands to move simultaneously to do tasks.
  • Non-standard poker hands are hands which are not recognized by official poker rules but are made by house rules.
  • According to the artist, "Green Hands" began with the idea of extending the body into space.
  • One study on hand-raising illustrated that students almost always looked directly at the teacher when raising their hands, and only looked away just before lowering their hands.

  • For statues, there are often 42 hands with one eye in each to symbolize the thousand hands.
  • In 1993, Jenkins imprinted his hands into Tamworth's Country Music Hands of Fame.
  • Relaxed hands indicate confidence and self-assurance, while clenched hands may be interpreted as signs of stress or anger.
  • The Stations of the Cross trace the story of the Passion using hands as the main symbolic image.
  • Some players deal 12 cards each in the first three hands, rather than 10, 11 and 12.

  • Hands Inc., known as [...] , is a Japanese department store.
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