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| Angielski | Polski |
| animal sound n | (animal's call or cry) | wycie zwierza n + m |
| break the sound barrier v expr | (go faster than sound) | przekraczać barierę dźwięku ndk. + m |
| przekroczyć barierę dźwięku dk. + m |
| When a plane breaks the sound barrier it produces a sonic boom that sounds like an explosion. |
| clicking sound n | (noise: ticking, tapping) | pykanie n |
| My computer's hard drive makes a clicking sound that drives me nuts. |
| make a sound v | (utter a noise) | wydawać dźwięk ndk. + m |
| wydać dzwięk dk. + m |
| Don't make a sound until he's gone - I don't want him to know we are here. |
| make a sound v | (create a noise) | wydawać dźwięk ndk. + m |
| wydać dzwięk dk. + m |
| The cat makes a sound like a crying baby to attract its owner's attention. |
| of sound mind adj | (sane) | o zdrowym umyśle wyr. |
| Being of sound mind, I hereby bequeath all my possessions to my husband and daughter. |
| safe and sound adj | (unharmed and well) | bezpieczny przym. |
| The road was icy but our driver got us home safe and sound. |
| sound asleep adj | (sleeping deeply) | twardo śpiący przys. + przym. |
| When they're sound asleep my kids look like little angels. |
| I thought my sneeze would wake her but she was sound asleep. |
| sound effect n | often plural (noises reproduced artificially) | efekt dźwiękowy m + przym. |
| A good action movie needs excellent sound effects. |
| sound mind n | (sanity) | zdrowy umysł przym. + m |
| All we can hope for as we grow older is a sound mind in a healthy body. |
| sound mixer n | (person who records film sound) | realizator dźwięku m + m |
| Most professional sound mixers do their work with computers these days. |
| sound mixer n | (deck or console for mixing sound) | mikser dźwiękowy m + przym. |
| sound out vtr | (measure the depth of) | sondować ndk. |
| zgruntować dk. |
| sound [sb] out about [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (elicit [sb]'s opinion about [sth]) | zasięgać czyjejś opinii w sprawie czegoś zwrot ndk. |
| zasięgnąć czyjejś opinii w sprawie czegoś zwrot dk. |
| He said he wanted to sound me out about his latest business idea. |
| sound recorder n | ([sb] who records film sound) | realizator dźwięku m + m |
| He worked at the studio as a sound recorder and made good money doing so. |
| sound recording n | (soundtrack, auditory reproduction) | nagranie n |
| This sound recording of the band was made in 1940. |
| sound system n | (equipment for playing music) | system dźwiękowy m + przym. |
| The singer's sound system was not powerful enough to fill the hall. |
| sound the alarm v expr | (alert or warn others) | dzwonić na alarm zwrot ndk. |
| zadzwonić na alarm zwrot dk. |
| When the watchman saw the invaders coming, he sounded the alarm to call for help. |
soundbite,
sound bite n | (short statement, quotation) | urywek m |
| Soundbites have replaced oratory in today's politics. |
soundtrack,
sound track,
sound-track n | (music of a film) | ścieżka dźwiękowa ż + przym. |
| The soundtrack featured a lot of 1960s music. |
soundtrack,
sound track,
sound-track n | (audio track of a film) | ścieżka dźwiękowa ż + przym. |
| The soundtrack was terrible but luckily there were subtitles. |
| surround sound n | (multi-speaker stereo system) | dźwięk przestrzenny m + przym. |
| Home cinema systems are equipped with surround sound features. |
