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| Angel of Death n | (death personified) | Anioł Śmierci m + ż |
| | Some say that the devil is the Angel of Death. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) | na progu śmierci wyr. |
| bored to death adj | figurative, informal (be weary from lack of stimulation) | zanudzony na śmierć wyr. |
| | Sitting in class, he was bored to death with the teacher's lecture. You looked bored to death during that play! |
be burned to death,
also UK: be burnt to death v expr | (be killed by fire) | spalony żywcem przym. + przys. |
| | Joan of Arc was burned to death. |
| cheat death v expr | (escape [sth] life-threatening) | oszukać śmierć dk. + ż |
| | The dog cheated death in running across the busy street. |
crib death (US),
cot death (UK) n | colloquial (sudden infant death syndrome) | śmierć łóżeczkowa ż + przym. |
| death certificate n | (official record of [sb]'s death) | akt zgonu m + m |
| | I received my father's death certificate in the mail about a month after he passed. |
| death chamber n | (gas chamber) | komora gazowa ż + przym. |
| death knell n | figurative (sign of imminent demise) | oznaka śmierci ż + ż |
| | The CD format sounded the death knell for cassettes. |
| Death Knight n | (game character) | tłumaczenie niedostępne |
| death penalty n | (capital punishment) | kara śmierci ż + ż |
| | His sentence was the death penalty. |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | umieralność ż |
| | A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| death row n | (prison cell block) | cele skazańców ż, l.mn. + m, l.mn. |
| | Some of the most violent criminals of our time are sitting on death row. |
| death sentence n | (law: punishment of execution) | kara śmierci ż + ż |
| death tax n | often plural (law: payable after death) | podatek spadkowy m + przym. |
| | After Lou's heirs paid death tax, there was virtually nothing left of his inheritance. |
| death throes npl | (final pangs, convulsions) | agonia ż |
| | The animal's death throes gradually weakened. |
| death throes npl | figurative (business: before dissolution) | agonia ż |
| | The troubled company is in its final death throes. |
| death toll n | (total number of deaths) | liczba ofiar ż + ż, l.mn. |
| | The death toll from the earthquake is rising rapidly as more and more bodies are found. |
| death wish n | (psychiatry: desire to die) | pragnienie śmierci n + ż |
| | Alex's behaviour is symptomatic of a death wish. |
| deathbed n | (bed of a dying person) | łoże śmierci n + ż |
| | All of the children were called to their father's deathbed. |
| die a natural death v expr | (die of natural causes) | umrzeć śmiercią naturalną zwrot dk. |
| | According to the coroner's report, Brown died a natural death. |
| do [sth] to death v expr | informal, figurative, often passive (overdo [sth], do [sth] too often) (przenośny) | wyeksploatować coś na śmierć zwrot ndk. |
| | Hollywood has done vampire movies to death. |
| early death n | (death before reaching old age) | przedwczesna śmierć przym. + ż |
| | His smoking habit led to an early death. |
freeze,
freeze to death vi | figurative (person: get very cold) | marznąć ndk. |
| | Kate's friend was taking ages to open the door. "Hurry up," Kate shouted. "Let me in before I freeze!" |
| freeze to death v expr | (die of extreme cold) | zamarzać na śmierć zwrot ndk. |
| | | zamarznąć na śmierć zwrot dk. |
| | It's so cold out here I think I'm going to freeze to death. |
| have a death wish v expr | figurative, informal (behave in a reckless way) | ryzykować życiem ndk. + n |
| | | zaryzykować życiem dk. + n |
| | He drives that car as though he has a death wish. |
| have a death wish vi | (psychiatry: a wish for death of self or another) | życzyć śmierci ndk. + ż |
| | The prisoner was observed round the clock in case he had a death wish. |
| in the face of death adv | (when confronted with the possibility of death) | twarzą w śmierć wyr. |
| | A bullfighter stands in the face of death every time he goes into the ring. |
| kiss of death n | figurative ([sth] with a destructive effect) | fatalne posunięcie przym. + n |
| | This timeslot has proved to be the kiss of death for many previous programs. |
| living death n | (joyless existence or experience) | piekło na ziemi wyr. |
| | Sitting in history class was living death. |
a matter of life and death,
a matter of life or death,
a life-or-death matter n | (issue of vital importance) | sprawa życia i śmierci wyr. |
| | Getting out of a burning house fast is a matter of life and death. |
| natural death n | (death resulting from natural causes) | śmierć naturalna ż + przym. |
| | My grandfather was killed in an accident, but my grandmother died a natural death. |
out of the jaws of death,
from the jaws of death adv | figurative (out of mortal danger) | uciec ze szponów śmierci zwrot dk. |
| | In the last scene, the hero snatches the heroine from the jaws of death just in time. |
| put [sb] to death v expr | often passive (execute) | wykonywać karę śmierci ndk. + ż + ż |
| | | wykonać karę śmierci dk. + ż + ż |
| | In the past, criminals were often put to death in the most brutal manner. |
| scared to death adj | figurative, informal (terrified) | śmiertelnie przestraszony przys. + przym. |
| | When I was a child I was scared to death of werewolves. |
| sentence of death n | (being condemned to execution) | wyrok śmierci m + ż |
| | The judge passed a sentence of death on the convicted murderer. |
| sudden infant death syndrome n | (death of a baby during sleep) | nagła śmierć łóżeczkowa wyr. |
tickled pink,
tickled to death adj | informal, figurative (delighted) | zachwycony przym. |
| | When I heard you two were getting married, I was tickled pink. |
| violent death n | (loss of life due to accident or attack) | nagła śmierć przym. + ż |
| | He suffered a violent death at the hands of an unknown attacker. |