race

[reɪs] 1. n

(species) rasa f; (competition) wyścig m

2. vt

to race horses/cars (etc) — brać udział w wyścigach konnych/samochodowych (etc)

3. vi

(compete) ścigać się; (hurry) pędzić (popędzić perf), gnać (pognać perf); heart bić szybko; engine pracować na podwyższonych obrotach

the human race — rodzaj ludzki

the arms race — wyścig zbrojeń

a race against time — wyścig z czasem

to race sb/against sb — ścigać się z kimś

his pulse raced — miał mocno przyśpieszony puls

to race in/out — wpadać (wpaść perf)/wypadać (wypaść perf)

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I 1. [reis] noun

(a competition to find who or which is the fastest: a horse race.) wyścig

2. verb

1) (to (cause to) run in a race: I'm racing my horse on Saturday; The horse is racing against five others.) wystawić do wyścigu, ścigać się

2) (to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest: I'll race you to that tree.) ścigać się z

3) (to go etc quickly: He raced along the road on his bike.) mknąć

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- racer

- racecourse
- racehorse
- racetrack
- racing-car
- a race against time
- the races II [reis]

1) (any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections: the Negro race; the white races; (also adjective) race relations.) rasa

2) (the fact of belonging to any of these various sections: the problem of race.) rasa

3) (a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race.) rasa

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- racial

- racialism
- racialist
- the human race
- of mixed race