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zarwane łóżko

English translation: collapsed bed

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Polish term or phrase:zarwane łóżko
English translation:collapsed bed
Entered by: Polangmar

16:47 May 13, 2015
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: zarwane łóżko
całkiem poważnie pytam, czy może poza ogólnym broken, damaged, jest coś takiego super
DorotaLondon
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:12
collapsed bed
Explanation:


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Note added at 8 mins (2015-05-13 16:55:36 GMT)
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Zarwane łóżko to takie, które się zapadło pod ciężarem użytkownika/-ów.

Teksty angielskie: http://tinyurl.com/kzv7ocu
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Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 23:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4collapsed bed
Polangmar
3dilapidated, down on its luck, on its last legs, past its prime, rickety, creaking, ruined bed
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
collapsed bed


Explanation:


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Note added at 8 mins (2015-05-13 16:55:36 GMT)
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Zarwane łóżko to takie, które się zapadło pod ciężarem użytkownika/-ów.

Teksty angielskie: http://tinyurl.com/kzv7ocu

Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 23:12
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 172
Notes to answerer
Asker: ... nie pod moim ciężarem ale dokładnie tak to wygląda :P dziękować


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomasz Sienicki
1 min
  -> Dziękuję.:)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
35 mins
  -> Dziękuję.:)
agree  Jacek Konopka
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję.:)
agree  Darius Saczuk
5 hrs
  -> Dziękuję.:)
neutral  LilianNekipelov: Not really. A collapsed bed refers usually to one that folds. broken is much better in this context.
16 hrs
  -> their new bed collapsed the first night they slept in it: http://tinyurl.com/22pp37u More: http://tinyurl.com/k5lzx68 , http://tinyurl.com/lplqcar , http://tinyurl.com/mf2sgl6 , http://tinyurl.com/prnrbuv , http://tinyurl.com/qyxg56o - just a few examples
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dilapidated, down on its luck, on its last legs, past its prime, rickety, creaking, ruined bed


Explanation:
You should be able to find your bed in one or all of these descriptions.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 536
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dziękuję.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Polangmar: Zarwane łóżko wygląda na przykład tak: http://tinyurl.com/qyxg56o - zaproponowane określenia (rozchwierutane, rozklekotane, mające okres świetności za sobą itp.) nie oddają precyzyjnie tego stanu lub nawet mówią o czymś innym.
18 mins
  -> It does give the feel of such a bed, the inner despair of the pour soul lying on it, the physical and mental anguish. The scene is positively Dickensian or bohemian. We could add a black cat startled by the the crashing bed, but that is beyond the text.
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