chodzić opłotkami

English translation: skirt the edges / take a roundabout route/way / take the byways/back ways/back roads/by-paths

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Polish term or phrase:chodzić opłotkami
English translation:skirt the edges / take a roundabout route/way / take the byways/back ways/back roads/by-paths
Entered by: Caryl Swift

09:45 Jul 20, 2006
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Polish term or phrase: chodzić opłotkami
czyli chodzić nie od frontu chyba ....
jjk
Poland
Local time: 00:48
skirt the edges / take a roundabout route/way / take the byways/back ways
Explanation:
'He had a/the habit of skirting the edges/taking a roundabout route/taking the byways/back ways'

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Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 00:48
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dziękuję
(to use by-paths/back roads - chyba tez)
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Summary of answers provided
3to use the back alleyways
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
3skirt the edges / take a roundabout route/way / take the byways/back ways
Caryl Swift
3walk off the beaten track
Ensor


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to use the back alleyways


Explanation:
do potwierdzenia przez ENS

Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 51
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skirt the edges / take a roundabout route/way / take the byways/back ways


Explanation:
'He had a/the habit of skirting the edges/taking a roundabout route/taking the byways/back ways'

http://tinyurl.com/qv5pe
http://tinyurl.com/qhvfc


Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 00:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60
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dziękuję
(to use by-paths/back roads - chyba tez)
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walk off the beaten track


Explanation:
propo;
"If you want to walk off the beaten track in Argyll, on Mull, Islay, Jura, Arran, the Small Isles, in Glen Coe, Cowal, Kintyre, Lorn or Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park."


    Reference: http://www.aboutargyll.co.uk/
Ensor
Local time: 07:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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