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fathom
/ˈfæðəm/
verb
zrozumieć
Also
pojąćzgłębić
Definition
To understand a difficult problem or person after much thought, or to measure the depth of water.
Examples
I could not fathom why he would lie to me.
Nie mogłem pojąć, dlaczego miałby mnie okłamywać.
The divers used sonar to fathom the depth of the ocean.
Nurkowie użyli sonaru, aby zmierzyć głębokość oceanu.
Synonyms
Collocations
cannot fathomfathom the depthstry to fathom
noun
sążeń
Definition
A unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 metres), used especially in measuring the depth of water.
Examples
The shipwreck lay at a depth of fifty fathoms.
Wrak leżał na głębokości pięćdziesięciu sążni.
The old nautical charts marked depths in fathoms.
Stare mapy morskie oznaczały głębokości w sążniach.
Collocations
fifty fathoms deepmeasure in fathomsten fathoms
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