srebra rodowe
English translation: family silverware
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|  Selected response from: Darius Saczuk United States Local time: 09:35 | ||||||
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| 4 | (the) family silver |
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| 2 +1 | crown jewels / family heirlooms |
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| 3 | family silverware |
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| 2 | (nation's) birthright |
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peer agreement (net): +1crown jewels / family heirlooms Explanation: propozycja crown jewels" the most impressive or valuable possessions that you have "These industries are the crown jewels of the French economy" http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/cr... heirloom (plural heirlooms) A valued possession that has been passed down through the generations. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heirloom -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2017-05-20 22:27:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ewentualnie "most prized possesions" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2017-05-20 22:31:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- crown jewels dosł.: klejnoty koronne, polski odpowiednik: srebra rodowe, tu: najcenniejsze aktywa przedsiębiorstwa lub również nacenniejsze aktywa gospodarki narodowej http://akacja.wzks.uj.edu.pl/~schaedag/materialy/unesco/Engl... |
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family silverware Explanation: Monday Interest Rate Brief | Seeking Alpha Seeking Alpha › Macro View › Economy Feb 14, 2011 - Greece now claims it's unhappy with commands to sell off its family silverware to raise €50 billion in ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2017-05-20 22:43:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- According to the New York Times, even after Greece sells 49 percent of the state railroad, lists its ports and airports on the stock market, privatizes the country’s casinos, sells minority stakes in water utilities serving Athens and Thessaloniki, sells 39 percent of the post office, and combines its vast real-estate assets into a holding company to be listed on the stock market—the government still won’t come close to balancing its budget. If things don’t dramatically improve soon, expect another garage sale to shortly follow, and then what little is left of the family silverware will be gone. Imagine: Selling everything and still not being able to pay the bills. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2017-05-20 22:46:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- portland imc - 2003.11.07 - U.S. Economy Makes Gains Indymedia › portland › 2003/11 Nov 7, 2003 - U.S. Economy Makes Gains .... Instead of selling the family silverware and reducing nature to a sink for ... |
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45 mins confidence:
(the) family silver Explanation: Silverware belonging to a particular family, handed down from generation to generation, especially as an heirloom https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/family_silver |
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(nation's) birthright Explanation: birthright -> inheritance; patrimony ---------- The petroleum industry called it a masterstroke. In reality it will lead to further loss of the little that remains of Britain’s once great birthright blessings. - https://www.thetrumpet.com/8102-bp-selling-a-nation-s-birthr... -------- Everyone knows the story of Esau selling his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew .. ------- The Republican Congress’ Furtive Moves to Give Away “America’s Birthright” - http://portside.org/2017-01-21/republican-congress’-furtive-... ------ Why are we allowing these expense-claiming bureaucrats to give away our birthright? - |
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