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) billows of smoke rolled over the ground
the hills roll down to the sea
the hills roll down to the sea
the years roll by
to roll one's eyes
to roll a cigarette
to roll the lawn,
to roll pastry
the thunder rolled continuously
to roll one's r's
the presses rolled
let the good times roll
a roll of newspaper
an electoral roll
rolls of flesh
the roll of the hills
the roll of thunder
See on a roll
A roll of paper, plastic, cloth, or wire is a long piece of it that has been wrapped many times around itself or around a tube....rolls of brightly coloured wrapping paper.rəʊl NOUN



svitek
rolletje


Gegenstand












If something rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times.The ball rolled into the net.rəʊl VERB















toczyć






Any colour, any pattern, any size of roll found its way into number 117, along with numerous offcuts.Alexandra Connor THE TURN OF THE TIDE (2004)
First, we went to the local cop shop and checked out the electoral roll.Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
Fred's response on these occasions is always to roll these easy shoulders.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He knew better than to say anything, and had time to roll a smoke before Rollo finally turned.Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
He regarded MTV as a soulless, mindless corporate invention to distract humans from things that mattered, including great rock'n ' roll.Globe and Mail (2003)
I had a sudden nostalgia for a dim pub with warm beer and a cheese roll with courtesy lettuce.Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
The school had 136 pupils, all boys, when Dr Almond was headmaster, around a third of the current roll.Glasgow Herald (2001)
They enter the next event which involves raiding a house and rescuing a dummy hostage on a roll.Maxim (2004)
They must decide where the responsibilities lie and which heads should roll.Irish Times (2002)
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