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to swim; to float

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Tom išiel plávať do rieky, ale keď vyšiel von, jeho šaty boli ukradnuté.
Tom went swimming in the river, but when he got out, his clothes had been stolen.
Ken vie dobre plávať.
Ken can swim well.
Plávať v noci je nebezpečné.
Swimming at night is dangerous.
Vieš plávať?
Can you swim?
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Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
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