be after – chase
be in for – expect, usu bad
be off - absent
be on – at TV etc.
be out – stop burning
be through with – end realtionship
be up to – móc/feel like doing sth
break down – zepsuć/załamać się/negocjacje/podzielić
break in – by force/illegally
break into – by force/interrupt
break off – end a relationship
break out – WAR
break through – advance
break to – tell sth bad
break up – stop for holidays/end a rltshp
bring about – cause to happen
bring back – cause to recall
break down – cause to fall
bring forward – move sth to earlier date
bring in – create profit
bring on – cause usu unpleasant
bring out – put on market
bring round – consciousness/persuade
bring up – raise a child/mention
call for - need
call in – visit briefly
call off – cancel
call on sb – visit formally
call out – firemen
call up – join the army
carried away (be) – excited
carry off – handle diffclt situation
carry out – conduct experiment
carry through – complete succesfully
come across – find by chance
come by – otrzymać/uzyskać
come down to – w spadku
come into – w spadku
come off – succeed
come out – kwitnąć/be published/stains
come round – visit casually/recover conscious
come to – amount to a total
come up – mention/arise/occur
come up to – approach/equal
come up with – find solution
cut across – iść na skróty
cut in – move suddnly in front of car/interupt
cut into – interrupt
cut off – disconnect/isolate
cut out – omit(opuszcać)
(be)cut out for – suited for profession
cut up – na małe kawałki
do away with – usunąć/obalić
do sb down – obgadywać
do in – kill
do up – fasten/tie
do with – want
draw back – wykręcać się/wycofywać
draw in – train arrives
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draw out – encourage sb shy/bankomat
draw up – stop a car/write will,list etc
fall apart – come to pieces
fall back on – ost.deska ratunku
fall behind – zaległości
fall for sb – in love with sb/oszukanym
fall in – collapse
fall in with – agree with
fall into – categories/begin
fall on – attack/eat hungrily
fall out (with) – quarrel
fall through – fail to be completed
get across – przekazać myśl
get along – cont.despite problems
get along with – be at friendly terms
get at – mean
get away with – niski mandat
get back – oddać rower
get down – swallow with difficulties/depress
get down to – start doing sth seriously
get on – enter bus/make progress
get out – become known
get over – recover
get round – persuade
get round to – find time to do sth
get through – finish/go on(difficulties)
get through to – reach by phone
give away – ujawnić sekret/dać za friko
give in/up – surrender
give off – emit
give out – come to an end/distribute
go ahead – be allowed to happen
go back on – break promise
go by – wierzyć czyimś słowom
go for – also: attack, apply for a job
go in for – take part in competition
go off – explode/alarm/milk
go out – stop burning
go over – examine details
go round – enough 4evbody/spread news/decease
go with – match
hold back – control tears, laughter
hold in – powstrzymywać
hold off – keep at a distance
hold out – last/persist(upierać się)
hold to – follow exactly/keep to
hold up – delay/use violence to rob
keep after – pościg
keep back – ukrywać uczucia
keep down – cause to remain at lower level
keep in – wyprosić z klasy
keep off - avoid
keep on – cont.despite diffct.
keep out – wykluczyć
keep up with – stay at the same level/cont.being.informed
let down – lenghten clthes/dissapoint
let off – not to punish
let on – reveal a seccret
let out – release/make cloths larger
let up – become less strong
look back (on) – consider the past
look down to – gardzić
look in on sb – pay a short visit
look into – investigate
look on – observe
look out for – szukać gorączkowo
look over – examine carefully
look round – examine a place
look through – scan
make for – go towards
make out – distinguish
make over sth to sb – dać coś komuś
make up for – compensate
pass away – die
pass sb off as sb – udawać kogoś
pass out – lose consciousness
pay down – w ratach
pay off – wypłacić odprawę
pay up – pay (a debt) in full
pull down – demolish
pull oneself together – kontrolować się
pull through – succeed desp.difficulties
pull up – stop
put aside/by – save
put across – przedstawić myśl
put away – store/put sb to prison\mental hospital
put down – write down
put down to – przypisywać coś czemuś
put forward – propose
put off- postpone(przełożyć)
put out – extinguish/cause trouble
be put out – be annoyed
put through – connect by phone
put up – erect/offer zakwaterowanie/show in a public place
run after – chase
run down – knock down (with a vehicle)
run in – dotrzeć silnik
run off – make prints\copies
run through – use up (tracić?)/rehearse quickly
run up - accumulate
run up against – encounter diff.
see about – deal with
see off – odwieźć kogoś np.na pociąg
see out – odprowadzić sb do drzwi
see over – inspect a place
see through – not be deceived
see about – begin to do
set aside – save for purpose/stop sth
set back – cofnąć zegar
set in – state of weather
set on – ause to attack
set sb up – cause sb to receive blame
set to – begin working hard
set up – start a business/establish
stand by – support/be ready for action
stand for – represent
stand in for – replace sb temporarily
stand out – be noticeable
stand up for sb – support
stand up to – resist
take back – apologise
take in sb – give accomodation/make cloths narrow/fully understand
take off – 1/2/imitate/take time as holiday
take on – undertake work or employ
take out – remove/clean
take over – gain control
take to – begin a habit/like
turn down – refuse an offer
turn in – go to bed/give to police
turn out – produce/prove to be
wear away – (of wood/stones)reduce gradually
wear down – reduce oposition gradually
wear off – stop gradually
wear out – exhaust\sb i sth
work on – have an effect on
work up – develop
a cold fish
a couch potato
a dark horse
a fly-by-night – sb unreliable
a live wire
a night-owl
a really close shave – o mały włos
above board – honest
alive & kicking – żywotna
an early bird
as bold as brass
as busy as a bee
as clear as a bell
as cool as a cucumber
as fit as a fiddle
as flat as a pancake
as gentle as a lamb
as good as gold
as large as life
as light as feather
as poor as a church mouse
as pretty as a picture
as proud as a peacock
as regular as clockwork
as silent as a grave
as two peas in a pod – 2 krople wody
as white as a sheet
at a loose end – nie mieć nic do roboty
by & large – everything cosidered
cheesed off – annoyed
dead beat – exhausted
fair & square – clearly
for donkey’s years – bardzo długo
from head to foot – od stóp do głów
from scratch – from beginning
full of beans –
give & take – kompromis
hard up – short of money
he blows his own trumpet
he’s got a real bee in his bonnet
in a nutshell – jednym słowem
inside out – na lewą stronę
it doesn’t hold water
loud-mouthed – talking too much
null & void – nieważny
on all fours – na czworakach
on the house – na koszt firmy
over the moon – vey happy
pigheaded – stubborn
sb is looking daggers at sb – spode łba
she flies off the handle
she’s all fingers & thumbs
short & sweet – krótko i treściwie
skin & bone – skóra i kości
standing on my head – z zamkn.oczami
stuck up – zarozumiały
the apple of one’s eye
the last straw – tego już za wiele!
the life&soul of the party
through thick & thin – na dobre i złe
to be at loggerheads with – drzeć koty
to be head&shoulders above
to be up & about – żywotnym być
to cook by the rule of thumb
to feel out of sorts – cienko
to have one’s heart in sth –włożyć w coś serce
to hear through the word of mouth
to look down in the mouth
to make one’s presence felt
to tell sb apart - rozróżnić
under my nose
under the thumb – pod pantoflem
wear & tear of sth – trudy czegoś
well off - ?
needn’t + pres.inf = don’t need to
needn’t + perfect inf = happened but unnecesary
as if / as though + any tense
= probability
as if / as though + past smp/cont
= unreal in the present
as if / as though + past perfect
= unreal in the past
Due to the fact, that...
Due to the traint strike...
It’s such a lot of people..
It’s so hot a day that...
However fast he runs (no matter how)
few – countable
little – uncountable
Both ... & .... + plural verb
Either ... or ... + sng/pl verb
Neither ... nor...+ sng/pl verb
Not only ...but also...+ sng/pl verb
to/ in order to/ so as to+inf
so that + can/will - pres/fut reference
so that +could/would – past reference
with a view to / with the aim of/+ ing
In case + present – pres/future reference
„I’ll phone him in case he’s forgotten the app.”
In case + past – past reference
„He took a torch in case there was no light.”
For fear / lest + might / should
„They put on their life jackets for fear they might drown”
For fear of sth/doing sth
„He left his money in the hotel for fear of losing them”
Prevent + sb/sth + (from) + -ing form
Avoid + -ing form
He works hard > He said that he worked hard
He is working hard – he was working hard
He worked hard – he (had) worked hard
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