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psuć się/załamywać się

break down- the bus broke down on the way to school. She broke down crying after the argument. (BREAK DOWN + ING)

patrzec z gory na kogos

look down ON - I can’t stand people who look down on others.

zerwać, rozpaść się

break up- the band broke up last year

Spowodować, doprowadzić do

Bring about- the new policy brought about positive changes

nie móc się doczekać

look forward to- she always looks forward to summer

Przekonać, ocucić

Bring round- we used water to bring him round after he fainted/ I’ll bring him round to our way of thinking

sprawdzać, poprawiać się

look up- look up the word in a dictionary/ things are starting to look up for me/everything is finally looking up for us

kontynuować

carry on- she carried on talking as if nothing happened/ you should carry on with your studies

zrozumieć, dostrzec, całować się

make out- it was dark so I could barely make out his face/ they were making out behind the school

Wykonać, prrzeprowadzić

Carry out- the scientist carried out an experiment/ the plan was carried out perfectly

zmyslac, pogodzic sie, stanowic

make up- he made up a story about losing his phone/ they argued, but later made up/ women make up more than half of our team

dogonić

catch up with- after being sick he struggled to catch up with the others. /I’ll catch up with you later.

natknąć się, sprawiać wrażenie

come across- I came across an old photo yesterday/ she came across as very confident

odebrac, nauczyc sie, wznosic sie/ wznowic, kontynuowac

pick up- she picked up some Spanish while living in Madrid/ the wind is picking up/ sales are picking up again/ let’s pick up where we left off yesterday.

uspic, zapisac, ponizyc

put down- we had to put our dog down last year/ don’t put him down in front of others/ put my name down on the list, please

wyskoczyć z czymś, powiedzieć nagle

come out with- he suddenly came out with the truth (nie mylic z come up)

odkładać, zniechęcać

put off- don’t put off your homework again/his attitude really put me off

Przenocować, powiesić, postawić

put up- thanks for putting me up last night/ we put up new shelves in the kitchen/they put up a tent near the river/ I put up a picture on the wall.

Nadawać się do czegoś

cut out for- I’m not cut out for office work / she’s cut out for teaching

zapinać, odnawiać

do up - can you do up my dress please? / they did up the old house completely.

Krytykować, osłabić, potrącić

run down- don’t run your friends down behind their back. / I’m feeling really run down lately./ the driver ran down a cyclist

obyć się bez

do without- I can’t do without my morning coffee

skończyć się

run out of- we’ve run out of milk / my patience is running out / they ran out of time during the exam/ we ran out of drinks

zakochać się, dać się nabrać

fall for- he fell for her instantly/ don’t fall for this scam/ I think I’m falling for you

wyruszać, uruchomić

set off- We set off early to avoid traffic. / The smoke set off the fire alarm.

poklocic sie (z kims)

fall out (with)- I fell out with my best friend last week. / they often fall out over small things.

oznaczać, tolerować

stand for- what does NASA stand for? / Our teacher doesnt’t stand for any nonsense. / I won’t stand for being treated like this

nie dojść do skutku/nie udawać się

fall through- Their trip fell through because of the storm.

wyróżniać się

stand out - she really stands out in a crowd (W TLUMIE- nie mylic z stand out from a crowd)/ his talent makes him stand out from others/ The bright colour will make this ad stand out.

Uniknąć kary, uchodzić na sucho

get away with- she got away with cheating on the test/ you can’t get away with lying forever/ she always gets away with being late

być podobnym do

take after- she takes after her mother in looks and personality/ I take after my dad when it comes to music taste |BEZ THE|! looks= wyglad (nie look)!

radzic sobie, dogadywac sie/ kontynuowac

get on with - stop complaining and get on with your work/ I get on really well with my classmates/ how are you getting on with your new job?

przyjąć, zrozumieć, dać schronienie

take in - it’s a lot of information to take in at once/ Poland took in thousands of refugees/ I was too shocked to take in what he said. |thousands - nieokreslona licza. na ogol mowimy np. 3 thousand /5 million|

pokonać, dojść do siebie

get over- it took her months to get over the break up/ I can’t get over how beautiful this place is

wystartować, odnieść sukces, zdjąć

take off- the plane took off on time/ her career really took off after that show/ take this off

poddać się, ustąpić=, ulec” czemus

give in- she begged for hours until he finally gave in/ don’t give in to pressure/ I finally gave in and ate the cake.

polubic, przyzwyczaic sie, zaczac cos robic reguralnie

take to - I didn’t take to him at first, but now we are friends/She’s taken to jogging recently./ the dog took to its new home immediately

spadać/ wydarzyć się /zostać przyjętym

go down-the price of petrol has gone down again/ his joke didn’t go down very well/ the sun went down behind the mountains/!!! nobody knows what is going to go down tonight!!!

zaczac cos robic, zajmowac (czas, miejsce)

take up- She took up yoga last month / This project takes up too much time and space.

wziąć udział/ lubić coś

go in for- he doesn’t go in for fast food/ she went in for the national singing competition/she goes in for photography

ochrzanić

tell off- the teacher told me off for being late- I got told off by my mum for not cleaning the room

wstrzymać, opóźniać, napadać

hold up- sorry I’m late, I was held up in traffic./ the construction work is holding up the project/ the robbers held up the bank

dotrzymywać kroku, nadążać

keep up with- I can’t keep up with all this new technology. / try to keep up with the rest of the class

odrzucić, sciszyć

turn down- He turned down the job offer./ Can you turn down the music, please? / She turned him down when he asked her out.

zawiesc

let down- I felt really let down by my friends. / He let us down

okazać się, skończyć się

turn out- It turned out better than I expected. / He turned out to be a great teacher

opiekować się

look after- Can you look after my dog while I’m away?

pojawiać się, podgłośnić

turn up- She turned up late to the meeting/ Can you turn up the volume, please? / Guess who turned up at the party

zbudowac cos (np. pewnosc siebie)

build up - I want to build up my confidence