Potoczny brytyjski (2011-11)

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to miss the boat(bus)
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to waste an opportunity
to thumb through (the pages of a book)
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to turn the pages of a book/magazine, not reading properly, but out of interest
to be tight-fisted
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to be stingy/mean
as old as the hills
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very, very old
a crumb of comfort
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a small consolation
to get hammered
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to get very drunk
to belt someone
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to punch/hit somebody hard
to bore the pants off somebody
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to bore somebody very much
the lights were on but nobody was at home
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to be mentally flawed/inadequate
to be on a treadmill
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to be employed on punishing, endless work
daft as a brush
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to be very stupid (głupi jak osioł)
to call it a day
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to stop working, often said by workers when they judge they have worked enough for one day; it would be best to abandon some plan or deal/agreement
to get wind of
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to receive early warning of looming dangers, often from a confidential source
a wallflower
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a girl who has not been invited to dance, and sits/stands with her back to the wall at a dance hall/night club/party without a partner
to stem the flood/tide
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to stop the flow of sth
a cushy life
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a comfortable and easy life
the gift of the gab
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the ability to speak eloquently and fluently
my foot!
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an utterance expressing incredulity or suspicion
24-7 / 24/7
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a shop, bar or restaurant open round the clock for 24hrs, 7 days a week

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