Phrasal verbs

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wyjaśnić coś (podać powody)
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account for
I have no idea how can I account for my strange behaviour.
pyskować, niegrzecznie odpowiadać
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answer back
Parents don't like it when children answer them back.
popierać kogoś
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back up
Will you back me up in the school election?
podszlifować, odświeżyć (np. znajomość języka)
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brush up on
Instead of wasting my time, I should brush up on my English more often.
nadrabiać (zaległości)
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catch up with
After so much time of not seeing each other, they have a lot to catch up with.
rozchmurzać się (nastrój)
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cheer up
natknąć się na
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come across
As we were going down the hill, we came across a wolf!
pokłócić sie
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fall out with
We shouldn't fall out with each other about such a stupid thing.
wywinąć się, uchodzić płazem
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get away with
I'm sure this time he will not get away with it and get punished.
mieć dobre relacje z kimś
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get on with
I really get on well with my neighbours.
pokonać, przezwyciężyć
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get over
Amy had lots of problems but with our help she got them over.
mijać
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go by
I can't believe that time goes by so fast.
przeglądać
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go through
I'll go through these reports quickly to see if there are no mistakes.
czekać
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hang on
Hang on a minute. I'll show you what I've found.
zachorować na
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come down with
It's typical for me to come down with flu every year.
wychodzić na jaw/ być wydanym (o książce, filmie itp.)
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come out
The latest record of Coldplay comes out next week.
wpaść na (np. pomysł)
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come up with
It was a bit difficult to come up with this idea.
liczyć na kogoś
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count on
George is someone you can count on. He's so helpful.
organiczać
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cut down on
If you want to keep fit, you must cut down on sweets.
odciąć
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cut off
After the storm almost the whole town had their electricity cut off.
odnawiać
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do up
I suppose we will do the house up when the weather's better.
wycofać się
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draw back
Even though they promised to help us, they drew back anyway.
zmierzać do czegoś/ próbować/ powiedzieć
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drive at
I have no idea what you are driving at.
wpadać z wizytą
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drop in
If you are in NY some day, don't forget to drop in.
podrzucić kogoś gdzieś po drodze/ zasnąć (uciąć komara)
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drop off
I can drop you off on my way home.
znaleźć się gdzieś (nieoczekiwanie)
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end up
We were looking for good restaurants and finally ended up in McDonald's.
przyglądać się komuś
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eye up
Peter is shy and he will always eye girls up instead of talking to them.
stawić czoła czemuś
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face up to
It's time we faced up to this sad matter. We cannot run anymore.
zostawać z tyłu
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fall behind
I was lazy and now I've fallen behind all my classmates.
zmierzać do
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head for
Excuse me Sir, where are you heading for?
dotrzymywać kroku, nadążać za czymś/ kimś
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keep up with
If you don't want to be left behind, keep up with the rest of us.
odpuścić/ darować komuś
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let off
This is not your first mistake. Why should I let you off?
sprostać czemuś/ spełnić oczekiwania
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live up to
It was always difficult for me to live up to my teacher's expectations.
patrzeć na kogoś z góry/ pogardzać
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look down on
I don't like people who look down on others just because they're poor.
wyczekiwać/ nie móc się czegoś doczekać
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look forward to
I look forward to opening Christmas gifts.
uważać
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look out
Look out, the car is going to hit the tree.
sprawdzać (np. w słowniku)
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look up
If I find a word I don't understand, I just look it up in dictionary.
podziwiać kogoś
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look up to
Teenagers look up to their idols.
zrozumieć/ rozgryźć coś, rozczytać
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make out
Janet has always been a secretive person. I can't make her out.
wynagrodzić komuś coś
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make up for
Sorry for everything I did to you. You can be sure that I'll make up for all this.
przejść do czegoś
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move on to
Can you move on to the next point?
operować kogoś
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operate on
The doctors operated on Ellen last Tuesday. Now she's fine.
wybierać
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opt for
So have you opted for the right doctor?
czepiać się kogoś/ dokuczać
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pick on
One of my school mates used to pick on me but I didn't care about that.
podłapać (język)/ podnieść/ odebrać (np. z lotniska)
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pick up
As I was staying at my friends' in London, I tried to pick up some English slang.
odłożyć coś na później
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put off
I don't think we'll do it on time. Why don't we put it off?
odnosić się do czegoś/ zaglądać do
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refer to
Before I make a decision, please let me refer to some formal regulations.
dzwonić/ telefonować
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ring up
As soon as you hear this message, please ring me up.
przejechać/ potrącić
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run over
Some woman was run over by a drunk driver but she is fine.
oszczędzać
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save up
Every month I try to save up some money for my summer holiday.
chwalić się/ popisywać sie czymś
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show off
Just because he's rich, it doesn't mean he must show off so much.
przypominać kogoś/ być podobnym
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take after
Look, he takes after his father so much.
cofać coś, co się powiedziało/ odszczekać
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take back
You'd better take back what you said about her or you'll regret it.
oszukać, nabrać kogoś
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take in
I can't believe he took me in again. How can I trust him?
zdejmować (np. ubranie)/ startować (o samolocie)
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take off
The plane is about to take off in a couple of minutes.
zacząć coś robić (np. nowe hobby)/ podjąć się czegoś
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take up
Did you know that Martin took up yoga classes?
namawiać kogoś/ przekonać
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talk into
They want to talk us into going to the party late at night but it's a stupid idea.
skarcić/ besztać
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tell off
Her mother told her off when she heard that she was dating an older man.
rozgrzewać się
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warm up
By the time you jump into cold water, warm up a bit.
pakować/ zakończyć
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wrap up
Let's wrap up this project for today. I'm to tired to continue.
źle się zachowywać, źle działać
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act up
1. My car always acts up in cold weather. 2. Sophie got bored and started acting up.
zadomowić się, ustatkować
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settle down
Come on, have a cup of tea and settle down.
przetrzymywany
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held up
. I'm so sorry I'm late, I got held up at the hospital.
spisać, zrecenzować
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write up
We've done all the research, now we need to write up the report.
wykonać zadanie
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carry out
I couldn’t carry out my plan for the month.
wspomnieć o czymś
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bring up
Remember, don’t bring up Mary’s breakup when you talk to her.
znosić coś, tolerować
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put up with
I can’t put up with your behavior anymore.
przejąć kontrolę nad czymś
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take over
Mrs. Jones, the math teacher, is taking a maternity leave and Mrs. Green will be taking over.
podejść
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come up
A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
wezwanie do wojska
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call-up
She was very upset when her boyfriend received his call-up
zyskać popularność
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catch on
I wonder if the game will ever catch on with young people?
ustalić, okreslić
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set down
The rules of the club are set down in the members' handbook.
podołać czemuś
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carry through
It is doubtful whether it will be possible to carry through the education reforms.
ustanowić
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set up
Rebels have set up an independent state within the country.
odnotować, określić
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set down
1. She set all these events down in her diary. 2. He set the whole experience down as a failure.
uśpić
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put down
Our cat was old and blind so we decided to put it down.
wykluczyć
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rule out
First of all, we should rule out all unfeasible possibilities.
wyróżnić
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single out
All the concerts we've seen this year were great. It's hard to single out the best one.
zużyć
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use up
We have used up all the petrol and now we can't drive any longer.
odłożyć słuchawkę
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hang up
I phoned him to apologise for my behaviour, but he just hung up.
wylądować
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touch down
The plane is about to touch down.
wymiotować
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throw up
Matt drank too much yesterday. He was throwing up the whole night.
przenocować kogoś
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put up
I didn't have enough money to rent a room but Kate put me up.
przedyskutować coś
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talk over
Before we finally decide, we must talk it over.
poderwać
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pick up
He picked up a beautiful girl yesterday.
wrobić kogoś
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set up
It wasn't me who broke the window. I was set up.
ugasić
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put out
Fortunately, the fire brigade managed to put out the fire.

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