to be held up	to be delayed
to come out	to appear, become visible
to come out	to become known
to come through	to arrive (by telephone, post, radio)
to come up	to arise, be put forward
to get round sb	to persuade sb into some action to which s/he is at first opposed
to hang about/around	to be standing or loitering about, doing nothing definite
to speak out/up	to give one's opinion without hesitation or fear
altar	a raised platform upon which religious ceremonies are performed
to alter	to change
to be/look the picture of health	być okazem zdrowia
to feel on top of the world	być w siódmym niebie
to be in the pink	tryskać zdrowiem
to feel quite up to the mark	nie być w formie
to feel under the weather	czuć się kiepsko
to be prey to sth	to be troubled by sth (grief, depression)
to blow up	to become angry suddenly
to break down	to lose emotional control because of grief
to feel blue	to feel sad or miserable
to get moody	to get gloomy, bad-tempered
all ready	completely prepared
already	as of some particular time, often now
allusion	veiled reference
illusion	false perception
to allude	to make a reference to
to elude	to escape or avoid
to be in two minds about whether to do sth or not	to be unsure, unable to decide
to be of one mind (about sth)	to be in agreement with sb about sth
to be out of one's mind/not in one's right mind	to be crazy, mad
to call/bring sth to mind	to recall sth to one's memory
to change one's mind	to make a new and different decision
to give/put one's mind to sth	to give one's attention to finishing or solving sth
to have a good mind to do sth	to be strongly disposed to do sth
to keep/bear sth/sb in mind	to remember
to make up one's mind	to take a decision
to read someone's mind	to know what someone is thinking
to be at pains/to take (great) pains (to do sth)	to take great trouble to do it
a pain in the neck/ass/butt (slang)	an irritating person
to spare no pains	to do everything possible
no gain without pain (proverb)	nothing can be gained without a certain amount of discomfort, effort or compromise