| escalator | ruchome schody |
| housekeeper | gospodyni domowa |
| bonds | chains that prevent sb from moving |
| feud | an argument which has existed for a long time |
| limp | utykać/kuśtykać |
| landlady | a woman who owns a house |
| row | a noisy argument of fight |
| lunatic | sb who behaves in a silly or dangerous way |
| mortuary | kostnica |
| dexterity | zręczny |
| input | wkład |
| mundane | zwykły/doczesny |
| inquisitive | ciekawski |
| ongoing | continuing to exist or developor happening |
| inevitable | unavoidable |
| booming | growing or expanding very quickly |
| devastated | very shocked or upset |
| impregnable | niezniszczalny |
| accustomed to | familiar with sth |
| preliminary | coming BEFORE the main part of sth |
| flattered | very pleased and proud cause sb has said good things about you |
| peckish | slightly hungry |
| rusty | zardzewiały |
| modest | skromny |
| fruitful | owocny |
| greedy | chciwy |
| apparent | seeming to be true but possibly not true |
| undetectable | impossible to discover |
| brand-new | completely new |
| indispensable | extremely important and necessary |
| freelance | pracownik nieetatowy |
| scarce | very small in amount or number |
| to sustain | to provide what is needed |
| to turn sb away | nie wpuścić kogoś |
| to occur | to come into sb's mind |
| to bother | to annoy or cause problems for sb |
| to fetch | pójść po coś i to przynieść |
| to disinherit | wydziedziczyć kogoś |
| to tamper with sth | majstrować przy czymś |
| to take it out on sb | wyżywać się na kimś |
| to plan ahead | to make plans well in advance |
| to look sth up | sprawdzić coś |
| to reckon | to think or believe |
| to sack sb | to remove sb from job |
| to walk out on sb | to end your relationship |
| to make out | to write all necessary inf. on an official document |
| to root around | to search for sth by looking through other things |
| to purchase | to buy |
| to dash | to go somewhere quickly |
| to fall out with | to argue with sb |
| to track down | znaleźć coś/kogoś po dłuższym szukaniu |
| to turn up | pojawić się |
| to lug | to carry or pull sth with effort |
| to contradict | zaprzeczać |
| to digest | trawić |
| to stand sb up | to intentionally fail to meet sb when you said you would |
| to adore | to love sb very much |
| to spite sb | to intentionally hurt, annoy or upset sb |
| to put up with | znosić coś/kogoś |
| will do | when you don't want any more |
| to make a fuss | to show your anger, worry greater than it really is |
| to have it coming | be about to receive a punishment |
| to be over the moon | to be very pleased |
| to keep up appearances | udawać coś, żeby nikt nie zauważył jak jest naprawdę |
| to get sidetracked | rozpraszać się |
| to get your eye on sth | to have seen sth that you want and intend to get |
| in a manner of speaking | when sth is partly true |
| to take effect | to achieve the results you want |
| take for granted | przyjąć coś za rzecz oczywistą |
| child's play | very easy |
| out of the blue | sth unexpected |
| to take your time | to do sth without hurrying |
| waste your breath | to spend your energy trying to give advice which is ignored |
| to be out of your depth | not to have the knowledge, experience to deal with sth |
| on end | for hours, days without stopping |
| my money's on | whey you feel very sure that sth is true or will happen |
| to bide your time | to wait calmly for a good opportunity to do sth |
| to go to a lot of trouble | to make an effort to do sth |
| in the light of | because of |
| on the house | for free |
| see eye to eye | to agree with sb |
| at a moment's notice | a short time before sth happens |
| could do with sth | want sth very much |
| to serve time | to spend time in prison |
| to be right up sb's street | być w czyimś type/guście |
| straight from the horse's mouth | usłyszeć coś z pierwszej ręki |
| in a flash | quickly or suddenly |
| couldn't be bothered | to be too lazy or tired to do sth |
| to make yourself at home | do what you need to feel relax and comfortable |
| at stake | stawka |
| to take sb's word for it | wierzyć, że to co ktoś mówi jest prawdą |
| a show-off | popisy |
| hostage | zakładnik |
| phenomenon/phenomena | fenomen/y (zjawisko/a) |
| aisle | alejka/przejście |
| thrill | excitement |
| rib | żebro |
| disgrace | hańba |
| fraud | oszust |
| blackmail | szantaż |
| compassion | współczucie |
| fugitive | uciekinier |
| angle | kąt |
| post-mortem | sekcja zwłok |
| incentive | bodziec/zachęta |
| trauma | uraz |
| thorough | detailed |
| compromising | causing damage to one's reputation |
| overwhelming | very great or very large |
| distinctive | charakterystyczny/wyróżniający się |
| ample | enough |
| well-off | zamożny |
| trustworthy | a reliable person |
| anonymous | anonimowy |
| elaborate | skomplikowany |
| hilarious | very funny |
| relevant | związany z tematem |
| literally | used to stress that the statement or description is true |
| outnumbered | smaller in number than sth else |
| idle | leniwy/bezrobotny |
| observant | spostrzegawczy |
| hideous | very ugly and disgusting |
| late | not now living |
| illustrious | famous |
| classified | kept secret from all but a few people in the government |
| cooped-up | gnieździć się |
| atrocious | very bad |
| to misbehave | to behave badly |
| to bump into sb | meet sb by chance |
| mille around | to walk around in a general area without any purpose |
| impede | utrudniać |
| to put down an animal | to kill an animal because it is injured or sick |
| to be up to sb | the one who is responsible for making a chice or decision |
| to treat sb to sth | zafundować coś komuś |
| to chip in | złożyć się |
| to frequent | to visit or go to a place often |
| to smudge | popbamić/wybrudzić |
| to fall for sth | nabrać się |
| to extract | to get sth by force or threat |
| to crave sth | pragnąć czegoś |
| to repel | to cause sb to feel disgust |
| to lurk | czaić się/kryć się |
| to snivel | to cry slightly - it doesn't make people feel symphaty for you |
| to refine sth | to improve sth by making small changes |
| to show-off | popisywać się |
| to loathe | to hate sb/sth |
| to go on about sth | to continue talking |
| to punctured | przedziurawić |
| to account for | to explain |
| to beheaded | to cut off sb's head |
| to be after sb/sth | trying to catch sb/sth |
| to get carried away | dać się ponieść nerwom |
| to comply with | to do what you have beed asked or ordered |
| to thrive | to grow and develope successfully |
| to punch | uderzenie pięścią |
| to swing-swang-swang | to do or manage sth successfully |
| to extort | wymusić |
| to fracture | to cause a crack or break in sth hard |
| to be up to sth | to be doing sth (often bad or illegal) |
| to wander around | to walk around slowly in a relaxed way |
| to take sb in | to trick sb |
| to mop up | wycierać |
| to economise on sth | oszczędzać na czymś |
| to make for sth | to cause sth to happen or to be more likely |
| to despise sb/sth | pogardzać kimś/czymś |
| to acquire | to gain |
| to come to light | become known |
| to drive up the wall | make sb irritated, angry or crazy |
| on the advice of sb | following sb's suggestion |
| to be in sb's good books | to be treated very nicely by someone |
| in a nutshell | using as few words as possible |
| to keep a low profile | to avoid attracting attention to yourself |
| to keep sth in the dark | not to give sb all the inf about sth |
| to jump to conclusion | arrive at conclusion |
| to cross sb's mind | when you think of sth, it........ |
| to take the credit for sth | to be praised for sth you've done |
| to blow your nose | dmuchać nos |
| to do wonders | to help or improve sth greatly |
| to come in handy | to be useful for a particulat purpose |