I wouldn't say no to... | I would really like to... |
Needless to say/ it goes without saying that... | nie trzeba nawet wspominać, że... |
Don't say a word | nie mów ani słowa... |
Generally speaking | ogólnie rzecz biorąc.. |
strictly speaking | jeśli mam być precyzyjny.. |
speak very highly of sb | say good things about sb |
Stop mumbling and say properly | przestań mamrotać i mów poprawnie |
I can't understand a word you're saying | nie rozumiem ani słowa |
It's time we talked business | przejdźmy do konkretów? |
talk nonsense | gadać głupoty |
talk a lot of sense | mówić z sensem |
tell sb a secret | wyjawić komuś sekret |
don't tell anyone else | nie mów nikomu innemu |
tell one's fortune | predict one's future |
give | to ... someone a reason |
state your aim/purpose/goal | fml wziąć sobie za cel |
state one's business | fml say what one's intentions are |
give an account of | to tell/write about sth to someone |
get the message across | infml to convey the idea |
declare sb a winner | fml statement made at the time of the win |
to be pronounced dead | fml when making an official statement of death |
impart knowledge/wisdom to sb | transfer knowledge/wisdom |
divulge one's sources | fml make sth secret (i.e. sources) known |
disseminate information | fml spread information to a lot of people |
notify the police of | fml powiadomić policję o... |
protest one's innocence | insist one's not guilty |
profess ignorance of | fml claim - perhaps insincerely - that you don't know |
break the news to sb | tell sb some important, usually bad, news |
idle chatter | leniwe trajkotanie |
exchange pleasantries | fml make polite conversation |
share juicy gossip | dzielić się najnowszymi plotkami |
exchange news | wymieniać się informacjami |
spread rumors | rozpowiadać pogłoski |
fly around | to soar or float aloft randomly |
engage someone in conversation | zaprosić kogoś do rozmowy |
draw into an argument | wciągnąć w kłótnię |
win an argument | wygrać kłótnię |
lose the argument | przegrać w dyskusji |
enjoy a good discussion | cieszyć się dyskusją |
carry on a conversation | kontynuować rozmowę |
hold a conversation | podtrzymać rozmowę |
broach the subject | begin a discussion of a difficult topic |
change the subject | zmienić temat |
bring up the subject again | wrócić na właściwy temat |
overstate one's case | give too much importance or seriousness to a point of view |
bombard sb with questions | ask a lot of questions |
make broad generalisations | generalizować |
drop the subject and never refer to it again | dać sobie spokój z tematem i nie wracać do niego |
bad/strong/foul language | swear words, taboo language |
four-letter words | swear words, taboo words |
opening gambit | a remark made in order to start a conversation |
rash promise | promise made without thinking |
empty promise | promise made which the speaker has no intention of keeping |
tough question | difficult question to answer |
bicker | to argue about unimportant things |
butt in (into +object) | wtrącać się |
confide in sb | tell sb a secret |
gossip about sb/sth | plotkować o kimś |
implore sb (not) to do sth | błagać żeby ktoś coś zrobił/nie zrobił |
let slip that | to accidentally tell sb sth that you did not want them to know |
nag sb about sth | to constantly tell sb what to do and what not t do |
natter (about sth) | infml to chat about unimportant things |
scold sb for doing sth | to tell sb off (quite formal) |
tease sb (about sth) | make fun of sb in a cruel or playful way |
delicious | very tasty |
dreadful | very bad |
drenched/soaked | very wet |
distraught | very upset |
famished | very hungry |
filthy | very dirty |
flabbergasted | very surprised |
hilarious | very funny |
livid | very angry |
packed | very crowded |
parched | extremely thirsty |
priceless | extremely valuable |
riveting | very interesting |
superb | very good |
brand-new | completely new |
sit/stand bolt upright | sit/stand with a very straight back |
bone idle | infml very lazy |
crystal clear | very clear/ easy to understand |
dirt cheap | infml very cheap (it can follow the verbs buy and sell) |
freezing (cold) | very cold (to describe weather or how you feel) |
paper thin | very thin (used to describe walls) |
pitch-black/dark | completely dark |
razor-sharp | very sharp |
red-hot | very hot (to describe metals, plates etc.) |
sound/fast asleep | completely asleep |
stone cold | completely cold |
stone deaf | totally deaf |
stuck fast | stuck very firmly and unable to move |
wide awake | completely awake |
wide open | completely open |
brag | to boast (in an annoying or distasteful way) |
brief | to give a politician or businessman detailed information which they need to know |
clam up | to suddenly stop talking because you are very nervous or you suddenly feel very shy |
insinuate | accuse sb of sth in an indirect way |
intimate | to hint (They... that he would be next in line for promotion) |
mutter | to say sth in a low, quiet voice which is difficult to hear |
reel off | to repeat information quickly, without having to stop and think about it |
waffle | to talk and talk without saying anything important or sensible |
whinge | to keep complaining about sth in an annoying way |
yell | to shout |