It was a blast! | Było super! |
look into, investigate | rozpatrywać, analizować - neutral |
dig out info about | rozpatrywać, analizować - informal |
conduct an investigation into | rozpatrywać, analizować - formal |
probe | rozpatrywać, analizować - neutral, journalistic |
sth is subject to police investigation | coś jest przedmiotem śledztwa - formal, legal and official |
submit assignment | oddać pracę - formal |
hand in assignment | oddać pracę - neutral |
request an extension | poprosić o przedłużenie terminu - formal |
ask for an extension | poprosić o przedłużenie terminu - neutral |
consult one's tutor | skonsultować się z wykładowcą - formal |
have a word with one's tutor | skonsultować się z wykładowcą - neutral |
totally awesome | (informal) - absolutely amazing (neutral) |
well good | (infml) - very, really good (neutral) |
I haven't a clue/the foggiest idea | (infml) - I have no idea (neutral) |
grab a snack | (infml) - have a snack (neutral) |
I din't have much luck | nie miałem za dużo szczęścia |
bright idea | mądry pomysł |
token | kupon |
that thought occured to me | też o tym pomyślałem |
I haven't gone to any trouble | nie wysiliłem się |
have a go at sb | wkurzyć się na kogoś |
He really got to her | He made her very upset |
He didn't mean any harm | He didn't intend to do or say anything wrong |
I can bear a thought | nie mogę znieść myśli |
I wouldn't lose any sleep | I wouldn't worry |
news travels fast | wieści szybko się roznoszą |
It came as a bit of a shock | to był dla mnie mały szok |
to be brutally honest | jeśli mam być szczery |
welcome relief | upragniona ulga |
I know the feeling | I feel the same |
I'll be glad to see the back of her | I'll be happy to see her leave |
Are you up for sth? | Would you like to...? |
give sb a good send-off | do something special to say goodbye |
the simple reason is | po prostu dlatego, że |
be on the go | to be very busy |
have a decent night's sleep | wyspać się porządnie |
I can't face the tought of | Ani myślę... |
feeble excuse | słaba wymówka |
be up for sth | mieć na coś ochotę |
give me a ring | zadzwoń do mnie |
drop me an email | wyślij mi maila |
I hope I didn't cause you any trouble/ put you to any trouble | Mam nadzieję, że nie zrobiłem ci kłopotu |
I'm really/very much looking forward to... | Naprawdę nie mogę się doczekać żeby... |
I sincerely/very uch hope ... | Mam szczerą nadzieję. że... |
I'm absolutely delighted | jestem zachwyciny |
It's a great pleasure | To ogromna przyjemność |
mumble/ mutter | mamrotać, negative |
murmur | mruczeć, mamrotać, positive |
without a murmur | without any protest, aomplaint, comment |
raise one's voice | speak louder |
raide one's voice | speak in loud, angry tone |
shout at | krzyczeć na..._ _ o _ _ |
yell at | krzyczeć na... _ _ l _; conveys urgency, anger, frustration; often: PRZEkrzyczeć |
scream at | wydzierać się na _ c _ _ _ _ |
roar at | krzyczeć - loud volume, but deep-pitched; positive and negtive (crowd can also do it while a match) |
shriek at | krzyczeć na... s_ _ _ _ _; loud, very high-pitched, positive and negative |
chatter away | have a light, non-serious talk |
nag at sb | criticise faults of sb |
gossip | plotkować |
bicker | argue in an irritating way |
wind sb up | tease, fool sb |
slag off | infml: criticise |
butter sb up | negative, say nice things to sb because of possible benfits from it |
whine, whinge | infml, negative: to complain |
lisp | difficulty in making an "s" sound and making a "th" sound instead |
stammer | speak with abnormal pauses and repetitions |
stutter | repeat sounds at the beginning of words |
slur | when one's words hav a slow, lazy sound; difficult to understand |
get tongue tied | to be unable to say what one wants to say, to mix up words |
beat it | go away |
bug | annoy |
bung | throw/give/put (4 let) |
chuck | throw or give (5 let) |
flog | to sell |
hammer sb | to beat sb/ another team very easily and convincingly |
knock | criticize |
nip out/ to.. | to go soewhere for a short time |
pop | to quickly put |
scoff | to eat quickly and greedily |
scourge | to borrow, especially money |
Can I scourge? | Will you give me... |
stink | to have a bad smell |
airy-fairy | not practical or realistic |
chock-a-block | very crowded with people or cars |
clapped-out | old and in bad condition (for cars and machines) |
daft | silly, not sensible |
dodgy | risky and dangerous/ dishonest& untrustworthy (ppl)/ weak (part of the body) |
gross | disgusting to look at, taste, or think about |
hush-hush | secret |
lousy | bad |
mucky | dirty |
nippy | cold (for weather) |
posh | expensive and upper class |
tacky | poor quality, cheap, and showing lack of good taste |
tatty | old an in bad condition |
weird | strange |
chicken out | not to do sth because you are afraid |
chuck (sth) out | to get rid of sth |
conk out | to break down (machines and cars) |
cough up | to pay sb money (often used as a request - "You lost the bet, so come on, ..) |
hit it off | to really like each other; przypaść sobie do gustu |
rip sb off | to cheat sb out of money |
set sb back | to cost - ile cię to kosztowało? |
slag sb off | to criticise sb (3 words) |
wind (sb) up | to tease sb in order to annoy or provoke them |
A: cross the street B: cross the road | przejść przez ulicę (A, B) |
kitty - corner | B: diagonally opposite |
diagonally opposite | A: kitty-corner |
gas station | B: petrol station |
petrol station | A: gas station |
crosswalk | B: pedestrian/zebra crossing |
pedestrian/zebra crossing | A: crosswalk |
trail | B: path |
path | A: trail |
creek | B: stream, small river |
stream, small river | A: creek |
take a left | B: turn left |
turn left | A: take a left |
Interstate | major motorway in the US connectiong different states |
intersection | B: road junction |
road junction | A: intersection |
cart | B: trolley (wózek, np. sklepowy) |
trolley | A: cart (wózek, np. sklepowy) |
parking lot | B: car park |
car park | A: parking lot |
back up | B: reverse |
reverse | A: back up |
overpass | B: flyover (wiadukt) |
flyover | A: overpass (wiadukt) |
deplane | American: wyładowywać, wysiadać "The flight will... momentarily" |
disembark | British, wyładowywać, wysiadać "Passengers will be ... shortly" |
momentarily | A: za chwilę |
shortly | B: za chwilę |
coach class | B: economy class (in a plane) |
economy class | A: coach class (in a plane) |
carry-on baggage | A: bagaż podręczny |
hand baggege | B: bagaż podręczny |
B:earth A: ground | (BA) cable is...; cable that takes electricity safely into the ground |
B: skip A: dumpster | (BA) large metal container for putting rubbish in |
B: tap A: faucet | (BA) kran |
B: cooker A: stove | (BA) piece of kitchen equipment to cook food |
B: frying pan A: skillet | patelnia |
A patient presented this morning with an elevated temperarure | pacjent miał dzisiaj wysoką temperaturę |
exhibit a neck rash | mieć wysypkę na szyi |
complain of | narzekać na |
inability to concentrate | problem z koncentracją |