I wouldn't say no to... | I would really like to... | |
Needless to say/ it goes without saying that... | nie trzeba nic dodawać, 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 | |
on account of sth | z powodu czegoś | |
get the message across | infml to convey the idea | |
declare sb a winner | fml statement made at the time of the win | |
to declare sb the winner/president | ogłosić kogoś zwycięzcą/prezydentem | |
statement | (formal announcement) oświadczenie | |
to be pronounced dead | fml when making an official statement of death | |
impart knowledge/wisdom to sb | transfer knowledge/wisdom | |
to impart | przekazywać | |
divulge one's sources | fml make sth secret (i.e. sources) known | |
divulge | ujawnić | |
source | źródło | |
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 | |