blunt	when sb is blunt they say what they really think even if it's impolite or rudef it
brash	annoyingly loud, overconfident and aggressive
calculating	if sb is calculatin they get what they want by careful and cleverplanning without carring about anyo
callous	cruel and heartless
contankerous	kłótliwy; bad tempered and tend to argue
cheerful	happy and in a good mood
curt	oschły; veru abrupt
fickle	dwulicowy; not faithful or loyal to their friends
inquisitive	wścibski, ciekawski;
meticulous	szczegółowy, drobiazgowy;
persistent	zawzięty; refuse to give up, despite difficulties or oppposition
reckless	sb who does dangerous things without thinking about the consequences
ruthless	cruel and cold and have no mercy or feelings for others
squeamish	delikatny
sullen	nadąsany; bad tempered and not speak much
unscrupulous	prepared to act in an immoral and dishonest way to get what they want
volatile	loose their temper very quickly and very easily
withdrawn	very quiet and do not like talking to others
a blazzing row	an argument in which people are very angry and emotional
to blow your top	to lose your temper and become very angry
to be cross	to be a little angry
to be crotchety	bad-tempered and easily made angry
to drive sb up the wall	to annoy sb
furious	very angry
galling	sth that is annoying because it seems unfair or wrong
to get on sb's nerves	to annoy sb
a heated argument	a bad argument in which people are very angry
to hit the roof	to lose your temper and become very angry
to be indignant	to be very angry because you think sth is wrong or unfair
infuriate	make angry
irate	very angry
to irritate	to annoy
to be livid	to be very angry
to be in no mood to	to be angry and not want to
an outburst	a sudden explosion of anger
a quick temper	you lose your temper quickly and very easily
to be sick and tired of sth/sb	to be annoyed and fed up with sth/sb
to throw a tantrum	to start kicking, crying and shouting
to be touchy	to be bad tempered and easily made angry
to be up in arms about sth	to be very angry and ready to protest
the black sheep of the family	sb considered to be a failure/an embarrasment by relatives
to be as blind as a bat	to have poor eyesight
you can... till the cows come home, but it won't	you can do sth for a very long time, but it won't change anything
a dark horse	sb who people know very little about
to be dogged by sth	sth bad keeps causing you trouble and it will not go away
for donkey's years	for a very long time
to duck	to avoid sth which is going to hit you by lowering your head
it is like water off a duck's back for sb	sth does not affect you because you are accustomed to it
fishy	suspicious
to hound sb	to persistently follow sb
the lion's share	the biggest part
to rabbit on (about sth)	to talk for a long time in a boring way
ratty	bad-tempered/easily made angry
to have a whale of a time	to really enjoy yourself
a wild goose chase	a search for sth that one is unlikely to find
to worm your way out of sth	to avoid doing sth you dont want to do
to aggravate	to make a bad situation worse
to boycott	to refuse to do business with a company or a country as a way of protest
to dismantle	to separate sth into pieces
to divulge	to give sb informations especially secret
to elapse	minąć; to pass
to endevour	przedsięwziąć; to try
to fray	if sb's temper frays they get annoyed
to grant	to give permission
to harbour	udzielić schronienia; to hide and offer protection to a criminal; to have sth in your mind long tim
to heckle	przekrzykiwać; to shout and interrupt sb who is speaking in public
to mar	to ruin, to spoil
to oust	to remove a person from a position of power
to quibble	to argue about small points/ details
to refrain	not to do sth
to scrap	to decide not to continue with a plan because you believe it is useless or impractical
at breakneck speed	extremely fast
sb comes from a broken home	sb's parents have got divorced
a bumpy flight	turbulencje; when a plane moves about a lot because of air turbulence
a capacity crowd	pełna widownia; a crowd that fills up all of the seats in the room/hall/stadium
a catchy tune	a tune that is easy to remember
to have a clean driving licence	never have been convicted of a driving offence
common knowledge	sth everybody knows
a compulsive liar	a person who lies all the time and can;'t stop himself from doing so
a condemned building	a building that is going to be pulled down
a cushy job	a very easy job that does not take up too much of your time and usually pays well
cutting-edge technology	the latest and most advanced technology
a foregone conclusion	a result that you can predict with absolute certanity
a mobile home	a large caravan used as a permanent accommodation
a non-stop flight	a flight which does not stop on the way to its destination
to be in the public eye	to be continually appearing on TV in newspapers and magazines
a resounding success	głośny sukces; a complete success
small talk	conversation about unimportant things
the sole survivor	jedyny ocalały; the only person to survive an accident
strong language	bad and offensive language
a total/complete stranger	sb you have never met before
a vicious circle	a difficult problem which creates new problems which causethe original problem to reoccur
to have had a wasted journey	to arrive somewhere only to find out that you cannot do/get what you planned to do/get
to be kind to	to treat sb/sth in a gentle and friednly way
to be lacking in sth	not to have enough of sth
to lapse into another language	to start speaking in a different language
to lavish praise on sb/sth	to say that sth is very good
to be licensed to do sth	to have official permission to do sth, or to sell sth
to liken sb/sth to sb/sth else	to say or write that sth/sb is similar to sth/sb else
to long for sth	to really want sth
to marvel at	to be very suprised by sth and to admire it as a result
to meddle in sb's life/affairs	to interfere in a situation which does not concernyou causing other people problems
to meet with little/no success	to be unsuccessful
to merge with	to join together to form one
to model sth on sth else	to design a particular system so that it is a copy of another system
to be a newcomer to	to have recently started/arrived
to be noted to	to be well known and admired for
to be obsessed with	not to be able to stop thinking about sth
it never occurred to me that/to do sth	at no time did I think that/ of doing sth
to be opposed to	to disagree with and disapprove of sth
to persist in	to continue to do sth even though you have previously been warned or told not to
a place is plungedinto darkness	the lights suddenly go off in a place and it becomes very dark
to be popular with	to be likely by
to be powerless to do sth	to be unable to do sth because you lack legal power
to pretend to/that	to behave as if you did or felt sth when in fact you didn't
to be pressed/pushed for time	to be in a hurry and hence have very little time to do sth
to prevent sb/sth from doing sth	to stop sb from doing sth
to pride yourself on sth/the fact that	to be proud
prior to	before
to gang up on	to join together and form a group often in order to harm or frighten sb
to glaze over	to become dull and lose expression (fro eyes)
to gloss over	to ignore or deal very quietly with a problem, mistake, ect
to grow on sb	to gradually start liking sb/sth even though you probably started out hating it
to hang about/around	to wait and stay in a place doing nothing in particular
to hang onto sth	to keep sth
to be held up	to be delayed/ to be robbed by sb with a gun
to hit it off	if two people hit it off they really like one another
to hit back at sb	to reply forcefully to sb who has criticised you for sth
to hush sth up	to stop people from finding out about sth that might cause you embarrassment
to jot sth down	to write notes/numbers/adresses very quickly
to knock off work	to finish working for the day
to lay sb off	to dismiss sb from their job because the company they work for can no longer afford to employ them
to leavesth out	not to include sth
to line sth up	to arrange for sth to take place during a special event
to liven sth up	to make sth more exciting
to be/get mixed up in sth	to be/get involved in an illegal or dishonest activity
to mope about/around	to wander around a place feeling sorry for yourself, without making any effort to be cheerful
to mull sth over	to think long and hard about sth so as to be able to make a decision about it