become of | happen to | |
built up | accumulate | |
balance against | assess in relation to | |
bank on | depend on | |
stop and forgot | blow over | |
book up | reserve | |
bear out | support | |
blow up | explode | |
brush up | improve | |
break through | become visible | |
black and blue all over | covered with bruises | |
by and large | on the whole | |
behind bars | in prison | |
full of beans | very lively | |
drop a brick | do/say sth tactless | |
browned off | fed up | |
a brainwave | sudden clever idea | |
out of the blue | suddenly and unexpectedly | |
break even | show neither profit nor loss | |
cost a bomb | be very expensive | |
beat about/around the bush | not to say something straightforward | |
take the bull by its horns | to confront difficulties | |
ring a bell | to sound familiar | |
laid bare | to reveal, explain | |
blue-eyed boy | a favorite student | |
golden boy | a favorite student | |
hang in the balance | remain doubtful | |
be broke | not to have money | |
be in sb's black book | afoul | |
make a clean brest of | make a confession | |
a bolt from the blue | a sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events | |
in black and white | in print or writing | |
get one's own back | get revenge | |
make one's blood boil | frustrate, get on one's nerves | |
feel sth in one's bones | have a feeling | |
bark up the wrong tree | focus on the unimportant | |
butter up the boss | be unduly nice | |
don't hold your breath | sth that you say in order to tell someone that an event is not likely to happen | |
caught red-handed | discover in the act of committing a crime | |
deal a blow | strike sb | |
see the back | be finished with sb | |
have no choice in | wybór w | |
be consistent with | być spójnym z | |
belong to | należeć do | |
aim at | celować w | |
agreeable to | do zaakceptowania | |
careless about | niedbały o | |
bored with | znudzony czymś | |
concentrate on | skupić się na | |
confined to | skazany na | |
apprehensive about | bojaźliwy o | |
bear with me | proszę poczekać | |
blow one's top | fly into rage | |
be baffled by | be confused by sth | |
coincide with | sth is on the same day that sth else | |
cruel to | okrutny dla | |
on the spur of the moment | spontaneously | |
be blessing in disguise | szczęście w nieszczęściu | |
drive a hard bargain | stawiać twarde warunki | |
have a bee in one's bonnet | have an obssession about | |
have butterflies in one's stomach | mieć motyle w brzuchu/be nervous | |
be on the verge of doing sth | be about to happen | |
have no recollection of sth | don't remember | |
hand in | złożyć coś | |
at the crack of the dawn | very, very early | |
matter to sb | mean | |
postpone | call off | |
under suspicion of doing sth | be suspected | |