talk sb into sth | to persuade someone to do sth | |
talk sb out of doing sth | to persuade someone not to doing sth | |
talk one's way out of sth | wymawiać się od czegoś | |
talk sense | mówić do rzeczy | |
talk sense! | nie opowiadaj bzdur! | |
speak/talk the same language as | to have ideas and similar ways of expressing them | |
have a talk with sth | pomówić z kimś | |
be all talk/be just talk | used to describe someone who talks about doing something but never does it | |
the talk of sth(place) | if sth is ....(place), people in this place talk a lot about it | |
talk is cheap | used for saying that you don't believe that someone will in fact do what they are saying they willdo | |
keep telling yourself sth | used when you do not agree with sb "YEAH, KEEP ... THAT YOU ARE STRONG" | |
tell yourself that | to make yourself consider sth in order to understand it correctly or to persuade yourself it's true | |
tell the difference | widzieć różnicę/odróżnić | |
tell the time | powiedzieć, która jest godzina | |
tell it like it is | powiedzieć jak jest/powiedzieć całą prawdę | |
there is no telling | it is not possible to know | |
you are telling me! | used to say that you are strongly agree with what someone has just said | |
that would be telling | used for saying that you cannot give someone a piece of information because it is a secret | |
come to an understanding | to agree about sth after a long discussion | |
have an understanding with sb | have an informal agreement with sb | |
an understanding of | knowledge about sth | |
on the understanding | according to someone's promise or statement | |
We purchased the computer on the understanding that it could be returned within ten days | Kupiliśmy ten komputer na porozumieniu, że może być zwrócony w ciągu 10 dni | |
put in a good word for sb | to say positive things about someone | |
have a word with sb | zamienić z kimś słowo | |
spread the word | obwieścić/podzielić się wiadomością | |
put words into sb's mouth | to suggest that someone meant one thing when really they meant another | |
from the word go | from the start of sth | |
word of mouth | przekaz ustny/poczta pantoflowa | |
in other words | innymi słowy/inaczej mówiąc | |
have sth written all over your face | used for saying that the expression on your face shows what you are feeling or thinking | |
nothing to write home about | not exciting or special Eg. Their performance was nothing to... | |