as large as life | used as a way of describing a person you see, and are suprised to see, in a particular place | |
at large | generally | |
in large measure | mainly | |
larger than life | (of a person) attracting special attention because of unusual apprearance and behaviour | |
larger than life | (of things) seeming disproportionately important | |
large-scale | wielkoskalowy | |
go to great lengths | to try very hard to achieve sth | |
run/stretch/walk the full lengths of sth | to go or move from one end to the other of sth | |
run the lenght and breadth of sth | to go to every part of sth | |
of unequal length | niejednakowej (nieporównywalnej) długości | |
in length | w długości - The rear garden is nearly 30 metres ..... | |
for any length of time | na dłuższy(nieokreślony) czas | |
at great/some length | for a long time and with a lot of detail - Austin was questioned .... by detectives | |
load sth with sth | załadować coś czymś (wypełnić) | |
take a load off | zrelaksować się \ zrzucić z siebie | |
a whole load of sth | całość czegoś | |
loads of sth | much or many of sth | |
a heavy load to bear/carry | sth difficult/unpleasant or heavy | |
take a long hard look at sth | to examine sth very carefully in order to improve it in future | |
at long last | finally; after much waiting | |
a long way | długa droga | |
in the long run | at a time that is far away in the future \ at some time in the future | |
long time no see | said when you meet someone who you haven’t seen for a long period of time | |
all month long | during the entire month | |
that’s your lot | used for telling someone that they have had all of sth and there will be no more | |
have a lot on one’s plate/mind | mieć dużo na głowie | |
an awful lot | a very large amount | |
the lot | all the things of a group | |
someone’s lot in life | someone’s general situation in life, especially when this is not very good | |
get your money’s worth | to get good value of sth - We were determined to ... from our day tickets and went to every museum | |
put your money where your mouth is | used for saying that someone should do sth, especially spend money, instead of only talking about it | |
pay good money for sth | to pay a lot for sth; used especially when sth has not been worth spending money | |
be made of money | go be rich | |
for my money | =in my opinion | |
pay dearly for sth | dużo/słono za coś zapłacić | |
pay sb a compliment | powiedzieć komuś komplement | |
pay your way | to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay | |
pay your last respects to somebody | to go to someone’s funeral | |
pay the penalty/price for sth | to have to deal with the bad effects of sth that you have done | |
it (always) pays to | doing this specific thing will (always) yield a positive effect; it is (always) a advantageous idea | |
pay rise | an increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job | |
pay and display | system parkingowy polegający na pozostawieniu kwitu za szybą auta | |
pay freeze | a situation in which a company stops increasing employees’ pay because of difficulties | |
take-home pay | the amount of earnings that you have left after tax | |