ANIMAL VERBS

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beaver away
At this time of year, most students are beavering away on their theses.
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ciężko pracować
hare
He jumped off the bus and went haring down the road
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uciekać (jak zając)
wolf down
I can’t stop my dog from wolfing down her food.
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jeść łapczywie, pałaszować
hound
The school bully kept hounding some of the first graders for money
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ścigać, prześladować
fox
I was eyeing him suspiciously as I thought he might be foxing
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przechytrzyć, zwieść na manowce, zbić z tropu, zdezorientować
badger
Whenever he paid his parents a visit they started badgering him about shaving off his goatee.
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wiercić dziurę w brzuchu, zasypywać pytaniami, uporczywie nakłaniać kogoś do czegoś, zamęczać prośbami
ferret something out
The talk show hostess made her name by ferreting out her guests’ innermost secrets.
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wyniuchać coś, wywęszyć coś, wygrzebać coś, myszkować
monkey around
The children were scolded for monkeying around the classroom
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wygłupiać się
worm one's way
Her colleagues hated the way she was worming her way into the top positions in the company.
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wkręcać się
crow over
The lead actress was heard crowing over her understudy who had been booed off stage.
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piać z zachwytu, triumfować (np. nad czymś, nad kimś)
dog
Paparazzi were dogging her every step.
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iść blisko za kimś, nie odstępować (jak pies), gnębić (gdy kogoś gnębi jakiś problem lub pech), uprzykrzać
ape
He invariably aped the teacher’s manner
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małpować (np. czyjeś zachowanie), naśladować (np. czyjś sposób robienia określonych czynności)
rat on
He ratted on the deal at the last minute.
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sypać, donosić, zdradzać,
clam up
She clammed up for fear of being perceived as a chatterbox.
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milczeć, uciszyć się, zamilknąć
snake
The road snaked over a mountainous area.
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wić się (np. o drodze, rzece itp.)
swan
She graciously swanned into the room arousing interest and admiration.
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włóczyć się
beetle off
Sniffing out danger, he beetled off before anyone could see he was there.
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wyjść skądś bardzo szybko, ulotnić się, zmyć
duck
He ducked just in time as a dislodged rock came crashing to the ground.
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schylić głowę
ram
The van skidded on a patch of oil and rammed into a tree.
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wcisnąć, wbić
squirrel away
Auntie Susie was the one who always squirreled little treats away.
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chomikować, magazynować
cat around
He catted around with every lady in sight behind his wife’s back
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chodzić na podryw
cow
When I was at school I hated being cowed by senior pupils.
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straszyć, zastraszyć

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