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earmark for

to keep for a particular purpose; to appropriate for; rezerwować na jakiś cel, przeznaczać na. They've earmarked half of the sum for the children's needs.

earth up

to cover with earth; zasypać lub przykryć ziemią. You should earth up the plant's roots.

ease down

to slow down; zwalniać, zmniejszać prędkość. Ease down, there's no need to hurry.

ease up on

to stop bothering someone; to not be occupied with something any more; dać spokój komuś/czemuś. She's finally eased up on this issue.

eat away

to continue eating; to eat something and destroy it; jeść bez przerwy, pożerać. He must be eating away in the kitchen.

eat away at sth

to destroy sth slowly, to damage sth continuously; powoli, stopniowo niszczyć, burzyć; zjadać, zżerać. These problems will eat away at her peace of mind.

eat in

to eat at home; jeść w domu. I've changed my plans. We're going to eat in today.

eat into

to use something, to take it away; trawić, wyżerać, uszczuplać. The legal case will eat into your savings.

eat out

to dine in a restaurant, etc. (not at home); jadać poza domem. I've got enough of eating out. I dream of a decent meal at home.

eat through

to eat a major part of food supply; to make a hole in sth with the use of chemicals; przejeść, zjeść większość żywności; przeżreć, wyżreć (zrobić dziurę środkiem chemicznym). That bleach has eaten through my blouse!

eat up

to eat something, to eat all; zjeść (coś) do końca. Eat it up or we’ll stay at home!

edge away

to maove away; odsuwać się (od). His friends edged away from him.

edge back

to move backwards, to withdraw; cofać się rakiem. The other team began to edge back, but it was too late.

eke out

to obtain some extra income; to use things, food, etc. carefully; uzupełniać dochody; zużywać oszczędnie. He started to eke out by working for that language school.

elbow through

if one elbows their way through, they force their way through e.g. a crowd, usually by using their elbows; przepychać się, przepychać się łokciami. He elbowed his way through the crowd to get to the box office.

engorge on

to devour in large amounts; obżerać się czymś. Look at the dog engorging on meat!

enquire (inquire) about

to ask about, to try to obtain information; pytać, wypytywać. We would like to enquire about the terms of the contract.

enquire (inquire) after

to ask about somebody’s health. I think you should enquire about Jim.

enquire (inquire) for

to try to find or to speak to someone; pytać o kogoś, szukać kogoś. There’s a Mr Kowalski, enquiring for you.

enquire (inquire) into

to try to obtain information, to examine something; dociekać, dochodzić. The police have been enquiring into the kidnapping of the child.

examine in

to examine if someone has learnt particular material; egzaminować z. The students were not exactly sure what they'd be examined in.

explain away

to give reasons for and make excuses about what happened; wyjaśniać, tłumaczyć, usprawiedliwiać. He started to explain away the whole argument that had taken place the day before.

eye up

to look at someone as if to assess their looks; to leer; taksować wzrokiem. The way he eyed Mary up made her angry.

face sb with sth

to make someone face or confront something; postawić kogoś w obliczu czegoś. He was faced with the evidence.

face up to

to agree; to accept something; zgadzać się, akceptować, sprostać. I didn't expect he'd face up to such responsibilities.

fag out

to work really hard; harować (pot). I've fagged out too much.

fall about

to move unsteadily; to be unable to control laughter; zataczać się; nie móc powstrzymać się od śmiechu. I saw a man falling about. He seemed seriously ill, so I called an ambulance.

fall apart

to become ruined, to fall into pieces; rozpadać się, rozsypywać się. Sooner or later the whole house will fall apart.

fall down

to fall; to be almost ruined; to fail; upadać; rozpadać się; potknąć się. It's hard to believe she fell down on the test!

fall over

to fall down accidentally; przewrócić się. The little boy fell over and started to cry.

fall under

to accidentally find oneself under (something); to become controlled by (something); wpaść pod (coś), podlegać (czemuś). She fell under the influence of the writer.

falter out

to speak in an uncertain way, to stammer; wyjąkać, wykrztusić, wydukać. He finally faltered out the whole story.

fan out

to spread or cause something to spread; rozchodzić się w różnych kierunkach; rozprzestrzeniać; rozprzestrzeniać się; rozkładać. We have to fan out if we want to find them.

fashion after

to copy, to make similar to; wzorować (się) na, modelować na wzór; naśladować (np. wyglądem), upodabniać. It seems strange that Gwen fashions herself after her mother, whom she hates so much. A psychoanalyst could say much more about it.

feed back

to give information back to where it originated; udzielać informacji zwrotnej. The students were asked to feed back information to the lecturers about the courses they had attended.

feed on

to use certain food; to accept somethig eagerly and with satisfaction; żywić się (czymś); karmić (czymś). The vet advised to feed the cat on fresh meat.

feel about

to search something in the dark or without looking; to grope; to have an opinion about something; szukać czegoś po omacku; mieć zdanie na jakiś temat. The girl felt about for her teddy and hugged it.

feel after

to try to obtain something; starać się coś zdobyć. She's always feeling after adulation.

feel for

szukać po omacku

feel up to

to feel strong, healthy, etc. enough to be able to do sth; czuć się na siłach. I didn't feel up to going swimming.

fend for

to look after someone or oneself; troszczyć się, dbać o kogoś. She can fend for herself.

fess up

(informal) to admit that you have done something wrong; (potoczne) przyznawać się. Why don't you fess up? Everybody knows you've been cheating at the test.

fiddle (about/ around) with

to aimlessly play with something; bezmyślnie czymś się bawić, przestawiać coś. She was sitting in the corner, fiddling about with her hair.

figure on

to depend on; polegać na. I'm not sure if we can figure on his calculations.

figure out

to think about sth carefully; to make a decision; to understand; namyślać się, dochodzić do wniosku, decydować; zrozumieć. I couldn't figure out why she'd acted that way.

find out

to learn something, to get information about something; dowiadywać się, przekonywać się, stwierdzać. We must find out why she didn’t appear.

finish with

to kill; to get rid of; to deal with; zabić; pozbyć się; załatwić. Did you hear? You've got to finish with him!

fire ahead

in imperative structures "fire ahead!" means: "say it!"; "mów!, "strzelaj", "wal!". I know you've got a problem, fire ahead, I'll help you if I can.

fire up

to make somebody angry; wkurzyć kogoś, zdenerwować. The whole argument really fired up all the people involved.

fish out

to produce something out of somewhere, like fish out of water; wyłowić, wydobyć, wyciągnąć. My hands are full, can you fish the keys out of my pocket

fit in with

to be suitable, to fit; to be compatible with; pasować do. Does it really fit in with your new plan?

fix on

to decide, to choose after consideration; zdecydować się na; wybrać. I fixed on that flat after comparing it to all the others.

fix over

to repair, mend or remake something; naprawić, zreperować; przerobić. Could you fix my trousers over?

fix up

to repair something or make it better; to arrange something; to find accomodation for someone; naprawić; poprawić; zaplanować cos; zapewnić komuś miejsce, nocleg. I’m thinking of fixing up an appointment on Friday.

fix up

to mend something, to repair; naprawić coś, zreperować. The mechanic hasn’t fixed up my car yet.

fix with

to mend something with the use of (something); naprawić lub przymocować coś przy pomocy (czegoś). I will fix the doll’s arm with a piece of string.

fizz up

to rise with bubbles; buzować, musować. Julia likes pouring the drink so that it fizzes up.

fizzle out

to peter out, to finish; to fail; spalić na panewce; wygasnąć. Her interest in history fizzled out.

flag down

to stop (e.g. a taxi) by waving your hand; zatrzymać (np. taksówkę) machając ręką. She flagged down a cab.

flake away / flake off

to fall off in flakes, that is, in small pieces; odpadać, łuszczyć się. I can remember that when Michael repainted Agata’s room the paint soon started to flake away.

flame out

to start burning again; to become very angry or violent; wybuchnąć (o ogniu); wybuchnąć (o gniewie itp.). Her temper flamed out when she learnt they’d been lying.

flame up

to start burning again; to become very angry or violent; to blush with strong emotion; wybuchnąć (o ogniu); wybuchnąć (o gniewie itp.); zapłonąć, spłonić się, gwałtownie się zaczerwienić. Agnes flamed up when her parents asked her about her boyfriend.

flap about / around

to move with no direction; to worry without need; poruszać się bezładnie; niepotrzebnie się martwić. Instead of flapping about you’d better get down to work. All we need to do is act quickly.

flash back

to remember something suddenly; nagle coś sobie przypomnieć. When I saw her, my mind flashed back to our last row.

flash out

to speak angrily; wypalić, wybuchnąć. "Mind your own business!", he flashed out

flatten out

to make something bcome flat; rozpłaszczać, spłaszczać, wygładzać, prostować. I've got to flatten out the sheets.

flavour with

to add something to food in order to make it taste better; to add exciting events to e.g. a story in order to make it more interesting; przyprawiać, dodawać smaku; doprawiać; dodawać pikanterii (np. historii). The vegetables were flavoured with thyme.

flee from

to escape from (somewhere); uciekać, zbiec. Both the prisoners fled from the guards.

flee to

to run away (to someone or to a place); uciec do, zbiec do. When he saw the fire, the dog fled to his master.

flick away

to remove something quickly; strzepnąć (coś). She flicked the dust away.

flick over

to turn (e.g. pages of a book or newspaper) quickly; przerzucać kartki, przerzucać strony. Kathy was flicking the pages over, visibly absent_minded.

flick through

to browse, to have a quick look at a book, magazine, etc.; przeglądać, kartkować. I've only flicked through the album, but I think it's interesting enough.

flicker out

to stop burning slowly; dogasać. to come to end (slowly); dogasać, wygasać (przen.), kończyć się. The fire flickered out.

fling aside

to ignore, pay no attention to sth; leave, to give up; lekceważyć, ignorować; odrzucać, opuszczać. After he got involved in a relationship with that girl, he flung aside his bunch of friends.

fling at

to throw (something) at; rzucać (czymś) w. The boy was flinging stones at cars.

fling away

to get rid of something; to waste sth; wyrzucać coś; marnować. Betty flung her old desk away, which made her mother angry.

fling back

to throw back, to return sth by flinging; odrzucić (z powrotem), rzucić z powrotem. Fling back that balloon!

fling off

to run off; wybiegać. Mary flung off as if something important happened.

fling on

to put on clothes quickly, in a hurry; to put throw something recklessly; wrzucić, narzucić (coś na siebie); rzucić. She flung a coat on and ran out.

flip off

to turn off; wyłączać. Mary flipped the lamp off.

flip on

to turn on, to switch on; włączać. He flipped on the light and started reading.

flip over

to turn pages quickly; przerzucać kartki; przeglądać (pismo, książkę). I was flipping that book over and I found something quite interesting.

flop down

to sit or lie down in a lazy way; to put down something carelessly; klapnąć, paść; rzucić. He flopped down in the armchair and started to read.

flounder about / around

have great difficulty moving in e.g. water; szarpać się, miotać się. Somehow we got him out of water- he'd been floundering about in panic.

flow from

to stem from; to result from; wypływać z; brać się z. I understood that problems flowing from her dismissal had complicated the whole situation.

flow in

to come in, to be received; napływać, wpływać. We gave the advertisement two months ago and applications are still flowing in.

flow out

to diminish, to move out of a place to another; wypływać. All her cash mysteriously flows out every month.

flow over

be ineffective (about e.g. persuasion, arguments); spływać po (kimś). All my arguments just flowed over her.

flow with

to be full of something; być zalanym czymś, opływać w coś. They say it used to be a country which flowed with milk and honey.

flunk out

to have to leave school or university because of poor quality of your work; wylecieć (ze szkoły, z uczelni). Did you hear Kate's flunked out?

flush away

to get rid of something by pouring a flush of water on it; spłukiwać (coś). She tried to flush the papers away.

flush from (1)

to get red in the face because of (a feeling); zaczerwienić się (z powodu). He flushed from shame when she discovered he'd lied.

flush from (2)

to make someone leave (a place), to scare somebody out of somewhere; wypłoszyć (skądś); sprawić, ze ktoś opuści kryjówkę. The police flushed the thieves from their hiding place.

flush off

to wash (something) with lots of water; spłukiwać, zmywać dużą ilością wody. The floor needs being flushed off.

flush out

to make get out and stop someone from hiding; wypłaszać. They were flushed out from their hiding place.

flush up

to become red in the face; zarumienić się, zaczerwienić się. Jenny flushed up when she saw her ex.

flush with

to get red in the face because of a feeling; zaczerwienić się z (np. dumy), zarumienić się z. Jane flushed with pride when Mike praised her.

flutter about

to move (especially fly) with quick, often nervous movements; trzepotać (się), nerwowo się miotać, krzątać. I found a bird fluttering about in the shed.

flutter down

to move down in a delicate way; sfruwać, sfruwać trzepocząc. Dry leaves fluttered down as the wind was blowing.

fly about (1)

to fly with no particular direction; latać na wszystkie strony, latać bez określonego kierunku. The canary was flying about in the room.

fly about (2)

to spread quickly; rozprzestrzeniać się w szybkim tempie, szybko się rozchodzić. News was flying about regardng their wedding.

fly apart

to fall into pieces; rozpaść się, rozlecieć się. I told you the device would fly apart.

fly at

to attack; zaatakować; naskoczyć na (kogoś); rzucić się na (kogoś). I don't understand why she flew at me like that.

fly into

to arrive at a place by flying; to become angry, panic_stricken, etc. przylecieć, dolecieć; wpaść (w złość,), poczuć się (np. przestraszonym, wściekłym, itp.). My sister flew into anger because she had to wait for the late_comers.

focus on

to direct (someone's attention) on; to pay attention to; skoncentrować (się) na. I'd like you to focus on the question of human nature according to Plato.

foist on / upon

to force someone to take something or believe something; narzucać (coś komuś). Don't try to foist your beliefs on your daughter- she's wise enough to make her own choices.

follow around

to continue following somebody everywhere all the time; nie odstepować kogoś na krok, chodzić za kims krok w krok. The child followed her mother around all day long.

follow through

to do another part of something, a stage of a process; to check, to examine; kontynuować, robic kolejną część; sprawdzać, badać. They didn't manage to follow through on the research results.

fool around

to spend time doing nothing special or useful; kręcić się, leniuchować. We've been fooling around all day.

fool around with (somebody)

to have an affair with; mieć romans. She's been fooling around with that guy.

fool away

to waste one's time; marnować czas. He keeps fooling away his summer holidays.

forward to

to send (e_mails, letters, etc.) ahead to someone; przesyłać dalej, przekazywać. Please forward thee_mail from our customer to me.

frame up

(slang) to put someone in an uncomfortable position; wrobić kogoś (pot.) He was just framed up by those blokes.

freeze over

to become frozen on the surface; zamarzać, tworzyć warstwę lodu. It was so cold yesterday night the pond froze over.

freeze up

to become completely frozen or very cold; zamarzać, lodowacieć. I thought I'd freeze up yesterday.

freshen up

to become or make something fresher; odświeżyć; odświeżyć się. I think I’ll have a shower to freshen up.

fret about

to be worried or anxious; martwić się, niepokoić, gryźć się. Don't fret about it. We don't know his final decision yet.

fret over

to worry about sth continuously; zamartwiac się, gryźć się z (problemem). I can't watch her fret over this issue.

froth up

to bubble and rise, to cause to rise; pienić się, spienić się. Don't shake the bottle or the drink will froth up and you'll spill it after opening.

frown on / upon

to disapprove of sth; wyrażać dezaprobatę; krzywo na coś patrzeć. Most of my friends who used to smoke started to frown on the addiction.

fuel up

to get more petrol; zatankować. We have to fuel up.

fur up

to become covered with sediment; pokrywać się osadem. The kettle has furred up.

furnish to

to provide (something) to (someone); dostarczać, zaopatrywać, dawać. What she said furnished a new opportunity to us.

furnish with

to provide, to supply; to supply (a house, etc.) with furniture; dostarczać, zaopatrywać, meblować. Their flat was furnished with bizarre items.

fuss about

to make a fuss; to be unnecessarily anxious; to treat someone too insistently; robic zamieszanie, zachowywać się nerwowo; skakać koło kogoś. She's been fussing about all day long.

fuss around

to behave in an anxious way; to treat someone with unnecessary attention; robić dużo zamieszania; skakać koło kogoś, zachowywać się nerwowo. He's fussing them around all the time.

fuss up

to dress with too much care or with extreme wish to (make something) look attractive; odstawić się, odpicować (kogoś, coś). She fussed up for the party which was informal, and it made her feel awkward.

gabble away

to talk quickly about unimportant things; paplać, trajkotać. Ela’s been gabbling away with her friends all day.

gabble off

to speak very quickly but with no attention; mówić szybko, ale nieuważnie, ‘odklepać’, ‘odbębnić’ np. lekcję. The teacher said we were expected to declaim, not to gabble off.

gabble on

to be too confident (that sth will happen); to gamble; stawiac na (coś), ryzykować; stawiać na (w grach hazardowych). I can gamble on the bus coming late.

gabble out

to say something not clearly, as iif in a hurry; powiedzieć coś pospiesznie i niewyraźnie, bełkotać. He gabbled the story out so I couldn’t make head or tail of it.

gad about

to travel aimlessly, for pleasure; podróżować dla przyjemności, włóczyć się, szwendać się. They gad about Europe and send me postcards from every place they visit.

gain on

to be moving fast and gain advantage of someone or something in front of one; doganiać. The taxi driver soon gained on the car he had been told to follow.

gain over

to gain one's loyalty; zaskarbić sobie, pozyskać sobie (kogoś). The candidate gained over many future electors.

gallivant about

to move about enjoying oneself; to visit places for fun; wałęsać się, szwendać się, włóczyć się w poszukiwaniu rozrywki. They just gallivant about and have no worries.

gamble away

to spend your money carelessly, usually on gambling; roztrownić, przepuścić, przegrać (pieniądze). Steve gambled away everything he'd won.

gamble on

to be too confident (that sth will happen); to gamble; stawiac na (coś), ryzykować; stawiać na (w grach hazardowych). I can gamble on the bus coming late.

gape at

to look at something with one's mouth wide open, to stare at; gapić się na. Don't gape at me like that. Wht I said should be obvious to you.

gasp out

to say something while one is having difficulties in breathing; wysapać, wydyszeć. Sheila gasped out something I couldn't understand.

get after

ścigać

get along with

to get on well with someone, to have a good relationship; być z kimś w dobrych stosunkach. I don’t think Ann gets along with the rest of the class.

get around / about

to travel from one place to another; to move from one place to another; to spread (about news, gossip); podróżować; przenosić się z miejsca na miejsce; rozchodzić się (o wiadomościach). She didn't want the news about her affair to get around.

get at

to be capable of reaching (sth / sb); to suggest, to mean (sth); dosięgać, dostawać się do; sugerować, mieć na myśli. Are you sure the dog won't get at the food?

get away

to run away, to break free, to escape; uciec, wyrwać się. The suspect managed to get away.

get away with

to remain unpunished for something one committed; umknąć przed karą, uniknąć kary. Don't think you're gonna get away with that!

get back

wracać; odzyskiwać; cofać sięto obtain something that you have lost; odzyskać. How can I get my money back?

get beyond

to advance further; to be too difficult to perform or comprehend; wykraczać poza, robić postępy; przekraczać (np. pojmowanie, umiejętności, możliwości). The task got beyond the brightest students.

get by

to continue living in spite of difficulties; radzić sobie, przetrwać. We'll get by, you'll see.

get in with

to become involved with a group of people or a person; dostać się do grupy; zaznajomić się z, zaprzyjaźnić się z. Anna's always known who to get in with.

get in with sb

wkradać się w czyjeś łaski

get off

zdejmować (ubranie); wsiadać (do środka lokomocji); wyruszać (w podróż). Why didn't you get off the bus?

get on

to put on (clothes); to get inside a car, plane, bus, etc.; zakładać (ubranie); wsiadać (do samochodu, samolotu itp.). Get on the first train to Cracow.

get on to

to move to something else, to change the subject; to contact somebody; przejść do czegoś innego (np. tematu); nawiązać z kimś kontakt. He ignored the questions and got on to another issue.

get on with

to make progress, to continue something; kontynuować coś, robić postępy. I can see you're getting on with English.

get out

wydostawać (się); wychodzić; wysiadać; wynosić się; wycofywać się

get over

to cross sth such as road or river; to become accepted; to reach the end; przejść, przedostać się (na drugą stronę), przebrnąć; dotrzeć do (kogoś); przebrnąć (przez np. kłopoty). The children made a dangerous attempt to get over the water.

get round to (doing)

to finally start doing something; wreszcie się do czegoś zabrać, zacząć coś robić. I've got to get round to preparing all those papers tonight, otherwise I'm not going to finish the job.

get sth across

to be understood, to make one's message clear; znaleźć zrozumienie / oddźwięk. I really don't know how to get my message across, why won't you listen carefully?

get through

to survive a difficult period, to survive difficulties; przejść przez coś, przebrnąć, przeżyć, poradzić sobie. I'm sure she will get through the whole affair.

get through to

to contact someone, to reach someone, to make someone understand what you mean; skontaktować się z kimś, dodzwonić się do kogoś, dotrzeć do kogoś (zostać zrozumianym). I don't think I can get through to my boyfriend, he misundestands whatever I say.

get through with

to finish doing something; to finish punishing someone; skończyć (coś), uporać się z; porachowac się (z kimś). I'll call you as soon as I get through with this job.

gibe at

to laugh at, to mock; naśmiewać się, szydzić. Eve and her girlfriends have been gibing at their school mate in a particularly cruel way.

gift (sb) with

to give sth to sb, to offer sth to sb; obdarować (kogoś czymś). At the end of my career at the company I was gifted with a unique white elephant.

give away

to give sth for free; to let someone know sth you wanted to keep secret; rozdawać; wydawać, ujawniać. Don't you ever try to deceive me- your eyes will give you away again!

give in

to surrender; poddawać się. In my opinion they shouldn't give in now.

give off

to produce sth such as smell; wydzielać (np. zapach). The gas gives off a specific odour.

give up

to give in; to quit; poddawać się; rzucać (coś), porzucać. Will you believe it? Paul's been pretending he gave up smoking for months!

give up on

to lose one's faith in; zaniechać; zwątpić w. I really gave up on him.

go about

to start dealing with (something); zabrać się za coś. How am I supposed to go about this task?

go after

to try to obtain sth; starać się o, ubiegać się o. Sally's going to go after that job with XYZ.

go along

to move forward, to keep going; posuwać się naprzód, przechodzić, iść. Just go along the street and you'll notice that building for sure.

go at

to start doing sth willingly, enthusiastcally; wziąć się za coś, ruszyć z kopyta. She really went at the new project.

go back on

to disappoint someone, to prove disloyal to someone; zawieść kogoś, okazać się nielojalnym. She went back on her friends again.

go beyond

to be greater than sth; to do sth more than is allowed; wykraczać, przekraczać. Her insolence went beyond my expectations.

go down with

to become ill; rozchorować się na; zapaść na (chorobę). Kathy is said to have gone down with pneumonia.

go for

to be sold for a particular price; zostać sprzedanym za określoną cenę to like something or someone; lubić. I've seen perfectly good jackets going for $30.

go in for

to get involved; zaangażować się w coś, "wchodzić w coś". I'm not going in for that for sure, so don't count on me.

go off with

to leave a spouse or partner for somebody else; odejść (od kogoś) z (kimś). I can't believe she's gone off with that uninteresting guy.

go on at

to criticize something or someone for a long time; krytykować, utyskiwać, krytykować kogoś często, narzekać. Most of the students keep going on at the new teacher.

go out with

to be meeting someone; to start a relationship with someone; spotykac się z kimś; "chodzić" z kimś. Did you hear Lucy's going out with that jerk again?

go over

to search a place; to check thoroughly; szukać, sprawdzać. Wait a second, as soon as I go over this essay I'll talk to you.

go over to

to approach someone; to change, switch; podejść (do kogoś); przejść (z np. systemu na inny). Why don't you go over to him and ask the question yourself?

go through with

to finish something, to succeed in doing sth; dobrnąć do końca, uporać się z. I've finally gone through with that job.

go without

to manage to live or survive without sth; obejść się bez czegoś, przeżyc bez czegoś. I'll have to go without the extra money.

goad sb into

to encourage, to make sb do sth; popędzać, popychać kogoś (do). If she doesn't goad him into action, nothing's going to change.

goad sb on

to give power, to make somebody do something; napędzać, pchać. She was goaded on the desire to become the best student.

grind away at

to work without a break at sth; to stucy sth without a break; pracować nieustannie; zakuwać. Why do I have to grind away at that afwul coursebook?

grind down

to crush sth; to treat sb in a very cruel way; miażdżyć (coś lub kogoś). The king was infamous for grinding down his people.

grind out

to produce sth in a boring steady way; wytwarzać coś monotonnie/ do znudzenia. The band ground out the same old songs.

groan under

to have problems with supporting or bearing sth (heavy) uginać się pod, treszczeć pod, ledwo utrzymywać. The shelves were groaning under the collection of books.

groan with

to be loaded with food; uginać się od jedzenia. The long table was groaning with delicious things.

grow into

stopniowo się wdrażać; dorastać do

grow on

to become more appreciated; stawać się bardziej lubianym (pot.). The more I listen to the CD you lent me, the more it grows on me.

grow out of

to become too large/ too mature for something (such as clothes or behaviour); wyrosnąć z czegoś. Some of my friends don't seem to have grown out of three_day_long parties.

grow up

to become an adult, to gradually become mature; dorastać, dojrzewać. You should change your attitude. It's time to grow up.

grub (sth) off (sb)

to make someone give you something they didn't intend to offer; wycyganić coś od kogoś. Monica has grubbed a cigarette from the girl at the bus stop.

grub along / away

to work hard; harować. Does he really think we're going to grub along like that?

grub up

eat up!; zajadaj!, wcinaj. Grub it up, we've got to leave!

gulp down

to swallow rapidly; to eat or drink quickly; połykać; połykać (jedzenie), szybko jeść lub pić. She gulped down her lunch and left in a hurry.

gulp down

to devour, to swallow; pożerać, pochłaniać, połykać. He gulped down all he had on his plate.

gum up

to make sth sticky; to spoil, to bring to a stop; kleić, zakleić, zlepiać; psuć, zatrzymywać. Unfortunately, my holiday plans have been gummed up by unexpected trouble.

guzzle down

to drink large amounts of something (not formal); żłopać, wychlać. The guy guzzled down the whole pint of beer in ten seconds.

habituate to

to get used to, to accustom to; przyzwyczajać się, przywyknąć. It is said that one can habituate oneself to loneliness.

hack around

to spend time lazily (not formal), mess about; obijać się (potoczne). You've been hacking around all day and there's so much to do.

hack sb off

to make sb annoyed; wkurzać kogoś. That guy really hacks me off.

hack up

to cut; to destroy by cutting; pociąć, porąbać. They hacked up the old wardrobe and burnt it in the stove to heat the room.

haggle about

to argue, to quarrel; spierać się, targowac. She would haggle about every detail.

haggle over

to argue, to try to achieve sth by talking; spierać się, targować. They've been haggling over the price for ages.

hammer away at

to work at something, usually hard; pracować nad czymś; harować nad czymś. I've been hammering away at this report since Monday and I'm really exhausted.

hand in

to give something to someone; wręczać (coś komuś). Remember to check your essay before you hand it in to the teacher.

hand on

to pass on, to give something you received to another person; przekazywać dalej. Could you please hand this list on?

hand out

to give something to more than one member of a group; rozdawać. The teacher handed out the tests.

hand over

to give sth to someone; wręczać, dawać, podawać. Can you hand over that bag?

hang about

to waste time, to spend time with no purpose; obijać się. She’s so annoying hanging about when there’s a lot of work to do.

hang back

to hesitate, to be unwilling to make a decision or to do anything; wahać się z podjęciem decyzji; trzymać się z boku. julie hung back before giving the answer.

hang behind

to stay somewhere although others have left; zostawać w tyle (za kimś). Why do you always hang behind? Can’t you hurry up a bit?

hang in

to be going forward despite difficulties; iść mimo przeszkód, trudności. Hang in, guys! We're getting near.

hang onto

to hold sth/sb tightly; to stick to; kurczowo się trzymać, uczepić się. Kate's always hanging on us whether we like it or not.

hang up

to finish a telephone conversation; odłożyć słuchawkę, skończyć rozmowę telefoniczną. Sorry, I’ve got to hang up now. I’ll call you later, alright?

hang up on

to finish a telephone conversation with; skończyć rozmowę z kimś. If he calls you again, just hang up on him.

happen along

to appear by chance, to arrive unexpectedly; niespodziewanie się pojawić. We were really surprised when Josie happened along at the station.

harp on

to talk in a boring way, repating the same old story again and again; nudzić, ględzić. Stop harping on what you call trouble! Just do something about it.

hash over

(informal) to discuss something in detail; (potoczne) przedyskutować, obgadać. I guess there's plenty of issues they need to hash over.

hash up

to chop up (meat); to spoil something or fail to do something; siekać (mięso); (pot.) schrzanić coś. She tends to hash up everything she begins.

haul up

to drag someone to a place; zaciągnąć (kogoś dokądś). They hauled me up to the stinky dwelling.

head for

to go in a particular direction; zmierzać ku, zmierzać w stronę, w kierunku. They headed for the railway station.

head off

to start moving in a different direction; udawać się w innym kierunku. They decided to head off.

heal up

to become healthy again (of wound, hurt skin, etc.); That awful burn is healing up.

heap up

to accumulate; nazbierać się, nagromadzić. Lots of essays to evaluate have heaped up on my desk.

hear out

to listen to the end; wysłuchac do końca. Why don't you hear her out? Otherwise you'll judge by appearances again.

hear through

to hear sth from the beginning to the end; wysłuchać w całości. My father insisted that I hear the CD through.

heat up

to make hot; to become lively; podgrzewać; ożywiać się. You can heat up the soup if you're hungry.

help along

to help someone move forward; pomagać komuś iść. Help granny along.

help down

to help someone carry something down; pomóc coś znieść na dół. Tim didn't even bother to help her down with the suitcase.

help off with

to help somebody take something off; pomóc komuś coś zdjąć. The elderly lady was disgusted that no one had helped her off with the coat.

help out

help someone get out from a place; to help someone with difficulties; pomóc komuś wydostać się skądś; pomóc w kłopotach. Could you help me out with this maths exercise?

hide out

to be hiding; to look for a place to hide; ukrywać się. The poor animal knew he'd have to hide out somewhere.

hold by

to behave in an obedient way; to agree with; zgadzać się, być posłusznym, dostosowywać się do, trzymać się (czegoś). He didn't hold by certain ideas his family believed in.

hold forth

to talk about sth at length; to suggest or offer: rozwodzić się nad czymś; proponować, składać propozycję. A pathetic expert from a pro life organization was holding forth on alleged objections concerning artificial insemination.

hold off

to wait with doing sth, to refrain from; odkładać na później, wstrzymywać się, odwlekać. They wanted to hold off making the final decision.

hold on

to wait; to continue; to be striving at sth; czekać; próbować, starać się. Hold on a second, I'm going with you.

hold up

to delay something or someone; wstrzymywać (coś lub kogoś) to show something or someone as an example; stawiać kogoś jako wzór, przykład. Terry called and said they were held up on their way by a traffic accident.

hold with

to agree, to approve of; zgadzać się, aprobować. I really couldn't hold with his opinion.

hole up

to hide; zaszywać się, ukrywać się. The thieves had to hole up for a week.

horn in

to interrupt, to join someone who doesn't want it; wtrącać się, wpraszać się. She horns in whenever I try to talk to Timothy.

horse about/ around

to act foolishly, to be clowning; błaznować. Stop horsing around, can't you see I'm exhausted?

howl down

to make a disapproving sound so that someone else cannot be heard; zakrzyczeć, zagłuszyć. The audience howled the speaker down.

hum with

to be preoccupied with, to be busy; być zajętym, tętnić (np. życiem). The office was humming with activity before the conference.

hunt up

to get something difficult to obtain; upolować coś (przen.). If I hunt up that book, I'll give you a ring.

hurry in

to come in in a hurry; pospiedznie wchodzić. It was raining, so she hurried in.

hurry out

to leave a place quickly; spieszyć się do wyjścia, wychodzić pospiesznie. We've got to hurry out.

hurry up

to make things quickly; spieszyć się. Hurry up! The train leaves in ten minutes!

ice over

to become covered with ice, to freeze; pokryć się lodem, zamarznąć. It's not safe to go skating on the pond. It's iced over but it's really deep and the ice can break.

ice up

to cover with ice and thus prevent from working; pokryć lodem tak, że uniemożliwia to pracę (np. urządzenia). The machinery has iced up and we can't use it yet.

inject into

to bring, to add, to give; wprowadzać, włożyć w (np. pieniądze w coś). He always can inject some humour into a serious discussion.

ink in

to make a sketch or drawing clearer and more visible with ink; poprawiać tuszem (rysunek, szkic). Matt made a large blot when he was inking in the sketch.

inter in

to bury someone in a certain place; pochować kogoś w (określonym miejscu). The writer had a wish to be interred in his home town.

intercede with

to speak in order to ask for a favour for somebody else; wstawiać się (u kogoś za kimś), interweniować. The teacher was trying to intercede with the headmaster.

interchange with

to (be) put in place of something else; wymieniać, zamieniać się między sobą, zmieniać na. You must interchange the blue trousers with the green ones when you're on holiday, I've packed only these two pairs.

interest in

to care about something, to pay attention to something; interesować (się) czymś. She managed to interest her students in literature.

interfere in

to concern oneself with somebody else's matters; wtrącać się w coś. Don't you ever interfere in their personal issues.

interfere with

to cause damage or delay; to concern oneself with somebody else's things; to touch somebody else's things; mieszać się, wtrącać się, majstrować przy czymś, ruszać (dotykać) coś. I've already asked you a thousand times not to interfere with my papers.

interlace with

to (cause to) be loosely joined; przeplatać (się), splatać (się). He interlaces historical facts with fictional ones.

interpose between

to part two parties, people who are arguing, etc.; rozdzielać (skłóconych), stawać pomiędzy. It was a challenging experience to interpose between the two.

interpret as

to understand as, to think that something means something else; interpretować jako. It was a mistake to interpret his weird behaviour as a result of problems at home.

introduce to

to make someone familiar with; przedstawiać (kogoś, coś), zapoznawać (kogoś z kimś/ czymś). Mr Hanks introduced me to the details of the project.

iron out

to make cloth smooth with an iron; to iron; prasować, to remove a difficulty, to resolve a problem; usunąć przeszkodę, rozwiązać problem. I had no idea it's so hard to iron out those shirts.

jab at

to push something or someone quickly, often with a sharp tool; wbijać, wkłuwać, dźgać. He jabbed at the other guy during the fight so often that he could have killed him.

jab into

to push something into; wbijać w, dźgać. The kid jabbed his finger into his mate's belly.

jam on

put sth on in haste; nacisnąć, założyć w pośpiechu. He was so angry he jammed on his cap and left without a single word.

jam with

to pack things tightly; to fill (a room, etc.) with people or things; upychać, pakować, utykać, napychać. The shelves were jammed with books and CDs.

jar with

not to match (in colour, etc.); not to agree with; gryźć się, nie pasować; nie zgadzać się. This blouse will jar with your skirt.

jaw at

(informal) to scold someone, to drone on; zrugać, zbesztać; truć (mówić). The teacher jawed at us about our misbehaviour.

jaw away

to talk, to chat (informal); gadać, rozmawiać, paplać. We've been jawing away for hours.

jostle away

to push; to move sth/sb away; odepchnąć, odtrącać. He jostled away a few people and got inside.

jump down

to move down with a jump; zeskoczyć. The cat jumped down from the window sill and ran to the kitchen.

keep sb off

to not allow somebody enter; zabraniać komuś wstępu. The onlookers were kept off by the police.

keep up

utrzymywać; podtrzymywać; konserwować; trwać w; (kazać) czuwać; nie tracić ducha przen.

kick away

to continue kicking a ball for a long period of time; kopać piłkę przez długi okres czasu. to move something by kicking odepchnąć coś kopiąc, odsunąć coś stopą. He’s been spending his time kicking away at the ball.

kick back

to kick someone who kicked one before; to kick a ball to someone who kicked it before; oddać komuś kopniaka; kopnąć coś z powrotem do kogoś. All I’ve done was kicking him back, the fight wasn’t my fault at all!

kick down

to kick something or somebody so that they fall down; kopnąć coś na dół; kopnąć kogoś tak, że upada, podciąć kogoś. While playing football the two boys were trying to kick each other down.

kick in

to kick something or someone so that they enter a place or container; kopnąć coś lub kogoś do środka, do wewnątrz; wrzucać coś do środka kopniakiem. After I saw him kick the dog in, I lost all my warm feelings towards him.

kick on

(about a machine) to start working, usually after some difficulties; zadziałać, zaskoczyć, włączyć się. The engine finally kicked on.

kick out

to move something or someone out by kicking; wykopać (coś lub kogoś), kopnąć na zewnątrz. Accidentally the ball fell into Mr. Jones’s room. He kicked it out and shut the door without a word.

kick up

to make rapid movements with the legs, to kick; wierzgać. That horse kicks up very often, which frightens children.

kick up (2)

to make sth such as e.g. dust, sand go up; wzbijać (np. kurz) The machine started and kicked up the sand from the road.

kid around

to cheat by kidding, to pretend a fool; wygłupiać się, nabierać kogoś. Stop kidding around, we all know you’ve done it.

kill off

to kill a lot of (living things of a certain kind); wytępić; pozabijać. Every antibiotic kills off bacteria.

knock about (1)

to hit or kick several times; wielokrotnie uderzyl lub kopnal, He was knocked about by the other boys.

knock about (2)

to spend time leisurely, to do nothing important; obijac sie. We've been knocking about all Sunday.

knock about / around with

to spend much time with; spedzaa razem duzo czasu. They say Ann's been knocking around with that guy lately.

knock around

to hit someone often or much; tłuc kogoś. That drunkard has been knocking his wife around.

knock out of

to talk out of; wybijać coś (komuś) z głowy. Why don't you knock that ridiculous idea out of her?

knock sb back

to shock somebody; wstrzasnac, szokowac. The news really knocked them back.

knock sb up

to wake somebody by knocking at their door; obudzic pukaniem, She could see that she'd knocked him up.

knuckle down

to start working hard; wziąć się do pracy. You've got to knuckle down if you want to pass the exam.

labour over

to work continuously over a certain task; ślęczeć nad czymś. She's still labouring over her composition.

lash about / around

to move continuously, without purpose and rest; bezładnie się poruszać; obijać się. The frightened cat lashed around all over the room.

lash down

to beat down; uderzać. The rain lashed down on the window pane.

lash into

to make someone experience a feeling; to drive; doprowadzić kogoś do stanu. They lashed the crowd into anger.

lash out

to attack someone; to attack someone verbally; to say too much in anger; zaatakowac kogoś (także słownie), naskoczyć na kogoś. She just lashed out against the manager.

latch on

to understand something; to join someone without being invited; zrozumieć, "załapać"; "załapać się", dołączyć do kogoś, przyłączyć się. I didn't really latch on. Can you explain it once more?

latch onto

to get, to gain; to understand and agree on; zdobyć; zrozumieć i zgodzić się. They were lucky to latch onto this flat at such price.

laugh at

to show amusement because someone or something is funny; śmiać się z czegoś lub kogoś, wyśmiewać. The kids at school laughed at her old_fashioned clothes.

laugh away

to laugh for a long time, to laugh continuously; śmiać się długo. We were laughing away long after the performance.

lay down to

to work hard, to treat one’s work seriously; przykładać się (do pracy). If you don’t lay yourself down to this job, you’ll have problems really soon.

lay into sb

to attack or scold someone; zaatakować, naskoczyć na kogoś. She laid on me as if I had done something wrong.

lay off

to dismiss someone from work, usually for a short time; (na ogół tymczasowo) zwolnić kogoś z pracy. (informal) to have some rest; odpocząć, odsapnąć. Most of the workers were laid off after the fire.

lay off

to make reduntant, to fire; zwolnić z pracy. They were all laid off last month and most of them have remained unemplyed so far.

lay on

to deliver, to make sure sth is delivered; to put (e.g. paint) on a surface; dostarczać (czegoś), zatroszczyć się (o coś); nakładać (farbę). You've laid on the paint too thick.

lay out

to arrange something for use; wykładać, przygotowywać, to arrange the plan of something (a page, a building, etc.) rozplanowywać, projektować, to spend money, etc; wydawać (pieniądze), The mother laid out the clothes for her children.

lay up

to save something for the future; odkładać, oszczędzać, to do things that will cause problems in the future; przysparzać sobie kłopotów na przyszłość, to stay in bed, usually with an illness; leżeć w łóżku z powodu choroby, to stop using a vehicle or ship for a period of time; odstawić pojazd na dłuższy okres czasu

laze about / laze around

to abstain from work, to have a good time doing nothing; leniuchować, obijać się. The kids have been lazing about all day.

laze away

to spend time lazily; spędzać leniwie czas. I'd love to laze the whole morning away with you.

lead off

prowadzić; rozpoczynać

leak in

to get inside accidentally (about water, another kind of liquid or gas); przeciekać. Rain is leaking in again- please, do mend the roof properly.

leak to

to spill the beans, to tell someone a secret; wygadac się, zdradzić tajemnicę. She's going to leak it all to anyone she'll chat with, why the hell have you told her?

leap at

to accept (sth such as a chance) eagerly; skwapliwie skorzystać. We shouldn't have leapt at that purchase it turned out tricky.

leap out of

to get out of somewhere by jumping, leaping; wyskoczyć na zewnątz. The rabbit leapt out of the basket.

leap up

to jump up, to get up suddenly; podkoczyć w górę, zerwać sie, He suddenly leapt up and ran out.

learn about /of

to become acquainted with sth (e.g. facts, news); dowiadywać się. I have just learnt about your arrival.

learn by

to learn because of something; to learn from; uczyć się na (np. błędach, przykładach), uczyć się wskutek czegoś. Don't insist that she change her mind. I'm afraid she has to learn by her own mistakes.

learn from

to gain knowledge from a source, such as printed material or other people; to gain knowledge or wisdom because of something; uczyć się z/od/na, Sarah has learned nothing from her former mistakes.

leave about / around

to let someone stay or something remain at a certain place; pozostawić (coś, kogoś) w (miejscu) I left the message at the office. George left me at the station without a word.

leave at

to leave sth, to forget sth; to leave sth purposely; zostawić coś na miejscu, zapomnieć czegoś; zostawić coś umyślnie. I'll leave those books behind, I'm gonna take a break from studying.

leave behind

to leave sth, to forget sth; to leave sth purposely; zostawić coś na miejscu, zapomnieć czegoś; zostawić coś umyślnie. I'll leave those books behind, I'm gonna take a break from studying.

leave down

to keep something low or in a low position; zostawić w dole, zostawić np. ściszony dźwięk lub słabe światło. I left the radio down because the kids were falling asleep.

leave for

to go in a particular direction; to let something wait; wyruszać do, wyjeżdżać do; odkładać na, zostawiać dla. Leave some chocolate for Julia.

leave in

to not take something out from a place, to let it remain inside; to let something continue burning, to not put a fire out or switch a light off; zostawiać w; zostawiać włączone (np. światło), nie gasić, nie wyłączać. Leave your bags in, I'll lock the door.

leave off

to cease; zaprzestać, przestać, skończyć. Will you ever leave off that stupid habit?

lecture at

to be scolding someone for a long time; (przenośnie) robić wykład (komuś), truć. He's old enough to hate being lectured at.

let into

to allow or help someone to enter a place; wpuszczać. Let the postman into the house, will you?

level with

to be frank with somebody; być szczerym, nie mieć przed kimś sekretów. I'd rather you levelled with me and told me what your expectations are.

lie about

to stay in bed for a long time without any specific reason; to spend time lazily in bed; to be in a mess (about things); wylegiwać się; poniewierać się (o rzeczach). Her stuff lies about all over the house.

lie ahead

to be about to happen; to be supposed to happen in the future; mieć się wydarzyć, być przed kimś (o przyszłych zdarzeniach). If she goes on working, a great future lies ahead of Wendy.

lie back

to lie on one's back; to relax; położyć się na plecach; rozluźnić się, dać sobie luz. Lie back, you're on holidays.

lie down

to begin to rest in a lying position; to start lying in bed; położyć się. Why don't you lie down if you're so tired?

lie down on

to neglect (one's duties, job, etc.); obijać się, zaniedbywać (pracę, obowiązki, itp.). The way she lies down on the job is annoying.

lie in

to stay in bed late; leżeć w łóżku do późna, wylegiwać się. I lie in as long as I can whenever there’s a chance to do so.

light up

to light a cigarette; to show one's strong emotions; zapalić papierosa; zapłonąć (o oczach, twarzy, np. ze szczęścia). Her eyes lit up when she saw her boyfriend.

lighten up

cheer up; used usually in imperatives; (głównie w zd. rozkazujących) rozchmurzać się. Lighten up! Everything's going to be alright!

line up against

to get united against; zjednoczyć się przeciw. The whole staff lined up against the boss.

listen in

to listen carefully and secretely to what someone else is saying; podsłuchiwać. She was listening in at the door.

listen out for

to listen carefully in order to hear sth specific; nasłuchiwać. The kids were sitting quietly, listening out for Mom's footsteps.

live for

to believe simething / someone is the sense of one's life; żyć dla, znajdować w czymś sens życia, She's always lived for science.

live out

to live far from the place you work at; mieszkać poza miejscem pracy. Joe lives out, so he has to commute.

live up to

to do one's best to come up to standard or protect one's reputation; starać się utrzymać (reputację, standard). He won't live up to his reputation anyway.

live with (something)

to cope with; żyć z czymś, radzić sobie z czymś. She'll have to live with that knowledge.

load down

load down. Usually passive: to be loaded down – to carry heavy things; być obładowanym (ciężkimi rzeczami). My neighbour always comes home loaded down with great amounts of shopping bags.

load up

to load something till it's full; załadować do pełna. The car was loaded up with everything you can imagine.

lock in

zamykać w

loiter about

to stand somewhere or walk as if waiting; kręcić się, wałęsać się, kręcić się podejrzanie. Some strange guys were loitering about here.

loiter away

to waste time, to spend time lazily; marnować czas, leniwie spędzać czas. We've loitered the whole aftrnoon away.

loiter in

to stand somewhere as if waiting; sterczeć, wystawać (gdzieś) czekając. The kids loiter in the street all day.

loiter over

to spend time lazily, to be doing sth very slowly; marudzic z czymś, wolno coś robić. If you loiter over your work like that, the boss will be angry.

loll about

to stand or sit in a careless position; rozwalać się, przybierac nonszalancką pozę. Don't loll about, you're so naughty!

loll back

to lean back in a careless position; rozwalać się, rozpierać się w nonszalanckiej pozie. She lolled back in her armchair, sure no one was watching her.

loll out

to hang out; być wywieszonym. The dog lolled out the tongue after the long run.

long for

to want something very much; to desire; to miss somebody; pragnąć (czegoś lub kogoś); mieć ochotę; tęsknić. I’m longing for a cup of tea.

look about

to look at things, a place, etc. as if in order to find something; rozglądać się. I was just looking about in the shop.

look about/ around / round for

to try to find; poszukiwać. How long have you been looking round for such a job?

look after

to take care of (someone or something); opiekować się, doglądać, pilnować. Josie will look after the kids.

look ahead

to prepare for or plan the future; planować, przygotowywać się, patrzeć w przyszłość. You've got to start looking ahead if you want to be successful.

look alike

to be physically similar to (something or someone); wyglądać podobnie. These two students look so much alike I always mistake their names.

look around

to look about; too look in many directions; to search; rozglądać się. They've been looking around the city all day.

look away

to stop looking in a particular direction; odwrócić wzrok. She looked away at the sight of blood.

look back

to remember something, to think about past events; wspominać, rozpamiętywać. Don't look back, think about your future.

look beyond

to understand or consider something greater than; wybiegać myślą poza, obejmować myślą więcej (niż). If you don't look beyond current conditions, you won't be able to plan further steps.

look down

to start looking downwards; spojrzeć w dół; spuszczać wzrok. She always looks down when a teacher asks her a question.

look down on

to have a bad opinion of sth or someone, to despise; to disapprove of; patrzeć z góry, patrzeć z wyższością. The whole class look down on Henry, which makes him feel really upset.

look for

to try to find something, to search for; szukać. Have you seen my purse? I’ve been looking for it so long and I can’t find it anywhere.

look forward to

to expect something with positive emotions; cieszyć się na coś, nie móc się czegoś doczekać, oczekiwac z niecierpliwością. I'm looking forward to meeting you again.

look out

to behave cautiously; uważać, być ostrożnym. Look out! Slow down! That woman's going to cross the street!

look out for

to try to find something or someone; szukać, poszukiwać. He’s been vainly looking out for a job for too long now.

look over

to look at something carefully, to examine; przyglądać się, sprawdzać, badać, zastanawiac się. I've got to look that suggestion over before I make the decision.

look round

to examine (an idea, a place); badać, zastanawiać się; rozglądać się. you should look round for a while before you decide where to rent a flat.

look through

to know the truth about something or someone, przejrzeć (coś lub kogoś), poznać się na (czymś lub kimś), nie dać się oszukać. He tries to fool me but I can look through such tricks.

look up

to look for information in a book of facts, e.g. the meaning of a word in a dictionary, a telephone number in a telephone book, etc.; znaleźć i sprawdzić np. znaczenie słowa w słowniku. While reading a book in French, I always make a list of words to look up later.

look up to

to admire a person; podziwiać kogoś. Sally always needed someone to look up to and imitate. I wish she were more self, reliant.

loom ahead

to appear, to appoach in a threatening way; nadciągać, zbliżać się (o czymś negatywnym). Difficult days are looming ahead.

loom up

to appear, usually suddenly or in a threatening way; ukazywać się, pojawiać (nagle, niespodziewanie). Dark clouds loomed up in the sky.

lounge away

to waste time; obijać się, marnować/tracić czas. They lounge a lot of time away.

lounge away

to spend time lazily; leniwie spędzać czas. I must lounge an afternoon away every now and then.

louse up

to spoil something, to fail to do something; spaprać, zepsuć (potoczne). How could you louse it up like this?

lunch in

to have lunch at home, at an office, etc.; jeść lunch w domu, pracy, itp. There's such a load of work we'll have to lunch in. How about Chinese takeaway?

lunch out

to have lunch out of home, company, hotel, etc.; jeść lunch poza domem, firmą, itp. My wife is such a good cook I hate to lunch out.

lurch along

to walk unstaedily; zataczac się, iść chwiejnym krokiem. I saw Henry lurching along in the street.