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madden with

to annoy, to make angry; doprowadzac do szału. She was maddened with his obstinacy.

make away

to leave quickly; uciec, wymknąć się, szybko wyjść. He makes away whenever I try to talk to him.

make away with

to steal; to murder; to commit suicide; ukraść; zabić, zamordować; popełnić samobójstwo. Why she decided to make away with herself will probably never be revealed.

make for

kierować się do; zmierzać do

make into

to change something / someone into something / someone; zmienić, przemienić, przerobić (coś na coś. I don't really like the idea of making the attic into another bedroom.

make of

to understand by; rozumieć (coś) z czegoś, wnioskować. Sally could make nothing of the notice she received.

make off

to hurry, to escape; wyruszać, uciekać, spieszyć się do wyjścia. I think we should make off before they come back.

make out

to deal with, to succeed, radzić sobie. I hear she is making out quite well at school.

make up (with sb)

to cease arguing, to forgive each other; godzic się (z kimś). We had such a row I thought we’d never make up.

map out

to arrange something in detail; planować, ustalać szczegóły. His parents have already mapped out his education.

mark up

podwyższać cenę

marvel at

to consider something marvellous, wonderful or really surprising; zachwycać się, dziwić się (czemuś). She marvelled at the news- it wasn't what she'd expected.

meddle in

to interfere in; mieszać się w (coś), wtrącać się w (coś). Sarah's been meddling in my private problems for a long time. I've decided to make an end of this situation.

meet up

to meet in order to do sth together; spotkać się (żeby razem coś zrobić). Let's meet up on Friday and we'll discuss the materials we've gathered so far.

mellow out

to make one feel relaxed or to become calm; uspokoić się, zrelaksować, rozluźnić, ‘wyluzować’. I guess you need to mellow out a bit.

mingle with

to become acquainted with, to talk to somebody, to start or continue an acquaintance; obracać się wśród, zadawać się z, rozmawiać (na spotkaniu towarzyskim). She's mingling with the wrong kind of people.

miss (sth/sb) out

to not include; opuszczać, utracić. You've missed out some important data in the form.

miss out on

to miss an opportunity; stracić okazję (czegoś). She didn't want to miss out on spending a couple of hours with her family.

mist over

to become covered with a layer of liquid; zaparować, zajść mgłą, pokryć się (warstwą cieczy). The window has misted over with steam.

mist up

to become covered with a layer of liquid; zaparować, zajść mgłą, pokryć się (warstwą cieczy). The steam has misted up the window pane.

mistake for

to think that sb or sth is sb or sth else; pomylić (kogoś lub coś) z kimś / czymś. Excuse me, you must have mistaken me for someone else.

mix in

to add something by mixing; wmieszać, zmieszać. Mix in the yolks.

mix in (1)

to combine (e.g. ingredients) by mixing; wymieszać, wmieszać, zmieszać, dodawać i mieszać. Mix in the sugar now.

mix in (2)

to mingle, to be able to make friends easily, to start friendly relationships with others; dołączać do towarzystwa, nawiązywać znajomości. Why don't you ever try to mix in at parties?

mix up

to confuse; mieszać, pomieszać, pomylić. Most things got mixed up and we couldn't manage.

mix up in

to be involved in something (usually unfavourable); wmieszać się w coś, wplątać się w coś. She got mixed up in a political scandal.

mix up with

to have a relationship with (usually someone whose reputation is dubious); utrzymywać zanjomość z, zadawać się z (na ogół z kimś o wątpliwej reputacji). He was upset to hear that his son had been mixed up with criminals.

moan about

to complain about; narzekać na, skarżyć się na, jęczeć (z powodu). He's always moaning about the weather.

mock at

to laugh at (someone or something) in an unkind way; wyśmiewać, wyszydzać, drwić z. The children mocked at their obese class mate.

model after

to make a copy of; to try to become similar to (someone); wzorować na, wzorować się na. Hardly ever do young people have a person to model themselves after.

model on

to make a copy of; to try to become similar to (someone); wzorować na, wzorować się na. The building was modelled on a Scandinavian design.

monkey around

to play, often in a foolish or uncontrolled way; błaznować, wydurniać się. The children are monkeying around in the garden.

monkey with

to touch something without sufficient caution, to spoil something by careless touching; majdrować przy, niepotrzebnie (coś) ruszać. Haven't you been told not to monkey with these papers?

mooch about

to spend time doing nothing; snuć się, wałęsać bez celu. He's been mooching about for hours.

mooch around

to walk without any particular aim or with no interest; wałęsać się, łazić bez celu. These young people mooch around the street all day.

moon around / moon about

to spend one’s time doing no work; obijać się. If you moon around like this, I’ll have to do all the job myself.

moon over

to keep thinking about someone one’s attracted to; rozmyślać o kimś, She’s been mooning over that drummer she met a few months ago.

mope around

to spend time aimlessly and unhappily; chodzić bez celu. Instead of solving the problem she spent all day moping around.

mope away

to spend time in sadness, to spend time in a dull manner; zamartwiać się, być przygnębionym. I hope you're not moiping away again.

move in

to start living in a certain place; wprowadzać się. When are they moving in?

move on

to leave, to set off; to pass; odchodzić, zmieniać miejsce pobytu; wyjeżdżać; wyruszać; upływać. It's high time to move on, weve spent a lot of time in this city and I need a change.

move out

to change the place of living; to strt a journey; wyprowadzić się; wyruszyć w podróż. We've decided to move out.

move over

to move in order to make space that someone else needs; przesunąć się. Won’t you move over? I’m carrying really unhandy stuff here!

muck up

to spoil, to fail; spaprać, zepsuć (pot.) Don't you understand he's going to muck up everything?

muddle through

to somehow cope with difficulties or affairs, in spite of chaos; jakoś sobie radzić (mimo bałaganu, braku orientacji) She managed to muddle through although it wasn't easy at all.

mug up (on)

to study hard and usually before an exam or test; wkuwać. She's mugging up on Maths, but I don't think she's going to manage.

muster up

zbierać się na, zdobywać się na (np. odwagę)

nail up

to pin something up with nails; przybić gwoździami. Could you please nail up the picture on the wall?

nibble at

to eat slowly by putting into mouth small pieces of food; skubać (jedzenie). She’s been nibbling at the pancakes she loves. Something must have happened.

noise abroad

to spread news, to make them public; roznosić wieści, rozgłaszać. It has been noised abroad that the opposition will not vote for this bill.

nose around

to be suspiciously looking for; węszyć. Why are the police nosing around in here?

nose out

to guess or get some information that was hidden; wywęszyć, wyniuchać. I'm afraid our competitor has nosed out something.

note down

to take notes, to note something; zanotować, notować. Have you noted this address down?

nuzzle up against

to touch, to hold or rub with affection; tulić się, ocierać się. Look at my cats; they're nuzzling up against each other.

object against

to express disapproval or opposition to; sprzeciwiać się (czemuś), wyrażać sprzeciw. They all objected against this option.

offend with

to annoy someone with something; obrazić kogoś czymś, urazić kogoś czymś. He offends us with his rudeness.

open out (1)

to make something wide open; to spread; otwierać coś szeroko; rozciągać się. A wonderful view opened out before their eyes.

open out (2)

to start talking freely, to become open as a person; rozmawiać otwarcie, otwierać się (przed kimś). Susie's opened out lately.

open up

to make something possible, to make something happen; otwierać możliwości; stwarzać. The new circumstances opened up new opportunities for you to win the process.

open with

to start with; rozpoczynać się (czymś, od czegoś. The famous singer opened the band's concert with his own rendition of their song.

operate on

to try to heal someone with an operation; operować (kogoś, coś). His arm must be operated on.

opt for

to choose something, usually against something else; wybierać. They opted for the most complicated solution.

opt out

to decide to leave, to give up, to not participate in; decydować się na opuszczenie, nie brać udziału. I wonder why he decided to opt out of the pension scheme.

order around

to give many commands in order to control someone; zasypywać poleceniami, dawać zbyt dużo poleceń. The staff were ordered around by the new boss.

order from

to request (goods) from somewhere; zamawiać (coś) od kogoś, ze sklepu, itd. She ordered some books from an unreliable store.

order in

to order someone to come in; kazać wejść. The head master ordered us in.

order out

to order somebody to leave; kazać wyjść (komuś skądś). They ordered us out as if we were criminals!

originate from

to have its sources in, to come from; The whole idea originated from Peter.

pace about

to move restlessly and / or anxiously about a place; chodzić w tę i z powrotem, niespokojnie chodzić (np. po pomieszczeniu) She paced about the room, thinking what to do.

pace around

to move restlessly and / or anxiously about a place; chodzić w tę i z powrotem, niespokojnie chodzić (np. po pomieszczeniu) He couldn't sleep, so he paced around all night.

pack away

to put things back where they are stored; zapakować coś (z powrotem), włożyć rzeczy na miejsce. Why don’t you pack away the food while I’m taking down the tent?

pack in

to attract a huge audience; to give something up, to stop doing somethingprzyciągnąć widzów; rzucić coś, zaprzestać czegoś “Fahrenheit 9/11” is packing audiences in.

pack into

to put many things or bring numerous people into a place; wpakować, zapakować, upchnąć. I can’t understand how they were going to pack a thousand people into that tiny building!

pack off

to send a person away; wysłać kogoś dokądś, odesłać, wywieźć. After all the trouble, Kathy’s parents decided to pack her off abroad for a year.

page through

to browse, to turn pages hardly paying attention to their contents; kartkować, przeglądać bardzo pobieżnie (pismo, książkę). I was paging through the magazine when I noticed his name.

pal up

informal) to make friends with; (potoczne) zakumplować się, zaprzyjaźnić się. Has your daughter palled up with anybody during the camp?

pale at

to become pale (at the sight of sth, as a reaction to sth), zblednąć (na widok czegoś, jako reakcja na coś). The students always pale at the sight of their History teacher.

pale beside

to seem unattractive or unimportant in comparison with something or someone else; blednąć przy (czymś lub kimś). His success pales beside the effort he made.

pall on

to become boring, to become uninteresting; przykrzyć się, nudzić (komuś). The lecturer's voice palled on his studentsvery quickly.

palm sth off on sb

to give somebody something you don't want; opchnąć coś komuś. She just palmed the jewellery off on her neighbour.

pan out

to happen; to develop; to be successful; potoczyć się (o sprawach, wydarzeniach), udać się, powieść się. Our plan didn't pan out.

parcel out

to divide (e.g. land) into small pieces; rozparcelować. Henry's great grandfather's land was parcelled out among his sons.

partake in

to participate in; brać udział w, uczestniczyć. Ann and Janine are going to partake in the competition.

pass away

to come to end; minąć. The severe pain passed away.

pass by

przechodzić

pass out

to faint; zemdleć. to give something free of charge; rozdawać coś za darmo. Julka, 5, is convinced that a decent princess should pass out from time to time.

pass through

to visit a place on a way somewhere; przejeżdżać, być gdzieś przejazdem. We're just passing through, so we won't see much here.

paste into

to attach with paste / glue somewhere; wklejać. She used to paste such articles into a notebook.

paste up

to stick up; to put glue on a surface; naklejać; smarować klejem. Paste up this notice on the door.

pay back

to return money; to do something as a response or reward; spłacić, zwrócić pieniądze; odpłacić. He warned us he would pay us back for what we had done to him.

pay off

to pay a debt; to return something such as unfair treatment; spłacić (dług); odpłacić (komuś za coś). I felt relieved when I finally paid off the flat.

peg away at

to work hard; to continue doing something; ciężko nad czymś pracować, zawziąć się, wziąć się za coś; Don't you think you should peg away at your French before leaving?

peg out

(informal) to die; umrzeć, wykorkować. I'm gonna peg out if you tell me we're not at the end of the road. I'm just dead tired.

percolate through

to move slowly through a surface(of liquid); to spread; przenikać, przesączać się; rozprzestrzeniać się, rozchodzić się (o informacjach, plotkach) The gossip will start to percolate through our neighbours anyway.

permit into

to allow someone enter (a place); wpuszczać; zezwalać na wstęp. Nobody is permitted into the office today.

phone in

to phone one's job in order to leave a message; zatelefonować do miejsca pracy, żeby zostawić wiadomość. I thiink I should phone in and say I'm gonna be late.

pick out

to recognize, to distinguish, to find; to choose; rozróżniać, odróżniać, rozpoznawać, zauważyć; wybierać. I couldn't pick her out in the crowd.

pick up

to lift; to take someone or something from a place; to get ill; podnosić; odbierać (kogoś lub coś); łapać (np. przeziębienie) Will you pick up the kids from school?

pin down

to make someone agree or act in a given way; przyszpilić kogoś, skłonić do czegoś. You've got to pin him down smehow, otherwise we're going to be in trouble.

pin on

to blame someone for something, to make someone responsible for something; winić kogoś za coś; czynić kogoś opdpowiedzialnym za coś. You shouldn't pin the blame on him.

pine away

to become very weak and thin, especially because of sorrow; marnieć, umierać ze smutku, umierać z rozpaczy. His wife pined away soon after his death.

pine for

to miss something or someone, to want something one cannot get; tęsknić, usychać z tęsknoty. Jane pined for some luxury in her life.

pitch in

to join others in doing a job (informal); połączyć siły; robić coś wspólnie (potoczne). We must all pitch in, otherwise we wont succeed.

pitch into

to grab sth, to start doing sth eagerly; rzucic się na coś. The children pitched into the food.

pitch out

to make someone leave, usually by forcing them to do so (informal); wyrzucać, wywalać (kogoś) (potoczne) He was shocked when he heard his son had been pitched out of office.

play along

to pretend that you agree or cooperate with someone in order to achieve something, zwodzić kogoś dla własnej korzyści. I think she's been playing along with us and doesn't really want to cooperate.

play at

to do sth for pleasure, not treating it seriously; zabawiać się, nie traktować poważnie. Jim's only playing at being a musician, he's got lots of other plans for the future.

play on

to use someone’s emotions or a difficult situation to get something; grać na (uczuciach); wykorzystywać. I hate it when she plays on the fact that others sympathise with her.

play out

to resolve or finish in a particular way; rozegrać się, rozstrzygnąć się. Nobody knew how the conflict would play out after their violent row.

play up

to behave in a wrong way; to work unproperly or stop working; rozrabiać, źle się zachowywać; nawalać, psuć się. If Kathy begins to play up again, tell her she's not going to the playground tomorrow.

plow into

to drive into something; wjechać w coś, Watch out! We'll plow into that car!

plow on

to continue doing something tiring, hard and boring; męczyć się dalej, walczyć dalej. I understood I had to plow on if I wanted to start a better life.

plow through

to go through something with difficulty; przebrnąć, przebić się przez. I just couldn't plow through that book, however entertaining you find it.

plug away

to work hard; ciężko pracować. How long can one plug away like that? She's not going to cope.

plug in

to to turn on, to connect; podłączać (do sieci), włączać. Can you believe she forgot to plug in the appliance?

plump for

to opt for, to choose; wybierać. Many young people plump for sports clothes just because they're so comfortable.

plunk down

to put something down without much care, o put something down heavily; ciskać, rzucać niedbale. She plunked down the shopping bag.

ply with

to offer someone (usually things to eat or drink), to provide someone with something; częstować kogoś (czymś), zasypywać kogoś (np. pytaniami). She's been plying us with coffee all evening.

point at

to show something (usually with one's finger); wskazywać na (coś, kogoś). She pointed at me.

point down

to show something which is down; wskazywać (coś) na dole. What's that?, she asked, pointing down at the floor.

point out

to explain, to show, to draw one's attention to something or someone; wyjaśniać, wskazywać, zwracać uwagę (na coś lub kogoś). During the meeting, he pointed out the most important issues.

point up

to emphasise; to show sth clearly; make sth more powerful; podkreślać; wzmacniać. The author points up the story with the use of unrealistic images.

poke about

to look for something; to try to get to know something; szukać, węszyć, dowiadywać się. Sheila's always poking about, it's not safe to tell her anything.

poke around

to look for something in a rather secret way; węszyć, myszkować. The boys have been poking around here.

ponce about

to show off, to act unnaturally; popisywać się, przeginać. He's always poncing about.

pop back

to return somewhere quickly; zawrócić, szybko wrócić. Wait a second, I'll just pop back and leave them the tickets.

pop off

to leave in a hurry; to die; szybko wyjść, pot. uciekać; umrzeć, pot. wykorkować. Pop off now, kids, because it’s getting dark.

pop over

to come round, to visit someone for a short while; wpaść do kogoś. If you are working just around the corner, why don’t you pop over from time to time?

pop up

to appear suddenly; pojawiać się, wyskakiwać. She’s a hopeless singer who pops up in awful TV programmes.

pore over

to study sth thoroughly and at length; ślęczeć, przesiadywać nad czymś. She's been poring over the books all night.

post up

to place information on a board, wall, etc. so that everybody can see it; umieścić informację itp. w widocznym miejscu; wywiesic informację. Could you please post up this message on the board outside?

pound towards

to run in heavy steps towards; biec ciężko w kierunku. The man was pounding towards the police station.

predispose to

to make someone more likely to do something or toto instruct someone in a treatening way, to demand; rozkazywać. Stop pushing me about!

suffer from an illness;

predysponować, usposabiać. Her background predisposes her to hold conservative views.

propel into

to make someone do something or place someone in a certain position; popchnąć kogoś (do czegoś). A misunderstanding propelled him into a series of problems.

pull apart

to separate, to tear something apart; rozdzielać. to criticise something, usually someone’s work krytykować coś. It was hard to pull the fighting dogs apart.

pull aside

to move something to one side; odciągnąć. to take someone aside in order to talk to them; odciągnąć kogoś na stronę. Could you please pull the cutain aside?

pull away

to start moving; ruszyć z miejsca. to separate, to move away; oddzielać się, odsuwać się. The bus suddenly pulled away.

pull off

to take off a piece of clothes; zdejmować, ściągać (of a vehicle) to be driven, to start moving ruszać, zjeżdżać (z drogi) to succeed in something; osiągnąć coś, poradzić sobie z czymś

pull out

to take something out; wyciągać, wyjmować (of a vehicle) to move away; odjeżdżać. She pulled out a packet of cigarettes from her purse.

pull round

to regain health, to overcome sth such as trouble; to pull through; wylizać się (wyzdrowieć), wykaraskać się. I'm sure you're going to pull round after all.

pull through

to recover, to regain health; wyzdrowieć, wrócić do zdrowia. We can only hope that he will pull through.

push about

to instruct someone in a treatening way, to demand; rozkazywać. Stop pushing me about!

push ahead

to continue doing something difficult, to make progress, to persist; posuwac się naprzód. I sometimes feel so lonely it's hard to push ahead.

push along

to leave; wychodzić, zmywać się skądś. I think we must be pushing along now.

push aside

to ignore; odpychać, odrzucać. They're going to push those candidates aside.

push away

to push someone or something so that they move away; odepchnąć. She pushed him away as he wanted to enter the room.

push for

to demand repeatedly; żądać, domagać się czegoś. Most parents are pushing for the teacher to be dismissed.

push into

to persuade or force someone to do something; namówić kogoś na coś, skłonić, zmusić kogoś do czegoś. Some of his students have to be pushed into revising before the final test.

push off

to leave; wychodzić, zabierać się. We've got to push off now.

put about/ put around

to gossip, to tell something (usually a lie) to many people; plotkować, roznosić pogłoski. Ann’s been putting it around that Tim and Claire are through with each other.

put across

to make (e.g. an idea) understood; wyjaśnić, zdołać wyjaśnić. It won’t be easy to put such decision across to the workers.

put ahead

to move something (e.g. an event) to an earlier date; przełożyć coś na wcześniejszy termin. Since there is little time left to have the project finished, we’ll have to put our meeting ahead and discuss everything thoroughly.

put apart

to save something (e.g. money or time); odkładać (np. pieniądze), oszczędzać, rezerwować (np. czas) She was far_sighted enough to put some money apart. Now that her husband is ill she can afford all the expenses concerned.

put aside

put aside, to stop doing something zaprzestawać czegoś, odkładać coś, to save something (e.g. money or time); zaoszczędzać. He put his research aside for a year.

put off

to delay something, to arrange for something (an event, action, etc.) to take later than planned beforehand; odkładać (coś na później), przekładać na później, odraczać. This week turns out terribly busy, we’ve got to put off our meeting.

put over

to explain something in a comprehensive way; wyjaśnić, wytłumaczyć, wyłożyć. This guy is really good at putting complicated things over.

put together

to produce sth from different things; to join parts of sth; złożyć (części całości) I couldn't put the telephone together.

put up with

to accept something (e.g. a situation or someone’s behaviour) you don’t like; znosić coś, godzić się na coś. It’s really hard to put up with him. He’s insolent and rude.

puzzle out

to work out; to solve a problem, to understand; pojąć, zrozumieć, rozwiązać (problem), wymyśleć. Sooner or later we'll puzzle out a way out of this trouble.

puzzle over

to think in an intense way about sth; głowić się nad czymś. I've been puzzling over the way to win this case for a year now.

quibble about/ over

to argue about details; kłócić się o drobiazgi, spierać się. The room badly needs redecorating, but as they’ve been quibbling about the right shade of paint for a couple of weeks now, I don’t think it’s going to be renovated soon.

rabbit on

to continue talking about unimportant matters; paplać, gadać. The two students kept rabbiting on about cosmetics and make up.

rally round

to help, to support; pomagać, wspierać kogoś I can count on him, he always rallies round.

ramble on

to talk or write in an awkward chaotic style without communicating much; mówić lub pisać w sposób chaotyczny, rozwlekle, nie na temat. Jenny tends to ramble on so I don’t really like talking to her.

rankle with

to fill with grief, to make you feel hurt, unhappy; napełniać goryczą, sprawiać ból. Although the memory of those terrible rows we had still rankles with me, I really love you.

rattle off

to repeat words easily from one’s memory; trajkotać, bezmyślnie recytować z pamięci. She can rattle off all the lectures but she has no idea about Berkeley or Kant.

read into

to (wrongly) deduce more information than it is written in something you read; doczytywać się. I knew he'd read into my letter and misunderstand it.

read of

to read about; przeczytać o. Yesterday I read of his death, which really depressed me.

read on

to go on reading; czytać dalej. Read on, daddy, read on!

read out

to read aloud so that others can hear; czytać na głos. We all were shocked when Sally read out the letter.

read over

to read again; to read carefully; przeczytać jeszcze raz; przeczytać uważnie. Read it over again and you'll find the info for sure.

read up on

to read about a given subject in order to learn, study, get info; naczytać się o, czytać w celu poszerzenia wiadomości na dany temat. He must have read up on the history of American literature before the exam!

rebound on

to bring unpleasant results to someone who took an action; odbijać się na (kimś). The joke he'd invented rebounded on him.

recover from

to get well after an illness; wrócic do zdrowia, dojść do siebie, odzyskać siły. I'm sure she'll soon recover from her operation.

reel out

to make one’s way out unsteadily; wytoczyć się, wyjść chwiejnym krokiem. The drunkard reeled out from the bar.

refer back to

to mention something already spoken, seen, discussed, etc. again; nawiązywać do czegoś ponownie. She referred back to the misunderstanding at least twenty times during the dinner!

rely on

to count on, to bank on; to be able to obtain sth such as help or reliable information from; polegać na (kimś/ czymś). Do you think I can rely on him?

repay for

to do something for somebody else as an act of gratitude; odwdzięczać się za. How can I repay for it? You simply saved me!

result in

to cause something; powodować (coś) The management’s policy will undoubtedly result in dismissals.

revel in

to be fond of something; to enjoy something very much; cieszyć się, radować się. He's the kind of guy that revels in popularity and fame, he'll do anything to see his face on the covers of glossy magazines.

ring back

to make a telephone call to someone who called you beforehand; oddzwaniać. I must hang up now, I’ll ring you back later!

rinse down

to drink a liquid in order to cause something (such as a pill, etc.) easily swallowed; popijać coś w celu przełknięcia. Drink some water to rinse the pills down.

rip up

to tear into pieces; podrzeć na kawałki. He ripped the letter up.

rub along with

to agree with someone, to get on well with; dobrze się z kimś zgadzać. Jim and Mary always seemed to rub along with each other.

rub down

to rub one's body with a towel to dry it; to dry somethig with e.g. towel; wycierać (się). I must rub little Kate down, hold on for a second.

rub off

(of a feeling, characteristic) to be felt or shared by someone who experienced it by being with others; udzielać się (komuś). Their exceptional kindness has rubbed off on their children.

rub out

to erease; wycierać, ścierać. I've got to rub out these pencil marks.

rub over

to rub very carefully; rozcierać (np. maść). Rub the oinment over to feel immediate relief.

run away

to avoid something such as a problem; unikać, uciekać od. She tends to run away from her responsibilities.

run into

run into to meet someone unexpectedly niespodziewanie kogoś spotkać, wpaść na kogoś, to hit something while driving potrącić coś, wjechać w coś podczas jazdy samochodem. Yesterday I ran into Paul.

run out

to finish something, to use something up; kończyć, wyczerpywać się. Surprisingly enough, we ran out of money at the beginning of the month.

run over

to hit and injure or kill (a person or animal) when driving a car; przejechać (osobę, zwierzę). You almost ran over that cat!

run up

dochodzić do, osiągać

rush at

to do something such as a job hastily; spieszyć się (z wykonaniem pracy) We've got to rush at finishing the project.

rush for

to rush in order to get something; gnac na. I've got to rush for the train, see you!

rush in

to enter quickly and suddenly; wejść w pośpiechu, wbiec, wparować. Did you have to rush in like that? We were talking about our personal things.

rush into

to make a careless, quick decision; pochopnie się zdecydować. I'm sorry Viki rushed into going there for so long.

rush out

to sell quickly; rozchodzic się bardzo szybko (o towarach). I think the winter collection will rush out.

rush through

to perform or deal with something quickly; przepchnąć coś w pośpiechu; szybko coś załatwić. The MP was willing to rush the bill through.

rustle up

to gather things or people quickly; pozbierać rzeczy, skrzyknąć ludzi. It wasn't easy to rustle up everybody involved.

sack in

to go to bed; to fall asleep; pójść spac. The girls already sacked in because they were very tired.

sack out

to go to bed, to fall asleep; pójść spać, zasnąć. I sacked out after the all nighter and was late to work.

sack up

(informal) to gain something (e.g. profit); (potoczne) zgarnąć, zdobyć. Do you know how much they sacked up?

saddle up

to put a saddle on a horse back; siodłać konia. You must know how to saddle up a horse before you start your riding lessons.

saddle with

(informal) to charge someone with (something unpleasant); (potoczne) obarczyć (kogoś czymś). The boss was trying to saddle us with one more task.

salt away

(informal) to save (money); (potoczne) zaoszczędzić, uciułać, odkładać (pieniądze). I've got some money salted away for a rainy day.

say over

to repeat words; powtarzać (słowa). Say the poem over once more.

scare away

to make somebody frightened so that they leave or stop doing something; odstraszyć, wystraszyć. The boy was scared away by some older students.

scissor off

to cut off; odciąć. Scissor off the edge of the sheet.

scissor up

to cut into tiny pieces; pociąć na kawałki. Her little daughter has scissored up the document.

scoop out

to take something out of something with a spoon; wygrzebać coś, wyjąć coś za pomocą łyżeczk, wybierać, wydobywać. I never scoop out the tomato seeds.

scoop up

to lift something or someone quickly; szybko coś/kogoś podnieść, zgarnąć coś. She scooped up her belongings and put them into the bag.

score off

to make somebody seem a fool; zrobić z kogoś głupka. The class scored off him again.

score out

to cross out; przekreślić, wykreślić. And then the coach scored me out from the list.

score through

to cross out, to score out; przekreślić, wykreślić. Score through position ten, we won't need it.

score up

to add to a list of e.g. one's succesful movements; zapisać na swoim koncie. She scored up another victory.

scour about

to be running about in many different directions; biegać na wszystkie strony. Stop scouring about, sit down and think what to do first.

scour for

to look for someone or something in an anxious way; gorączkowo kogoś lub czegoś poszukiwać. Diana's scouring for the documents, as usual.

scour out

to clean something really filthy, usually with effort; wyczyścić, wyszorować. This pipe needs scouring out, who's doing it?

scrabble through

to look for something somewhere anxiously; gorączkowo coś przeszukiwać. I've been scrabbling through my bedroom, but the keys weren't there.

scrape by on

to make ens meet, to manage to live on sth; przeżyć (za małą kwotę), ciułać, z trudem się utrzymywać. She can just scrape by on the money her mother gives her.

scrape into

to get somewhere (such as school) with effort; z trudem gdzieś się dostać. With such grades, she'll be very lucky if she scrapes into the university.

scrape up

to gather a given sum of money; uzbierac, uciułać. I have to scrape up for this bike.

scrub round

to dodge, avoid, ignore, bypass; ignorować, omijać. He scrubbed round the regulations.

see about

to ask about something, to make arrangements; dowiadywać się, pytać, umawiać się. I must see about renting a car.

see across

to help someone cross a road, etc. przeprowadzić kogoś przez ulicę, itp. Remember to see your sister across the street.

see after

to look after someone or something, to take care of someone or something; opiekować się, zajmować się. Will you see after the visitors?

see ahead

to plan the future, to forsee the future; planować przyszłość, przewidywać. I find such binding decisions really hard since I can’t see ahead very far.

see around

to meet someone quite often; widywać kogoś. I haven’t seen her aroud for a couple of weeks.

see as

to consider someone or something as; uważać (kogoś lub coś) za. No wonder she’s seen as silly.

see back

to accompany someone on their way home; odprowadzać kogoś w drodze powrotnej. Wait a moment! I’ll see you back.

see beyond

to have knowledge about a time after a certain point in the future; przewidywać fakty poza pewnym momentem w przyszłości, to care about one’s future; dbać tylko o coś w niedalekiej przyszłości, nie planować dalej, niż do pewnego momentu. As far as sales figures are concerned, I don’t think we can see beyond the end of the year.

see in

to welcome someone, to accompany someone as they enter; wprowadzać kogoś (do budynku, pomieszczenia) to help a driver drive into a parking space; pomóc kierowcy wjechać, np. na miejsce parkingowe, wskazując mu kierunek. I can’t leave the office. I have to see the visitors in.

see off

to accompany someone at the beginning of their journey so as to say goodbye to them; odprowadzać (odwozić) kogoś (np. na dworzec, lotnisko, itp.), żegnać kogoś. I’ll see you off to the airport.

see over

to visit a place in order to have a closer look at it; oglądać (miejsce). Tomorrow we’re going to see over the flat.

see to

to look after; to make sure sth is done; dopilnować, pilnować. Agata's cats must be fed once a day. Can you see to it?

seize up

to stop working properly; zatrzeć się, zablokować, przestać działać. The engine has eventually seized up.

sell off

to sell something cheap, especially when it is becoming out_fashioned; wyprzedawać. They are going to sell off the summer collection.

sell out

to sell the total of a particular product; sprzedawać, wyprzedawać. They sold out of the whole edition within a week.

send along

to make someone or something move somewhere; podesłać, przysłać, przyprowadzić, podrzucić. I have to talk with Mary could you send her along?

send away

to make someone leave; to dismiss someone; odesłać, odprawić, zwolnić. She sent another baby_sitter away.

send back

to make someone or something return; odsyłać. I'll send you the book back as soon as I've read it.

send out

to make someone leave; wyrzucać (skądś), wysyłać za drzwi. The teacher sent Mike out of the classroom.

set above

regard something or someone as more important than something or someone else; przedkładać, stawiać coś wyżej. Her mother sets her professional career above family life.

set apart

to isolate, to divide; oddzielać. You must set the two students apart from each other.

set aside

to leave (for later), to save, to put aside; to give up; odkładać, oszczędzać; rezygnować. henry's mother told him he should set his sports career aside.

set back

to move back, to delay; cofać; opóźniać; przekładać. The meeting has been set back by a week.

set beside

to place (someone or something) beside (someone or something); umieścić, ułożyć obok (kogoś lub czegoś) to compare porównywać. The baby was set beside her mother.

set forth

to present, to state an opinion; prezentować, przedstawiać, wyliczać. Mr Brown set forth his opinion very clearly.

set off

to start a journey; to depart; wyruszać, wyruszać w podróz. When is she going to set off?

set out

to start (doing sth); rozpoczynać, przystępować do. It's time you set out to look for another job.

shake up

to upset or annoy by doing something bad and surprising; wstrząsnąć (kimś). The whole affair has shaken up our family.

shame out of

to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel ashamed or guilty; powstrzymać kogoś od danego czynu poprzez wywołania poczucia winy lub wstydu. Their aim was to shame him out of behaving in a rude way.

shin up

to climb, e.g. a tree; wspinać się, np. na drzewo. Look at those boys shinning up the trees!

shop around / shop round

to compare the price of something you want to buy in different shops; chodzić po sklepach w poszukiwaniu towarów najtańszych lub najlepszej jakości. to act in a discriminative way as far as making a choice is concerned; to examine different possibilities; przebierać (w czymś), sprawdzać rozmaite możliwości, oferty itp. Don’t buy these shoes at the moment unless you don’t feel like shopping around.

shop on

to report a person to the police; donieść na kogoś policji. And, fancy, that dope thought it was better to shop on his friends!

shout at

to speak loudly to someone, to raise one’s voice; krzyczeć na kogoś, podnosić głos. Calm down, shouting at your children won’t help, you’d better explain what they’re doing wrong.

shout down

to make somebody’s words impossible to be heard by shouting; zakrzyczeć (kogoś, czyjeś słowa) How do you think we’re gonna reach a compromise? You can’t call it a discussion as you’re always shouting me down.

shout for

to shout because of an emotion; krzyczeć z powodu uczucia, emocji (np. radości) The children shouted for joy when we told them we were going for a trip.

shout out

to exclaim; to make a noise; krzyknąć, wrzasnąć. He shouted out when he noticed the lorry in front of them.

show around/ round

to show a place to somebody, to make a tour around a place so that someone can see what it looks like; oprowadzać; pokazywać komuś miejsce. Could you show Mrs Helen round the house?

show in

to show someone a way into a place politely; wprowadzać kogoś. I asked Matt to show the guests in.

show off

to show oneself as superior to others; popisywać się. Mary tends to show off when she meets new people.

show out

to lead someone politely to the door; to show the way out of somewhere; odprowadzać do drzwi. While I was showing the guests out, Peter called someone.

show up

to reveal; to appear; ujawniać; pokazywać się; pojawiać się. I was surprised to see Maggie show up at the meeting.

shrink from

to avoid doing sth; wzbraniać się przed czymś. Do not shrink from stating your opinion- you may regret it one day.

shrug off

to ignore; to get rid of; zignorować, zlekceważyć; pozbyć się. It was irresponsible to shrug off the complaint.

shudder at

to tremble with fear or at a thought of sth scary; to experience fear of sth; drżeć na myśl o czymś, trząść się ze strachu. Nancy's mom is determined to seek professional help, the girl shudders at the very thought of going to school.

shut away

to put in a private place; odciąć (się), ukryć, umieścić w prywatnym miejscu. It is a story about a mentally ill woman who was shut away from other people.

shut up

to close; to become quiet; zamykać, zamknąć się "You're always coming late!" "Oh dear, why don't you shut up?"

sign away

zrzekać się

sign up

zapisywać się; werbować

sing up

to sing louder; śpiewać głośniej. You must sing up, girls. Noone can hear you.

sink in

to invest (usually money) to gain profit; zainwestować. George sank all his money in that business.

sink into

to be getting worse and worse; pogarszać się; popadać (w coś), wpadać (w coś) I'm afraid Henry's business is sinking into debts.

sink to

to get into something negative; pogrążyć się, popaść/ wpaść w (coś). She sank to drugs, which was easy to predict.

sit down on

to oppose sth; przeciwstawić się (np. pomysłowi). The staff sat down on the suggested policy.

sit in

to occupy a building by staying inside; okupować (budynek) The protesters have been sitting in since Tuesday.

sit out

to be sitting outside; to sit till the end of something; siedzieć na zewnątrz; przeczekać. I had to sit out and wait.

sit through

to stay somewhere until the end of an event one considers boring or tiring; wysiedzieć, przesiedzieć. I did my best to sit through the meeting, but don't count one me next time.

sit up

to change to a sitting position when you were e.g. in bed; usiąść z pozycji leżącej Sit up and eat something.

skate over

not to deal seriously with something; prześlizgiwać się po czymś, omijać temat. He only skated over the issue, which wasn't fair.

skate round / around

not to deal seriously with something; prześlizgiwać się po czymś, omijac temat. Henry only skated round the issue.

sleep off

to get rid of by sleeping; odespać, przespać. She tends to sleep off bad mood and stress.

sleep through

to sleep in spite of noises, alarm, etc.; spać mimo hałasu, przespać (np. sygnał budzika) Oh dear, I must have slept the alarm through!

smooth away

to become free of trouble, to cope with a problem; poradzić sobie z trudnościami, uniknąć trudności. He’ll do his best to smooth away any possible difficulties.

smooth over

to make something such as a quarrel become calmer; załagodzic (sytuację). I don’t think there’s a chance to smooth their quarrel over yet.

snap down

to slate somebody, to criticize; zrugać kogoś, ochrzanić. He really snapped her down.

snarl at

to make a threatening noise (of a dog); to talk to someone in a rude way; warczeć, burczeć, odburknąć. The dog snarled at us as we approached the gate.

snuggle down

to cover someone carefully with a quilt, blanket, etc.; opatulić się (kołdrą itp., przykryć się) Kids, snuggle down in beds! goodnight!

soak through

to make something wet; przemoczyć. The rain soaked my shoes through.

sob out

to say while sobbing; powiedzieć przez łzy, opowiedzieć łkając. She sobbed out the whole story and asked for advice.

sober down

to calm down, to stop being excited; otrzeźwieć, ochłonąć. The children eventually sobered down.

sober up

to cease being drunk; otrzeźwieć, otrzeźwiać. A cool shower might sober you up.

sober up

to become sober again; wytrzeźwieć. What could make him sober up?

soften up

to make softer; zmiękczać. I need a cream that would soften my skin.

sort (well/ ill) with

to agree (well or badly) with someone or something pasować / nie pasować, zgadzać się/ nie zgadzać się z kimś, odpowiadać/ nie odpowiadać komuś. You must understand that your actions sort ill with the rest of your family.

sort out

to arrange, to put things in order; sortować, segregować, porządkować Now that he left me I've got to sort out my life again.

spank along

to move at a quick pace; posuwać się lub poruszać w dobrym tempie. They were spanking along and noone was sure who was going to win.

speak out

to express one’s opinion about something; wypowiadać się. In my opinion, someone ought to speak out against the new organisation policies.

speak out about

to express that one is in favour of sth; opowiadać się za czymś. In my opinion we should speak out about this strategy.

speak up

to speak louder so that others can hear; mówić głośniej, podnieść głos. I can’t really hear you. Could you please speak up?

speculate about

to guess, to try to make a guess; rozważać, snuć domysły, spekulować. Well, we can only speculate about the results of the elections now.

speculate in

to invest money in something in order to obtain profit from selling the goods; to risk money on; spekulować (czymś). He's said to have been speculating in gold.

speed up

to start driving faster; dodać gazu, przyspieszyć. Don't speed up! You're the scariest driver I've ever met!

spell out

to discuss at length, to explain in detail; szczegółowo objaśniać. I sometimes think I must spell out everything so that he understands.

spend on

to use for a particular purpose (about time, effort or money); spędzać na (o czasie); wydawać na (o pieniądzach); wykorzystywać na (o wysiłku). That's unbelieveable! She's spent all her pocket money on sweets!

spice up

to make something taste better (by the use of spices); doprawiać, przyprawiać. I have no idea how to spice it up. It's so bland.

split into

to divide into; rozdzielić się, rozpadać się, rozłupywać. The soldiers had to split into two groups.

split off

to leave a group, to no longer be a member of a group, etc; odłączyć (się), oddzielić. Sandra decided to split off the party.

split up

to finish a romantic relationship; zerwać (z kimś), rozstać się. They'll definitely split up soon.

spruce up

to decorate, to make look better; ozdabiać, poprawiać wygląd, stroić (się), wymuskać. Spruce up your home, invite some friends, you must relax from time to time!

squeak through

to pass with difficulty, to manage to do something with difficulty; prześlizgnąć się przez coś z trudem. He just squeaked through the exam.

stand down

to give up a position, to give up a job; rezygnować (ze stanowiska). Though the politician expressed his will to stand down, it proved a pointless declaration.

stand in

to do somebody's job when they are absent; zastępować. I've got to stand in for my colleague tomorrow.

stand out

to be different than others, to be special in some way; wyróżniać się, odznaczać się. If you take a look at the whole class, you'll have to admit that Sandra really stands out.

stand over

to put off, delay; opóźniać, odkładać coś na później. We have to finish the class so we’ll let this question stand over till next week.

stand up to

to bear, to manage to survive sth; znosić, wytrzymywać. Are they going to stand up to those conditions?

stare sb out

to make sb turn their eyes away; zmusić kogoś do odwrócenia oczu. The girls were playing a kind of game of their own, staring others out.

start out

to start a journey; to st off; wyruszać, ruszać. We're starting out next month. I can't wait!

start over

to start an action again from the beginning; zacząć jakąś czynność od nowa. Jack was trying to sum up the figures but the noise disturbed him and he had to start over again and again.

stave in

to push hard, to break, to destroy; łamać, niszczyć, wybijać, wybijać dziurę. Those guys were trying to stave in the fence.

stay away

not to enter; to avoid (entering); pozostawać na zewnątrz, trzymać się z dala. Tell that guy to stay away.

stay behind

to stay somewhere longer than the rest of a group; to not leave; zostac dłużej, pozostać w jakimś miejscu. She stayed behind in the classroom.

stay in

to stay at home, to spend time at home, zostawać w domu, pozostawać w domu. It was raining, so we decided to stay in and watch a video.

stay off

to abstain from, to not eat or drink or otherwise use something; powstrzymywać się od, rezygnować z. She decided to stay off sweets to lose weight.

stay out

to stay out from home; być/ przebywać poza domem, nie wracać do domu. Please, don't stay out long tonight.

stay up

to not go to sleep; nie kłaść się spać. I've got so much to do I'm gonna stay up all night.

steal away

to steal something; wykradać coś, to leave secretly, without being noticed; wykradać się, wymknąć. Her attempt to steal away from the party was noticed by the host, which made them both feel embarrassed.

steal up on

to creep, to come up noiselessly; podkradać się. The burglars started stealing up on the house.

step aside

to leave a job so that someone else can take the position; ustępować (ze stanowiska). Do you think our manager is going to step aside?

step down

to leave one's position or job; zrezygnować ze stanowiska. Dave announced he'd be stepping down from being chief executive.

step in

to come in; to come round to sb; to get involved in sth such as argument; wkroczyć, wejść; wpaść do kogoś; wkraczać w np. spór. Don't step in their arguments, it won't do.

step out on

to deceive, to be dishonest; zdradzać, It's obvious she's stepping out on him.

stick around

to stay in the area; pozostawać w pobliżu. I'll stick around, just in case.

stick on

to attach something to another object with glue; naklejać. Could you please stick this on the envelope?

stick together

to keep close to a person, to stay together and protect each other trzmać się z kimś, trzymać z kimś. I can’t imagine the day the guys wouldn’t stick together.

stick up for

to defend, to support; bronić; popierać. I'm not going to talk to you if you stick up for Pete and his friends.

stick with

to keep close to a person, especially if they may be helpful; trzmać się z kimś, trzymać z kimś. Everything will be fine if you stick with us.

stomp on

to put one's foot on something or someone; to beat up someone, to defeat someone; nadepnąć; przydeptać; pokonać, pobić kogoś. Be careful! You've stomped on my foot!

stop away from

to keep away from, to stay at a distance; trzymać się z dala od. You really should stop away from those guys.

stop over

to make a break during a journey; zrobic postój. I'm tired and hungry. Why don't we stop over?

stop up

to stay out of bed late; nie iść spać, zostać na nogach. Don't stop up for me, I'll be back really late.

storm in

to come in in an angry way; wejść z wściekłością; wparować. Helen stormed in and began to shout at me.

storm out

to leave in an angry way; wyjść, wybiec z wściekłością. The boy stormed out when he found out what had happened.

stow into

to pack something into; pakować, upychać. The toys were stowed into boxes.

strike back

to attack someone who attacked you first; rewanżowac się, odpowiadać atakiem na atak. If you strike back at him, don't expect forgiveness.

strike down

to make someone seriously ill; to make someone die; powalać, zapadać na. She was struck down with flu and couldn't go to work.

strike up

to start, to begin; zacząć, nawiązać, zaintonować. If you just strike up a conversation with him, he'll tell you everything about the people here.

stub out

stub out, to press something in order to stop it burning; zgasić, zgasić przez przyduszenie. I felt embarassed when the waiter, pointing at the “No Smoking” sign, asked me to stub out the cigarette.

study under

to be somebody's student; uczyć się / studiować pod czyimś kierunkiem, uczyć się u kogoś. Rafał was proud to study under this famous professor.

stump for

to talk into e.g. voting for a political party; agitować. Mary's been stumping for that party.

stump up

to pay an amount of money with effort; wybulić, wysupłać. I wouldn't manage to stump up that money for a birthday party for my son.

surge off

to exit or leave in a big wave; wypływać, wychodzić tłumnie, wychodzić wielką falą. The visitors surged off.

surge up

to develop quickly; wzbierać, przybierać. Emotions surged up within her at the recollection.

survive by

to live longer than (somebody else); przeżyć kogoś. Mrs Green survived her husband by twenty years.

swell up

to get bigger because of e.g. an injury; to become stronger (of a feeling); puchnąc, nabrzmiewać; rosnąć, wzbierać. Her foot has swollen up after the accident.

swerve from

to stop following or obeying something such as an aim or principle; odchodzić od, zbaczać z, rezygnować z. Really nothing could make him swerve from this aim.

swipe at

to try to hit something; zamachnąć się. John swiped at Jim, but he succeeded in getting off the attacker's way.

switch off

to turn off; wyłączać. I've been asking you to switch off the tv. I can't work.

switch on

to turn on, to make sth such as machine work; włączać. Can you switch on the light please? It's getting dark.

switch to

change (from sth to sth); zmieniać, przełączać. Natasha easily switched to French when Pierre approached us.

swoon with

to faint, to experience strong feelings because of something; mdleć z, omdlewać z. Kate almost swooned with joy at the news.

swot up

to mug up; to study hard (not formal); zakuwać, kuć (uczyć się). We've got to swot up before the test.

sympathize with

to feel sorry for someone, to feel sympathy; współczuć (komuś). I really sympathize with her, but her problems cannot hinder the progress of our project.