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Domanda		Risposta
make sense inizia ad imparare		add up His evidence just doesn't add up.
inquire about inizia ad imparare		ask after Jim was asking after you.
yield in an argument (poddać się) inizia ad imparare		back down Sheila was right, so Paul had to back down.
take into acount inizia ad imparare		bargain for We hadn't bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.
confirm the truth inizia ad imparare		bear out Helen's alibi was borne out by her sister.
lose control of the emotions inizia ad imparare		break down David broke down and wept when he heard the news.
stop talking inizia ad imparare		break off He broke off to answer the phone.
come to an end inizia ad imparare		break up The party finally broke up at 3 am.
cause to happen inizia ad imparare		bring about The crisis was brought about by Brenda's resignation.
succeed in doing something inizia ad imparare		bring off The team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it off.
cause to onset of an illness inizia ad imparare		bring on Sitting in the damp brought on his rheumatism.
influence sb to your point of view inizia ad imparare		bring round After much discussion, I brought the committee round to my point of view.
mention inizia ad imparare		bring up I feel I ought to bring up another small matter.
mobilise for military service inizia ad imparare		call up Mark was called up when the war broke out.
complete successfully (perhaps despite a problem) inizia ad imparare		carry off Jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off.
complete a plan inizia ad imparare		carry out The attack was successfully carried out.
become popular (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		catch on This new hair style is beginning to catch on.
happen inizia ad imparare		come about Let me explain how the situation came about.
be in the end a matter of inizia ad imparare		come down to It all comes down whether you are prepared to accept less money.
receive (especially criticism; blame) inizia ad imparare		come in for The government has come in for a lot of criticism over the decision.
take place successfully inizia ad imparare		come off I'm afraid thet deal didn't come off after all.
appear inizia ad imparare		come out All the flowers have come out. My photos didn't come out very well.
occur (usually a problem) inizia ad imparare		come up Look, something has come up, and I can't meet you.
meet a difficulty inizia ad imparare		come up against We've come up against a bit of a problem.
equal (especially expectations; standard) inizia ad imparare		come up to The play didn't come up to expectations.
think of (especially an answer; a plan; a solution) inizia ad imparare		come up with We still haven't come up with a solution to the problem.
rely on inizia ad imparare		count on Don't worry, you can count on me.
happen unexpectedly (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		crop up I can't come to your party, something has cropped up.
abolish - znieść; obalić (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		do away with Dog licences have been done away with.
murder inizia ad imparare		do away with What if they do away with the old man?
decorate inizia ad imparare		do up We are having our living room done up.
come to a stop inizia ad imparare		draw up A white sports car drew up outside the door.
organise (especially a document) inizia ad imparare		draw up The contract is being drawn up at the moment.
pay a visit inizia ad imparare		drop in Drop in any time you're passing.
fall asleep inizia ad imparare		drop off The baby has just dropped off.
finish in a certain way or place inizia ad imparare		end up We ended up staying there for lunch.
have courage to deal with (especially responsibilities) inizia ad imparare		face up to You have to face up to your responsibilities.
show amusement (especially laughing) inizia ad imparare		fall about Everyone fell about when Jane told her joke.
use as a last resort inizia ad imparare		fall back on If the worst comes to the worst, we've got our savings to fall back on.
be deceived by inizia ad imparare		fall for It was an unlikely story but he fell for it.
fall in love with inizia ad imparare		fall for I fell for you the moment I saw you.
quarrel with inizia ad imparare		fall out with Peter has fallen out with his boss.
fail to come to completion inizia ad imparare		fall through The plan fell through at the last minute.
feel capable of doing inizia ad imparare		feel up to Old Mr Smith didn't feel up to walking all that way.
act upon a suggestion inizia ad imparare		follow up Thanks for the information about that book. I'll follow it up.
take more action inizia ad imparare		follow up We'll follow up this lesson next week.
be understood inizia ad imparare		get across I had the feeling I wasn't getting across.
imply (about personal matters) dawać do zrozumienia inizia ad imparare		get at What are you gettin at exactly?
make to feel depressed inizia ad imparare		get down This cold weather really gets me down.
begin to seriously deal with inizia ad imparare		get down to It's time we got down to some real work.
avoid punishment inizia ad imparare		get off with They were lucky to get off with such light sentences.
approach a certain age/time/number inizia ad imparare		get on for He must be getting on for seventy.
make progress (especially in life) inizia ad imparare		get on Sue is getting on very well in her new job.
be surprised inizia ad imparare		get over I couldn't get over how well she looked.
come to the end of something, usually unpleasant inizia ad imparare		get over with I'll be glad to get this awful business over with.
find time to do inizia ad imparare		get round, around to Sorry, but I haven't got round to fixing the tap yet.
do sth (usually bad when about children) inizia ad imparare		get up to The children are getting up to something in the garden. What have you been getting up to lately?
betray inizia ad imparare		give away His false identity papers gave him away.
send off a smell (liquid or gas) inizia ad imparare		give off The cheese has begun to give off a strange smell.
be exhausted inizia ad imparare		give out When our money gave out we had to borrow.
abandon; devote inizia ad imparare		give over The rest of the time was given over to playing cards.
stop (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		give over Why don't you give over! You're getting on my nerves!
surrender inizia ad imparare		give up The escaped prisoner gave herself up.
believed to be dead or lost inizia ad imparare		give up After 10 days the ship was given up for lost.
break a promise inizia ad imparare		go back on The management has gone back on its promise.
make a habit of inizia ad imparare		go in for I don't go in for that kind of thing.
enter a competition inizia ad imparare		go in for Are you thinking of going in for the race?
become bad (about food) inizia ad imparare		go off This milk has gone off.
happen (usually negative) inizia ad imparare		go on Something funny is going on.
be enough inizia ad imparare		go round There weren't enough life-jackets to go round.
complete a promise or plan (usually un willingly) inizia ad imparare		go through with When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn't go through with it.
become more liked (colloquial); make impression on sb inizia ad imparare		grow on sb This new record is growing on me.
keep (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		hang onto I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
be deliberately unkind to someone inizia ad imparare		have; get it in for My teacher has it in for me.
express feelings so as to settle a problem (zagrać w otwarte karty) inizia ad imparare		have it out with I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with her.
deceive inizia ad imparare		heve sb on I don't believe you. You're having me on.
get on well with (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		hit it off Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.
discover by chance - often an idea inizia ad imparare		hit upon/on They hit upon the solution quite by chance.
offer, promise - especially with hope inizia ad imparare		hold out We don't hold out much hope that the price will fall.
delay; to get stuck inizia ad imparare		hold up Sorry I'm late, I was held up in the traffic.
use as an example inizia ad imparare		hold up Jack was always held up as an example to me.
agree with (an idea) inizia ad imparare		hold with I don't hold with the idea of using force.
continue inizia ad imparare		keep up Well done! Keep up the good work!
state a rule inizia ad imparare		lay down The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
disappoint; break a promise inizia ad imparare		let down Sorry to let you down, but I can't give you a lift today.
allow to be part of a secret inizia ad imparare		let in on We haven't let Tina in on the plans yet.
excuse from punishment inizia ad imparare		let off As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.
inform about a secret (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		let on We're planning a surprise for Helen, but don't let on.
suffer a loss of reputation inizia ad imparare		(not) live down If City lose, they'll never live it down.
reach an expected standard inizia ad imparare		live up to The play quite lived up to my expectations.
investigate inizia ad imparare		look into The police have promised to look into the problem.
consider inizia ad imparare		look on We look on this town as our real home.
visit sb when in the area inizia ad imparare		look sb up If you're passing through Athens, look me up.
result in inizia ad imparare		make for The power steering makes for easier parking.
run away with inizia ad imparare		make off with The thief made off with a valuable nacklace.
pretend inizia ad imparare		make out Tim made out that he hadn't seen the No Smoking sign.
manage to see or understand inizia ad imparare		make out I couldn't quite make out what the notice said.
understand someone's behaviour inizia ad imparare		make sb out Janet is really odd. I can't make her out.
invent inizia ad imparare		make up I think you made up the whole story!
compensate for inizia ad imparare		make up for Our success makes up for all the hard times.
fail to include inizia ad imparare		miss out You have missed out a word here.
lose a chance inizia ad imparare		miss out Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
confess (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		own up None of the children would own up to breaking the window.
stop an activity (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		pack in John has packed in his job.
take revenge (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		pay back She paid him back for all his insults.
improve (colloquial) inizia ad imparare		pick up The weather seems to be picking up.
force to give a clear statement inizia ad imparare		pin sb down I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn't pin him down.
bahave or work badly inizia ad imparare		play up The car is playing up again. It won't start.
draw attention to a fact inizia ad imparare		point out I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.
manage to succeed inizia ad imparare		pull off It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.
continue with some effort inizia ad imparare		push on Let's push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
communicate ideas inizia ad imparare		put across Harry is clever but he can't put his ideas across.
explain the cause of inizia ad imparare		put down to Diane's poor performance was put down to nerves.
apply for a job inizia ad imparare		put in for Sue has put in for a teaching job.
take trouble (to help sb) inizia ad imparare		put oneself out Please don't put yourself out making a meal. A sanwich will do.
discourage; upset inizia ad imparare		put off The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.
offer accommodation inizia ad imparare		put up We can put you up for a few days.
tolerate; bear inizia ad imparare		put up with I can't put up with all this noise!
cause trouble to happen inizia ad imparare		bring on You have brought this on/upon yourself!
charge too much inizia ad imparare		rip off You paid $50? They really ripped you off!
criticise inizia ad imparare		run down She's always running down her husband.
lose power, allow do decline inizia ad imparare		run down I think the batteries are running down.
meet inizia ad imparare		run into Guess who I ran into at the supermarket!
have enough money inizia ad imparare		run to I don't think we can run to a holiday abroad this year.
check inizia ad imparare		run over, run through Let's run over the plan once more.
let a bill get longer without paying inizia ad imparare		run up I ran up a huge telephone bill at the hotel.
encouter inizia ad imparare		run up against We've run up against a slight problem.
go to the station to say goodbye to someone inizia ad imparare		see someone off I went to the station to see them off.
realise the truth about inizia ad imparare		see through I saw through his intention
make fun of by imitating inizia ad imparare		send up Jean is always sending up the French teacher
start working inizia ad imparare		set about We must set about reorganising the office
establish itself inizia ad imparare		set in I think this rain has set in for the day
give in detail in writing inizia ad imparare		set out This document sets out all the Union demands
arrange inizia ad imparare		set out I've set out the refreshments in the hall
start an action inizia ad imparare		set out Sue set out to write a biography but it became a novel
establish inizia ad imparare		set up An inquiry into the accident has been set up.
attack inizia ad imparare		set on/upon We were set upon by a gang of hooligans
realise slowly inizia ad imparare		sink in Slowly the realisation that I had won began to sink in.
make a mistake inizia ad imparare		slip up Someone slipped up and my application was lost
find a solution inizia ad imparare		sort out Don't worry, Marry will sort out your problem
keep to inizia ad imparare		stand by the company agreed to stand by its original commitment
represent inizia ad imparare		stand for e.g. stands for exempli gratia, it's Latin
tolerate inizia ad imparare		stand for I will not stand for this kind of behaviour in my house
take the place of inizia ad imparare		stand in for Carol has kindly agreed to stand in for Graham at the monthly meeting
resist, bear stress inizia ad imparare		stand up to The engine won't stand up to the strain
resign inizia ad imparare		step down The Chairman has stepped down after criticism from shareholders.
increase inizia ad imparare		step up Production at the Leeds plant has been stepped up
defend inizia ad imparare		stick up for You must learn to stick up for yourself
deceive inizia ad imparare		take in Don't be taken in by her apparent shyness
make someone else suffer because of one's own sufferings inizia ad imparare		take it out on I know you are unhappy, but don't take it out on me!
imitate inizia ad imparare		take off Dave takes off the Prime Minister really well
acquire a new characteristic inizia ad imparare		take on My grandmother has taken on a new lease of life since her operation
do sth extra inizia ad imparare		take on She has taken on too much with a full-time job as well
sign an insurance agreement inizia ad imparare		take out Ann has taken out life insurance
gain control of inizia ad imparare		take over the army tried to take over the country
develop a liking for inizia ad imparare		take to someone You'll soon take to your new boss, I'm sure
occupy time inizia ad imparare		take up The meeting took up a whole morning
dissuade from, persuade into inizia ad imparare		talk out of/into Paul talked me into going skiing, against my better judgement

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