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look in/We're planning to look in on Kevin when we're in London. inizia ad imparare
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Wpadać do kogoś na chwilę
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go at sb/The man behind the bar really went at my friend with his fists! inizia ad imparare
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close in /As the rain was closing in, we decided to stay in the hotel. inizia ad imparare
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run out of /We've run out of milk. I'll go to the shop and get some. inizia ad imparare
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delineate /The Rio Grande river delineates the boundary between Mexico and the United States. inizia ad imparare
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fix sth up /We haven't fixed up a date for the meeting yet. inizia ad imparare
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ustalić coś, zorganizować
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creepy / There was something creepy about the way that man looked at Amy. inizia ad imparare
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przerażający, przyprawiający o gęsią skórkę
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roll up /Crowds rolled up for the Edinburgh Festival. inizia ad imparare
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frenzied /A police officer was attacked and seriously injured in a frenzied attack. inizia ad imparare
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look down on sb / You shouldn't look down on him just because he is much younger than you inizia ad imparare
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patrzeć (na kogoś) z góry
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to foment / The man was accussed of fomenting hatred of Muslims. inizia ad imparare
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podżegać (do czegoś), nasilać (coś)
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bring sb up / We were brought up by our grandmother. inizia ad imparare
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to pounce /The cat was waiting behind the tree, ready to pounce on the mouse. inizia ad imparare
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rzucać się, skoczyć (na kogoś/coś)
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go in for sth/I don't really go in for sport. inizia ad imparare
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lubić coś, interesować się czymś
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distasteful / The subject of their conversation was very distasteful. inizia ad imparare
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do sth up /They are going to buy an old country house in Italy and do it up. inizia ad imparare
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odnowić coś lub zreperować
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to clasp /The child clasped his mother's hands. inizia ad imparare
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pick sb/sth up // I'm off to pick my sister up from the airport. inizia ad imparare
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stopover /They made a stopover in Berlin on the way to Paris. inizia ad imparare
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leave off /He decided to leave off going to school for a while. inizia ad imparare
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to constrict / His breathing passages are constricted during an asthma attack. inizia ad imparare
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ograniczać, kurczyć (się)
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run across sb /I ran across my teacher at the cinema last weekend. inizia ad imparare
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to muffle/We were muffled up against the cold in coats and scarves. inizia ad imparare
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take sb out /They took their children out to the zoo on Sunday. inizia ad imparare
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wyjść (z kimś), zabierać (kogoś, gdzieś)
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scuffle /A police officer was injured in a scuffle with a suspect. inizia ad imparare
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try sth on /I'm going to try these black trousers on. inizia ad imparare
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to glamorize /The actress was criticized for glamorizing single motherhood. inizia ad imparare
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upiększać, dodawać uroku, gloryfikować
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look through sth /You should look through these files if you need that letter. inizia ad imparare
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irrelevant /Her comments were irrelevant to the discussion. inizia ad imparare
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nieistotny, nieważny, nie mający związku
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to make sth up /She always makes up some funny excuses. inizia ad imparare
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mansion /Her uncle is very rich and lives in an enormous mansion. inizia ad imparare
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to set sth up /At the age of 36 he set up his own business. inizia ad imparare
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writhe /A woman was writhing in pain on the emergency room floor. inizia ad imparare
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give sth up /I managed to give up smoking six months ago. inizia ad imparare
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rzucać coś, skończyć z czymś
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sternly /"I will not accept this kind of behaviour" said the teacher sternly. inizia ad imparare
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run down /The girl was run down as she was crossing the road. inizia ad imparare
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kinsman /They called together all their kinsmen and close friends. inizia ad imparare
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pick at sth / I can't stop picking at food while cooking. inizia ad imparare
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dziobać, skubać (jedzenie)
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suite /We spent the night in a lovely honeymoon suite. inizia ad imparare
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fall out /She fell out with her parents again. inizia ad imparare
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roly-poly /My uncle is a roly-poly little man. inizia ad imparare
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let sb down /I promised to help my sister and I can't let her down inizia ad imparare
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zawieść kogoś, rozczarować
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sham /The election was a complete sham. inizia ad imparare
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poza, pozór, fikcja, mydlenie oczu
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fall over /The old lady fell over on the pavement. inizia ad imparare
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chatterbox /That pupil is a real chatterbox! inizia ad imparare
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show off /He's always showing off and I can't stand him inizia ad imparare
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quack /I'm not going to listen to that quack! inizia ad imparare
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szarlatan, konował, znachor
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set off /What time are you setting off for the train station? inizia ad imparare
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wyruszyć w podróż, wyjechać
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to josh /He is always joshing about her poor French. inizia ad imparare
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żartować, podśmiewać się z kogoś
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look sth up /Can you look up the German word for 'industry'? inizia ad imparare
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wyszukać coś, sprawdzić (w książce lub komputerze)
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short-lived /Unfortunately their marriage proved short-lived. inizia ad imparare
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go with sth /I'm not sure if that tie goes with my suit. inizia ad imparare
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arch /He gave an arch smile when he finished his story. inizia ad imparare
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break down /My car broke down again on the way to work. inizia ad imparare
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stilted/She writes in a rather stilted style. inizia ad imparare
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nienaturalny, wymuszony, sztywny
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turn down/He was offered a new job but he turned it down because it involved moving to another city. inizia ad imparare
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slothful /He's a slothful guy who neglects his work inizia ad imparare
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turn in /I'm exhausted. I'm going to turn in now. inizia ad imparare
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iść do łóżka, kłaść się spać
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spiel /My brother gave us a spiel about why we needed to buy a new car inizia ad imparare
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make it up to sb /I'm really sorry about forgetting your birthday- I'll make it up to you, I promise! inizia ad imparare
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shortbread /I like shortbread more than chocolate. inizia ad imparare
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call back /I wasn't there when David called so I'll call him back tomorrow. inizia ad imparare
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stolid /His wife is a very calm and stolid woman inizia ad imparare
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powściągliwy, nie emocjonujący się
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give in /He asked me so many times to buy him a new computer that eventually I gave in. inizia ad imparare
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supersonic /The first official record of a manned supersonic flight was Charles Yeager flying the Bell X-1 in 1947. inizia ad imparare
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naddźwiękowy, ponaddźwiękowy
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put up with sb/sth //He's so mean! How does she put up with him? inizia ad imparare
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wytrzymywać z kimś, znosić kogoś/coś
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to throng /Crowds thronged the famous restaurant. inizia ad imparare
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tłoczyć się, gromadzić się, zapełniać
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stand out /She was bullied in her new school as she was smarter than others and stood out. inizia ad imparare
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inedible /The steak was so burnt that it was inedible. inizia ad imparare
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knock sth off/Two teenagers knocked some TVs off from an electrical store. inizia ad imparare
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podprowadzać coś, zwędzić
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roughly/The meeting wasn't long. It lasted roughly 40 minutes. inizia ad imparare
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take sth in/I'll have to take my new skirt in at the waist - it's too big. inizia ad imparare
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to sublet/The lease specifies that a tenant is not allowed to sublet his apartment. inizia ad imparare
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come up/A beggar came up to me and asked for money. inizia ad imparare
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bagful/The robbers abandoned the car and a bagful of cash and fled from the place. inizia ad imparare
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go by/Days went by and there was still no sign of Andrew. inizia ad imparare
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canny/He proved to be a canny businessman who successfully ran the family business for nearly 20 years. inizia ad imparare
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die out/There are many theories about why the dinosaurs died out nearly 65 million years ago. inizia ad imparare
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stocky /English bulldogs have a short stature and stocky body build. inizia ad imparare
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fall off/Demand for our products is falling off in America but it remains high in Europe. inizia ad imparare
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utmost/They must attach the utmost importance to public safety. inizia ad imparare
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run sb down/I don't like the way he runs his neighbours down. inizia ad imparare
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obgadywać kogoś, objeżdżać
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to sweep/Could you sweep under this table too? There's a lot of dust here. inizia ad imparare
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make up for sth/She had to work hard yesterday to make up for being late. inizia ad imparare
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wynagrodzić (coś komuś), zrekompensować
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ungodly/He made me get up at some ungodly hour in the morning and go jogging. inizia ad imparare
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blow sth up/We blew up some balloons before the party to decorate the house. inizia ad imparare
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to rethink/It is time for the government to rethink its policies on drugs. inizia ad imparare
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move in/We moved in last week. Come round and see our new flat. inizia ad imparare
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brash/The politician's brash manner makes him unpopular with voters. inizia ad imparare
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go for sb/As he opened the gate, a big dog went for him. inizia ad imparare
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pitch-black/It was pitch-black outside so there was no way we could see what was going on. inizia ad imparare
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czarny jak smoła, zupełnie ciemny
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matchless /This biography is a tribute to the artist's matchless talent and extraordinary life. inizia ad imparare
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niezrównany, nieprześcigniony
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pay sb back/I'm going to pay her back for all those nasty things she said about me. inizia ad imparare
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wide-eyed/I was still a wide-eyed youngster at that time and I believed everything he told me. inizia ad imparare
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order sb about/Stop ordering me about! You're not my boss. inizia ad imparare
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dyrygować kimś, rozkazywać komuś
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toil/His father finally retired in June after years of toil. inizia ad imparare
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walk out/She was so disgusted that she walked out of the meeting. inizia ad imparare
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wychodzić (ostentacyjnie)
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to trudge/We trudged through deep snow to the cottage. inizia ad imparare
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posuwać się z trudem naprzód, brnąć
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close down/A large number of restaurants close down for a month or more in summer here. inizia ad imparare
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to uncover/The initial investigation failed to uncover many important facts. inizia ad imparare
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odkrywać, odsłaniać, wykryć
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wait behind/We waited behind to help Suzie with the cleaning up. inizia ad imparare
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ajar/They left the door ajar so we could hear what they were saying. inizia ad imparare
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play up/If the kids start playing up, just call me. inizia ad imparare
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rozrabiać, dawać się we znaki
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enviable /Dan is in the enviable position of not having to work for a living. inizia ad imparare
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settle down/I'm sure that when Dave meets the right person, he'll settle down. inizia ad imparare
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sortie/ It was our first sortie from the hotel to the town centre. inizia ad imparare
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come apart/The old book that I picked up from the floor came apart in my hands. inizia ad imparare
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