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

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