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question		réponse
act up commencer à apprendre		źle się zachowywać
answer back commencer à apprendre		defend oneself, respond rudely to sb, pyskować
back out commencer à apprendre		wycofać się
back up commencer à apprendre		wspierać
bear with commencer à apprendre		być cierpliwym
be beneath commencer à apprendre		be demeaning (poniżający)
be down with commencer à apprendre		be ill
be in for it commencer à apprendre		be about to receive punishment
be in with commencer à apprendre		być w zgodzie
be off commencer à apprendre		cease to be interested in sth
break down commencer à apprendre		stracić kontrolę nad emocjami
break in commencer à apprendre		interrupt
break out commencer à apprendre		wybuchnąć
break through commencer à apprendre		overcome obstacles
bank on commencer à apprendre		count on/ depend on
bear out commencer à apprendre		potwierdzać, support the truth in a given situation
blow over commencer à apprendre		ustawać, przemijać
bring up commencer à apprendre		mention a subject
bring off commencer à apprendre		dokonać czegoś, osiągnąć coś (surprisingly)
bring round commencer à apprendre		ocucić, revive
brush up on commencer à apprendre		improve a skill
build up commencer à apprendre		accumulate
catch on commencer à apprendre		przyjąć się, zyskać popularność
carry off commencer à apprendre		poradzić sobie z czymś
carry out commencer à apprendre		przeprowadzać
call for commencer à apprendre		require
call up commencer à apprendre		wezwany do wojska, conscripted
chip in commencer à apprendre		złożyć się na coś
call off commencer à apprendre		odwołać, postpone
call in commencer à apprendre		(do)zadzwonić
clear off commencer à apprendre		wynieść się
come by commencer à apprendre		zdobyć coś co jest trudne do zdobycia
come forward commencer à apprendre		przyjść z pomocą
come on commencer à apprendre		robić postępy
come over commencer à apprendre		przyjść, happen
come through commencer à apprendre		docierać, przychodzić, wychodzić cało
come up to commencer à apprendre		sprostać oczekiwaniom
do away with commencer à apprendre		pozbyć się
be done for commencer à apprendre		być skończonym, bezsilnym, pokonanym
do out of commencer à apprendre		pozbawić
drive at commencer à apprendre		zmierzać do czegoś, imply
check up on commencer à apprendre		investigate sb's behaviour
cut down on commencer à apprendre		reduce
cut off commencer à apprendre		odciąć
draw in commencer à apprendre		shorten (days)
fall back commencer à apprendre		wycofać się
fall back on commencer à apprendre		turn to sb for help when all else has failed
fall for commencer à apprendre		fall in love with sb
fall in with commencer à apprendre		agree to
fall out with commencer à apprendre		quarrel
fall through commencer à apprendre		fail to take place
feel for commencer à apprendre		współczuć
fit in commencer à apprendre		mix well with others
Up-ended commencer à apprendre		upside down
Keg commencer à apprendre		barrel of beer
Being taken apart commencer à apprendre		to be defeated/to be put into parts
Denouement commencer à apprendre		an outcome; result
Slaughter commencer à apprendre		kill a large number of people indiscriminately
Equivalence commencer à apprendre		the state of being equal or alike in value or importance
To counter commencer à apprendre		against
Scrawl commencer à apprendre		write carelessly
Scrutiny commencer à apprendre		close observation
Exponent commencer à apprendre		someone who supports a particular idea/belief
Twitchy commencer à apprendre		nervous and unable to relax; antsy, tense
Variations commencer à apprendre		any difference between individuals of the same species
Conscientious commencer à apprendre		characterized by extreme care and great effort
Solitary commencer à apprendre		alone
Devoted commencer à apprendre		dedicated
Prejudice commencer à apprendre		a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority
Apathetic commencer à apprendre		feeling or showing little emotion
Aggressive commencer à apprendre		ready to attack or start fights; acting in a hostile way
Mature commencer à apprendre		having or showing the mental and emotional qualities of an adult
Attentive commencer à apprendre		alert and watchful; considerate; thoughtful
Extrovert commencer à apprendre		one who is outgoing; one who is energized rather than drained by interactions with others
Insensitive commencer à apprendre		not caring; slow to feel or notice
Scold commencer à apprendre		remonstrate with or rebuke someone angrily
Quarrel commencer à apprendre		an angry argument or disagreement
Abandon commencer à apprendre		to leave behind
Account for commencer à apprendre		to explain the reason for something
To whet someone's appetite commencer à apprendre		to give someone a sample/a small part of something so they would want more
Not averse to commencer à apprendre		not opposed to
Acquaint with commencer à apprendre		familiarize
Make amends to commencer à apprendre		make up for something
Goes without saying commencer à apprendre		clear without being said
Does not approve of commencer à apprendre		does not like/does not respect
To be the apple of someone's eye commencer à apprendre		something precious
Alternative commencer à apprendre		choice
Take something for granted commencer à apprendre		to not appreciate something
Blew the top commencer à apprendre		to be angry
Urchin commencer à apprendre		a mischievous child
Habitually commencer à apprendre		repeatedly or continuously
Betrothen commencer à apprendre		narzeczony/a (engaged)
Engaged commencer à apprendre		zaręczony/na
Fiancée commencer à apprendre		a woman engaged to be married
Acquaintance commencer à apprendre		a person known to one, but usually not a close friend
Colleague commencer à apprendre		co-worker
Figure commencer à apprendre		figure
Infant commencer à apprendre		baby
Juvenile commencer à apprendre		young or immature
Toddler commencer à apprendre		1-3 years old
Alien commencer à apprendre		a citizen of another country; foreign, strange
Outsider commencer à apprendre		a person who is not part of a group
Stranger commencer à apprendre		someone you do not know
Aged commencer à apprendre		state of being old
Ancient commencer à apprendre		very old
Elder commencer à apprendre		a person who is older
Ancestors commencer à apprendre		family members from past generations
Descendants commencer à apprendre		children, grandchildren, and continuing generations
Bachelor commencer à apprendre		a man who has not married
Independent commencer à apprendre		free from outside control; not depending on another's authority
Single commencer à apprendre		not married
Assistant groom commencer à apprendre		helper at a wedding
Best man commencer à apprendre		a male friend or relative of the bridegroom at a wedding, who helps him during the wedding ceremony
Godfather commencer à apprendre		Mafia boss (or a man who sponsors a child at baptism)
Bloke commencer à apprendre		man
Chap commencer à apprendre		a man or boy
Lad commencer à apprendre		guy
Involvement commencer à apprendre		consumer's interest in a product or service
Aloof commencer à apprendre		not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
Beam commencer à apprendre		a joyful smile
Guffawed commencer à apprendre		laughed loudly
Attribution commencer à apprendre		process of assigning causes to behavior
Nearest and dearest commencer à apprendre		close relatives/friends
Newlyweds commencer à apprendre		a man and woman who have not been married long
Contemporaries commencer à apprendre		those who exist/live at the same time
Outcasts commencer à apprendre		a person who has been rejected by society or a social group
Unanswerable commencer à apprendre		impossible to answer
Inadvertently commencer à apprendre		unintentionally
Convoluted commencer à apprendre		intricate and complicated
Hardwired commencer à apprendre		inherent, born with
Guesswork commencer à apprendre		the process or results of guessing
To purport commencer à apprendre		to profess, suppose, claim
Come out on top commencer à apprendre		to be the best or the winner
Markedly commencer à apprendre		noticeably
Predecessors commencer à apprendre		someone or something that came before
Interlacing commencer à apprendre		the point at which a yarn changes its position from one side of the fabric to the other
Scrupulous commencer à apprendre		exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled
Hit the roof commencer à apprendre		to get very angry
Off the record commencer à apprendre		information from an official that cannot be printed
Rack your brain commencer à apprendre		to think very hard
It stands to reason commencer à apprendre		it is logical
As a last resort commencer à apprendre		when all else has failed
Put down roots commencer à apprendre		to settle down
Quandary commencer à apprendre		a state of perplexity or doubt
An unknown quantity commencer à apprendre		a person or thing whose qualities and abilities are not yet known
Know the ropes commencer à apprendre		to be fully acquainted with the procedures
Cut to the quick commencer à apprendre		to cause someone deep emotional hurt
On the quiet commencer à apprendre		silently
Call it quits commencer à apprendre		give up, stop
Make do with something commencer à apprendre		use what is available although it is not enough or what you wanted
Give someone their marching orders commencer à apprendre		to dismiss someone
Meet one's match commencer à apprendre		compete with someone as good as/better than you
Mean well commencer à apprendre		to have good intentions
Mint condition commencer à apprendre		in perfect condition
Name names commencer à apprendre		identify someone who has done something (usually immoral or illegal)
Risk one's neck commencer à apprendre		put oneself in danger (physically or metaphorically)
Touch a nerve commencer à apprendre		mention a sensitive subject
To rise to the occasion commencer à apprendre		overcome a difficult situation by doing everything necessary to succeed
A drop in the ocean commencer à apprendre		a very small amount that will not have much effect
On the off chance commencer à apprendre		just in case
Not on commencer à apprendre		unacceptable behavior
Living beyond one's means commencer à apprendre		spending more than you can afford
Miles away commencer à apprendre		deep in thought
A nest egg commencer à apprendre		sum of money saved for a particular purpose
None the wiser commencer à apprendre		know nothing more than before
Go overboard commencer à apprendre		to do too much
Overstep the mark commencer à apprendre		behave in an unacceptable way
Own up commencer à apprendre		to tell someone that you have done something wrong or that you are at fault
Get your own back commencer à apprendre		take/get revenge
In good order commencer à apprendre		in good condition
Made to order commencer à apprendre		specially made, not from stock
To be in the same boat commencer à apprendre		to be in the same situation
To be all at sea commencer à apprendre		to be in a state of confusion
Get on commencer à apprendre		to make progress
Get on with commencer à apprendre		concentrate/continue
Go in for commencer à apprendre		enter (a competition, etc); like
Keep on commencer à apprendre		to continue
Hold back commencer à apprendre		stop someone or something from moving forward
Look up to commencer à apprendre		to respect someone; to admire someone
Lay off commencer à apprendre		to stop employing a worker, often for a short time because there is not enough work
Keep back commencer à apprendre		to hide
Make up for commencer à apprendre		compensate for
Make out commencer à apprendre		pretend that something is true; see, hear, or understand someone or something with difficulty
Live with commencer à apprendre		tolerate/accept something and endure it
Stand up to commencer à apprendre		to resist
Live up to commencer à apprendre		reach an expected standard
Stand by commencer à apprendre		to support
Stand up for commencer à apprendre		to defend
Act up commencer à apprendre		behave awkwardly or badly
Answer back commencer à apprendre		reply rudely to someone who has more authority than you
Back out commencer à apprendre		to withdraw
Back up commencer à apprendre		to support
Bear with commencer à apprendre		to be patient
Be beneath commencer à apprendre		be demeaning
Be down with commencer à apprendre		be ill (with disease)
Be in for it commencer à apprendre		be about to receive punishment/trouble
Be into commencer à apprendre		to be interested in
Be in with commencer à apprendre		be in favor with
Be off commencer à apprendre		to be canceled (an event/an arrangement, etc.); to cease interest in something
Be up to commencer à apprendre		to be doing something
Break down commencer à apprendre		to lose control emotionally or mentally
Break in commencer à apprendre		to interrupt
Break out commencer à apprendre		to start, usually suddenly (about unpleasant things, e.g., wars, epidemics, fires, violence, etc.)
Break through commencer à apprendre		(1) make a discovery, (2) become visible, (3) achieve success despite obstacles or difficulties
Call in commencer à apprendre		to consult
Clear off commencer à apprendre		to run away
Come by commencer à apprendre		to obtain
Come forward commencer à apprendre		offer help or information, volunteer
Come on commencer à apprendre		develop or make progress
Come over commencer à apprendre		happen; have a result or effect on someone
Come through commencer à apprendre		survive, succeed
Come up commencer à apprendre		to appear
Do away with commencer à apprendre		to abolish
Be done for commencer à apprendre		to be ruined/I am done for
Do out of commencer à apprendre		cheat somebody out of something that is rightfully theirs
Drive at commencer à apprendre		imply, suggest
Bank on something commencer à apprendre		to count or rely on something
Bears out commencer à apprendre		depend on something
Blew over commencer à apprendre		became less important and were then forgotten
Bring up commencer à apprendre		to mention
Bring off commencer à apprendre		to succeed in doing something
Bring round commencer à apprendre		to revive
Brush up on commencer à apprendre		practice and improve your skills or knowledge of something
Build up commencer à apprendre		to accumulate
Catch on commencer à apprendre		to become popular
Carry off commencer à apprendre		to succeed in doing something difficult
Carry out commencer à apprendre		complete, accomplish
Calls for commencer à apprendre		demands
Called off commencer à apprendre		canceled
Called up commencer à apprendre		being ordered to serve in the armed forces during wartime
Chip in commencer à apprendre		contribute to some cause
Check up on commencer à apprendre		to find out what someone is doing
Cut down on commencer à apprendre		to reduce
Cut off commencer à apprendre		to disconnect, interrupt, or discontinue something or someone
Draw in commencer à apprendre		shorten (of days)
Fall back commencer à apprendre		retreat
Fall back on commencer à apprendre		use as a last resort
Fall for commencer à apprendre		to fall in love
Fall in with commencer à apprendre		to agree with
Fall out with commencer à apprendre		to have a disagreement and stop being friends
Feel for commencer à apprendre		to sympathize
Fit in commencer à apprendre		mix well with others
Baffled by commencer à apprendre		confused by
Coincide with commencer à apprendre		to be the same as
On the spur of the moment commencer à apprendre		suddenly, without planning in advance
A blessing in disguise commencer à apprendre		a good thing that seemed bad at first
Drives a hard bargain commencer à apprendre		expects a lot in exchange for something
A bee in his bonnet commencer à apprendre		to be very involved in something that you think is important, in a way that other people find annoying
Butterflies in one's stomach commencer à apprendre		to be nervous/stressed/anxious
On the verge of commencer à apprendre		the point at which something begins or happens; a border; to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else
At the crack of dawn commencer à apprendre		very early in the morning
Over the moon commencer à apprendre		extremely happy
A change is as good as a rest commencer à apprendre		a change in routine is often as refreshing as a break or a holiday
Don't fix it if it ain't broke commencer à apprendre		don't change/fix something which is good
The other side of the coin commencer à apprendre		opposite side or point of view
Got to move with the times commencer à apprendre		adapt
Taken as read commencer à apprendre		generally accepted
To put a spanner in the works commencer à apprendre		to sabotage
Put someone in mind of something commencer à apprendre		remind someone of a memory or an idea
All walks of life commencer à apprendre		all social, economic, and ethnic groups
The tail wags the dog commencer à apprendre		the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation; the usual roles are reversed
Knee-jerk response commencer à apprendre		an immediate response made without thinking
To be tantamount to treason commencer à apprendre		to be close to treason
The dissenting voice of commencer à apprendre		person who disagreed
To come round to the point of something commencer à apprendre		to finally speak about the topic
Change is a given commencer à apprendre		to be accepted
To be customer-led commencer à apprendre		to be popular
To seize upon something commencer à apprendre		to take without asking

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