Idiomy i frazy - BBC

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not the kind of thing that I like
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not my cup of tea
a lot of fuss, discussion or excitement about something which turns out to be insignificant
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a storm in a teacup
an easy task
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a piece of cake
expect the benefits of two things when it is reasonable to expect the benefit of only one
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have your cake and eat it
to say or present something in a very brief way using very few words
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in a nutshell
a relatively easy, well-paid job
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a plum job
of little value or importance
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small beer
a drink with high alcohol content, e.g. undiluted whisky
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the hard stuff
an issue that is controversial, dangerous or embarrassing
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a hot potato
someone who is easy to attack because they have left themselves weak or exposed
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fair game
unfair or harsh treatment usually of a financial or moral kind
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a raw deal
not harmed at all
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safe and sound
without pausing or stopping, usually with go
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on and on
taking everything into consideration
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all in all
an easy task that requires little effort
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child's play / kids' stuff
być w zażyłej przyjaźni z kimś
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to be good friends
być uśmiechniętym, roześmianym
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to be smiley
osoba, która się czymś wciąż zamartwia
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worrier
rozkład zajęć, kalendarz, terminarz
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timetable
upewnić się
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make sure
zamieszkać razem ze swoim chłopakiem
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to move in with boyfriend
dobrze sytuowany, zamożny
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well-off
Przepraszam, nie chcę przeszkadzac
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I’m sorry, I don’t mean to interrupt
Chciałbym się przedstawić, jestem...
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I just wanted to introduce myself, I'm .../ I like to introduce myself, I'm .../ I’d like to introduce myself, I'm...
miło mi Panią/Pana poznać
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Pleased to meet you / Nice to meet you / Very nice to meet you / It’s a pleasure to meet you
A nice thing to say when you have had some kind of contact or link with another person (like you’ve seen them in the same building or spoken briefly), but you haven’t actually exchanged names
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I don’t think we’ve actually met formally yet
An easy way to introduce one person to another
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Have you met...?
a very pleasant way of introducing someone
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there’s someone I’d like you to meet, it’s...
a word we can use to return a compliment or polite statement. It means ‘I feel the same way’
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Likewise
That’s a polite way of acknowledging that you’re meeting someone for the first time – or even checking that you haven’t met them before, in case you can’t remember!
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I don’t believe we’ve met before
dzień dobry (ranek) Panu/Pani (bardzo formalne)
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Good morning sir / madam
I haven’t seen you for a very long time!
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I haven’t seen you for ages! / it’s been a long time! / I can’t believe it’s been so long!
quite an informal phrase, which means ‘what have you been doing?
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what’ve you been up to?
what are you doing now?
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what are you up to?
a way of saying nothing new or different from what he/she normally does
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just the usual
A nice informal and conversational question you can ask when you see someone somewhere you weren’t expecting to see them
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What are you doing around here?
jak minęła podróż?
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How was the journey?
robi się późno
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It’s getting late
czas nagli
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time's getting on
a way of saying it’s time for me to go
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It’s time I made a move
a way of getting attention and often signals that the speaker is about to do something or make a suggestion
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Right then / Well / OK / all right guys / anyway
Instead of saying I suppose it’s time I made a move, you could make a more definite statement telling everyone you’re going
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I’m going to make a move
an expression we hear very often when friends or colleagues say goodbye to each other, generally when they’re going to see each other quite soon
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See you later
quite informal, way of saying you’re going
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I’m off
an informal way of saying you’re going to have to leave quickly
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I must dash / I’m going to have to dash / I’ve gotta go!
if you need to say sorry for doing something wrong to someone you know well or care about a lot
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I’m really sorry / I’m so sorry
Imagine you’re late for your English lesson. When you arrive, you tell the teacher
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I’m sorry I’m late
Now here are two more easy ways to explain why you’re sorry
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I’m sorry about the trouble I’ve caused / I’m so sorry about last night
here are two examples of how to say why you’re sorry using the word ‘for’
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Sorry for eating the last piece of cake! / I’m really sorry for taking your DVD!
this is something people often say as a way of saying sorry without actually saying the words ‘I’m sorry’!
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I want to apologise for...
accept an apology
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That’s OK / No problem! / Don’t worry about it / No worries
he apologises too! He says that he didn’t behave well either!
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Well I should say sorry too
na miłość boską!
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for goodness sake! / for heaven’s sake!
mam dość ... (zdenerwowanie)
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I’m fed up with...
a way of saying that something really irritates you and makes you angry
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what really gets under my skin is...
A simple reaction you can use in all kinds of situations when something bad has happened
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Oh no! / Oh dear!
a popular phrase when something bad has just happened
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I can’t believe... / I don’t believe...
Here’s one you might use if something has gone wrong and it’s happened to you before
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Why does this always happen to me!
spojrzeć; popatrzeć sobie
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take a look
a simple way of telling people in which direction they should go
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'Turn right' or 'turn left'
if you want to describe the position of a particular place in relation to the person you can say
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it's 'on your right', or 'on your left'
way of telling someone to go in a particular direction
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'take a left' or 'take a left turn'
a sort of filler and a way of suggesting that what the person has to do isn't difficult
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just / 'Just go down the stairs' somehow sounds easier than 'Go down the stairs'
a simple way of telling people in which direction they should go (II)
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go left, go right
will be directly in front of you / will be immediately in front of you / it's not far away
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will just be right in front you
a nice way of saying 'it's very easy to see'
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You won't miss it
a good way of telling someone they will have to walk or drive for a while before they get to a certain point
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