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bring something out. I love your new outfit. Especially your shirt, it really brings outthe color of your eyes.
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wpaść na kogoś niespodziewanie start learning
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bump into someone = come across = run into.
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go under. As consumer demand for the product changed and competitors flooded the market, the once highly profitable company finally went under.
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upłynnić, mijać (np. o przyjęciu) start learning
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pass something off. The dealer tried to pass the painting off as an original Van Gogh but the appraiser immidiately recognized it was a fake.
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przejąć (np. kontrolę, władzę), wyprzedzić (np. samochód) start learning
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take over (ie. control, power). The rebels have taken over the capital city and toppled the sitting government. It looks like the revolution is over and the tiny nation will finally gain its independance.
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oszukać, przygarnąć, zwęzić start learning
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take in. Cheryl was taken in by the con artist at the airport. He stole her passport, her plane ticket and $1500.
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ominąć, przeoczyć, odpuścić start learning
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omit = pass up = leave off. I am going to accept the reaserch position at the Sorbonne. The pay isn't that great but there's no way I am going to pass up the opportunity to live in Paris.
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put out. I can't afford to put out that much money for a new television. I can barely pay my rent!
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hand out. The enviromental activists were standing by the side of the road handing out leaflets to protest the construction of the new beach hotel.
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bal na zakończenie roku szkolnego start learning
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suknia (np. ślubna), szlafrok, toga (np. sędziowska), fartuch (np. szpitalny) start learning
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gown. When American students go to their high school proms, they dress up in tuxedos and formal gowns.
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fill out the form. To apply for a driver's license, please fill out this form and proceed to line B for the eye exam.
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odświeżyć, podszlifować (np. język) start learning
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brush up (eg. language). Sandy majored in French college, but she has forgotten a lot of her vocabulary. She is going to Paris next summer to visit some old friends and brush up on her French.
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naprawiać coś, remontować start learning
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fix something up. The old country house Susan and Bill bought in Connecticut needs some major work before they can stay in it. However once they fix the place up, it will make a great vacation home.
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uczęszcząć na wybrany kierunek studiów start learning
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do something over. This essay is very poorly written. It's not well organized, you don't prove your point and the conclusion is ineffective. I think you need to do it over.
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ograniczyć, hamować, powstrzymywać start learning
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crack down on something. The police are cracking down on people who park illegally downtown. Yesterday, they put notices on all the cars saying that they are going to start enforcing the three-hour parking limit.
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patrzeć na kogoś z podziwem, podziwiać kogoś start learning
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to look up to somebody. She had always looked up to his older brother.
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patrzeć na kogoś z góry, pogardzać kimś start learning
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to look down on somebody. I'm always trying not to look down on anybody.
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draw a line through, przekreślić, wykreślić start learning
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1. hang on a hanger or hook, 2. end a telephone call start learning
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hang up. She hung up on me!
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ask someone to go on a date start learning
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gasić (np. ogień), tłumić (np. uczucie) start learning
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extinguish (eg. a fire, a cigarette, a cigar) = put something out
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demolować coś, niszczyć coś, np budynek podczas rozbiórki start learning
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tear something off = detach, tear along a dotted or perforated line
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tear something up = tear into small pieces
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odebrać kogoś, podrywać kogoś, aresztować kogoś start learning
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pick up someone. Could you pick me up from the station?
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to give somebody a lift. Can I give you a lift back to your place?
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