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get off on the wrong foot
"I accidentally called my new boss by the wrong name this morning. I'm worried we’ve gotten off on the wrong foot."
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źle coś rozpocząć (np. znajomość)
get one's act together
If you want to pass this course, you really need to get your act together and start studying
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wziąć się w garść, zebrać się w sobie
be going round in circles
I just appear to be going round in circles
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krążyć w kółko, kręcić się w kółko, nie robić postępów
dig your heels in
The union is digging its heels in regarding the new pay scale; they won't accept anything less than a 5% raise. I know you want to stay out late, but your parents have dug their heels in about your midnight curfew
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upierać się
curfew
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godzina policyjna
put in a good word for sb
My cousin works there, so he’s going to put in a good word for me with the director."
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wstawić się za kimś, zarekomendować kogoś, dobrze o kimś mówić, szepnąć o kimś dobre słówko
clean up one; s act
The teenager was getting into trouble with the police, but he’s cleaned up his act and is now back in school.
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pozbierać się (zrobić wszystko od nowa, zrobić wszystko ponownie)
make up for lost time
We didn't see each other for ten years, so when we finally met, we stayed up all night talking to make up for lost time. I was sick all last week, so I’m working through the weekend to make up for lost time on this project
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nadrobić stracony czas
come into your own
She was always a bit shy, but she really came into her own when she started her new job as a manager. Electric cars are finally coming into their own as the technology becomes more affordable
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wejdź we własne
wake up to the fact that
The company needs to wake up to the fact that their customers are no longer happy with the service
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Zdać sobie sprawę z tego, że
pull out all the stops
It’s her 50th birthday, so we’re pulling out all the stops to give her a night she’ll never forget
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dawać z siebie wszystko, wypruwać z siebie żyły (robić co tylko można)

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