Phrasal Verbs (a-b)

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account for (I can't account for his actions at all)
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wyliczać się (z pieniędzy), wyjaśniać
allow for (Allowing for depreciation your car should be worth ... this time next year)
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zabezpieczyć
answer (sb) back
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pyskować
ask after = ask for news of (I met Tom at the party and he asked after you)
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dopytywać się (o kogoś)
ask for (Go to the office and ask for my secretary)
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prosić o
ask someone in
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zaprosić do środka
ask someone out
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wyprosić kogoś
back away (When he took a gun out everyone backed away nervously)
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cofnąć się
back out (He agreed to help but backed out when he found how difficult it was)
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wycofać się
back sb up (The headmaster never backed up his staff)
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wspierać kogoś
be against
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być przeciwnym
be away
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być z dala (przynajmniej na jedną noc)
be back
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powrócić
be for (often used with gerund)
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popierać coś
be in
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być w
be in for (I'm afraid we are in for the bumpy flight)
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doświadczyć czegoś (zazwyczaj nieprzyjemnego)
be over
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być zakończonym
be out
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być z dala (na krótko)
be up to (After his illness he continued in office though he was no longer up to the work/up to doing the work)
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być w stanie
bear out (This report bears out my theory)
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potwierdzać, zatwierdzać
bear up (The news of her death was a great shock to him but he bore up bravely)
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przyjąć złe wieści ze spokojem
blow out (The wind blew out the candle)
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zdmuchnąć, wywiać
blow up (The children blew up their ballons)
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wysadzić, nadmuchać
boil away
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wygotować (się)
boil over (The milk boiled over and there was a horrible smell of burning)
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wyciec
break down
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rozbić liczbę, na grupy; zniszczyć/rozwalić
break in/break into (I was telling them about my travels when he broke in with a story of his own)
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włamać się, wtrącić się
break off (They were in the middle of the conversation but broke off when someone came into the room)
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odłamać, zerwać (zaręczyny), nagle przerwać
break out (War broke out on 4 August. The police are looking for a man who broke out of prison last night.)
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rozpocząć się (dotyczy wojen, epidemii itp), uciec przy pomocy siły.
break up
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zrywać
bring someone/something round (She fainted with the pain but a little brandy soon brought her round. After an argument I brought him round to my point of view.)
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przekonać, powrócić do przytomności, przynieść
bring up (At the last meeting he brought up the question of raising the annual subscription)
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uczyć, wspomnieć
burn down
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spalić się

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