Phrasal verbs

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bang on about
The teacher banged on and on about phrasel verbs.
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gadać o czymś cały czas
fizzle out/burn out
Our coffee meetings fizzeld out a few months ago.
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wypalić się/wypalić się
kick back and chill
I’m really looking forward to kicking back this weekend.
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odpocznij i zrelaksuj się
knuckle down
Can you please knucle down and get your homework done.
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brać się do pracy
stumble across
We wandered around the streets and stumbled across a beautiful little bookshop.
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natknąć się na
boil down to sth / come down to sth
The problem boils down to lack of time. Everything boils down to money and power.
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sprowadzać się do czegoś
drag on
The meeting dragged on for three hours!
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ciągnąć się zbyt długo
muddle up
I muddled Lucy and her sister up. They look really similar.
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poplątać, pomieszać, pomylić z
rustle up sth
Are you hungry? I'll see if I can rustle something up.
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upichcić coś, przygotować naprędce jedzenie
wade through
We waded through all the information about the house sale.
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przebrnąć przez, przekopać się
brush up on
She needs to brush up on her maths a bit.
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odświeżyć, podszlifować
butter up
Are you trying to butter me up? It won't work.
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podlizywać się
gloss over sth
You can't gloss over this problem. She glossed over the details of her divorce.
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prześlizgiwać się po, tuszować, pomniejszać, pomijać
pitch in
This won't take long if we all pitch in.
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zakasać rękawy/przyjść komuś z pomocą
veg out
We've vegged out all weekend. We need to get some exercise now.
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obijać się, byczyć się
faff around / about
Stop faffing around! We're gonna be late.
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zajmować się głupotami
simmer down
Perhaps he'll simmer down and agree with us later. I needed a long time to simmer down after that fight.
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wyciszyć emocje, przygasić
suss out
She has already suss him out. I walked around the town and sussed out the best places to wrok.
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rozpracować, wybadać
tire somebody out, wear down
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zmęczyć kogoś, wymęczyć
tiptoe around something
She tiptoed around her sister when she was grumpy. I tiptoe around everyone like they're made of china.
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chodzić na palcach wokół czegoś, kogoś
smarten up
you should smarten yourself up a bit before we go out for dinner.
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zmądrzeć, poprawiać się, poprawiać swój wygląd, upiększać
pass through
Can we meet while you are in London? Or are you only passing through?
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Przejść przez, przejeżdżać,
She confided in me, I can't let her down.
Not enough to confide in me?
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Zwierzyła mi się, nie mogę jej zawieść.
nie dość żeby mi zaufać?

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