Angielski - Phrasal verbs + idioms

Spis treści

A - B , C-E , F-J , K- O, P-S , T- Z

Account for

- To explain or justify: Icouldn't account for what I was doing yesterday. [wyjaśniać , usprawiedliwiać]

- To constitute the primary factor: Bad weather accounted for the heavy traffice. [być głównym powodem]

Ache for

- To yearn: The refugee ached for his homeland. [bardzo tęsknić]

Act on

- To act in accordance with: She acted on his advice. [działać zgodnie z]

- To have an effect on: The speech acted on the emotions of all the listeners.[odziaływać]

Act out

- To demonstrate by pantomime or by words and gestures: The party guests acted out stories for one another.[odegrać]

Act up

- To fail to function properly: The TV is acting up again. [źle działać]

- To misbehave: What makes your child act up? [żle się zachowywać]

- To make itself felt: Her allergies acted up again. [dawać się we znaki]

Add in

-Include: Add in the tip too! [załączyć, dodać]

Add up

- To make total: These figures don't add up right. [dodawać się, dawać sumę]

- To seem reasonable: Some aspects of the story didn't add up. [mieć sens]

Add up to

- To indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder. [wskazywać, oznaczać]

Adhere to

- to hold closely or firmly: We have to adhere to our plan. [trzymać się]

Aim at

- Intend, drive at: What are you aiming at? [dążyć do, zmierzać, zamierzać]

Allow for

- To make provision for: Program allows for treatment of parents.[przewidywać, pozwalać na]

Angle for

- To attempt to get something by artful means: He is angling for your heart. [próbować osiągnąć coś sposobem]

Answer back

- To reply rudely to someone: Students shouldn't answer back when reprimanded. [pyskować]

Answer for

- To be held liable: They will answer for their deeds. [ponosić odpowiedzialność]

Ask about

- Put a question; I want to ask you about your family. [pytać]

Ask after

- Enquire about someone's health: He aseked after your mother, who is sick in hospital. [pytać zazwyczaj o zdrowie]

Ask around

- Ask people for information or help: I asked around if anyone knew where the train station was. [ropytywać, pytać wokoło]

Ask for

- Request; He asked my for the book. [prosić]

Ask in

- To invite someone inside: She asked me in for coffee. [zaprosić do środka]

Ask out

- To invite someone for a date: Tom asked Mary out. They went to a café. [zaprosić na randkę]

Ask over

- To Invite someone home: I would like to ask our neighbours over tonight. [zaprosić]

Arrive at

- Come to an agreement: After a long discussion we finally manged to arrive at an agreement. [dojść do, osiągnąć]

Back away

- To Retreat: When the snake got closer he quickly backed away. [wycofać się]

Back down

- To abandon your position in an argument: He backed down as soon as he relized he was wrong. [wycofać się]

Back off

-To retreat: When the plane took off it was too late to back off. [wycofać się]

Back out (out of)

- To fail to keep an arrangement or promise: You can't back out now. [wycofać się]

Back up

- To make a copy of computer data: We backed up our system just in case. [kopiować dane]

- To support: or confirm: They backed up my story. [potwierdzać, wspierać]

- To backwards: Could you please back up your car? [wycofać]

Bail out

-Save, rescue: They bailed us out of the trouble. [wybawiać z kłopotu]

-To obtain someone's freedom by paying his/her bail: Having spent a day in jail, Tom was bailed out by his parents. [włpacić kaucję aby uwolnić kogoś z więzienia]

-Jump out of a plane because it is going to crash: He bailed out of the plane when it was about to crush. [wyskoczyć z samolotu]

Bail out on

-Stop supporting someone when they are in trouble: Susan bailed out on me when I needed her. [porzucić, opuścić]

Bail up (Australian)

-to force (one) to surrender

-the cry of challenge of a pioneer or person living in the bush

Bang about (around)

-Move in a place making a lot of noise: I could hear her banging around in her room. [robić hałas, przemieszczać się hałaśliwie]

Bang away

-Ask many questions rapidly: Reporters banged away at the president during the press conference. [zasypywać pytaniami ]

Bang on about

-Keep talking about something: They kept banging on about the homework. [gadać nonstop, nadawć]

Bang up

-Put someone in prison: He was banged up for stealing my precious socks:)[wsadzić do więzienia, British English]

-Damage badly: My car was banged up by a careless lady driver. [zniszczyć, poturbować]

Bank on

-Count or rely on: You can bank on it. [liczyć na coś, polegać na czymś].

Bank into

-To crush into. banging into trees is not a good idea. [walnąć, uderzyć w coś].

Barge in (into)

-Enter a place and interrupt: She's barged into the meeting as if she suddenly were on the Board od Directors. [wparować]

Bash away (on/at) British English

-To keep on working hard at something: She has been bashing away at her assignment all day. [ciężko pracować bez przerwy]

Bash on (with) (British English)

-To keep on working hard at something: She has been bashing away at her assignment all day. [ciężko pracować bez przerwy]

Bash in/down

-To destroy something by hitting it badly: The guy bashed the door down and enter the bar. [rozwalić, zniszczyć ]

Bash out

-To produce a lot but of low quality: He bashed out his essey and got a lousy mark. [odwalić robotę]

Bash up (British English)

-To attack verbally in a violent way: They bashed up the speaker for the remarks he made. [zaatakować, sprać]

Bawl out

-Scold or reprimend: The manager bawled him out for being impolite to the customer. [skrzyczeć, zbesztać]

Be along

-Arrive- nieformalnie : They should be along soon. [przybywać]

Be away

-Be elsewhere: They are away for two days. [wyjechać, być nieobecnym]

Be down

-Be depressed: She failed the test and has been down for a week. [mież depresję]

Be down with

-Be sick: Susan is down with flu. [być chorym an]

Be fed up

- Be bored, unhappy, or sick of something: I'm fed up with these phrasal verbs. [być znudzonym, mieć dosyć]

Be in

- Be in a particular place: Susan is in. Do you want to talk to her? [być w domu, pracy, etc, być obecnym]
- Arrive: They will be in soon. [przybywać]

Be in on

- Be involved in: He was in on this robbery. [być zaangażowanym w coś]
-To know about something: They both were in on our plan. [wiedzieć, być wtajemniczonym]

Be off

- Depart : They are off for the whole summer. [wyjechać]
- Have a particular amount of sth: They are well off. [mieć konkretną iość czegoś]
- Be not functioning (machines): The radio is off. [wyłączony]

Be on

- Be functioning ( machines): The TV is on. [włączony]

Be onto

- Pursue, be aware of someone's true nature: She is onto getting a job as an English teacher. [dążyć do, być świadomym czyjej prwawdziwej natury]

Be out

- Be absent: Is Mike out or still in his office? [być nieobecnym]

Be out of

- Have no more left: I'm out of money, yet still happy. [nie mieć]

Be out to

- Attempt: He is out to get you. You'd better watch out. [próbować]

Be snowed under

- Have too much work: She's been snowed under this paperwork for weeks. [być zasypanym pracą]

Be taken aback

- Be shocked or surprised: We were taken aback by the stupid look on his face. [być zaskoczonym, zdziwionym]

Be taken with

- Like something. She was taken with my charming smile. [lubić coś]

Be up

- Be out of bed: He's been up since 4. [być na nogach]
- When the time for something finishes or expires. The time is up! Please, stop writing and put away your pens. [skończyć się - o czasie]

Be up to

- Be good enough: She is up to this task. [nadawać się do]
- Doing something naughty or wrong: What are the kids up to this time? [broić, psocić]

Bear down on

- Move towards, approach rapidly: Hurricane Katrina bore down on Louisiana on Sunday. [zbliżać się gwałtownie, zbiżyć się]

Bear on

- Influence, affect: This information may bear on the case. [wpływać, oddziaływać]

Bear up

- Resist pressure: He bore up under the enormous strain. [opierać się]

Bear with

- Be patient: Could you bear with me for a moment? [być cierpliwym]

Beat down

- Strong sunshine. The sun is beating down terribly today. [o słońcu - mocno grzać]

Beat up

- Attack violently. He was beat up by a bunch of hooligans. [pobić]

Bed down

- Go to bed: They decided to bed down for the night. [iść spać]

Beef up

- Make something stronger: Security has been beefed up after the explotion. [wzmocnić]

Belt out

- Sing something loudly: She grabbed the mike and belted out a good chunk of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot". [głośno śpiewać]

Belt up

- Fasten your seatbelt : The kids belted up in their seats and waited for me to start the car. [zapiąć pasy]

Bend down

- Lower the top half of your body: I bent down to tie my shoe. [zginać się]

Bend over

- Lower the top part of your body: I bent over to tie my shoe. [wypiąć się, zginać się ]

Bend over backwards

- Do a lot to try to help or please someone. I bend over backwards for you and you don't appricate it. [starać się pomóc bardzo]

Black out

- Fall unconscious: When she blacked out for a second, she swang the car and almost hit the tree. [stracić przytomność]
- make a place black: Power shortages were the cause of the black out in the city. [zaciemnienie, zaciemniać]

Blank out

- Censor text: They blanked out the passage so that nobody could read it. [wyciąć, wymazać, zasłonić]
- Erase from memory: I blanked this out off my memory. [wymazać z pamięci]

Blare out

- Make a loud sound: The radio blared out an awful punk music. [wydzierać się, ryczeć]

Blast off

- Leave the ground: The racket blasted off and was on its way to the Moon. [odpalać, startować]

Blast out

- Make a loud sound: The radio blared out an awful punk music. [wydzierać się, ryczeć]

Blast for

- Criticize, scold: He blasted me for coming late for work. [krytykować, opieprzać]

Blast away

- Blow up: This house will be blasted away the next day. [wysadzać]

Blaze away

- Fire a gun repeatedly; The gunman started to blaze away at the police. [strzelać]

Blaze up

- Become angry; She blazed up at the very thought of going to school. [rozwścieczyć się]

Blaze with

- Shine brightly; She blazed with diamonds around her neck. [błyszczeć]

Blaze all over (across)

- Make news widely known; The story was blazed across all TV channels. [ropowrzechniać]

Bliss out

- Be extremely relaxed and happy; They could finally bliss out in their garden. [wypocząć]

Block in

- Park a car and obstruct another car; He blocked me in for 15 minutes. [zatarasować, zaplokować]
- Shade or fill in: Mary bloked in the shade of the city. [naszkicować]

Block off

- Obstruct an exit to prevent people from leaving. The police block off this section of the road. [zagradzać, blokować]

Block out

- Try not think about or feel something because it is upsetting: He tried to block out the accident permanently. [wymazać, zablokować]

Block up

- Fill a space so that nothing can pass: They block up our way to the garage. [zablokować]

Blow down

- When the wind forces something to fall. The man was blown down by the wind. [powalić, zdmuchnąć]

Blow on

- Spend money; I blew lots of cash on this game. [przepuścić pieniądze].

Blow out

- Extinguish candles, matches: Tommy blew out the candles when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday". [zdmuchiwać].

Blow over

- When a scandal gets forgotten; Our argument blow over rather fast. [przemijać]

Blow up

- Explode; The bomb blew up so suddenly but fortunately nobody was hurt. [wybuchać]

Blurt out

- Say something quickly without thinking: She blurted out all our secrets. [wypaplać]

Bog down

- Get stucked: We bogged down in a number of problems. [utknąć]

Bog in (into)

- Eat enthusiatically; After they served the chocolate cake, we could finally bog into what we liked the most. [zajadać się]

Bog off

- Get lost [spadaj]

Boil down

- Simplify, reduce to the essentials; It all boils down to whether we should build the road or not. [sprowadzać się do]

Boil over

- When a hot liquid spills out of a container; Look1 We let the soup boil over. [wykipieć]
- When people lose their tempers and things get nasty; The CEO boiled over about the lost contract. [unieść się, wkurzyć się]

Boil up

- Feel a negative emotion strongly; My blood started to boil up in me. [gotować się, wrzeć]

Bone up on

- Study hard; We have been boning up on maths all night. [kuć]

Book in (into)

- Check in at a hotel. We booked into the hotel in the morning. [zameldować się]
- Make reservation; I booked him in the hotel. [zarezerwować pokój]

Book up

- Reserve; The play is booked up. [zarezerować, wykupić]

Boot up

- Start a computer, Boot up you computer and we see what programs you have. [butować, włączyć]

Boss about (around)

- Use excessive authority to control people; She bossed everyone around in the office. [rządzić kimś]

Bottle away

- Store up; I keep that all bottled away in a deep dark corner of my being. [przechowywać]

Bottle out

- Lack courage to do something, Mr Green has indeed bottled out of taking on the Beeb. [stchórzyć]

Bottle up

- Not express your feelings, This hate is bottled up inside my heart. [skrywać, zamykać w sobie]

Bottom out

- Pass the lowest point and start rising; The recession has finally bottomed out. [odbić się od dna]

Bounce into

- Force someone, They bounced me into this game and I lost a lot of money. [popędzać]

Bounce back

- Recover, She bounced back after the break up. [pozbierać się]

Bounce off

- Test ideas, We bounced our ideas off all our friends to see their opinions. [sprawdzać , testować pomysły]

Bowl over

- Surprise someone greatly; Fans were not quite bowled over. [wywracać, wprawić w podziw, zadziwiać]

Box in

- Prevent something from moving; The truck boxed us in for two hours. [zablokować]

Box up

- Pack things in boxes to move them; We have to box all these products up and ship them immediately. [zapakować]

Branch out

- Move into a different area of business, etc; The company has branched out into computer business. [poszerzać działalność]

Break away

- Run away, The prisoner decided to break away at midnight. [wyzwalać się, uciekać]
- Leave an organisation, party; [wyłamywać się, odłączać się]

Break down

- End negotiations unsuccessfully, The talks have broken down. [załamywać się, kończyć się niepowodzeniem]
- Start crying; She broke down in tears when she heard the test results. [załamywać się]
- Stop working, The TV has broken down and now we have to read books. [psuć się]

Break in

- Go into a building to steal something; The burglers broke into the house and stole all my debts:) [włamywać się]
- Interrupt something; She broke in with hher comments. [wtrącać się]
- The car's motor has to be broken in duriing the first 1000 miles. [docierać]

Break off

- Break a piece from something, Be careful or you breake off the handle! [odłamać]
- End a relationship, She broke off after two months. [zerwać]

Break out of

- Escape, The prisoner has broken out of jail and been remaining at large for several weeks. [uciekać]

Break through

- Pass a barrier or obstacle, I want to break through this wall, using my head. [przebić się]

Break up

- Break into many pieces, He broke up the vase and denied doing it. [rozbić]
- Close an educational institution for the holidays; The school broke up for the summer break.
- Finish a relationship; We will have to bbreak up because we are a total mismatch. [rozstać sie, zrywać]

Breeze along

- Move easily and quickly, We were breezing along the river when the boss spotted that we were not in the office. [przemykać, pędzić]

Breeze in (into)

- Enter a place quickly; She breezed into office unnoticed. [wpadać, przemykać]

Breeze through

- Pass easily, succeed; Sylwia breezed through the test and was just smiling. [przemknąć]

Bring about

- Make something happen, This brought about a big change in my life. [wywoływać]

Bring around

- Persuade or convince someone; She brought me around on this issue. [przekabacić, przekonać]
- Get someone talking about something, I finally brought the conversation around to the subject of real estate. [kierować rozmowę na jakiś temat]

Bring back

- Cause someone to remember; This brings back a lot of good memories. [przywodzić na myśl]
- Return; I brought up the book you gave mme. [zwracać]

Bring down

- Make a government, institution fall, How ATM fraud nearly brought down British banking. [obalać]
- Make something cheaper, The new act is expected to bring the prices down. [obniżać]

Bring forth

- Produce something, make it known or visible; The campaign has brought forth a tide of negative anecdotes. [przynosić, wnosić]

Bring forward

- Make something happen earlier than originally planned, The meeting was brought froward by three days. [przyśpieszyć termin]

Bring in

- Earn; This job can bring in a lot of money. [przynieść]
- Ask someone to do a job, We will bring in the best experts to fix this problem. [sprowadzać, zatrudniać]

Bring on

- Cause something to happen, This situation is brought on by our inability to stabilize the production. [powodować]

Bring out

- Release or publish, This book will be brought out in June. [publikować]
- Cause to show, appear; Difficulties make bring out the worst in people. [wyzwalać]

Bring round

- Make someone wake up from unconsciousness, She was brought round by our doctor five minutes after she passed out. [cucić]

Bring up

- Mention; They have brought up the subject of homelessness in the city. [poruszać}
- Raise a child; We were brought up in the South of Poland. [wychowywać]
- Vomit;

Brush aside

- Ignore, refuse to pay attention to; She brushed this topic aside and moved on to what she wanted to discuss. [ignorować, pomijać milczeniem, odsuwać na bok ]

Brush off

- Ignore, pay little attention; She brushed him off as usual. [ignorować, odprawić z kwitkiem ]

Brush up

- Improve a skill quickly; I have to brush up my English skills. [odświeżać]

Bubble over

- Become very excited. They are bubbling over with excitement. [tryskać np entuzjazmem]

Bubble under

- Likely to be successful soon; "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong bubbled under in 1967-68. [dobrze rokujący]

Budge up

- Move to make space for someone; Could you budge up a bit? [posunąć się, przesunąć się]

Buff up

- Clear, clean or make something shine; They've buffed the car up so it looks like a mirror now. [wypolerować]
- Improve; It was I who buffed up the Wikipedia. [polepszyć]

Buff up on

- Improve your knowledge; You will have to buff up on math over night. The test is tomorrow. [polepszyć]

Build on

- Use a base as a starting point;; Planck satellite will build on Nobel-prize-winning science. [budować na ]

Build in (into)

- Make sth a part of sth else; The modem is built into the motherboard. [wbudować, wmontować]

Build up

- Develop over a period; You have to build up you writing skills if you want to become a writer. [rozwijać, wzmacniać]
- Increase; The traffic is building up. Wee'd better take a different route. [wzrastać, wzmagać się]

Bulk out

- Make something bigger or thicker; The book is bulked out with a dossier of texts by Gorgias and Plato. [wypełnić, powiększyć]

Bump into

- Meet by chance; I bumped into Tom the other day. [wpaść na kogoś]

Bump off

- Kill; He was bumped off by a fellow gangster. [zabić]

Bump up

- Increase; The prices of oil will slightly bump up this year. [wzrastać]

Bunk down

- Go to bed: We bedded down at 10. [iść spać]

Bunk off

- Not go to school when you should; I bunked off school for eight days in a row to sit and watch TV. [wagarować]

Buoy up

- Make someone feel cheerful; His support buoyed her up during the crisis. [podtrzymywać na duchu]

Burn down

- Burn completely; The old church has burnt down to the ground. [spalić się doszczętnie]

Burn off

- Remove by burning or similar process; I think that burning off the old paint before putting on a new one is a good idea. [usunąć za pomocą ognia]

Burn out

- Lose enthusiasm and energy; I feek totally burnt out after this performance. [wypalać się]

Burst into

- Start doing sth suddenly; After looking at my CV, she burst into laughing. [wybuchać]
- Enter suddenly and noisily; He burst intto the office like a canon. [wtargnąć]