Intro act up (person) zle sie zachowywac Stop acting up Billy or we’re not going to the cinema! answer back (rude) pyskowac, niegrzecznie odpowiadac Don’t you dare answer me back like this! be in for sth (have sth guaranteed) miec (cos zagwarantowane) You’ll be in for real trouble if you don’t tell me everything. brush up on sth odswiezac, podszlifowywac I think I should brush up a bit on my Japanese before visiting Osaka. call sth off odwolywac They called today’s classes off so we can go for a coffee. carry on with sth kontynuowac, nadal cos robic If there are no further questions I’d like to carry on with the lecture. catch up (with) nadrabiac (zaleglosci), dorównywac (do jakiegos poziomu) I went to see Carol yesterday to catch up on the gossip. check sth / sb off odznaczac cos / kogos na liscie The teacher checked all the students names off before the exam started. drop out rezygnowac, odpadac The course was not what I was expecting so I dropped out after the first year. get on (cope) radzic sobie Don’t worry, Bill will get on just fine in his new school. have it in for sb uwziac sie na kogos The English teacher has it in for me! look sth up sprawdzac cos I don’t know how to spell it properly, I’ll look it up in the dictionary. pick on sb dokuczac komus The other kids used to pick on me at school as I was fat and wore glasses. pick up sth uczyc sie, podlapac (np. jezyk obcy) They both picked up the Portuguese language when they went to Porto on a scholarship. refer to sth / sb odwolywac sie do, zagladac do He wasn’t well prepared for the lecture and had to refer to his notes every two minutes. single out (favour) wyrózniac You should try not to single out any of your pupils. talk back pyskowac She is a rude kid who talks back to teachers and causes a lot of problems. touch on sth napomykac, wspomniec o czyms, poruszyc cos I just want to touch briefly on the subject of our next lesson. work on sth (in order to improve it) pracowac nad czyms w celu ulepszenia tego I’m impressed by his vocabulary range, but he still needs to work on his grammar. work sth out wydedukowac, znalezc rozwiazanie, rozpracowac It took him only a few seconds to work out the correct answer. act on / upon miec wplyw, wplywac His music acts on the emotions of his audience. Outro Edgard 2012
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