zaliczenie

Incisors

Siekacze

Get caught up

Got involved in/was sucked into

Adversarial

Antagonistic, hostile

Turned out to be all right

Was successful

Tell on

Rat on, inform the authorities

Snitch

Podkablować

Get away with

To succeed in avoiding punishment for sth

Contingency

Sth that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems of making further arrangements necessary

Unforeseen

Nieprzewidywalny

Racket

An unpleasant loud continuous noise

scare somebody out of their wits

to make someone very frightened

Buy into

To completely believe in a set of ideas

Cobbler

A dish consisting of a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a batter, biscuit, or pie crust before being baked

It’s a living

Way of earning money

Pick up

Pick up

Soup sth up

To make sth more powerful or more attractive by make changes to it

Novel (adj.)

New and original

Fan the flames

To make a dangerous or unpleasant mood or situation worse

Preacautionary

Zapobiegawczy

Jerky gait

Iść wężykiem

Spread false rumours

Spread false rumors

Jabber away

Talk fast or incomprehensible

Smooth things out

To reduce the difficulties or changes in a process or situation

Take sb’s side

Take sb's side

Knee-jerk reaction

A quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider sth carefully

(see) the bigger picture

The most important facts about a situation and the effect of that situation on other things

Overwhelmed by sth

To cause someone to feel sudden strong emotions

Disfigured

Ti spoil the appearance of sth or someone, especially their face, completely

Chip in

To give some money when several ppl ae giving the money to pay for sth together

Patch sth up

(to repair sth) to try to improve a relationship after there have been problems

Set up a meeting

Set up a meeting

Thugs

A men who act violently, espaecially to commit a crime

See the light

Suddenly understand sth that was not understand before

Punitive

Intended as a punishment

Apologetic

Showing that you feel sorry about having caused someone problems or unhappiness

To have a ball

To enjoy yourself very much

Talk sth through

To discuss all the details of sth, often before making a decision

Accountability

Complete responsibility

Make up for sth

To take the place of sth lost or damaged or to compensate for sth

Glare

A long angry look

Gourmet chef

Chef that produces or serves food that is very high quality

Thrilled

Extremely pleased

Mess sb up

To cause someone to suffer emotional and mental problems

On first-name basis (terms)

Friendly or familiar enough with someone to call them by their first name

Irk

To annoy

Fruitless

If an action or attempt to do sth is fruitless it is unsuccessful or produces nothing of value

Slip in

Przemycić coś do umowy

Recall

Official asks stores and customers to return the product because it is not safe to use

Stockholder

Shareholder

Liability

Legal responsibility for sth

Breathe down sb’s neck

To stay close to someone watching everything that they do

Go for the jugular

To make serious effort to defeat someone, usually by criticizing them or harming them in a cruel way

Under sb’s nose

Used about sth bad that happens in an obvious way but in a way that you do not notice or cannot prevent

Peddle

To sell things, especially by taking them to different places

Sanction

A strong action taken in order to make ppl obey a law or rule, or a punishment given when they do not obey

Nauseous

Feeling as if you might vomit

Sip

To drink, taking only a very small amount at a time

See fit

To think it is good or necessary to do it

Fucked up

Fucked up

Get all bent out of shape

To become very angry or upset

Excruciatingly (boring)

Extremely painful/uncomfortable

Warp

Becoming damaged be bending or twisting

Be on the can

Siedzieć na klopie

Stuff your face

To eat a lot

Bicker over

Sprzeczać się o rzeczy nieistotne

Mitigate

To make sth less harmful, unpleasant or bad

To barf

Rzygać

To toss

rzygać

Take precautions

A polite way of referring to contraception

Hold your own

To be as successful as other ppl or things in a situation/ to not become more ill or more weak

Pet name

Ksywa, przezwisko

Make a big deal about sth

To exaggerate the seriousness of sth

Gloss over sth

To avoid considering sth, such as an embarrassing mistake, to make it seem not important

Mane calling

The act of insulting sm by calling them rude names

Get a rise out of

To annoy someone

If the shoe fits, wear it

Used to tell someone that if they think a criticizm of them is true they should accept it

Lose your cool

To become very angry

Go out of your way

To try especially hard to do sth good or helpful

Superficial

On the surface only

Be on the same page

Be on the same page

Upbraid

to forcefully or angrily tell someone they should not have done a particular thing and criticize them for having done it

Perk sb up

To become or cause someone to become happier, more energetic or more active

Get carried away

To become so excited about sth that you do not control what you are doing or saying

(really) take the cake/biscuit

You say that something or someone (really) takes the biscuit when it or they have done something that you find extremely annoying or surprising

Deposition

A formal written statement made or used in a law court

Class-action suit

Class-action suit

Futile

Having no effect or achieving nothing

Happy as a clam

Very happy

Rodents

Gryzonie

In the hot seat

In a position where you are responsible for important or difficult things

Reconciliation

The process of making two opposite beliefs ideas or situation agree

Stroke ego

To flatter and praise someone

Remorse

A feeling of sadness and being sorry for sth you have done

Snot-nosed

Overly conceited or arrogant

Watch it!

Nie pozwalaj sobie

Keep your shirt on

Said to tell someone to stop being so angry or upset

Have sth on your plate

To have sth, usually a large amount of important work to deal with

Dress sb/sth up

To make someone or sth appear fancier than it is actually

Touchy-feely

kind and loving, especially by touching and holding people more than is usual, often in a way that makes other people uncomfortable

Go off half-cooked

To start before arrangements are complete and failing as a result

Bash

A party

An advocate of

Someone who publicly supports sth

Pettiness

Małostkowość/błahość

Devotee

A person who strongly admires a particular person or is extremely interested in a subject

Laughable

Silly and not deserving to be seriously considered

Mediocrity

Not very good

Reek

To have strong unpleasant smell

Skimp

To not spend enough time or money on sth

Complicity

Involvement in a crime or some activity that is wrong

Beside the point

Not important or not related to the subject being discussed

Saddle sb with sth

to give someone a responsibility or problem that they do not want and that will cause them a lot of work or difficulty

Be on edge

To be nervous, excited or bad-tempered

Wishy-washy

Having no color or ideas or principles

The whole shebang

The whole of sth

Go downhill

To gradually become worse

Since time immemorial

Since time immemorial

Indignant at/about

Feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you have been treated unfairly

Hit it off

To like someone and become friends immediately

Bile

Żółć

Subscribe to

To agree with or support an opinion, belief etc.

All over sb like a bad rash

Kleić się do kogoś

Melt the king's heart

Melt the king's heart

Highfaluting

Napuszony, górnolotny

Claptrap

Silly talk means nothing

Brazen

Obvious

Put an end to sth

To make sth stop happening or existing

Nerve-wracking

Sth difficult to do and causes a lot of worry for the person involved in it

Way to go!

Way to go!

Come apart at the seams

To be in a bad condition and about to fail or lose control

Serenity

Peace and calm

Drown your sorrows

To drink alcohol in order to forget your problems

Issue

A subject or problem that ppl are thinking and talking about

Wrap sth up

To complete sth in an acceptable way

Stand up for sb/sth

To defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked

Strangle

Dusić

Despicable

Very unpleasant or bad, causing strong feelings of dislike

Lift a finger

Nie ruszyć palcem

Blind drunk

Najebany jak szpadel

Browbeat into

Browbeat into

Gracious

Behaving in a pleasant, polite, calm way

Demure

Quiet and well behaved

Have a (good) nose for sth

To be good at finding things of the stated type

Phony

Not sincere/ not real

Insight

Ability to have a clear, deep understanding of a problem

Elude

To avoid slyly

Put on the test

To fiind out how good sth is

Draw on

To use information or your knowledge of sth to help you do sth

Evade

To avoid sth

Fall out of use

Fall out of use

The ebb and flow

The way in which the level of sth regularly become higher or lower in a situation

Battling it out

Battling it out

Coinage

Neologizm

Fodder

Ppl or thing that are useful for the stated purpose

Smattering

Talking superficially or arrogantly

Sent to coventry

Ignored

Glee

Satisfaction

Cackled

Laugh loudly

Solemn

Serious and determined

Prerequisite

Necessary condition

Pitfalls

Mistakes

Voracious

Unlimited

Vernacular

A form of language

Opaque

Difficult to understand

Vivid

Strong

Speak up for

Represent and support

Argumentative

Often arguing or wanting to argue

Articulate

Able to express thoughts and feelings

Blunt

Rude

Callous

Unkind, cruel

Cantankerous

Arguing and complaining a lot

Compassionate

Showing compassion

Complacent

Feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try any harder

Conciliatory

Having the intention or effect of making angry ppl calm

Condescending

Treating someone as if you are more important than them

Despicable

Very unpleasant

Domineering

Trying to control other ppl

Dull

Not interesting or exciting in any way

Effeminate

Man who behaves or looks similar to a woman

Feisty

Active, forceful and full of determination

Foul-mouthed

Person who use a lot of offensive language

Guild-ridden

Feeling very guilty

Hen-packed

Pantoflarz

Impressionable

Person easily influenced by others

Judgmental

To quick to criticize ppl

Malevolent

Causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

Meek

Quiet and gentle

Obsequious / subservient

Willing to do what other ppl want, considering your wishes as less important

Opinionated

Express their ideas strongly and often

Phony

Not sincere

Posh and snobbish

From a high social class

Pretentious

Trying to appear or sound more important or clever

Prickly

Unfriendly and slightly rude

Prissy

Always behaving and dressing in a way that is considered correct and that does not shock

Rambunctious

Full of energy and hard to control

Remorseless

Severe and showing no sadness or guilt

Supercilious

Better than other ppl

Witty

Using words in a clever and funny way

Zealous

Enthusiastic

Leftover

Resztka, pozostałość

Altercation

a loud argument or disagreement, a quarrel

Estate

a large area of land in the country that is owned by a family or an organization and is often used for growing crops or raising animals

Appraise

to examine someone or something in order to judge their qualities, success, or needs

Glib

Easy, convenient, superficial

Allure

the quality of being attractive, interesting, or exciting

Lurk

to wait or move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong / to stay hidden

Gliding

the sport or activity of flying in a glider (szybowiec)

Skirmish

a short argument

Smug

too pleased or satisfied about something you have achieved or sth you know

Do-gooder

someone who does things that they think will help other people, although the other people might not find their actions helpful

Spouse

a person's husband or wife

Coy

(especially of women) being or pretending to be shy, or like a child

Nitpicking

giving too much attention to details that are not important, especially as a way of criticizing

Confinement

the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force

Morbid

too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death

Entrapment

the act of causing someone to do something they would not usually do by tricking them

Bickering

to argue about things that are not important

Parlor/parlour game

a game played inside a house, usually involving words or acting

Amalgam

a combination of parts that create a complete whole

Charades

an act or event that is clearly false

Vaguely

not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided / describes someone who is not able to think clearly, or who, sometimes as a way of hiding what they really think, does not express their opinions clearly

Liberated

Made free

Nimble

Precise and agile

High-stung

Easily worried and upset, tense

Soft-spot

A weakness, sb’s soft underbelly

Flourish

To thrive, to succeed

Self-rightness

Believing that your behaviour is morally better

Riveting

Extremely interesting

Voyeur (Voyeuristic)

a person who gets sexual pleasure from secretly watching other people in sexual situations, or (more generally) a person who watches other people's private lives

Shrimp

an extremely short person

Quadruple

to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four

Sluggish

moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power

Supremacy

the leading or controlling position

Inferiority

the fact that one person or thing is worst, weaker, etc. than another

Top-notch

Excellent

Dog-eared

A book or paper that is dog-eared has the pages turned down at the corners as a result of a lot of use

Agitate

to make someone feel worried or angry

Glitch

a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should

Turmoil

a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder

Evildoer/ evil-doer

someone who does something evil

Churn

If customers churn between different companies that provide a particular service, they change repeatedly from one to another

Shoddy

badly and carelessly made, using low quality materials

Premeditated

(especially of a crime or something unpleasant) done after being thought about or carefully planned

Endurance

the ability to keep doing something difficult, unpleasant, or painful for a long time

Plumage

Upierzenie

Gorge

to eat until you are unable to eat any more

Staunch

always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions

Coronary heart disease

Choroba wieńcowa

Unleash

to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled

(an) absence of

no, none

abundance

enough, plenty, a lot (or say how many)

accede to

allow, agree to

accelerate

speed up

accentuate

stress

accommodation

where you live, home

accompanying

with

accomplish

do, finish

according to our records

our records show

accordingly

in line with this, so

acknowledge

thank you for

acquaint yourself with

find out about, read

acquiesce

agree

acquire

buy, get

additional

extra, more

adjacent

next to

adjustment

change, alteration

admissible

allowed, acceptable

advantageous

useful, helpful

advise

tell, say (unless you are giving advice)

affix

add, write, fasten, stick on, fix to

afford an opportunity

let, allow

afforded

given

aforesaid

this, earlier in this document

aggregate

total

aligned

lined up, in line

alleviate

ease, reduce

allocate

divide, share, add, give

along the lines of

like, as in

alternative

choice, other

alternatively

or, on the other hand

ameliorate

improve, help

amendment

change

anticipate

expect

apparent

clear, plain, obvious, seeming

applicant (the)

you

application

use

appreciable

large, great

apprise

inform, tell

appropriate

proper, right, suitable

appropriate to

suitable for

approximately

about, roughly

as a consequence of

because

as of the date of

from

as regards

about, on the subject of

ascertain

find out

assemble

build, gather, put together

assistance

help

at an early date

soon (or say when)

at its discretion

can, may (or edit out)

at the moment

now (or edit out)

at the present time

now (or edit out)

attempt

try

attend

come to, go to, be at

attributable to

due to, because of

authorise

allow, let

authority

right, power, may (as in ‘have the authority to’)

axiomatic

obvious, goes without saying

belated

late

beneficial

helpful, useful

bestow

give, award

breach

break

by means of

by

calculate

work out, decide

cease

finish, stop, end

circumvent

get round, avoid, skirt, circle

clarification

explanation, help

combine

mix

combined

together

commence

start, begin

communicate

talk, write, telephone (be specific)

competent

able, can

compile

make, collect

complete

fill in, finish

completion

end

comply with

keep to, meet

component

part

comprise

make up, include

(it is) compulsory

(you) must

conceal

hide

concerning

about, on

conclusion

end

concur

agree

condition

rule

consequently

so

considerable

great, important

constitute

make up, form

construe

interpret

consult

talk to, meet, ask

consumption

amount used

contemplate

think about

contrary to

against, despite

correct

put right

correspond

write

costs the sum of

costs

counter

against

courteous

polite

cumulative

added up, added together

currently

now (or edit out)

customary

usual, normal

deduct

take off, take away

deem to be

treat as

defer

put off, delay

deficiency

lack of

delete

cross out

demonstrate

show, prove

denote

show

depict

show

designate

point out, show, name

desire

wish, want

despatch or dispatch

send, post

despite the fact that

though, although

determine

decide, work out, set, end

detrimental

harmful, damaging

difficulties

problems

diminish

lessen, reduce

disburse

pay, pay out

discharge

carry out

disclose

tell, show

disconnect

cut off, unplug

discontinue

stop, end

discrete

separate

discuss

talk about

disseminate

spread

documentation

papers, documents

domiciled in

living in

dominant

main

due to the fact of

because, as

duration

time, life

during which time

while

dwelling

home

economical

cheap, good value

eligible

allowed, qualified

elucidate

explain, make clear

emphasise

stress

empower

allow, let

enable

allow

enclosed

inside, with

(please find) enclosed

I enclose

encounter

meet

endeavour

try

enquire

ask

enquiry

question

ensure

make sure

entitlement

right

envisage

expect, imagine

equivalent

equal, the same

erroneous

wrong

establish

show, find out, set up

evaluate

test, check

evince

show, prove

ex officio

because of his or her position

exceptionally

only when, in this case

excessive

too many, too much

exclude

leave out

excluding

apart from, except

exclusively

only

exempt from

free from

expedite

hurry, speed up

expeditiously

as soon as possible, quickly

expenditure

spending

expire

run out

extant

current, in force

extremity

limit

fabricate

make, make up

facilitate

help, make possible

factor

reason

failure to

if you do not

finalise

end, finish

following

after

for the duration of

during, while

for the purpose of

to, for

for the reason that

because

formulate

plan, devise

forthwith

now, at once

forward

send

frequently

often

furnish

give

further to

after, following

furthermore

then, also, and

generate

produce, give, make

give consideration to

consider, think about

grant

give

henceforth

from now on, from today

hereby

now, by this (or edit out)

herein

here (or edit out)

hereinafter

after this (or edit out)

hereof

of this

hereto

to this

heretofore

until now, previously

hereunder

below

herewith

with this (or edit out)

hitherto

until now

hold in abeyance

wait, postpone

hope and trust

hope, trust (but not both)

if and when

if, when (but not both)

illustrate

show, explain

immediately

at once, now

implement

carry out, do

imply

suggest, hint at

in a number of cases

some (or say how many)

in accordance with

as under, in line with, because of

in addition (to)

and, as well as, also

in advance

before

in case of

if

in conjunction with

and, with

in connection with

for, about

in consequence

because, as a result

in excess of

more than

in lieu of

instead of

in order that

so that

in receipt of

get, have, receive

in relation to

about

in respect of

about, for

in the absence of

without

in the course of

while, during

in the event of/that

if

in the majority of instances

most, mostly

in the near future

soon

in the neighbourhood of

about, around

in view of the fact that

as, because

inappropriate

wrong, unsuitable

inception

start, beginning

incorporating

which includes

incurred

have to pay, owe

indicate

show, suggest

inform

tell

initially

at first

initiate

begin, start

insert

put in

instances

cases

intend to

will

intimate

say, hint

irrespective of

despite, even if

is in accordance with

agrees with, follows

is of the opinion

thinks

issue

give, send

it is known that

I/we know that

jeopardise

risk, threaten

(a) large number of

many, most (or say how many)

(to) liaise with

to meet with, to discuss with, to work with (whichever is more descriptive)

locality

place, area

locate

find, put

magnitude

size

(it is) mandatory

(you) must

manner

way

manufacture

make

marginal

small, slight

material

relevant

materialise

happen, occur

may in the future

may, might, could

merchandise

goods

mislay

lose

modification

change

moreover

and, also, as well

negligible

very small

nevertheless

but, however, even so

notify

tell, let us/you know

notwithstanding

even if, despite, still, yet

numerous

many (or say how many)

objective

aim, goal

(it is) obligatory

(you) must

obtain

get, receive

occasioned by

caused by, because of

on behalf of

for

on numerous occasions

often

on receipt of

when we/you get

on request

if you ask

on the grounds that

because

on the occasion that

when, if

operate

work, run

optimum

best, ideal

option

choice

ordinarily

normally, usually

otherwise

or

outstanding

unpaid

owing to

because of

(a) percentage of

some (or say what percentage)

partially

partly

participate

join in, take part

particulars

details, facts

per annum

a year

perform

do

permissible

allowed

permit

let, allow

personnel

people, staff

persons

people, anyone

peruse

read, read carefully, look at

place

put

possess

have, own

possessions

belongings

practically

almost, nearly

predominant

main