Hasło „about” odsyła do hasła „around”. Znajdziesz je w co najmniej jednej linii poniżej.'about' is cross-referenced with 'around'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
Czasowniki złożone
about | around |
| freak out about [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (get angry about) (potoczny) | wściekać się o coś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | (potoczny) | wściec się o coś zwr. dk. + przyim. |
| | Dad freaked out about the mess which the kids had made in the kitchen. |
f*** around,
also UK: f*** about vi phrasal | vulgar, offensive, slang (waste time) (wulgarny, obraźliwy) | opierdalać się zwr. ndk. |
| | Stop f***ing about and get on with your work! |
| gad about vi phrasal | (wander or travel around) | wędrować ndk. |
| | I'm not going anywhere in particular; just gadding about in the countryside. |
| get about vi phrasal | informal (travel frequently or widely) | podróżować ndk. |
| | Paris yesterday, Sydney next week; you really get about, don't you! |
| get about vi phrasal | informal (walk, move around) | poruszać się zwr. ndk. |
| | Though 98 years old, my grandfather still gets about like he was half that age. |
get around,
also UK: get round,
get about vi phrasal | informal (circulate) (potoczny) | kręcić się zwr. ndk. |
| | | krążyć ndk. |
| | When word got around that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door. |
| go about vi phrasal | (move from place to place) | poruszać się zwr. ndk. |
| | He goes about from place to place, taking casual jobs wherever he can get them. |
| go about [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (approach, tackle: a task) | wziąć się do zwr. dk.
+ przyim. |
| | Isn't it time you went about fixing the broken table? |
| | How am I to go about painting the ceiling when I have no ladder? |
| go about vi phrasal | (sailing: change tack) | halsować ndk. |
| | | zmienić hals dk. + m |
| | The skipper gave the command to go about. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (illness: be transmitted) | krążyć ndk. |
| | | panować ndk. |
| | There's a nasty strain of flu going around. |
go around,
also UK: go round,
go about vi phrasal | (be in a state habitually) | chodzić ndk. |
| | He goes around looking filthy. She goes about as if she owns the place. |
| | On ciągle chodzi brudny. |
| go on about [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk unintelligibly about) (potoczny) | bełkotać o czymś/kimś, ględzić o czymś/kimś ndk. + przyim. |
| | When my sister goes on about programming, I can't understand a word she is saying. |
| go on about [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | UK, informal (talk incessantly about) | ciągle gadać o czymś/kimś przys. + ndk. + przyim. |
| | The teacher went on about the topic he had chosen regardless of the fact that many students were asleep. |
hang around,
also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (wait, be kept waiting) | czekać ndk. |
| | | zaczekać ndk. |
| | I hung around for 30 minutes but Steve didn't show up. |
hang around,
UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (loiter) | kręcić się zwr. ndk. |
| | | pokręcić się zwr. dk. |
| | It's annoying when youths hang around at the bus stop intimidating customers. |
hang around with [sb],
also UK: hang about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | informal (socialize with [sb]) (potoczny) | trzymać z kimś ndk. + przyim. |
| | Since Harvey started hanging around with a group of older boys, he is always getting in trouble. |
hover around,
also UK: hover about vi phrasal | figurative (wait nearby) (potoczny) | kręcić się w pobliżu zwrot ndk. |
| jig about vi phrasal | (jump or dance around) | kręcić się zwr. ndk. |
| jump about vi phrasal | figurative (lack narrative coherence) (przenośny) | skakać, przeskakiwać ndk. |
| | | przeskoczyć dk. |
| | The film jumps about and makes no sense. |
| jump about vi phrasal | figurative (do things in an unordered way) | działać chaotycznie zwrot ndk. |
| | Carol doesn't work in a methodical way; she jumps about from task to task. |
kick [sth] around,
kick around [sth],
kick [sth] about,
kick about [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (consider, debate: an idea) | przedyskutować dk. |
kick [sb] around,
kick around [sb],
kick about [sb],
kick around [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (mistreat, abuse) | poniewierać kimś ndk. |
| laze about vi phrasal | UK (be idle, lounge around) | lenić się zwr. ndk. |
| | | polenić się zwr. dk. |
| | I don't feel like working today; I'm just going to laze about. |
loaf around (US),
loaf about (UK) vi phrasal | informal (sit idly) | leniuchować ndk. |
| | (potoczny) | obijać się zwr. ndk. |
| | I can't loaf about, watching television; I have to go to work. |
| | The lazy student loafed about instead of doing his homework. |
look around for [sb/sth],
also UK: look round for [sb/sth],
look about for [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep | (seek in surrounding area) | rozglądać się za zwrot ndk. |
| | | rozejrzeć się za zwrot dk. |
| | I misplaced my keys, so I'll have to look around for them. |
mess around,
UK: also mess about vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) | grzebać się zwr. ndk. |
| | | wygrzebać się zwr. dk. |
| | Stop messing around and let's discuss this seriously. |
mess around,
UK: also mess about vi phrasal | informal (be unproductive) (potoczny) | wydurniać się zwr. ndk. |
| | (potoczny) | wydurnić się zwr. dk. |
| | My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (tamper, play with) | grzebać się w czymś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | He enjoyed messing around with boats. |
mess around with [sth],
also UK: mess about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (spoil by fussing) (potoczny) | kombinować z czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | (potoczny) | manipulować przy czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | Your painting is fine now; don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (tease) (slang) | podpuszczać kogoś ndk. |
| | | podpuścić kogoś |
| | Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. |
mess around with [sb],
also UK: mess about with [sb] vi phrasal + prep | slang (have an affair) (potoczny) | zadawać się z kimś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | (potoczny) | zadać się z kimś zwr. dk. + przyim. |
| | Helen caught her husband messing around with another woman. |
mess [sb] around,
also UK: mess [sb] about vtr phrasal insep | slang (treat disrespectfully) (potoczny) | zawracać komuś głowę zwrot ndk. |
| | I'm sorry to mess you around, but I need to change the date of our meeting. |
| move about vi phrasal | UK (fidget, be restless) | wiercić się zwr. ndk. |
| | The child was moving about in his chair because he was bored. |
| move about vi phrasal | UK (relocate frequently) | przenosić się zwr. ndk. |
| | | przenieść się zwr. dk. |
| | Irena often has to move about because of her job; she's lived in three different countries in the last five years. |
| move about vi phrasal | UK (be mobile or active) | ruszać się zwr. ndk. |
| | You should move about more, not sit in front of the computer all day! |
muck about,
muck around vi phrasal | UK, slang (behave in a frivolous way) | wałęsać się ndk. + zaim. |
| | | powałęsać się dk. + zaim. |
| | Stop mucking about and get to work. |
order [sb] around,
UK: order [sb] about vtr phrasal sep | informal (be bossy towards) | rozkazywać komuś ndk. |
| | (przenośny, potoczny) | rozstawiać kogoś po kątach zwrot ndk. |
| | Don't try to order me around; you aren't my boss. |
| play about vi phrasal | UK, informal (behave in a frivolous way) | wygłupiać się zwr. ndk. |
| | Since we have a lot of work to do, there isn't any time to play about. |
roll around,
also UK: roll about vi phrasal | (sway this way and that) | kołysać się, bujać się zwr. ndk. |
| | | pokołysać się, pobujać się zwr. dk. |
| | The passengers were rolling around as the bus sped along the winding road. |
rush around,
also UK: rush about vi phrasal | (go about things hurriedly) (przenośny) | biegać dookoła ndk. + przys. |
| | James was rushing around, trying to get everything organized for the party. |
wait around,
also UK: wait about vi phrasal | (wait for [sb/sth]) | czekać na ndk. + przyim. |
Formy złożone:
about | around |
generalize about [sth],
also UK: generalise about [sth] vi + prep | (be unspecific) | wypowiadać się o czymś ogólnie zwrot ndk. |
| | Sam would only generalize about the situation; he gave no specific details. |
| get excited about [sth] v expr | colloquial (look forward) | ekscytować się zwr. ndk |
| | | podekscytować się zwr. dk. |
| | The children are getting excited about tomorrow's trip to the zoo. |
| get excited about [sth] v expr | informal (be enthused) | eksytować się ndk. + zaim. |
| | | podekscytować się dk. + zaim. |
| | The research team got excited about their latest discovery. |
| go on and on about [sth] vtr | slang (talk incessantly about) (potoczny) | nawijać o czymś, ględzić o czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | gadać o czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | She went on and on about the various celebrities she'd met. |
| a good feeling (about [sb]) n | (positive evaluation of [sb]) | dobre zdanie o kimś wyr. |
| | I've got a good feeling about you. I think you'll go far in this company. |
| gripe about [sth] vi + prep | informal (complain about) | narzekać na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | The students are always griping about the amount of homework they receive. |
| grouse about [sth] vi + prep | informal (complain about) | narzekać na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | psioczyć na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | Jackson is always grousing about his wife nagging him. |
| hang about interj | UK, slang (stop, wait a moment) | poczekaj |
| | Hang about, do you mean to say you knew about that the whole time and just didn't tell me?! |
| happy about [sth] adj + prep | (pleased about) | szczęśliwy z powodu czegoś wyr. |
| | I have so many things in my life to be happy about. |
| happy about [sth] adj + prep | (content with) | zadowolony z czegoś przym. + przyim. |
| Uwaga: Often used in negative sentences. |
| | Emily was far from happy about the changes at work. |
| | Emily nie była zadowolona ze zmian w pracy. |
| have information about [sth] vtr | (know [sth] important about) | mieć informację o zwrot dk. |
| | Anybody who has information about the accident should report it to the police. |
| have thoughts about vtr | (consider: doing [sth]) | rozważać ndk. |
| | | rozważyć dk. |
| hear about vtr | (learn the latest news of) | słyszeć o ndk. + przyim. |
| | | usłyszeć o dk. + przyim. |
| | Did you hear about the earthquake in Japan? |
| hesitant about doing [sth] expr | (person: reluctant) | niezdecydowany przym. |
| | Sarah is hesitant about going on the trip. |
| how about | informal (introducing a suggestion) | a może part. + part. |
| | | co powiesz na zwrot dk. |
| | How about going to the cinema tonight? |
| | A może poszlibyśmy dzisiaj wieczorem do kina? |
| How about that! interj | (delight, surprise) | i co ty na to wykrz. |
| | My sister is expecting twins. How about that! |
| hung up about [sth] expr | informal, figurative (neurotic) | przejęty przym. |
| | Don't get hung up about your appearance - you look fine! |
idealize about [sth],
also UK: idealise about [sth] vi + prep | (conceive [sth] in ideal form) | wyobrażać sobie coś w postaci idealnej zwrot ndk. |
| | Ruth idealizes about living in rural Italy, but I suspect the reality will be very different. |
| in dispute (with [sth] about [sth]) adj | (in disagreement) | kwestionowany przym. |
| | I'm in dispute with my neighbour about whose job it is to mend the fence between us. |
| informed about [sth] adj + prep | (know all about [sth]) | posiadający szeroką wiedzę na temat czegoś wyr. |
| | | zorientowany w czymś przym. + przyim. |
| | Lisa is well informed about American history; she recieved an A+ on her essay. |
informed about [sth],
informed of [sth] adj + prep | (told, updated about [sth]) | poinformowany o czymś przym. + przyim. |
| | Thanks to presentations by her staff, the president is informed about the crisis situation in the distant state. |
inquire about [sth],
enquire about [sth] vi + prep | (ask for information on) | pytać o coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | zapytać o coś dk. + przyim. |
| | I'm phoning to enquire about the second-hand bicycle you advertised. |
intellectualize about [sth],
also UK: intellectualise about [sth] vi + prep | (analyze [sth] using intellect) | rozważać ndk. |
| | | rozważyć dk. |
| interrogate [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | (question on [sth]) | wypytywać kogoś o coś zwrot ndk. |
| | My wife interrogated me about my whereabouts after I didn't come home last night. |
| | Moja żona wypytywała mnie, gdzie byłem, gdy nie wróciłem na noc do domu. |
| It's about time interj | informal (impatience) (potoczny) | Najwyższa pora wykrz. |
| | (potoczny) | Najwyższy czas wykrz. |
| | It's about time you returned my book! |
| It's about time! interj | informal (impatience) (potoczny) | Najwyższa pora! wykrz. |
| | (potoczny) | Najwyższy czas! wykrz. |
| | "I'm going to apply for a job." "It's about time!" |
| joke about [sth] vi + prep | (talk about humorously) | żartować z czegoś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | zażartować z czegoś dk. + przyim. |
| | She joked about his moustache. |
| | Żartowała sobie z jego wąsów. |
| jump about vi | literal (leap around) | skakać ndk. |
| | | poskakać dk. |
| | The children are jumping about outside. |
| just about adv | (more or less) | mniej więcej |
| | Well, I think that just about covers it, so let's end this discussion here. |
keep your wits about you,
have your wits about you v expr | (be alert) | mieć się na baczności zwrot ndk. |
| | No one has ever explored this part of the forest and we don't know what we'll find, so keep your wits about you. |
| know about [sth] vi + prep | (be aware) | być świadomym posił. + przym. |
| | Do you know about the recent policy changes? |
| know about vtr | (be well informed about) | wiedzieć o ndk. + przyim. |
| | That professor really knows about European history. |
| knowledgeable about [sth] adj + prep | (knows a lot about [sth]) | mieć szeroką wiedzę na temat czegoś zwrot ndk. |
| | The researcher is very knowledgeable about the life cycle of E.Coli bacteria. |
| learn about vtr | (become informed about) | dowiadywać się o ndk. |
| | | dowiedzieć się o dk. |
| | How did you learn about our company? |
| learn all about vtr | (become fully informed about) | uczyć się jak najwięcej o |
| | Before I invest in a company, I am always sure to learn all about their history and business practices. |
| lecture [sb] about doing [sth] v expr | figurative (reprimand, moralize) | ganić, strofować ndk. |
| | Deanna lectured her son about staying out late. |
| let up about [sth] v expr | (subject: stop talking about) | przestawać mówić o czymś zwrot ndk. |
| | | przestać mówić o czymś zwrot dk. |
| | Matt was late home on Friday night and his wife still hasn't let up about it. |
look around,
also UK: look round,
look about vi + adv | (seek [sth] in surrounding area) | rozglądać się zwr. ndk. |
| | | rozejrzeć się zwr. dk. |
| | I've been looking around everywhere, but I can't find my reading glasses. |
| mad about adj + prep | informal (passionate about) | oszalały za przym. + przyim. |
| | I'm mad about that singer; I own all his CDs and I'm president of his fan club. |
| mad about adj + prep | informal (angry about) | oszalały za przym. + przyim. |
| | His jaws are clenched. He must be mad about something. |
made up about [sth],
made up with [sth] expr | UK, regional, slang (pleased) | zadowolony z czegoś przym. + przyim. |
| | I'm made up about my new car! |
| moon about vi | informal (be apathetic, gloomy) | być osowiałym posił. + przym. |
| | Why don't you go out and do something useful instead of mooning about in here all day? |
muse on [sth],
muse over [sth],
muse about [sth] vi + prep | (ponder, consider) | rozważać coś ndk. |
| | | rozważyć coś dk. |
| | | rozmyślać nad czymś ndk. + przyim. |
| | He took weeks to muse on the question before putting pen to paper. |
| nag [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | (remind constantly) | zanudzać ndk. |
| | I wish my parents would stop nagging me about the dangers of smoking. |
| nothing to write home about expr | figurative, informal (unremarkable) (potoczny) | bez rewelacji przyim. + ż, l.mn. |
| | | nic ciekawego zaim. + przym. |
| | I enjoyed his last film, but this new one is nothing to write home about. |
| nuts about [sb] adj + prep | slang (passionately in love with [sb]) (przenośny) | szaleć na czyimś punkcie zwrot ndk. |
| | (przenośny) | oszaleć na czyimś punkcie zwrot dk. |
| | I don't know what she sees in him, but she's nuts about him. |
| nuts about [sth] adj + prep | slang (activity, thing: like intensely) (przenośny, slang) | mieć fioła na punkcie czegoś zwrot ndk. |
| | I do like peanut butter, but I'm nuts about chocolate! |
obsess over [sth],
obsess about [sth] vi + prep | (be overly preoccupied with sthg) | mieć obsesję na punkcie czegoś zwrot ndk. |
| | She's constantly obsessing about her weight. |
| the one about n | (joke) | ten dowcip o wyr. |
| | When I told the one about the horse and the bar, nobody laughed. |
| out and about adv | (busy, active outside the home) | poza domem przyim. + m |
| | He's always out and about these days - I hardly ever see him at home. |
parade [sth/sb] around,
also UK: parade [sth/sb] about vtr + adv | (display ostentatiously) | obnosić się z czymś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
| | | afiszować się z kimś zwr. ndk. + przyim. |
poke around,
poke about vi + adv | (search, rummage) (potoczny) | szperać, myszkować ndk. |
| | (potoczny) | poszperać, pomyszkować dk. |
| | The security guard at the museum poked around in my rucksack. |
poke around,
poke about vi + adv | figurative (intrude, be nosy) (przenośny) | wtykać nos ndk. + m |
| | | wetknąć nos dk. + m |
| | She's always poking around in her neighbours' private affairs. |
pontificate on [sth],
pontificate about [sth] vi + prep | (talk pompously about) | rozprawiać autorytatywnie o czymś zwrot ndk. |
| | The lecturer pontificated on the meaning of life. |
| preach about [sth] vi + prep | (moralize on the subject of) | prawić kazania ndk. + n, l.mn. |
| | My uncle gave up smoking years ago and now he's always preaching about the dangers of tobacco. |
| put about vtr | UK, informal (spread: a rumour) | puszczać plotki |
| | | puścić plotki |
| | It was put about that she was of loose moral character. |
| put about vi | (nautical: turn around) | zawracać ndk. |
| | | zawrócić dk. |
| | He quickly put the boat about to avoid the submerged rock. |
| put it about v | UK, slang (have sex with many people) (slang) | puszczać się ndk. + zaim. |
| | Tracy is putting it about rather, dating the entire football team! |
put out at [sth],
put out about [sth] expr | informal (aggrieved) | obrażony o coś przym. + przyim. |
| | | zdegustowany czymś przym. |
| | They were extremely put out at not being allowed to sit together. |
| quiz [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | (question about a topic) | wypytywać kogoś o coś ndk. + przyim. |
| | The police quizzed the witness about exactly what she had seen. |
quiz [sb] on [sth],
quiz [sb] about [sth] vtr + prep | US (students: test on a subject) | sprawdzać kogoś z czegoś ndk. + przyim. |
| | | pytać kogoś z czegoś ndk. + przyim. |
| | The teacher quizzed her students on the Civil War. |
| rabbit about [sth] vi + prep | UK, slang (talk incessantly) (potoczny, pejoratywny) | ględzić ndk. |
| | He's a real bore at parties - always rabbiting about the economy or immigration. |
slosh around,
also UK: slosh about vi + adv | (splash through: mud, water) | chlapać ndk. |
| | The children were sloshing around in puddles. |
slosh around,
also UK: slosh about vi + adv | (water: splash about) | chlapać ndk. |
| | I can feel water sloshing around inside my boots. |
somewhere around,
also UK: somewhere about adv | (approximately) | blisko przys. |
| | The world population is somewhere around five billion. |
| | I can meet you somewhere around noon on Friday for lunch. |
walk around,
walk about vi + adv | (stroll about, go about on foot) | chodzić w koło zwrot ndk. |
| | I didn't have a place to go. I was just walking around. |
wander around,
UK: wander about vi + adv | (stroll aimlessly) | włóczyć się zwr. ndk. |
| | I had some free time, so I decided to wander around the city. |