Czasowniki złożone
|
act up vi phrasal | informal (machine: malfunction) | psuć się zwr. ndk. |
| | szwankować ndk. |
| The TV is acting up, but I think it's just a loose wire. |
add up vi phrasal | (do sums) | dodawać ndk. |
| The children are learning to add up. |
add up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (total) | dawać łącznie ndk. + przys. |
| | dać łącznie dk. + przys. |
| The opposite sides of a die add up to seven. |
add [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (calculate total) | sumować coś ndk. |
| | zsumować coś dk. |
| | dodawać coś ndk. |
| | dodać coś dk. |
| When you add up the numbers in this column, you should get 500. |
add up vi phrasal | figurative, informal (make sense) | zgadzać się zwr. ndk. |
| | zgodzić się zwr. dk. |
Uwaga: often used in the negative |
| The two different accounts of the same event don't add up. |
add up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (indicate, lead to) | wskazywać na coś ndk. + przyim. |
| The evidence adds up to a clear attempt to steal the goods. |
add up vi phrasal | (accumulate gradually) | sumować się zwr. ndk. |
| | zsumować się zwr. dk. |
| | zbierać ndk. |
| | zebrać dk. |
| The stresses of everyday life can add up and leave you feeling overwhelmed. |
amp [sth] up, amp up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (increase the power of) | wzmacniać ndk. |
| | wzmocnić dk. |
ante up vi phrasal | (pay) (potoczny) | pieniądze na stół wyr. |
| Ante up, you must pay your fair share. |
back [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | (support) | wspierać kogoś ndk. |
| | wesprzeć kogoś dk. |
| Go ahead and tell the boss just what happened; I'll back you up on it. |
back [sth] up, back up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (vehicle: reverse) | wycofywać coś, cofać coś ndk. |
| | wycofać coś, cofnąć coś dk. |
| It's difficult to back up a truck when a trailer is attached. |
back up vi phrasal | (water: accumulate) | wzbierać ndk. |
| | wezbrać dk. |
| Water has backed up into the toilet and the flush won't work. |
ball [sth] up, ball up [sth] (US), balls [sth] up, balls up [sth] (UK) vtr phrasal sep | slang (do [sth] badly) | psuć, niszczyć ndk. |
| | zepsuć, zniszczyć dk. |
Uwaga: In the UK, 'balls up' may be offensive to some. |
| I've really balled up my computer this time; I'll have to call tech support. |
bang [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | UK, slang (put in prison) | wsadzać do więzienia zwrot ndk. |
| | wsadzić do więzienie zwrot dk. |
| He got banged up for robbing the local liquor store. |
beam [sb/sth] up, beam up [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (science fiction: transport) | przenieść w przestrzeń kosmiczną zwrot dk. |
bear up vi phrasal | (endure [sth] difficult) | znosić ndk. |
| | znieść dk. |
| She is bearing up well despite the pressure she is under. |
beat [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | informal (assault) | bić ndk. |
| | pobić dk. |
| A group of youths beat Henry up. |
beef [sth] up, beef up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (make stronger, augment) | wzmacniać ndk. |
| | wzmocnić dk. |
| The Indian spices beef up this vegetarian dish. |
beef up vi phrasal | informal, figurative (build muscle) (przenośny) | wzmacniać się zwr. ndk. |
| | wzmocnić się zwr. dk. |
| The coach told the young football player to beef up in the gym. |
bid up vi phrasal | (bidding higher) | zawyżać ofertę ndk. + ż |
big [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | slang (express admiration) | zachwalać ndk. |
big [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | slang (exaggerate greatness) | upiększać ndk. |
blow up vi phrasal | (explode) | wybuchać ndk. |
| | wybuchnąć dk. |
| I watched the Hindenburg blow up. |
blow [sth] up, blow up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (detonate) | wybuchać ndk. |
| | wybuchnąć dk. |
| They blew up the enemy's ammunition dump. |
blow [sth] up, blow up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (photograph: enlarge) | wybuchać ndk. |
| | wybuchnąć dk. |
| Small photos may have to be blown up if they are not identifiable. |
blow up vi phrasal | figurative, informal (get angry) (przenośny, potoczny) | wybuchać ndk. |
| (przenośny, potoczny) | wybuchnąć dk. |
| She blew up when I told her about the car. |
board [sth] up, board up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (cover temporarily with panels) | zabijać deskami ndk. + ż, l.mn. |
| | zabić deskami dk. + ż, l.mn. |
| They boarded up the windows before the hurricane arrived. |
bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (revise knowledge of) (potoczny) | zrobić sobie powtórkę z czegoś zwrot dk. |
| If you're going to be that picky, I'd better bone up on basic grammar. |
bone up on [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang (learn about) (potoczny) | zakuwać, kuć, wkuwać ndk. |
| The students boned up on psychology terms before the exam. |
boot up vi phrasal | (computer: start) | rozruszać ndk. |
| | rozruszyć dk. |
| Kevin sipped his coffee as he waited for his PC to boot up. |
bottle [sth] up, bottle up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (repress: feelings, energy) (przenośny) | trzymać w sobie zwrot ndk. |
| It is not emotionally or physically healthy to bottle up one's emotions. |
break up vi phrasal | (disintegrate) | rozpadać się zwr. ndk. |
| | rozpaść się zwr. dk. |
Uwaga: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| Rock gradually breaks up into sand. |
break up vi phrasal | informal (couple: separate) | rozpadać się zwr. ndk. |
| | rozpaść się zwr. dk. |
| The couple broke up after a three-year relationship. |
break up with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (separate) (potoczny, przenośny) | zrywać z kimś ndk. + przyim. |
| | zerwać z kimś dk. + przyim. |
| I think you need to break up with your boyfriend. |
break up vi phrasal | informal (school: finish) | kończyć się zwr. ndk. |
| | skończyć się zwr. dk. |
| School breaks up next week for the summer holidays. |
break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (cause to separate) | rozpadać się zwr. ndk. |
| | rozpaść się zwr. dk. |
| She blamed his mother's constant interference for breaking up their marriage. |
break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (fight: intervene) | przerwać coś ndk. |
| | przerywać coś dk. |
| The head teacher stepped in and broke up the fight between the two boys. |
break [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | (crumble) | łamać coś, kruszyć coś ndk. |
| | połamać coś, pokruszyć coś dk. |
| Break the biscuits up into small pieces and put them in a food processor. |
break up vi phrasal | (loss of phone sound quality) | przerywać ndk. |
| You're breaking up, so I'll call you back later. |
| Przerywa, więc zadzwonię do ciebie później. |
brighten up vi phrasal | informal (weather: improve, get sunnier) | przejaśniać się zwr. ndk. |
| | przejaśnić się zwr. dk. |
| The weather was cloudy in the morning, but it has brightened up now. |
brighten [sth] up, brighten up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (make cheerfully attractive) | ożywiać ndk. |
| | ożywić dk. |
| Some colourful curtains and cushion covers will brighten this room up. |
brighten up vi phrasal | figurative (become more cheerful) | rozweselać się zwr. ndk. |
| | rozweselić się zwr. dk. |
| My day brightened up when a letter arrived from my son. |
bring [sth] up, bring up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (raise: a subject) | wspominać ndk. |
| | wspomnieć dk. |
| It is not a good idea to bring up politics with my family. |
bring [sb] up, bring up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (raise: a child) | wychowywać kogoś ndk. |
| | wychować kogoś dk. |
| The couple adopted the child and brought him up. |
bring [sth] up, bring up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (vomit) (przenośny) | zwracać ndk. |
| | zwrócić dk. |
| The baby is ill and keeps bringing up her food. |
Formy złożone:
|
act up vi | UK (child: misbehave) (potoczny) | rozrabiać ndk. |
| Why do children always wait to be in public to act up? |
add, add up vi | (do sums) | dodawać ndk. |
| I learned how to add when I was in first grade. |
| Nauczyłem się dodawać w pierwszej klasie. |
all sewn up, all sewed up adv | figurative (assured) (przenośny) | dopięty przym. |
| | dopatrzony, skontrolowany przym. |
| The party planner has the details of the big birthday celebration all sewn up. |
all shook up adj | US, slang (shaken, very upset) | wstrząśnięty przym. |
| The criminal was all shook up because he knew the police would find him. |
ante up vtr | US (Poker: make required contribution to a betting pot) | zwiększyć stawkę dk. + ż |
| I had to ante up $100 just to stay in the game. |
apply makeup, apply make-up vtr + n | (put on cosmetics) | malować się zwr. ndk. |
| | pomalować się zwr. dk. |
| I don't have the time to apply makeup, so it's lucky I have nice skin! |
back up, backup vtr | (computing: make copies of) | zabezpieczać ndk. |
| | zabezpieczyć dk. |
| It is advisable to back up all the files on your computer regularly, in case of breakdown. |
back up, backup vtr | (corroborate, confirm) | potwierdzać ndk. |
| | potwierdzić dk. |
| The accused man insisted that his wife would back up his story and give him an alibi. |
back up, backup vtr | (vehicle: reverse) | cofać ndk. |
| | cofnąć dk. |
| It's difficult to back up a truck when a trailer is attached. |
backed up, backed-up adj | (pipe, etc.: blocked) | zapchany przym. |
| The plumbing was backed up because of excess hair in the drain. |
backup, back-up n | (support) | wsparcie n |
| | posiłki m, l.mn. |
| When the policeman realized he couldn't handle the situation alone, he called for backup. |
backup, back-up n | (duplicate copy) | kopia zapasowa ż + przym. |
| This is a backup; the original copy is in the filing cabinet. |
backup, back-up n | (accumulation) | masa ż |
| | stos m |
| There is a backup of paperwork that we need to file by the end of the day. |
backup, back-up n | informal (traffic jam) | zator m |
| There is a backup on the interstate just north of the city. |
backup, back-up n as adj | (alternative) | zapasowy przym. |
| I'm going to keep my old laptop as a backup computer just in case my new one breaks down. |
backup copy, back-up copy n | (data: duplicate) | kopia zapasowa ż + przym. |
| It's a good idea to make a backup copy of important documents. |
backup light, back-up light (US), reversing light (UK) n | usually plural (light when vehicle moves backward) | światło wsteczne, światło cofania n + przym. |
bang up vtr | US, slang (smash, damage) | obijać ndk. |
| | obić, poobijać dk. |
| I really banged up the car when I hit that moose. |
bang up adj | slang (great, excellent) | świetny przym. |
| Congratulations, you did a bang-up job on that project! |
beat yourself up v expr | figurative, informal (feel guilty or bad) (przenośny) | wyrzucać sobie ndk. + zaim. |
| It was just an honest mistake, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it. |
beat-up adj | US, slang (vehicle: in poor condition) | zdezelowany przym. |
| | poobijany przym. |
Uwaga: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| Rick drives a beat-up pickup truck. |
beaten-up adj | informal (car, etc.: battered from use) | wysłużony przym. |
bid up vtr | (drive up price of: by bidding higher) | podnosić cenę ndk. + ż |
| Simon bid his own lot up to make as much as possible on it. |
big up interj | slang (admiration) (slang) | szacun wykrz. |
bind up vtr | (bandage securely) | podwiązywać ndk. |
| | podwiązać dk. |
| You should bind up that wound to stop the bleeding. |
bind up vtr | (wrap up tightly with string, etc.) | zawiązywać, związywać ndk. |
| | zawiązać, związać dk. |
| Bind up the package with string. |
black, black up vtr | (blacken) | malować na czarno zwrot ndk. |
| | pomalować na czarno zwrot dk. |
| The soldiers blacked their faces before the mission. |
block up vtr | (clog, obstruct) | blokować ndk. |
| | zablokować dk. |
| The phlegm blocked up my throat so I couldn't breath without coughing. |
blow-up (UK), blowup (US) | informal (enlarged image) | powiększenie n |
blow-up (UK), blowup (US) n | informal (angry outburst) | wybuch złości m + ż |
blow-up, blowup adj | informal (inflatable) | nadmuchiwany przym. |
blown up adj | informal (image: enlarged) | powiększony przym. |
| The detectives needed a blown-up version of the photo so that they could read the license plate number. |
blown up, blown-up adj | informal (thing: by explosion) | wysadzony w powietrze wyr. |
| The town was a mess of blown-up buildings and rubble. |
blown up adj | informal (person: by explosion) | wysadzony w powietrze wyr. |
| He is one of several politicians blown up last year by terrorists. |
blown up, blown-up adj | informal (balloon, etc.: inflated) | nadmuchiwany przym. |
| Pass me a blown-up balloon and I'll make you an animal. |
bob, bob along, bob up and down vi | used in compounds (move up and down: on water) | podskakiwać ndk. |
| | podskoczyć dk. |
| The toy boat bobbed along on the surface of the lake. |
boil up vtr | informal (cook by boiling together) | gotować ndk. |
| | ugotować dk. |
| This weekend, we'll boil up a big pot of crawfish. |
boil up | figurative (to grow, increase dangerously) | narastać ndk. |
| Tension along the border boiled up to a full-blown war. |
book up vtr | (reserve fully) | rezerwować wszystko ndk. + n |
| | zarezerwować wszystko dk. + n |
| There was no room at the hotel; they were completely booked up for the summer. |
boot up vtr | (switch on: a computer) | włączać ndk. |
| | włączyć dk. |
bottled-up adj | figurative, informal (repressed, not expressed) | tłumiony przym. |
Uwaga: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| Bottled-up feelings can have a negative effect on your mental health. |
bottom-up adj | (hierarchical: working upwards) | oddolny przym. |
bottom-up, bottom up adj | (design, programming: strategic approach) (podejście) | z dołu do góry wyr. |
bound up, bound-up adj | (body part: bandaged) | obwiązany przym. |
Uwaga: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| The footballer limped off the pitch, clutching his bound-up leg. |
Break it up! interj | slang (stop fighting) | kończyć ndk. |
| | skończyć dk. |
| You can't fight in this bar. Break it up or I'll call the police and they'll break it up for you. |
breaking up n | informal, figurative (couple: separation) | separacja ż |
breaking up n | (disintegration) | rozkład m |
| The breaking up of ice shelves has been blamed on global warming. |
breakup, break-up n | (romantic separation) | rozstanie n |
| He's been renting an apartment downtown since the breakup. |
breakup, break-up n | (political fragmentation) | rozbicie n |
| The breakup of the Soviet Union began in the early 1990s. |
bring back up vtr | (topic: raise again) | wracać do ndk. + przyim. |
| | powracać do dk. + przyim. |
bring back up vtr | informal (food: vomit, regurgitate) | zwracać ndk. |
| | zwrócić dk. |
bring up the rear v | (follow behind) | trzymać się z tyłu |
| I'll blaze a trail through the jungle. You bring up the rear. |
broken-up adj | (in pieces) | w kawałkach przyim. + m, l.mn. |
| Sara used broken-up cookies as a topping for her cake. |
broken up adj | figurative, slang (upset, hurt) | zdenerwowany, zraniony przym. |
| She felt broken up because she lost her puppy. |
broken up, broken-up adj | slang (no longer a couple) | rozbity przym. |
Uwaga: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| After a two-year stormy relationship, Mary and Bob are finally broken up for good. |