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otázka		odpověď
To be under the weather When was the last time you were a bit under the weather or off colour? začněte se učit		czuć się źle, źle się czuć mean that you’re not feeling 100%, you’re not very well. It could be because you have a cold or some other minor illness.
To be/feel off colour I can't come to work today becouse I feel off colour začněte se učit		czuć się źle, źle się czuć mean that you’re not feeling 100%, you’re not very well. It could be because you have a cold or some other minor illness.
Grit A bit of grit might go in your eye. začněte se učit		piasek, żwir small particles of rock, sand or salt. It’s often used to prevent cars or pedestrians from slipping on ice
A speck of dust začněte se učit		Kurz This is the right term for one piece of dust. Normally dust is uncountable but we make it countable using the partitive
To swell up If you sprain an ankle your ankle swells up. začněte se učit		Puchnąć When parts of your body swell up they become larger probably due to the body reacting to something.
eyelid začněte se učit		powieka These are the parts that cover the eye. Upper eyelid and lower eyelid.
eyelashes She fluttered her long eyelashes seductively. začněte se učit		rzęsy These are the hairs that you find at the end of your eyelids.
eyebrow začněte se učit		brew This is the hair above your eyes,
pupil začněte se učit		źrenica (część oka) This is the black bit in the middle which can be dilated or constricted.
iris začněte se učit		tęczówka This is the part that has colour
The corner of your eye začněte se učit		Kącik oka Sometimes we see things out of the corner of our eye, or we get things stuck in the corner of our eye.
To phone in sick/ To call in sick začněte se učit		zglosic chorobowe This is just the standard way to refer to calling work because you’re sick.
A sickie To throw a sickie To pull a sickie To take a sickie To do a sickie začněte se učit		chorobowe (unformal) These are all ways of referring to when you call work and tell them you can’t come in because you are ill. There’s also the suggestion that you might be faking it, if you use this expression (sickie).
Mental health days / duvet days začněte se učit		Dni zdrowia psychicznego / dni z kołdrą if you can’t face Monday morning. This is something in Australia apparently.
To sound a bit muffled Muffle your voice a bit to make yourself sound ill. začněte se učit		brzmiec jak chory
Dodgy I’m not sure what to think about Phil. He seems a bit dodgy or something. začněte se učit		podejrzany, krętacki, szemrany, śliski (np. biznes, osoba) If something is dodgy it is dishonest and unreliable. It’s a very common word in British English. It’s slang but very common.
To hang up (the phone) I hung him up and he called me back začněte se učit		Rozłączyć się (telefon) This means to end the call by putting the phone down, or pressing “end call”
To hang up on someone When I told her I thought we should break up she hung up on me. začněte se učit		Rozłączyć się z kimś This is when you’re talking to someone and for whatever reason you just stop the call suddenly. Maybe the person said something insulting
To pick up (the phone) I called Paul but he didn’t pick up. začněte se učit		Odebrać (telefon) This one means just to answer the phone.
A wuss I don’t want to go out, it’s raining. Oh, don’t be such a wuss! začněte se učit		cykor, cienias, dupa wołowa a weak or useless person. Someone pathetic.
To take the piss Come on mate, you’re taking the piss now začněte se učit		robic se jaja make fun of someone” or “take the mickey out of someone”
To let something go I've been trying for months so it's time to let it go. začněte se učit		dac sobie spokoj In this case to let something go means to choose not to punish or criticise someone.
Ace, Wicked 1. That film was ace, wasn’t it!? 2. We went to this wicked theme park at the weekend. začněte se učit		As, Wicked These are both slang words very common to our generation. They both mean “great!” They’re both adjectives.
Hair-raising Driving in a car with you is always a hairraising experience. začněte se učit		jeżący włosy na głowie (np. opowieść) This means frightening and dangerous, but exciting
To talk out loud To laugh out loud, To read out loud, To think out loud začněte se učit		Głośno mówić If you do something out loud, it means you do it not just in your head, but so other people can hear you.
To think on your feet You might have to think on your feet a bit at the end of the presentation. začněte se učit		myśleć szybko, szybko się zastanowić, szybko podejmować decyzję This means to just think without preparation, while you are doing something.
A learning curve For example, learning a language is very challenging at the beginning, so there’s a steep learning curve at the start začněte se učit		Krzywa uczenia się A learning curve is a visual representation of the challenge of learning a new skill.
A steep learning curve The games are so well designed that the learning curve is really short začněte se učit		Stroma krzywa uczenia się
To give something a go To have a go (at something) To give something a try To try your hand at something začněte se učit		Aby coś spróbować All of these things mean to try something you’re not sure you’ll be able to do, or something you’ve never done before.
An avid reader I’m an avid reader. začněte se učit		Zapalony czytelnik someone who reads a lot
A bookworm He reads two books every week - he is a real bookworm. začněte se učit		Mól książkowy someone who reads a lot.
Cobbled together The book seemed a bit cobbled together. začněte se učit		sklecać naprędce Means put together badly as if it was done too quickly. So it means created quickly but badly. The phrase is used in a negative way, as a criticism.
To stick with something If the book seems boring at the start, stick with it. It gets better after a while. začněte se učit		Trzymać się czegoś This means to continue doing something and not give up.
Infuriated It absolutely infuriates me when people queue jump at the supermarket. začněte se učit		Rozwścieczony If you’re infuriated it means you’re really angry with something. Something infuriates you.
To lay it on thick They really lay it on thick in these American dramas don’t they? začněte se učit		koloryzować, wyolbrzymiać, przesadzać This means to add too much of something, in this case emotional depth.
Hammy Star Wars is full of hammy acting and dodgy dialogue, but I love it! začněte se učit		przesadny (np. gra aktorska) Normally we describe actors’ performances as hammy when they’re full of obviously fake emotion.
Contrived The documentary seemed so contrived. I don’t believe for a second that he met all those people by chance. I think it was all staged. začněte se učit		nienaturalny, wystudiowany If something is contrived then it seems false and not natural. Fake. Created.
Pushing the emotional angle začněte se učit		Przesuwanie emocjonalnego punktu widzenia If you push the emotional angle in your story, it means you emphasise the emotional elements, probably to get an emotional reaction from the audience.
One dimensional Arguably Star Wars is full of onedimensional characters who are either evil, brave, heroic, selfinterested and so on. začněte se učit		Jednowymiarowy This is a negative expression, used to express criticism that something is too simple, lacks depth, lacks sophistication.
A gimmick In the case of The Beastie Boys the gimmick was their style and attitude just being outrageous to attract attention. začněte se učit		sztuczka, chwyt (np. reklamowy, marketingowy) A gimmick is an unusual and unnecessary feature of something, which is used just to draw people’s attention
A novelty Once upon a time McDonald’s was a bit of a novelty in the UK. začněte se učit		Nowość A novelty is similar to a gimmick in that it attracts attention, but it’s different in that it’s only interesting because it’s new.
Who gives a toss about ...? začněte se učit		kogo to obchodzi?! This means “who cares?”I
A one hit wonder Everyone thought the Beastie Boys would just be a onehit wonder. začněte se učit		artysta jednego przeboju This is a band that only has one big successful record. They have one hit and then they disappear.
To be ahead of your/its time Someone like David Bowie was ahead of his time začněte se učit		wyprzedzac swoje czasy If something is ahead of its time it means it is doing the most advanced and innovative things before everyone else.
To get away with something I don’t know how they got away with sampling The Beatles začněte se učit		Uciec od czegoś This means to do something wrong or against the rules, but to escape punishment.
Frenetic Frantic Paul’s Boutique is quite frenetic and frantic because the songs are very short and things move from one song to the next very quickly. začněte se učit		gorączkowy So it means doing things very quickly in a disorganised or stressed way.
To crack up (at something) Have you ever cracked up or burst out laughing in an inappropriate situation? začněte se učit		rozśmieszyć kogoś, rozbawić kogoś, rozweselić kogoś To crack up means to laugh uncontrollably.
To hit someone up Hit me up on facebook mate začněte se učit		skontaktować się z kimś This is a slang expression meaning to contact someone.
Pushing outwards začněte se učit		isc do przodu / chalendzowac golsy Pushing outwards means just making progress, making new deals, growing. But it also doesn’t mean anything.
To have something lined uprządku začněte se učit		organizować coś, przygotowywać coś if something is lined up it means it is organised and arranged,
To have someone on board It’s great to have you on board. začněte se učit		Mieć kogoś na pokładzie This expression means that you are part of the team.
Stick something up the flagpole We’ll stick that up the flagpole and see who dances. začněte se učit		zakomunikowac cos If you put a flag up the flagpole you can communicate something to everyone.
To play a record and see who dances We’ll stick that up the flagpole and see who dances. začněte se učit		zagrac i popatrzec kto jak zareaguje this phrase means to suggest something to everyone and see who gives a positive reaction
To be on trend začněte se učit		Być na czasie this means to be trendy, or to be something that a lot of people are interested in at the moment
Take something to the next level / Everyone’s trying to take their English to the next level. začněte se učit		Przenieś coś na wyższy poziom a common phrase to mean level up, get higher, more successful, make progress
What are you on? začněte se učit		brales cos? This means “what drugs are you taking?” which means “You’re mad!”
To get chewed up My mixtape got chewed up in your walkman, man! začněte se učit		zmielone just means to completely chew something, or chew something until it is destroyed or damaged by the chewing.
Tough shit But I don’t want to go to school! Well, tough. You’re going. začněte se učit		Ciężkie gówno If you say this, you’re basically saying you have no sympathy for someone. You’re basically saying, yeah, life is tough sometimes, deal with it. It can be shortened to just tough.
To cane something 1. Stop caning that cigarette. 2. Calm down a bit. I’ve been caning my data connection recently. začněte se učit		zejezdzac cos To cane something means to use it hard.
In good nick My phone’s in pretty good nick because I’ve been using this phone cover. začněte se učit		W dobrym stanie This means in good condition.(slang)

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