Turn
1. The manager refused/ turned down his request for a day off.
2. I waited half an hour for my friend, but he did not come/turn up
3. It is about time we went to bed/ turned in
4. Would you lower / turn down the gas when the kettle boils?
5. His landlady evicted/ turned him out for not paying his rent.
6. The police told the suspected thief to empty/turn out his pockets
7. Crowds of people had to be refused admission to/ turned away from the theatre.
8.This popular sports car is now being produced/turned out at the rate of a thousand a week.
9. Our visit proved/ turned out to be a waste of time because fog reduced visibility.
10. After being hit by a huge wave, the rowing-boat capsized/ turned over.
11. Although the dog appeared to be friendly, it would attack/ turn on anyone who tried to fondle it.
he proved me wrong- udowodnil, ze nie mam racji
prove yourself- pokazać, że jesteś coś warty
landlady w wersji męskiej to landlord
capsize-odwracać się do góry nogami
fondle- głaskać
Get
1.We wondered how he was progressing/getting on in his new job
2.I do not think I shall complete/get through all this work this afternoon.
3.She is so upset at her husband’s death that I do not think she will ever recover from/ get over the shock.
4.She put the book in a place where the child couldn’t reach/get at it.
5. As it has got to be done, we may as well have done with it/ got it over with.
6.He says that his lack of success is beginning to depress him/ get him down.
7. You must really apply yourself/ get down to some serious work.
8. I see no way of avoiding/ getting round the problem.
9. Their business partnership flourished despite the fact that they did not agree well/get on well personally.
10. It must be nearly the o’clock- It is getting on for ten.
Take
1. The teacher said I ought to start learning / take up French.
2. He resembles/takes after his father in many ways.
3. The son assumed control of/ took over control of the business on the retirement of his father
4. The man looked so respectable and honest that I was completely deceived/took in.
5. He undertook/ took on so much work that he couldn’t really do it efficiently.
6. The secretary wrote/took down the letter in shorthand as the manager dictated it to her.
7. When he discovered the truth, he retracted/turned back all he had previously said.
8. That teacher has a way with children: they seem to like/take to her immediately.
9. I don’t wish to occupy/take up too much of your time.
10. The shopkeeper agreed to deduct/take off five per cent from the bill.
Assume-przejmować
respectable-szanowany
deceive-oszukiwać
shorthand- szybko zanotowac, symbolami i skrotami
retract- cofać
deduct-potrącać, odejmować
Put
1. I had to postpone/put off my visit because of the weather.
2. He refused to tolerate/put up with laziness on the part of his pupils.
3. They were very annoyed/ put out when they learned that the train had been cancelled without notice.
4.The rebellion was suppressed/put down by the army.
5. He has managed to save/put aside quite a lot of money over the years
6. He advanced/put forward the theory that those who had money always made money
7.His aggressiveness was attributed / put down to the fact that he had had an overbearing father.
8. How many hours do you have to work/put in each day?
9. Do not let the fact that I did not enjoy the play deter you from seeing it/ put you off seeing it.
10. The workers have made/ put in a claim for higher wages.
11. When the teacher asked who had broken the window, all the boys assumed/put on an air of innocence.
12. If I visit you at the week-end, will you be able to give me lodging/ put me on for one night?
overbearing- despotyczny, apodyktyczny
deter from- powstrzymać
they put on an air of innocence- przybrali miny niewiniątek
Come
1.While he was looking through the book he found /came across an old and valuable map.
2.Although he was unconscious when we found him, he soon recovered consciousness/came round
3.When his father died he received/came into a lot of money under his father’s will
4.He never discovered how the accident occurred/came about
5.Although it seemed a good idea in theory in practice it did not succeed/ come off
6.His new book will be published/will come out next week.
7.The whole truth became known/came out at the trail.
8.The film did not equal /come up to our expectations.
9.No one thought that any good could result from/come out of discussing the question further.
10. The problem of finance is always raised/comes up on such occasions
unconscious- nieprzytomny
under his father will- według woli swojego ojca
equal- dorównywać, równać się
Give
1. He resigned from/gave up a secure job in order to devote himself to full-time writing.
2.Because of difficulties in getting a visa, we had to relinquish/give up the idea of visiting Albania
3.Although he agreed with me on most points, there was one on which he was willing to yield/ give in.
4.He returned/gave back the money to the man who had lost it.
5.The bad cheese emitted/gave off a very unpleasant smell.
6.The men crossing the Sahara found to the horror that their supplies would come to an end/ give out before they reached safety.
7. The English like coal fires even though there don’t always produce/give out much heat.
8. Every time cigarettes go up in price, many people try to stop/give up smoking.
9. The escaped prisoner had tried to disguise his appearance, but a scar on his cheek betrayed him/ have him away.
10. The back entrance of the hotel led straight/gave on to a parking area.
I devote myself to you- poswięcam się tobie
relinquish-porzucic, zrezygnować
yield- poddac sie
emit/give off- zapach I te takie
produce/give out- temperature
Stand
1. What does this abbreviation mean/ stand for?
2.The strikers are maintaining/standing for their demand for higher wages and shorter working hours.
3.I must make it clear that I refuse to tolerate / stand for such behaviour.
4. He hoped when the time came I would keep/ stand by my primise.
5. One man particularly was conspicuous/ stood out at the meeting.
6.Then he realized that his nomination would mean competing with his closest friend, he decided to withdraw/ stand down.
7.Troops were ordered to be in a state of readiness/stand-by for action.
8. The understudy had to take the part of / stand for the leading actor, who had fallen ill.
9. The employers in this case were obliged to take no part/ stand aside in this dispute, which was purely the result of inter-union rivalry.
abbreviation- skrót
I refuse to stand for such behaviour- nie bede tolerować takiego zachowania
stand by my promise- dotrzymać słowa
conspicuous- wyraźny, rzucający się w oczy
understudy- dubler
withstand- zdzierzyc , wytrzymac
stand up to- zdzierzyc, wytrzymac
stare of readiness- stan gotowości
I am sorry to mention this/bring this up to Sue, but I think Peter is seeing another women
When sulphur dioxide mixes with other elements it becomes/turns into acid rain
The company was told that it could begin/go ahead with the construction of a new plant.
If nations continue to dump/ carry on dumpling nuclear waste at sea, the oceans will become poisoned
The council has refused/ turned down the request to build another car park
The rhinoceros will become extinct/ die out if people continue to hunt it.
Government officials are investigating / looking into raports that the lake is being polluted by chemical factory.
Oil, coal and gas are being used up/consumed so quickly that supplies will shortly be finished
Factory bosses should think carefully about where they throw away/get rid of waste.
When they arrived at the demonstration it had already finished/ turned up
Brak komentarzy:
Prześlij komentarz