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21 be up to / below standard
(to (fail to) achieve the required standard: Her work is well up to standard.) na poziomie, poniżej poziomu -
22 bite the dust
(to fail; to be unsuccessful: That's another scheme that's bitten the dust.) nie wypalić, nie udać się -
23 bomb
[bɔm] 1. nbomba f2. vt* * *[bom] 1. noun(a hollow case containing explosives etc: The enemy dropped a bomb on the factory and blew it up.) bomba2. verb1) (to drop bombs on: London was bombed several times.) bombardować2) (to fail miserably: The play bombed on the first night.) zrobić klapę•- bomber- bombshell -
24 bound
[baund] 1. pt, pp of bind 2. nskok m; (usu pl) ( of possibility etc) granice pl3. vi 4. vtotaczać (otoczyć perf), ograniczać (ograniczyć perf)5. adjto be/feel bound to do sth — być/czuć się zobowiązanym zrobić coś
bound for — (zdążający) do +gen
* * *past tense, past participle; = bind -
25 break down
1. vt 2. vi* * *1) (to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.) wyłamać, sforsować2) (to stop working properly: My car has broken down.) zepsuć się3) (to fail: The talks have broken down.) załamać się4) (to be overcome with emotion: She broke down and wept.) załamać się -
26 break one's word
(to keep or fail to keep one's promise.) dotrzymać słowa, złamać słowo -
27 care
[kɛə(r)]n abbr= Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere organizacja charytatywna* * *[keə] 1. noun1) (close attention: Do it with care.) uwaga2) (keeping; protection: Your belongings will be safe in my care.) opieka3) ((a cause for) worry: free from care; all the cares of the world.) troska4) (treatment: medical care; skin care.) opieka zdrowotna2. verb1) (to be anxious or concerned: Don't you care if you fail?; I couldn't care less (= It's of no importance to me); She really cares about her career.) dbać, przejmować się2) (to be willing (to): Would you care to have dinner with me?) mieć ochotę•- careful- carefully
- carefulness
- careless
- carelessly
- carelessness
- carefree
- caregiver
- caretaker
- careworn
- care for
- care of
- take care
- take care of -
28 catch out
( with trick question) zaginać (zagiąć perf) (inf)* * *1) (to put out (a batsman) at cricket by catching the ball after it has been hit and before it touches the ground.) wykluczać z gry2) (to cause (someone) to fail by means of a trick, a difficult question etc: The last question in the exam caught them all out.) wykluczać z gry -
29 collapse
[kə'læps] 1. vibuilding zawalać się (zawalić się perf); table, resistance załamywać się (załamać się perf); marriage, system rozpadać się (rozpaść się perf); government, company upadać (upaść perf); hopes rozwiewać się (rozwiać się perf); plans runąć ( perf); person ( faint) zemdleć ( perf), zasłabnąć ( perf); ( from exhaustion) padać (paść perf)2. n( of building) zawalenie się nt; (of table, resistance) załamanie się nt; (of marriage, system) rozpad m; (of government, company) upadek m; ( MED) zapaść f* * *[kə'læps]1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) zawalić się2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) (u)paść3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) załamać się4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) składać (się)• -
30 come to grief
(to meet disaster; to fail: The project came to grief.) skończyć się niepowodzeniem -
31 come to nothing
(to fail: His plans came to nothing.) wziąć w łeb -
32 come unstuck
1) (to stop sticking: The label has come unstuck.) odkleić się2) (to fail: Our plans have come unstuck.) spalić na panewce -
33 crash
[kræʃ] 1. n 2. vt 3. viplane, car rozbijać się (rozbić się perf); two cars zderzać się (zderzyć się perf); glass, cup roztrzaskiwać się (roztrzaskać się perf); market, firm upadać (upaść perf)to crash into — wpadać (wpaść perf) na +acc
* * *[kræʃ] 1. noun1) (a noise as of heavy things breaking or falling on something hard: I heard a crash, and looked round to see that he'd dropped all the plates.) łomot2) (a collision: There was a crash involving three cars.) kraksa3) (a failure of a business etc: the Wall Street crash.) krach4) (a sudden failure of a computer: A computer crash is very costly.)2. verb1) (to (cause to) fall with a loud noise: The glass crashed to the floor.) runąć z łoskotem2) (to drive or be driven violently (against, into): He crashed (his car); His car crashed into a wall.) rozbijać, wjeżdżać3) ((of aircraft) to land or be landed in such a way as to be damaged or destroyed: His plane crashed in the mountains.) rozbijać się4) ((of a business) to fail.) upadać5) (to force one's way noisily (through, into): He crashed through the undergrowth.) pchać się6) ((of a computer) to stop working suddenly: If the computer crashes, we may lose all our files.)3. adjective(rapid and concentrated: a crash course in computer technology.) przyspieszony- crash-land -
34 disappoint
[dɪsə'pɔɪnt]vtrozczarowywać (rozczarować perf), zawodzić (zawieść perf)* * *[disə'point](to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of: London disappointed her after all she had heard about it.) rozczarować- disappointing
- disappointment -
35 disobey
[dɪsə'beɪ]vt* * *[disə'bei](to fail or refuse to do what is commanded: He disobeyed my orders not to go into the road; He disobeyed his mother.) nie usłuchać- disobedient
- disobediently -
36 dissatisfy
(to fail to satisfy or to displease: The teacher was dissatisfied with the pupil's work.) wywoływać niezadowolenie -
37 doom
[duːm] 1. nfatum nt2. vt* * *[du:m] 1. noun(fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one): The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.) los, przeznaczenie2. verb(to condemn; to make certain to come to harm, fail etc: His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment; The project was doomed to failure; He was doomed from the moment he first took drugs.) skazywać -
38 fall by the wayside
((of projects, ideas etc) to be abandoned; to fail.) zostać zarzuconym -
39 fall down
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40 fall flat
((especially of jokes etc) to fail completely or to have no effect: Her joke fell flat.) nie wypalić, nie odnieść skutku
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