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1 let down
vttyre spuszczać (spuścić perf) powietrze z +gen; person zawodzić (zawieść perf); dress podłużać (podłużyć perf)to let one's hair down ( fig) — wyluzowywać się (wyluzować się perf) (inf)
* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) opuścić, spuścić2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) zawieść3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) spuścić powietrze z4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) podłużyć, wypuścić -
2 cool down
vi* * *1) (to make or become less warm: Let your food cool down a bit!) stygnąć, studzić2) (to make or become less excited or less emotional: He was very angry but he's cooled down now.) opanowywać się, ochłonąć -
3 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) uspokajać się2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) układać się, usadawiać3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) zabierać się poważnie do -
4 damp down
1) (to make (a fire) burn more slowly.) tłumić2) (to reduce, make less strong: He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm.) ostudzić, zmniejszyć -
5 pin down
vt ( fig)to pin sb down (to sth) — zmuszać (zmusić perf) kogoś do zajęcia stanowiska (w jakiejś sprawie)
there's something strange here but I can't quite pin it down — coś tu jest dziwnego, ale nie potrafię (dokładnie) powiedzieć, co
* * *(to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise: I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.) wymusić na, wyciągnąć z -
6 boil down to
sprowadzać się (sprowadzić się perf) do +gen* * *(to amount to; to indicate as a final analysis or judgement: It all boils down to money; What it boils down to is that you have to make a choice between family and career.) sprowadzać się do czegoś -
7 calm down
1. vt 2. vi* * *(to make or become calm: He tried to calm her down by giving her some brandy; Calm down!) uspokajać się -
8 take down
vt( write down) notować (zanotować perf), zapisywać (zapisać perf); ( dismantle) rozbierać (rozebrać perf)* * *(to make a note or record of: He took down her name and address.) zapisywać -
9 flag down
past tense, past participle - flagged; verb (to wave at (a car etc) in order to make it stop: We flagged down a taxi.) zatrzymywać -
10 get down
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11 play down
vtpomniejszać (pomniejszyć perf) znaczenie +gen* * *(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) pomniejszać -
12 slow down/up
(to make or become slower: The police were warning drivers to slow down; The fog was slowing up the traffic.) zmniejszać szybkość, zwalniać -
13 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) utrzeć (komuś) nosaEnglish-Polish dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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14 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) utrzeć (komuś) nosaEnglish-Polish dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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15 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) utrzeć (komuś) nosaEnglish-Polish dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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16 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) utrzeć (komuś) nosaEnglish-Polish dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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17 tone down
vt* * *(to make or become softer, less harsh etc: He toned down some of his criticisms.) łagodzić, łagodnieć -
18 quieten
['kwaɪətn] 1. vi ( BRIT)(also: quieten down) ( grow calm) uspokajać się (uspokoić się perf); ( grow silent) cichnąć, ucichać (ucichnąć perf)2. vt* * *1) ((often with down) to make or become quiet: I expect you to quieten down when I come into the classroom.) uspokoić (się)2) (to remove or lessen (a person's fears, doubts etc).) uciszyć -
19 crack
[kræk] 1. n( noise) trzask m; ( gap) szczelina f, szpara f; ( in bone) pęknięcie nt; (in wall, dish) pęknięcie nt, rysa f; ( joke) kawał m; ( drug) crack m; ( inf) ( attempt)2. vtto have a crack (at sth) — próbować (spróbować perf) swoich sił (w czymś)
whip, twig trzaskać (trzasnąć perf) +instr; knee etc stłuc ( perf); nut rozłupywać (rozłupać perf); problem rozgryzać (rozgryźć perf); code łamać (złamać perf)Phrasal Verbs:- crack up3. adjathlete, expert pierwszorzędny; regiment elitarnyto get cracking ( inf) — zabierać się (zabrać się perf) do roboty
* * *[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) pękać, powodować pęknięcie2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozłupywać3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) trzaskać4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) opowiadać5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) pruć6) (to solve (a code).) łamać7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) łamać się2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) pęknięcie2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) szpara3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) trzask4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) cios5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) żart6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) wyśmienity- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
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20 break
[breɪk] 1. pt broke, pp broken, vtPhrasal Verbs:- break in- break up2. vicrockery, glass tłuc się (stłuc się perf), rozbijać się (rozbić się perf); weather przełamywać się (przełamać się perf); storm zrywać się (zerwać się perf); story, news wychodzić (wyjść perf) na jaw3. nthe day was about to break when … — świtało, gdy …
to break the news to sb — przekazywać (przekazać perf) komuś (złą) wiadomość
to break even — wychodzić (wyjść perf) na czysto or na zero
to break with sb — zrywać (zerwać perf) z kimś
to break open — door wyważać (wyważyć perf); safe otwierać (otworzyć perf)
to take a break — ( for a few minutes) robić (zrobić perf) sobie przerwę; ( have a holiday) brać (wziąć perf) wolne
* * *[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) łamać2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) odłamać3) (to make or become unusable.) rozbić, zepsuć (się)4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) zerwać, nie dotrzymać5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) pobić6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) przerwać7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) skończyć, przerwać8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) przekazać, wyjść na jaw9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) załamywać się10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) osłabić11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) zaczynać się2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) przerwa2) (a change: a break in the weather.) zmiana3) (an opening.) wyrwa, przerwa4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) szansa•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) rzeczy łatwo tłukące się- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it
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