CAE VERBS Flashcards
Alert
Ostrzegać
Neighbours quickly alerted the emergency services.
Warn
Advocate
Support sth publicly
Appeal for
(epil)
Prosić o coś
Community leaders appealed for calm
Appeal to
Podobać się komuś
The design has to appeal to all ages and social groups
Carry sth out
Do sth you have said you will do or have been asked to do
Carry out a promise/a threat/a plan/an order
Extensive tests have been carried out on the patient.
Customise
Dostosować do czyichś potrzeb
You can customise the software in several ways
Contain
Powstrzymać, zawierać
She was unable to contain her excitement
This drink doesn’t contain any alcohol
Differ
Różnić się
A differs from B
A and B differ (from each other)
Differ in sth
The twins look alike, but they differ in temperament
Draft
Pisać roboczą wersję
Estimate
Szacować
Evaluate
Szacować, oceniać
Empathise with
Empefajz
Wczuwać się
To understand someone’s feelings and experiences, especially because you have been in a similar situation
She’s too mean to empathize with you
Entail
Intejl
Wiązać się z, wymagać
The job entails a lot of hard work
It will entail driving long hours at night
Endorse
Indors
Popierać, lansować
I wonder how many celebrities actually use the products they endorse
Ensure
Inszur
Upewniać, gwarantować
We are working to ensure the safety of people in the city
Gulp sth (down)
Swallow large amounts of food or drink quickly
Breathe quickly and deeply because you need more air
He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out
Keith swam to the surface and gulped for air
Hit the brakes
Hamować
Plead (with sb to do sth)/(with sb for sth)/(to do sth)
Plid
Ask sb for sth in a very strong and serious way
Beg
She pleaded with him not to go
I was forced to plead for my child’s life
Pleading eyes
He pleaded to be allowed to see her
Inundate
Inandejt
Zawalać, zasypać
Give or send sb so many things that they cannot deal with them all
She’s inundated with work at the moment
Overwhelm, swamp
Indicate
Wskazywać, oznaczać
Initial tests indicate the presence of oxygen
Induce
Skłaniać, powodować, wywoływać
Darkness and silence may induce sleep
Nothing would induce me to take the job
Join sth together
Łączyć
Keep hold of sth/sb
Trzymać, zatrzymać
She kept hold of his arm
Launch
Loncz
Rozpocząć, wprowadzać, wypuszczać na rynek
Police have launched an investigation into the incident
The new series launches in July
Make a pit stop
Zrobić postój
Stop at a store or station to use the bathroom and buy food/drinks
Merge
Zmieniać pas
To move from one lane to another
Overlook
Fail to see or notice sth (miss)
I must have overlooked this part of the exam
Wychodzić na (widokiem)
A restaurant overlooking the lake
Our house overlooks the sea
Overload sb with sth
Przeciążać, przeładować
He’s overloaded with responsibilities
An overloaded truck
Overwork
Przepracowywac się/kogoś
She overworks her staff
Outline
Nakreślać, szkicować, wyznaczać
Sketch
He outlined his plan to leave the city
Plough
Plał
Orać
Retrieve
Ritriw
Odzyskać, uratować
Recover
Strike
Struck
Uderzać, atakować, strajkować
The ship struck a rock
The child ran into the road and was struck by a car
The tree was struck by lightning
Skim
Przebiec wzrokiem
I skimmed the list until I found my name
Skim through/over sth
He skimmed through the article trying to find his name
Skim-read
You may skim-read this article if you’re short of time
Seize
Siz
Chwytać, zdobywać
She tried to seize the gun from him
Grab
Slam on the brakes
Gwałtownie hamować
I slammed on the brakes when I saw a child run in front of my car
Write sth in longhand
Pisać odręcznie
I prefer to write my work down in longhand first
