Phrasal Verbs 1

Question 1

ADD UP

Answer 1

Make sense

His evidence just doesn’t add up.

Question 2

ASK AFTER

Answer 2

Dopytywać o kogoś

Jim was asking after you.

Question 3

BACK DOWN

Answer 3

Wycofać się (w kłótni)

Sheila was right, so Paul had to back down.

Question 4

BARGAIN FOR

Answer 4

Brać coś pod uwagę

We hadn’t bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.

Question 5

BEAR sth OUT

Answer 5

Potwierdzić

Helen’s alibi was borne out by her sister.

Question 6

BREAK DOWN

Answer 6

Załamać się (o osobie)
Zepsuć się

David broke down and wept when he heard the news.

Question 7

BREAK OFF

Answer 7

Przestać (rozmawiać)

He broke off to answer the phone.

Question 8

BREAK UP

Answer 8

Zakończyć/zerwać/kończy się…

The party finally broke up at 3.00 am.

Question 9

BRING sth ABOUT

Answer 9

Powodować

The crisis was brought about by Brenda’s resignation.

Question 10

BRING sth OFF

Answer 10

Coś się udało/sfinalizować coś pomyślnie

The team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it off.

Question 11

BRING sth ON

Answer 11

Zapoczątkować (chorobę)

Sitting in the damp brought on his rheumatism.

Sprowadzać komuś kłopoty

You have brought this on/upon yourself.

Question 12

BRING sth ROUND

Answer 12

Przekonać do czyjegoś punktu widzenia

After much discussion, I brought the committee round to my point of view.

Question 13

BRING sth UP

Answer 13

Wspominać
Nadmieniać

I feel I ought to bring up another small matter.

Question 14

BRING sb UP

Answer 14

Wychowywać kogoś

Question 15

CARRY sth OFF

Answer 15

Sfinalizować pomyślnie mimo problemów

Jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off.

Question 16

CARRY OUT

Answer 16

Complete a plan

The attack was succesfully carried out.

Question 17

CATCH ON

Answer 17

Stać się w modzie (modne) 
#informal

This new hair style is beginning to catch on.

Question 18

COME ABOUT

Answer 18

Wydarzyć się

Let me explain how the situation came about.

Question 19

COME DOWN TO

Answer 19

Sprowadzać się do czegoś (be in the end a matter of)

It all comes down to whether you are prepared to accept less money.

Question 20

COME IN FOR

Answer 20

Przyjmować krytykę (napotkać się na dużo krytyki ze strony kogoś)

The government has come in for a lot of criticism over the decision.

Question 21

COME OFF

Answer 21

Coś się udało

I’m afraid that deal didn’t come off after all.

Question 22

COME OUT

Answer 22

Pojawiać się

All the flowers have come out.
When the news came out, everyone was shocked.
Kate’s new book comes out next month.

Question 23

COME UP

Answer 23

Pojawiać się (o problemie)
#informal

Look, sth has come up (wyskoczyło), and I can’t meet you.

Question 24

COME UP AGAINST

Answer 24

Natknąć się na trudność, problem

We’ve come up against a bit of problem.

Question 25

COME UP TO

Answer 25

Spełnić oczekiwania The play didn’t come up to expectations.

Question 26

COME UP WITH

Answer 26

Wpaść na pomysł (answer, plan, solution) We still haven’t come up with a solution to the problem.

Question 27

COUNT ON

Answer 27

Polegać na Don’t worry, you can count on me.

Question 28

COME ACROSS

Answer 28

Natknąć się When I was tidying up my attic, I came across my parents’ photos from childhood.

Question 29

CROP UP

Answer 29

``` Coś niespodziewanie się przydarzyło #informal ``` I can’t come to your party, sth has cropped out.