Phrasal Verbs 2

Question 1

DO AWAY WITH

Answer 1

1. pozbyć się czegoś(=abolish=unieważniać,likwidować)

Dog licences have been done away with.

2. zabić, zamordować #colloquial

What if they do away with the old man?

Question 2

DO sth UP

Answer 2

1. zapinać

Do up your coat before you go out.

2. Remontować/odnawiać

My father does up old cars.

3. Dekorować

We are having our living room done up.

Question 3

DRAW UP

Answer 3

1. Zatrzymać się

A white sports car drew up outside the door.

2. Sporządzić (np. dokument)

The contract is being drawn up at the moment.

Question 4

DROP IN/BY

Answer 4

Wpaść do kogoś/odwiedzić

Drop in any time you’re passing.
Drop in/by to see me.

Question 5

DROP OFF

Answer 5

colloquial

Zasnąć/odlecieć

The baby has just dropped off.

Question 6

END UP

Answer 6

Skończyć/wylądować (in a certain way, place)

We ended up staying there for lunch.
The car ended up in a ditch.

Question 7

FACE UP TO

Answer 7

Stawić czemuś czoło (esp. responsibilities)

You have to face up to your responsibilities.

Question 8

FALL ABOUT

Answer 8

Roześmiać się #colliquial

Everyone fell about when Jane told her joke.

Question 9

FALL BACK ON

Answer 9

Użyć ostatniej deski ratunku

If the worst comes to the worst, we’ve got our savings to fall back on.

Question 10

FALL FOR

Answer 10

colloquial

1. Być oszukanym/nabrać się

It was unlikely story but he fell for it.

2. Zakochać się

I fell for you at the moment I saw you.

Question 11

FALL OUT WITH

Answer 11

Pokłócić się z…

Peter has fallen out with his boss.

Question 12

FALL THROUGH

Answer 12

Skończyć się fiaskiem (coś się nie udało)

The plan fell through at the last minute.

Question 13

FEEL UP TO

Answer 13

Czuć się na siłach, by coś zrobić

Old Mr Smith didn’t feel up to walking all that way.

Question 14

FOLLOW UP

Answer 14

1. Postępować wg instrukcji/podążać za sugestią

Thanks for the information about that book. I’ll follow it up.

2. Kontynuować

We’ll follow up this lesson next week.

Question 15

GET sth ACROSS

Answer 15

Być zrozumianym

I had the feeling I wasn’t getting my meaning across.

Question 16

GET AT

Answer 16

Sugerować coś (esp. personal matters)

What are you getting at exactly? (O co Ci chodzi?)

Question 17

GET sb DOWN

Answer 17

Dołować kogoś

This cold weather really gets me down.

Question 18

GET DOWN TO

Answer 18

Zacząć coś na poważnie

It’s time we get down to some real work. (Zabierzmy się do pracy.)

Question 19

GET OFF

Answer 19

1. Ujść płazem/wymigać się bezkarnie (=get away with sth)

Susan was punished but Alice got off.
They were lucky to get off with such light sentences.

2. Wysiadać z autobusu, pociągu

Question 20

GET ON

Answer 20

1. Wsiadać do pociągu, autobusu
2. Dogadywać się
3. Make progress - esp. in life

How are you getting on? (Jak Ci idzie?)
Sue is getting on very well in her new job.

Question 21

GET ON FOR

Answer 21

Osiągnąć/zbliżać się (do jakiegoś wieku, czasu, numeru)

He must be getting on for seventy.

Question 22

GET OVER

Answer 22

1. Być zdziwionym

I couldn’t get over how well she looked.

2. Dojść do siebie po chorobie

Question 23

GET sth OVER WITH

Answer 23

Skończyć z czymś/coś robić (usually unpleasant)

I’ll be glad to get this awful business over with.

Question 24

GET ROUND TO

Answer 24

Zabrać się do robienia czegoś

Sorry, but I haven’t got round to fixing the tap yet.

Question 25

GET UP TO

Answer 25

Zmierzać do czegoś złego, knuć (esp. children), do sth The children are getting up to sth in the garden. What have you been getting up to lately?