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abandon (oneself) to

to give oneself to something (a feeling) or someone completely; oddawać się (czemuś, komuś), pogrążać się w czymś). He abandoned himself to grief after his wife's death.

abbreviate to

to make (a word) shorter; skaracać do."Monday" is often abbreviated to "Mon".

abet in

to help to do something (usually wrong); wspomagać, współdziałać. They must have been abetted in the robbery.

abound with

to be full of something; obfitować w coś. Her writings abound with weird metaphors.

abscond from

to leave a place secretly; zbiec, uciec. She planned to abscond from the city.

absent (oneself) from

to be not present, to not attend; być nieobecnym, nie przyjść. She tends to absent herself from lectures.

abstain from

to refrain from, to prevent oneself from doing something, to avoid doing something; powstrzymywać się od, unikać. After the incident he decided to abstain from alcohol.

abstract from (1)

to separate, to take some part of something from the bigger whole; oddzielać od, odrywać od, wydzielać z, wyjmować z. This article must have been abstracted from a book.

abstract from (2)

to steal from; ukraść z. Burglars abstracted the jewellery from the drawer.

acquaint with

to become familiar with; zapoznawać się z, zaznajamiać się z. They ought to acquaint themselves with the terms and conditions of the contract.

acquit of

to state that someone is not guilty of something; uniewinniać, oczyszczać z zarzutów. He was acquitted of the crime.

act as

zastępować coś lub kogoś, pełnić czyjeś funkcje, obowiązki (not entirely a phrasal verb) Could you act as my deputy while I am in Germany?

act for

to represent someone, to do what someone else is responsible for; działać w czyimś imieniu, występować w czyimś imieniu. On this case Mr Black will act for you.

act like

zachowywać się jak coś, ktoś. I don't like Andrew. He acts like an idiot.

act on/upon

postępować według czyichś wskazówek, sugestii działać na coś, reagować z czymś. You should act on/upon your teachers'advice! Rust won't act on/upon your car's body if you cover it with zinc.

act up

źle się zachowywać (o człowieku) nie działać prawidłowo (o maszynie) doskwierać wykonywać przez jakiś czas pracę ważniejszą niz zazwyczaj (bryt.) This child acts up every evening.

adapt for

to make something suit something; adaptować na potrzeby (czegoś). It was difficult to adapt the novel for the cinema.

add to

powiększyć, pogłębić (problemy, nastrój, uczucia). This information added to our sadness.

add together

to make a total, to sum up everything; zsumować wszystko razem. You haven't added all the figures together. Something is missing.

add up/together

dodać, zsumować mieć sens, tworzyć logiczną całość (w tym znaczeniu nie używamy "together"!) I'll let you know how much we have to pay when I add these bills up/together. I don't understand our government's decisions. They really don't add up.

address as

to call/ name sb in a particular way; tytułować (kogoś), zwracać się. You mustn't forget to address him as Mr. Quine, you're not on first_name terms with him.

address to

to direct to, to aim sth at sb; adresować do, kierować do. Was the remark addressed to me?

adhere to

przylegać być wiernym komuś, czemuś. This wallpaper doesn't adhere to the wall very well. I adhere to my wife

adjust to

to make something fit, to get used to something; dopasowywać, dostosowywać (się), dostrajać. Sheila found it terribly hard to adjust to the rest of the group.

advance on

to move towards and cause threat; nacierać na, najeżdżać. The enemy advanced on the city.

advert to

to talk about, to mention; przywoływać, wspominać o (czymś), nawiązywać do. The spokesman adverted to the recent discussion concerning the company's new policy.

advertise for

to try to get, buy, hire, employ by means of adverts in papers; poszukiwać za pomocą ogłoszeń. We've been advertising for a cleaner for months.

advise about

to give advice concerning something in particular; doradzać w (sprawie). The expert will advise you about this purchase.

advise on

to give advice concerning something in particular; doradzać w (sprawie), radzić. You should have advised him on the choice of school.

agree on

to have the same opinion abot something, to make a decision about; zgadzać się na, zgadzać się w jakiejś sprawie, kwestii, uzgodnić. Have you finally agreed on your holiday this year?

agree with

to have the same opinion as someone else; to be the same as something; zgadzać się z (kimś, czymś). I must say I agree with your mother.

air out

to let fresh air in; wietrzyć (pomieszczenie). She smokes a lot and never airs the room out- it's awful!

allow for

to consider; brać pod uwagę, uwzględniać. Allowing for a possible delay, we should be there by midnight.

allow out/ through

to let someone walk out/ through before you; przepuścić kogoś np. w drzwiach. That funny guy allowed me out and then he demanded that I say "thank you very much".

answer back

to answer rudely; niegrzecznie odpowiadać, pyskować. Don't answer back to your mother.

answer for

to be responsible for; odpowiadać za coś. Don't expect me to answer for what happened.

apply for

ubiegać się o

arm (oneself) for

to get ready or prepared for something; przygotowywać się do czegoś. We'd better arm ourselves for meeting Tom.

arrive at

to reach a place or decision, solution, etc.; dotrzeć, osiągnąć, dojść do, podjąć (np. decyzję). It proved impossible to reach a reasonable decision.

arrive in

to reach a destination; przybyć, dotrzeć. Magda arrived in Holland about seven years ago.

ask after

pytać się o kogoś (o zdrowie, samopoczucie). Mark asked after you.

ask around

pytać różnych, przypadkowych ludzi np. na ulicy w celu uzyskania informacji lub pomocy. None of us know where Krakowska street is. Let's ask around.

ask back

to invite someone you visited first; zaprosic kogoś (na rewizytę). The Robinsons' visit was torture, but what shall we do once they ask us back?

ask for

pytać o kogoś (chcąc z nim porozmawiać lub spotkać się) prosić do telefonu, prosić się (o kłopoty etc.) Ann asked for you because she had something important to tell you.

ask in

poprosić kogoś aby wszedł do czyjegoś domu. I didn't want him to stand in the rain so I asked him in.

ask out

zaprosić kogoś na romantyczne spotkanie. poprosić kogoś o chodzenie ze sobą, bycie parą. I've got a date today. I asked out my classfriend to a restaurant.

ask over

to invite; zapraszać. I asked Ann over for tea and we had a nice chat together.

ask over/round

zaprosić kogoś do siebie do domu (najczęściej na obiad lub inne spotkanie). We haven't seen Peter for so long. Let's ask him over/round to dinner.

assail with

to attack with; rzucić się z czymś (na kogoś), zaatakować czymś. She was actually assailed with insults.

assent to

to agree to, to give consent; zatwierdzać, sankcjonować, zgadzać się, wyrażać zgodę. They have not assented to the terms.

assign to

to (formally) give something to someone; wyznaczać, przydzielać, przeznaczać. I don't think he's going to assign his property to his son.

assimilate with

to gradually become similar to or identical with a group of people in terms of language, customs, beliefs; asymilować się z. Their family found it difficult to assimilate with the community.

assist at

to help with somehing, often as one's job; asystować w, asystować przy. Kelly will assist at an operation for the very first time.

attune to

to become used to, to make sth suit; dostroić/ dopasować/ dostosować (się) do. Your father will never attune to the way of living you suggest.

avail of

to take an opportunity, to make use of a chance; korzystać z. I admire Maggie for the way she avails herself of every single chance to learn something new.

awake from

to stop sleeping; obudzić się (ze snu). The worst thing about the nightmare was that I couldn't awake from it for ages.

awe into

to make someone fear something or respect something so that they are e.g. obedient; zatrwożyc, zmusić, zastraszyć. The emperor awed the people into obedience.

babble out

to spill the beans, to tell a secret hastily, to speak quickly and not clearly; paplać, wypaplać. She'll babble out anything you tell her

back away

to move back, usually in order to alow space; cofać się. The people backed away to let them pass through.

back away from

to withdraw, to give up; wycofać się z (w obawie). I was disappointed whan they all decided to back away from our plan.

back down

cofnąć się. wycofać się z wcześniejszego zdania, opinii. Back down, I can't open the door.

back off

cofnąć się. Back off, I can't open the door.

back out

cofnąć się (zob. back down (1)/off/up) wycofać się (z obietnicy) Back out, I can't open the door.

back up

cofnąć się, cofnąć samochód, popierać kogoś, zrobić kopię zapasową plików (komp.), tamować ruch (traffic backs up=tworzy się korek), zacisnąć węzeł, zatkać wąskie przejście (np. rurę), przygotować się lub zacząć biec w celu wsparcia partnera (w krykiecie),ściskać się (najczęsciej o pojazdach, ludziach), gromadzić (wodę), wydrukować coś na drugiej stronie kartki powtórzyć coś szybko, nagle badger into -to persuade someone into (doing something) in a very annoying way, by asking them continuously

bail out (1)

to pay money for someone in order to set them free; wpłacić kaucję za kogoś. His family won't bail him out so easily.

bail out (2)

to help somebody in order to save them from trouble; wybawić z trudnej sytuacji, pomagać komuś (potoczne). Do you expect your friends to bail you out whenever you're in the red?

ball sb up

to confuse someone; zmylić kogoś (potoczne). She was so convincing, her lies balled me up.

band against

to form a union in order to oppose (someone, something); złączyć się przeciw (komuś, czemuś), zjednoczyć siły. We've got to band against the enemy.

bandage up

to wrap with a piece of bandage; zabandażować. The nurse has bandaged up his wound.

bank on

polegać na kimś, liczyć na coś. I bank on your help to paint the house.

bash in

wyłamać coś, rozwalić (np. drzwi). The policemen bashed in the door.

bash on

kontynuować robienie czegoś źle, trwać w błędzie. Despite her mother's advice she bashed on feeding her baby with indigestible meals.

be about / around

to move around a place, to travel; być, przebywać, podróżować We've been around the town today.

be down (1)

to be reduced; zmniejszać się, spadać. The prices of dairy products should be down next month.

be down (2)

to come downstairs; schodzić na dół. Is Tom down yet? Breakfast is ready.

be down (3)

to be written down; zostać zapisanym. Make sure everything she says is down on paper.

be down on

to be quick to find fault, mistake, etc.; winić, czepiać się (kogoś, czegoś). The teacher was down on Sally again.

be down with

to come down with; to be ill; zapaść na, zachorować na. Jimmy was down with flu last week, so he couldn't help us.

be for

to approve of, to support; popierać, być za. She said she was for the plan.

be into

to be interested in something; interesować się czymś, zacząć się czymś interesować. They're really into pop music.

be off

about food: to be spoiled; zepsuć się (o żywności. Oh, it smells! The meat must be off!

be on

to be shown on the television, at the cinema, etc.; być (w telewizji, w kinie), być granym, lecieć (w (w telewizji). What's on tonight?

be over

if something is over, it is finished; skończyć się, zakończyć się. When the rain was over, we went for a walk.

beat down

grzać, palić (o słońcu) wytargować niższą cenę. The sun beat down when we were in Tunisia.

beat off

odeprzeć atak. Our army beat off their attack without any problems

beat out

to make or write something quickly, hurriedly and with little effort; sklecić coś naprędce, napisać na kolanie. Mathew gets good marks even if he beats out his works.

beat up

ciężko pobić. They took my brother to hospital because he had been beaten up by some drunken boys.

beat up on

to blame yourself too much; przesadnie się obwiniać. Don't beat up on yourself like that.

belt out

to sing very loudly; wyśpiewywać na cały głos; odśpiewywać. The audience belted out the star's greatest hit.

blast off

wystartować, odpalić (o rakiecie, statku kosmicznym). Which year did Apollo II blast off?

blast out

wydobywać się (dźwięki, muzyka). Music was blasting out from the loudspeaker whole the night.

blaze up

to start burning again; to become angry, violent, etc.; zapłaonąć, wybuchnąć płomieniem; wybuchnąć (gniewem, etc.) Simon blazed up when he heard the news.

blaze with

to blush; zaczerwienić się (od gniewu). Sheila blazed with anger when Jim appeared at her door.

blow out

zdmuchnąć (ogień, świeczkę) She blew out the candle for it started to dawn.

blow over

to become quiet, to become less bothersome or important; ucichnąć, rozejść się po kościach. Don't worry, it's going to blow over sooner than you think.

blow up

wybuchnąć, eksplodować, wysadzić, nadmuchać, napełnić powietrzem/gazem, wybuchnąć gniewem, powiększyć zdjęcie, zganić, nakrzyczeć na kogoś, pojawić się nagle z dużą siłą (sztorm). Hamilton's house has blown up. They are checking if it wasn't a terrorist attack.

blow up at

to get angry with; wściec się na (kogoś). He just blew up at me!

bludgeon into

to try to force someone to do something, to threaten somebody; zmuszać; zmuszać przy użyciu gróźb. They simply bludgeoned us into keeping our mouth shut.

bluff into

to talk someone into something by pretending; nabierać. She's too clever to be bluffed into believing that you're absolutely innocent.

bluff out

to make someone believe that you did not lie by continuing to do so; okłamać, że się nie kłamało, blefem"dowieść" swojej uczciwości. Don't try to bluff out the lie.

blunder around

to grope in the dark, to move unsteadily; iść po omacku. We were blundering around in the dark corridor.

blunder away

to waste something, usually because of lack of skill or efficient action; zmarnować coś (przez nieudolność). The sad truth is they have blundered the opportunity away.

blunder into

to arrive somewhere by a stupid mistake, to get in a difficult position or situation; popełnić poważny błąd i znaleźć się w trudnej sytuacji lub nieoczekiwanym miejscu; zabrnąć. The vehicle blundered into a boggy area.

blunder out

to say something stupid; palnąć coś bezmyślnie. You know how I feel about what I blundered out to Tina.

blurt out

to say something without thinking, eg. a secret; wygadać się, wypaplać. Kathy blurted out the secret and the whole plan failed.

blush for

to become red in the face because of something shameful; to be ashemed of; rumienić się ze wstydu, wstydzić się za. Don't make me blush for your lies.

board out

to place (a child) at a boarding school; umieścić (dziecko) w internacie. Their difficult decision to board their son out was an act of despair.

board over

to cover with pieces of wood; zabijać deskami. She decided to board the small window over.

bob up

to suddenly appear; pojawiać się ni stąd ni zowąd. A stranger's head bobbed up from behind the fence.

boil down

to cook so that the food becomes smaller in quantity; to become smaller as a result of cooking; wygotowywać, wygotowywać się. Boil the sauce down so that it becomes thick enough.

boil up

to grow, to become strong and hard to control; wrzeć, narastać, doprowadzać do stanu wrzenia. Anger boiled up in her as she was listening to his cruel accusations.

book in

to arrange a period of time spent at a hotel or another place; zabukować (pobyt gdzieś). I will book you in at the same hotel as year ago, is that ok with you?

book on

to buy tickets or make sure they will be left for you to buy for a journey; zabukować (przelot, bilet kolejowy, etc. She's booked herself on the 11.30 flight.

boot out

to fire someone, to make someone leave a place, job, etc. permanently; wylać, wyrzucić, wykopać. It's not true she booted her boyfriend out

bore through

to get through something with difficulty; przebijać się, przeciskać się. He didn't manage tor bore through the crowd.

bottle up

tłumić, skrywać (uczucia). Don't bottle up your feelings! Just tell her that you love her!.

bowl along

to move quickly, to move forward; jechać szybko, mknąć, szybko posuwać się naprzód. Work bowls along with capable students.

brace up

to make feel stronger, to cheer up; wzmocnić, rozweselać. This trip will brace you up.

branch off

to make or be a branch of something; odgałęziać się, skręcać. The road branches off down the hill.

branch out into

to do something different apart from one's casual business; rozszerzac swoją działalność o. They finally decided to branch out into refining scrap material.

break away

to get away; uciekać, wydostać się. The prisoners broke away last night.

break down

zepsuć się, wyważyć, wyłamać (drzwi etc.), załamać się, ulec przerwaniu (rozmowy, negocjacje), załamać się (psychicznie, nerwowo) analizować. We had to get there by taxi because our car had broken down.

break in

włamać się, wtrącić się (do rozmowy) "rozchodzić", ubierać ubranie lub buty aż będą pasować. We were on the party when the thieves broke in.

break into

włamać się do, wtrącać się do, zjeść zapasy, zacząć coś nagle. They broke into Mike's office and stole all the computers. He broke into our conversation.

break off

zerwać (kontakty, zaręczyny etc.) oderwać, złamać coś. Mary isn't Mark's fiancee anymore. The broke off the engagement two days ago.

break out

break out wybuchnąć (wojna, panika), uciec (z więzienia), pokryć się (rdzą, wysypką). Do you think that World War III will ever break out?

break up

łamac, rozbijać na kawałkir, ozpaść się (o małżeństwie), zakończyć się, stracić panowanie nad sobą, albo spowodować utratę panowania, wybuchnąć smiechem albo spowodować wybuch śmiechu (slang), być zamkniętym na czas wakacji (o szkole) They broke the wood up and put it into the fire.

break with

zerwac stosunki, relacje, zaniechać czegoś, zerwać z, odejść od (np. tradycje, zwyczaje) He broke with the organisation for he didn't agree on many thing it was propagating.

breathe in

to take in by breathing; wdychać. No wonder cancer has become so common look at the smog we're all breathing in every day.

breathe of

to say about something that was supposed to be a secret; szepnąć o czymś, wygadać się, pisnąć słówko. You can trust me, I won't breathe a word of it.

breathe out

to let air out of your lungs; wydychać. Breathe out slowly before you take the medicine.

breeze along

to move quickly past something; przemknąć. He just breezed along so I couldn't talk to him.

bridle up

to become offended; obrazić sie. Sally bridled up when it turned out we had cheated her.

brim over (with)

przelewać się, być przepełnionym the boil was brimming over with water.

bring about

spowodowac. His thoughtlessness brought about this accident.

bring back

to give back, to return something to the owner; zwracać (coś komuś). I’ll be really angry if she doesn’t bring my books back soon.

bring down

przewrócić, obalić coś, kogoś we couldn't get this way for the storm had brought down many trees.

bring forward

przedstawić, zaprezentować, poruszyć (temat dyskusji, sugestię, propozycję itp.) przyspieszyć, przełozyć na wcześniejszy termin. You should have brought this topic forward at the previous meeting, then they'd have had more time to consider your suggestion.

bring in

wprowadzic (towar, prawo, podatki), przyniesc zyski, korzysci oglosic werdykt, poprosic o wykonanie okreslonej pracy A new tax relief was brought in. This company brought him in millions of dollars.

bring off

osiagnąć określony cel, uratować, umożliwić ucieczkę, wysiedzieć, doprowadzić do wyklucia się piskląt. How did he manage to bring it off?

bring on

prowadzić do, doprowadzać do

bring on

spowodować coś, zwłaszcza złego czy nieprzyjemnego wprowadzić kogoś. Her anorexia was brought on by her maniacal desire to lose weight.

bring out

opublikować, wydać, ujawniła, wyjawić, odsłonić, spowodować, by osoba b. nieśmiała stała się bardziej otwarta, spowodować, by ktoś pokrył się wysypką, plamami itp. uwydatnić, uwidocznić. Have you already brought your last book out?

bring over

przekonać do swojego zdania, wierzenia przekonać do przejścia na inną "stronę", do zmiany osoby darzonej oddaniem. Their organisation was founded to bring people over to Christianity.

bring round/around

przekonać, ocucić The government's main task was to bring people round/around to voting "yes" in the European referendum.

bring through

to save someone's life; ocalić kogoś, uratować życie. I don't know whether this operation can bring her through.

bring to

ocucić. A bucket of cold water should bring him to.

bring together

łączyć, powodować przyjacielskie stosunki. Serious disasters always bring people together.

bring up

wychować, zacząć rozmawiać o czymś, podnieść jakiś temat, zwymiotować coś, podnieść poziom czegoś do określonych wymagań, standardów, spowodować spotkanie, konfrontację. Her parents died but she was brought up by her grandmother to be a good woman.

brush aside

zignorować coś uważając że jest to mało istotne. It's his fault he's unemployed. I told him not to shout at his boss but he brushed my words aside.

brush away

otrzeć (łzy), She brushed the tears away from her son's face and hugged him.

brush by

przejść tuż koło kogoś, szybko, nawet ocierając się o niego. He brushed by me and didn't even say hello!

brush off

zignorować czyjeś słowa, nie mysleć o czymś serio. I was trying to dissuade him from doing that but he brushed off what I said.

brush up

odswieżyc, powtórzyc wiadomości, wiedzę. You should brush up on your French before you go to Paris.

bubble over

kipieć, promieniować (o człowieku)

bubble over

wykipieć, kipieć.(także w przenośni: szczęściem, radością, entuzjazmem) You shouldn't have left the kitchen. All the milk bubbled over.

buckle down

zabrać się do pracy, zabrać się za coś na serio. If you really want to pass this exam you should buckle down and do your exercises.

buckle up

zapiąć pasy bezpieczeństwa. Buckle up, please. There are many holes in this road.

build around

robić coś na jakiejś podstawie, wokół czegoś, w zależnosci od czegoś. The whole story is built around his mother's death.

build in (to)

włączać coś jako część planu. You have to build this meeting into your Wednesday's schedule.

build on

robić, opierać coś na jakiejś podstawie. dobudowywać coś, rozbudowywać. They built this success on previous achievements.

build up

wzrosnąć bądź spowodować wzrost (w ilości, wielkości, sile, natężeniu itp.) rozwijać i polepszać coś, stopniowo stwarzać coś, chwalić kogoś lub coś wzmocnić kogoś po chorobie, przygotowywać się stopniowo na jakąś okazję. This investment has considerably built his income up.

bum about/around/round

obijać się, nic nie robić, włóczyć się, podróżować bez pracy i pieniędzy. Let's go somewhere, I don't want to spend the whole weekend bumming about/around/round.

bum out

denerwować bądź zasmucać. News about his disease really bummed me out.

bump into

wpaść na kogoś, spotkać kogoś nieplanowanie. I bumped into Mark when going home.

bump off

zabić. By coming here at night you risk being bumped off!

bump up

zwiększyć (cenę, rozmiar) o dużą wartość. All inclusive option will bump up the hotel's price by 30 dolars

bunch up

ścisnąć się; przysunąć sie do siebie, żeby zajmowac mniej miejsca pognieść (się). Please bunch up! I want everyone to sit down!

bundle up

związać kilka rzeczy razem ubrac siebie lub kogoś b. ciepło, włozyć b. ciepłe ubrania. I bundled them up not to lose any of them.

buoy up

unosić się, utrzymywać (kogos) na wodzie, podnieść na duchu. The piece of wood buoyed her up.

burn away

to burn (something) till nothing is left; wypalać, wypalać się, dopalać się. The candle burned away.

burn down

spalić/spłonąć. The mob burned his house down.

burn for

(informal) to desire something; (potoczne) palić się do czegoś, być napalonym na coś, bardzo czegoś chcieć. She was burning for a chance to appear in a film.

burn off

spalić tłuszcz, kalorie poprzez ćwiczenia fizyczne usuwać poprzez palenie. I started attending fitness club to burn off fat.

burrow through

to search for; szperać, przeszukiwać. I've burrowed through the closet, but I haven't found the jumper.

bush out

to grow like a bush; rozrosnąć się jak krzak, na boki. The neglected tree bushed out.

bust up

to damage, to spoil; zniszczyć, popsuć. The kids have bust up their new toy.

bustle about / around

move about doing different things that need to be done; krzątać się. "Where's Mary?" "She's bustling about in the house."

bustle up

to hurry, to cause to hurry; pospieszyć, pospieszyć się. Bustle up, everybody, we've got to leave now!

busy with

to be occupied with; zajmować się (czymś), być zajętym, zaprzątniętym (czymś). Grandma always busied herself with all our problems.

butt in

to interrupt, to disturb (a conversation); wtrącać się, przerywać, wcinać się. She's always butting in. I hate it.

butter up

to be unnaturally polite or to praise someone in order to obtain something; podlizywać się. I hate watching him butter up at school.

button up

to fasten something with buttons; zapinać (się) na guziki. Small children sometimes find it hard to button up or do up their shoes.

cadge from

to ask for something; to beg; wyprosić, wyżebrać. She cadged a cigarette from a man at the bus stop.

cage in

to lock in a cage; zamknąć w klatce. Her little son didn't believe the lions were caged in.

call away

to cancel; odwołać. I had to call away the meeting due to my illness.

call by

to pay a visit when passing a given place; wpaść z wizytą będąc w pobliżu, przy okazji. Why don't you call by when you're in town again?

call off

to cancel; odwoływać. The tourist agency called the trip off.

call round

to pay an informal visit; wpaść z wizytą. We decided to call round at his sister's in the evening.

carry about

nosić/mieć przy sobie

carry out

to do or perform something; zrealizować coś, wykonać. I'm afraid she's got too many duties to carry out.

cast about / around for

to be looking for something, to search frantically; gorączkowo czegoś szukać. He cast about for a good answer.

cast aside

to throw away, to get rid of; odrzucać, porzucać. She was unable to cast aside her prejudice.

cast away

to get rid of, to have no relationship any more; odrzucać, wyrzekać się. She cast away her old friends just when her career was beginning.

cast down

to look down; spuszczać wzrok. I remember her standing there, her eyes cast down, her cheeks blushing.

cast off

to get rid of something such as restraints, to take off one's clothes; uwalniać się (np. od ograniczeń), zrzucać (ubranie, buty) He cast off the boots and sat down, absolutaly exhausted.

cast out

to make someone go away, to not accept somebody; wygnać, wypędzić. Sarah was actually cast out by the rest of her family.

cast up

to bring to the shore (of the sea); wyrzucać na brzeg (o morzu). These objects were cast up on the shore yesterday.

catch in

to meet someone (at home); zastać kogoś, złapać kogoś. It was so lucky to catch you in, Mike.

catch on

to gain popularity, to become fashionable; przyjąć się (o modzie itp.), chwytać. Whether a given music style will catch on or not remains, to a certain extent, unpredictible.

catch on to

to take in, to understand; rozumiec, załapywać. I hope he'll catch on to the basics at least.

catch up with

to reach someone who is ahead of you; dogonić. However hard I try, I'll never catch up with them.

charm with

to delight with; to use magic in order to control (someone); oczarować, zaczarować. The musicians charmed the audience with their new song.

chase after

to try to get something with a lot of effort; uganiać się za; ubiegać się o; starać się o. You can't say he was chasing after a job.

chase off

to make sb/sth go away; odganiać, przepędzać. The old man chased off the kids.

chase up

to make (somebody) do something one has been waiting for; ponaglić, pospieszyć. Perhaps you should chase him up a bit?

chat up

to talk to someone in order to make friends with (usually about men trying to make friends with women); zagadywać (kogoś), podrywać zagadując. Stella was sorry to see her husband chatting up young women.

cheat on

to deceive (a wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend); zdradzać (męża, żonę, chłopaka, dziewczynę). He must have been cheating on his wife.

cheek up

to be impolite (to someobody); być niegrzecznym, zachować się niegrzecznie (w stosunku do kogoś). Your son cheeked your neighbour up.

cheer on

to cheer asports team; kibicowac, dopingować. The whole class was cheering on the school football team.

cheer sb up

pocieszać kogoś

cheer up

to makeor become cheerful; rozweselać, rozweselać się, rozchmurzyć się. It's not the end of the world. Come on, why don't you cheer up?

cheer up!

głowa do góry!

chew away

to go on eating; jeść, podjadać, to destroy something with the use of one's teeth; zniszczyc coś zębami, pogryźć coś. I've been chewing away all day and I feel slightly sick.

chew out

to speak angrily to someone, to scold someone; zbesztać kogoś. The teacher chewed me out for being late.

chew over

to consider an issue thoroughly or repeatedly or discuss it; przemyśliwać, rozważać, przedyskutować. I think we need more time to chew the question of the new regulations over.

chisel in

(informal) to become a member of a group or participant of an event without anybody inviting you; (potoczne) wkręcić się(gdzieś) He just chiselled in, nobody had asked him to become a member of our association.

choke down

to swallow with difficulty; to talk out of something; przełykać z trudnością; odradzać. I choked down the pill.

choke off

to stop something; to discourage someone; to scold someone powstrzymywać, zatrzymywć; zniechęcać, ganić. They choked him off for not calling them.

chop sb off

to interrupt somebody; przerwać komuś. He just chopped me off and didn't let me finish.

chuck at

to throw thing at (people, things, etc); rzucać, obrzucać (np. kogoś czymś). The children chucked a ball at a passer_by.

chuck out

to throw away; wywalać, wyrzucać. She chucked out all her old clothes.

chuck together (1)

informal) to gather things in an unorganised way, hurriedly; (potoczne) zbierać do kupy, bezładnie zbierać. I've just chucked together a few most important things.

chuck together (2)

informal) to make a group of people meet; (potoczne) zebrać (grupę ludzi) razem; doprowadzić do spotkania. We were chucked together by the terrible accident.

chum up

(informal) to make friends with; (potoczne) zaprzyjaźnić się, zakumplować się. We chummed up with each other when we were kids.

cipher out

colloquial) to figure out; (potoczne) obmyślić, wymyślić. He said he'd cipher out how to deal with the matter.

clam up

to become and remain silent; milczeć, nie mówić o czymś. I'd told him to clam up, yet he spilled the beans.

clamour for

to demand sth loudly; głośno domagać się czegoś. The students clamoured for an extra re_sit.

clamour sb down

to shout so loud that someone can't be heard or becomes quiet; zagłuszyć kogoś (krzykiem). The single voice against the new policy was clamoured down.

clamp down (on)

to ban, to forbid, to limit someone's activity; zakazywać, powstrzymywać, ograniczać. I heard the ruling party is going to clamp down on smoking in the streets and parks.

clap on

to put on ina hurry (of clothes); narzucić na siebie (ubranie). He clapped on his raincoat and left.

claw back

to get back with effort; odzyskać z trudem. He finally managed to claw his money back.

clean out

to idy by removing things; uprzątnąć, wysprzątać, wyrzucić. I must clean out that room.

clean up

to wash, to tidy; posprzątać, umyć, wyczyścić. I need to clean it up.

clean up after

to clean a place after someone has made it dirty; posprzątać po. The maid had to clean up after all the guests.

clear away

to disappear; to remove; znikać; uprzątnąć; sprzątać ze stołu, Could you help me clear away?

clear out of

to get off; wynosić się, zabierać się, zmywać się. You've got to clear out of here now.

clear up

to become clearer or brighter; to tidy up; przejaśniać się; robić porządki. We'll go for a walk if it clears up.

click for

to be lucky to get something; mieć farta i coś zdobyć, zdobyć coś przez łut szczęścia. She just clicked for that job.

click with

to be understood; "zaskoczyć", zostać zrozumianym. The joke didn't click with Brian.

climb down

to get down with difficulty, e.g. from a mountain; zejść na dół. It wasn't easy to climb down.

climb on

to get onto something high; wspiąć się na. The children climbed on the heap of old wood.

cling onto

to hold to someone/something; uczepic się, przywrzeć. The little girl clung onto her mom.

cling to

to hold sb/sth tight; to stay close to sb/sth; przywierać, opinać. The dress clung to her body.

clip on

to fasten; spinać, upinać (szpilką itp.) You should clip your tie on.

clip out

to cut something out from e.g. a paper; wycinać. I must clip out the picture.

clock off

to register one's departure from work; kończyć dzień pracy; odbijać kartę zegarową (przy wyjściu z pracy). Most of the workers have already clocked off.

clock on

to start work, usually at a regular time; register one's arrival at work; zaczynać pracę, przybijać karte zegarową po przyjściu do pracy. I clocked on before eight today morning.

close down

to stop operating; zamykać, zakończyć działalność, likwidować. My office closed down and I had to start looking for a new job.

cloud up

to become clouded; zachmurzyć się, spochmurnieć. At the sound of his wife's ex-boyfriend, Terry's face clouded up.

clutter up

to put too many things in one place in disorder; zagracać, zaśmiecać. How can you clutter up your mind with such details?

come about

to happen; to start; wydarzyć się, stać się, zacząć się. I don't even know how the whole problem came about.

come across (1)

to find something, usually by chance; znaleźć (przypadkiem), natknąć się na, napotkać. I came across some old photos of yours.

come across (2)

to seem, to make someone think you are a particular kind of person; wydawać się (jakimś), sprawiać wrażenie. She actually comes across as a silly person in this interview.

come apart

to break into pieces; rozpaść się na kawałki. I don’t know how it happened, the cup simply came apart in his hands.

come at

to arrive; to reach; przybyć (dokądś); dosięgnąć, znależć. You should keep the pills where the kids can’t come at them.

come away

to leave; to stop being a part of something; to stop touching (something); odchodzić, wychodzić, wyjeżdżać; odłączać się, odpadać, oderwać się; przestać coś dotykać. Why don’t you come away with us?

come back

to return; powracać, wracać. I hope he'll come back to me one day.

come back to

to remember something; powracać do (wspomnień); przypominać się. I forgot the right verb, but wait a second and I'm sure it will come back to me.

come before

to happen before (an event); to appear more important than someone or something; wydarzyć się przed, następować przed; przewyższać kogoś (np. rangą); być ważniejszym (od czegoś lub kogoś). Sheila acts this way because she believes that well_being of her family comes before her personal aspirations.

come between

to separate (e.g. two animals or people); to happen between; rozdzielać, wchodzić pomiędzy; zdarzyć się pomiędzy (dwoma wydarzeniami). Agnes had to come between the two fighting dogs.

come down with

to become ill (usually not seriously); zachorować (na), zapaść (na chorobę). I’m afraid you’re going to come down with a cold, you’ve been coughing and sneezing.

come from

to be born and bred somewhere; to be from (a country, place); pochodzić z. She comes from Italy.

come into

to enter; to get something after somebody’s death; to have to do with something; wchodzić; wchodzić w posiadanie; być aspektem sytuacji, mieć coś do rzeczy. Anthony’s nephew has come into his property.

come of

to result from; wynikać. Have you ever thought of what will come of your decision?

come on!

no, dalej!; no wiesz!

come out

(about a book or film) to be published or launched, to become available; (o książce lub filmie) ukazać się. I’m so happy her latest novel finally came out!

come out of

to be the result of something; wynikać, być skutkiem. Nothing came out of my talks with my colleagues.

come out with

to mention sth unexpectedly; "wyjść z czymś", niespodziewanie coś powiedzieć. She's always coming out with annoying remarks.

come over

to come at a spot, to arrive; przychodzić, przybywać; podchodzić. Sally came over to greet us.

come up with

to make up (an idea or plan), to suggest (an idea, a solution); wymyślić, obmyśleć; dojść do (wniosku, rozwiązania). After a long discussion we've come up with a solution which might turn out effective.

come upon

to meet someone or come in the reach of sth accidentally; natknąć się, wpaść na kogoś/ cos. When I came upon Jim, he was sort of confused.

comment on

to make a commentary referring to sth; komentować (coś). Would you like to comment on her essay?

communicate about

to talk about, to inform in an effective way; porozumiewać się na (temat). They were unable to communicate about such basic issues.

communicate to

to inform (someone) about somethig; przekazywać coś (komuś), informować (kogoś). I'm not going to communicate the news to others. It's not my job.

communicate with

to speak to someone and be understood; komunikować się z (kimś), porozumiewać się z (kimś). How did you communicate with them?

commute between

to travel regurarly from one place to another and back; dojeżdżać (np. z domu do pracy i z powrotem). She commutes between her home town and the city.

compete in

to take part in a competition; brać udział w zawodach. Our team is competeing in the tornament.

conjure up

wyczarowywać

cool down

to get cooler or calmer; chłodzić, stygnąć, uspokajać się. Cool down a bit, it's all over.

cool off

to become cool; to calm down; ostygnąć; ochłonąć. The vegetables must cool off before you add them to the sauce.

cope with

to deal with; to struggle with; dawać sobie radę; borykać się. Why don't you ever listen to me? I can't cope with that problem and really need your help.

copy down

to copy spmething that someone else has written; przepisać, skopiować. The teacher told us to copy down new English words from the blackboard.

cough down

to make noise by coughing in order to make it impossible for others to hear what someone else is saying; zagłuszyć kogoś kaszlem. The audience coughed him down.

cough out

to say something unwillingly, to confess something after being persuaded to do so; powiedzieć coś niechętnie, po namowach; wydusić coś z siebie. She finally coughed it out and felt relieved.

cough up

to pay for something unwillingly; bulić forsę. Finally he coughed up the cash we needed.

count against

to affect somebody, to make somebody weaker or prone to failure; działać na czyjąś niekorzyść, liczyć się przeciwko komuś. You must be aware of the fact that the deposition of this witness will count against you.

count on

to rely on, to bank on; liczyć na. I know I always can count on my sister.

count up

to count things or people belonging to a certain group; zliczać. The children's task was to count up all the triangles.

cover over

to cover something on the top; przykryć, nakryć. Just cover this bowl over, otherwise the dog will put his nose into it!

cover up

to put a cover (such as clothing) on something; (informal) to hide, to deceive; przykrywać, nakrywać; (potoczne) ukrywać. She tried to cover up her real intentions.

cram in

to pack something or people in somewhere; pakować, upychać. I couldn't cram all the things in the bag.

crash out

to fall asleep; zasnąć, pójść w kimono. They all crashed out very soon.

crawl to

to behave in a humiliating way and without dignity in order to achieve sth; płaszczyć się przed kimś. She's been crawling to her boss.

creep in

to get somewhere without being noticed; to appear unexpectedly; wkraść się, zakraść się. The project turned out a failure when we discovered a serious mistake had crept in.

creep on

to advance slowly but continuously; powoli się zbliżać, skradać się, nadciągać. He said he could feel old age creep on.

creep over

to slowly affect (somebody); nachodzić kogoś (o np. senności), oblecieć kogoś (o np. strachu). Fear crept over the children.

crib from

to copy something dishonestly from someone else or a written source, usually in a test, exam, etc.; ściągać od/z, zrzynać od/z. He cribbed all the answers from another student.

cringe before

to act in a very humble way towards somebody; płaszczyć się przed (kimś). I can't watch them cringe before the boss.

crisp up

to make somethig dry; to become dry; wyschnąć, zeschnąć, wysuszyć. The bread will crisp up if you leave it like this.

crop up

to happen, to occur, usually unexpectedly; to make a mistake; pojawiac się, niespodziewanie się wydarzyć; przydarzyć się; pomylić się, popełnić błąd. Unexpected problems have cropped up, sorry I didn't inform you I couldn't come.

cross off

to delete an item on a piece of written material by putting a cross; wykreślać. You can cross out the envelopes from the list, we've got enough.

cross out

to delete an item (such as a wrong answer on the test) by putting a cross; skreślać. Cross it out, it's wrong.

crow over

to express one's joy because of one's success or somebody else's failure; piać z zachwytu (z powodu własnego sukcesu lub cudzej porażki). The team crowed over their victory.

crowd in

to move inside in a large group; to come to a head; wpychać się; upychać; przyjść do głowy. Another problem connected with your plan crowded in on me.

crowd round

to gather round sth / sb; gromadzić się wokół, tłoczyć się wokół. Students crowded round the teacher.

crumble away

to cease slowly; stopniowo się kończyć. Her influence on the rest of the office staff has been crumbling away.

crumble up

to divide sth into tiny pieces; pokruszyć. Tony's crumbled up some bread for the birds.

cry down

to make someone silent by shouting; uciszyć, zakrzyczeć, not to accept something such as idea; odrzucać (pomysł), lekceważyć, to state a poor opinion of something or someone; lekceważyć. Before she started to explain the reasons for the poor grades, the class cried the teacher down.

cry out

to express one's emotions loudly; wykrzyczeć (coś), krzyczeć z (np. bólu). The injured cried out in pain.

cry out against

to express strong disagreement, to complain about something; sprzeciwiać się. The employees cried out against new policies.

cry out for

to want something very much; bardzo czegoś pragnąć, bardzo czegoś potrzebować. The building is crying out for renovation.

cry over

to cry because something bad happened; opłakiwać. She was crying over her failure.

cry up

to praise, to exaggerate in praising (someone or something); wychwalać, chwalić nadmiernie. She's always crying up her naughty kids.

cuddle up

to sit very close to someone and hold them tightly; przytulać się (do kogoś), tulić. Asia cuddled up her weeping daughter.

curl up

to lie or sit in a curved position; kulić się, zwijać się. The cat was curled up on my sister's lap.

cut into (1)

to divide into parts by cutting; pokroić na. She cut the cake into twelve slices.

cut into (2)

to interrupt something; wcinać sie, przerywać. Don't cut into our conversation.

cut out

wycinać; zaprzestawać; wyłączać; odcinać

cut through

to cut e.g. a way through something; to make something faster, to make something shorter; przecinać, wycinać; skracać. Why don't we cut through these formalities?

cut under

to make prices lower than the competitors' prices, usually to become more attractive for customers; obcinać ceny, zanizac ceny w stosunku do konkurencji. They have decided to cut the prices under in order to attract new customers.

cut up

ciąć, kroić (na kawałki)

cut with

to use (a tool) to cut something; ciąć za pomocą, kroić za pomocą. Show the children how to cut the meat with a knife.

dab at

to touch something gently; lekko dotykać, lekko przecierać. Ann dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief.

dab off

to get rid of something with light strokes; delikatnie przecierać, delikatnie usuwać. Dab the dirt off gently.

dab on

to put something on a surface with quick strokes; nakładać. Dab the paint on here.

dab out

(not formal) to wash (clothes) by hand; przepierać, prać ręcznie (potoczne). I had to dab out the kids' socks.

dabble at

to take an interest in without serious involvement; angażować się w coś bez poważnych zamiarów, interesować się czymś dla przyjemności, powierzchownie. He dabbled at the guitar some time ago, but I don't think he remembers much.

dally over

(not formal) to waste one's time doing something; marudzić, zwlekać, przeciągać (potoczne). If you dally over your dinner like that we're all going to be late.

dally with

to play with, to treat not seriously; to have a romantic relationship which is not serious, to flirt with; bawić się; flirtować. He ought toknow he shouldn't dally with a married woman.

damp off

to die because of too large amount of water (about a plant); zginąć od nadmaru wody (o roślinie). This cactus is going to damp off.

dash away

to run quickly with a purpose; popędzić, pognać. She dashed away in order to catch the bus.

dash down / off

to do sth such as a piece of writing hurriedly, without effort; nagryzmolić, nabazgrać, odwalić na kolanie. No wonder he's so self-confident if he's getting high marks for whatever he dashes off.

decide on

to decide to do sth; to choose sth or to do sth; decydować się na. Whatever you decide on, you may regret it later. Just choose what you think best suits you.

declare against

to oppose to; opowiadać się przeciw. If she declares against our project, what are we going to do?

declare for

to support something (an idea, a decision); opowiadać się za. They have declared for the new regulation.

diddle around

to waste one's time, to do nothing; obijać się. I diddled around all day.

diddle with

to try to change, improve or mend something; majstrować przy czymś. John diddled with the dishwasher, but it didn't help.

die away

zamierać; ginąć, zanikać; wygasać

dig in

to start eating; zabierać się do jedzenia<, zajadać Don't wait for me, dig in!

dine out

To have dinner outside one’s home, e.g. in a restaurant; jeść obiad poza domem, np. w restauracji. I’d rather dine out today than bother with cooking.

dip into

to read small parts of something; czytać małe fragmenty, poczytywać. I like dipping into books at a bookstore.

dive in

to swim beneath the surface of water; (in imperative sentences) eat!; nurkować w; (w zdaniach rozkazujących, wykrzyknikowych) Zajadaj! Dive in, kids! We're going out!

do in

to murder someone or commit suicide; zabić kogoś, zabić się. An old woman was done in by the criminals.

do into

to translate from one language into another; przetłumaczyć, przełożyć. Her novel has been lately done into English.

do out

to clean (usually a room); uprzątnąć, wyczyścić (pomieszczenie) to decorate a room; ozdobić, udekorować (pomieszczenie). You've got to do your room out if you want me to come in. Before Pete's birthday party the whole house was beautifully done out by the children.

do over

to repeat something; powtórzyć coś, zrobic na nowo. The performance turned out so successful that they decided to do it over.

do with

(can/could do with sth) to need or want something; potrzebować czegoś, mieć na coś ochotę (have to do with something/someone) to concern something or someone, to be connected with something or someone; dotyczyć czegoś/kogoś, mieć coś z czymś/kimś wspólnego. I could do with a coffee right now.

doll up

to dress prettily; ubierać (się) ładnie, stroić (się). Kate dolled up her children before the meeting.

doodle away

to mess about, to spend time aimlessly; obijać się. Those kids have been doodling away for too long.

double for

to stand in for, to replace somebody; zastępować (kogoś). Who is going to double for George? He's on a doctor's leave.

doubt of

to have doubts, to be uncertain of; mieć wątpliwości, wątpić w. How can she doubt of my sincerity?

doze off

to fall asleep for a short time, to have a nap; zdrzemnąć się, zapaść w drzemkę. I even don't remember when I dozed off.

drag on

to pull something or someone into a place; to last too long; to continue an unhappy life; ciągnąć, wyciągać; przeciągać się (w czasie), trwać zbyt długo; wieść nieszczęśliwe życie. Not only did the meeting drag on, but it also proved useless.

drag out

przeciągać, przedłużać

dragoon into

to push sb into an activity, to force someone to do sth; wciągnąć (kogoś w coś). It turned out quite easy to dragoon them into work.

drape round

to put e.g. a piece of cloth loosely around sth; drapować, ozdabiać; okrywać. She draped a blanket round her arms to keep warm.

draw back

to move or hold oneself away, to move or hold oneself back; cofać się, odsuwać (trzymać się na dystans) to retract, to be unwilling to fulfil sth; uchylać się, wycofywać się (z danego słowa). She tends to draw back from others at official meetings.

draw down

to cause something; to make something (usually unwanted) take place; ściągać, sprowadzać. The villagers believed the woman was drawing misfortune down on them.

draw in

to arrive (in a station); zajeżdżać, wjeżdżać (na stację, przystanek) to attract or make others join; przyciągać, wciągać (kogoś w coś). We got off when the train drew in.

draw on

to gradually approach in time; zbliżać się, to make use of something such as knowledge, ideas or money; czerpać, korzystać. I can feel winter drawing on.

draw out

to produce something, to take something out from; wyciągać. He drew out a cigarette from his pocket.

dredge up

to produce out, to get out of, to talk about an unpleasnt memory; wygrzebywać coś (z pamięci), wracać do przykrych wspomnień lub wydarzeń z przeszłości. Journalists always dredge up his unhappy childhood.

drill (sb) in (sth)

to practise something with someone, to revise something with someone; ćwiczyć (coś) z kimś (przez powtarzanie). I've been drilling my son in maths for a week.

drill into

to make someone believe or hold certain views; to teach someone something by continuous repeating it; wpajać, wbijać coś komus do głowy. She's drilled certain rules into her children.

drink off

to drink a lot of something, usually at once; wypić jednym haustem. Mike drank off a bottle of water at once.

drink up

to drink sth to the last drop; dopijać, wypić do końca. Drink he milk up and go to bed.

drive away

to leave in a vehicle; to make sth/ sb leave you; odjeżdżać; odpędzać, odganiać. She slammed the door and drove away.

drive away at

to work hard; ciężko (nad czymś) pracować. She turned out a really conscientious girl when she was driving at her thesis.

drive back on

to make someone use sth they stopped using; doprowadzić kogoś do starych nawyków; sprawić, że ktoś używa czegoś, od czego odwykł. Those problems have driven me back on smoking and I can't really help it.

drive up

to approach by car, to drive close to a particular place; podjeżdżać, dojeżdzać. We drove up the gateway and decided to wait for Robbie.

drone on

to talk at length in a boring way; mówić długo i monotonnie, przynudzać. I hate this teacher droning on. One day I’m going to fall asleep in his lesson.

drool over

to show one's attraction to somebody; pożerać kogoś wzrokiem. Teenage fans were drooling over the pop singer.

drop by

to visit someone unexpectedly; wpaść z wizytą, na ogół niezapowiedzianą. Why don’t you drop by?

drop in

to visit someone unexpectedly; wpaść z wizytą, na ogół niezapowiedzianą. I guess I’ll drop in on my sis while I’m in the neighbourhood.

drowse away

to fall asleep, to nap; zapadać w drzemkę, zasypiać. Matt tends to drowse away at the lectures.

drub into

to talk somebody into something, to teach someobody stubborn; wbijać komuś coś do głowy. If you think you'll manage, just try to drub the idea into Mary! drub out of - to talk somebody out of something; wybić coś komuś z głowy. I'll drub it out of him!

dry up!

zamknij się! pot., cicho!

duck into

hide quickly; ukryć się, schować (szybko, nagle). Terry ducked into a doorway but those guys instantly noticed him.

duck out of

to avoid doing sth by giving excuses or otherwise; wymigać się od. If you think you're going to duck out of doing your piece of work, you're absolutely wrong.

dull over

to become dull; ściemnić się, zachmurzyć. We didn’t feel like going out as the sky had dulled over.

dumb down

to simplify something way too much; to make something too simplistic; zbytnio coś upraszczać. The director dumbed down the novel, that movie's terrible!

dummy up

to become 'dumb', to be unable to find a right response; to be surprised; zaniemówić (potoczne). She's going to dummy up when she sees you.

dump on

to scold someone, to treat someone in an unfair way; zbesztać kogoś, ochrzanić kogoś. The neighbour dumped on me as if it were my fault.

dust (sb) down

to scold someone; objechać kogoś, ochrzanić. I'm gonna dust the kids down for that mess!

dust down

to clean a surface covered with dust; odkurzyć. Why don't you dust down these shelves?

dust sth off

to prepare sth old and disused for use; odkurzyć cos, przygotować do ponownego użytku. They dusted the old merry_go_round off and placed it at the playground again.

dwindle away

to become smaller; to disappear; kurczyć się, maleć, spadać, topnieć. Her great hopes began to dwindle away.