Words and phrases 2&3

to get the sack

to be dismissed from your job, fired

to get your own back

to take revenge

to get sb down

to depress sb

to get the idea across

communicate what you want to say

get up speed

to accelerate

get hold of

to find

get sth straight

to correctly understand something/each other

shake off sth

to get rid of sth

there's no getting away from it

you can't ignore it

get away with murder

to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished

be green with envy

to be very jealous

once in a blue moon

very rarely

give sb the red carpet treatment

treat sb like a VIP

browned off

fed-up, bored

out of the blue

suddenly, unexpectedly

white-collar worker

an office worker, someone who works in a professional or clerical job and who usually earns a weekly salary

blue-collar worker

someone who performs manual labor, often in a manufacturing job, and who earns an hourly wage

paint the town red

go out and have a good time

be green

to be inexperienced and immature

blue in the face

exhausted from anger or other great effort

be in the red

have a negative bank balance, be in debt

be in black

to have money in your bank account

I could do with sth

I need sth

beyond a shadow of a doubt

absolutely certain that something is true

cover everything

discuss all the points

as far as it goes

used to say that something has good qualities but could be better

hope appears to be fading

hope appears to be disappearing

common knowledge

wiedza powszechna

see sth through

to continue doing sth until it is finished

have seen better days

be old and in bad condition

see the last of sb/sth

to not see someone or something again, especially someone or something you do not like

see eye to eye

to agree fully, to have the same opinion

see the funny side

laugh about what happened

see red

to be very angry

see one's way to sth/doing sth

być w stanie coś zrobić

see a lot of somebody

to see someone a lot

see the light

to understand and realise you have been wrong

be seeing things

to imagine something is present or happening when it is not

dutiful

obedient

tactful

diplomatic, polite

fanciful

imaginary

doubtful

full of doubt

pitiful

sad, pathetic

get out and about

to leave home for a social activity

out of character

unlike one's usual behaviour

get out of the way

move to one side to allow someone or something to pass

out of breath

breathless

out of range

poza zasięgiem

out of all proportion

too big, great, or strong in relation to something

out of order

not working

on its own merits

to judge something only on what you see when you look at it rather than on what you know from other people or things

on a permanent basis

permanently

on the market

na rynku, w sprzedaży

be on loan to

be borrowed to sb/sth

on the premises

na miejscu, w tamtym miejscu

on good terms

have a good relationship with one another

ghastly

horrible

I, for one, believe that

personally

one-sided

jednostronny, nierówny

one-time

former, ex

one-off

jednorazowy

all in one

wszystko w jednym

one-way

jednokierunkowy

break down

stop working

go on without a break

go on without stopping

at breakneck speed

extremely fast

break the ice

to make a start by overcoming initial difficulties

make a breakthrough

to make an important discovery

break off

stop talking

break-in

włamanie

break the news to sb

tell sb the news

break sb's heart

to make sb feel very unhappy

humming

nucenie, śpiewanie pod nosem

buzzing

bzyczenie

crashing

tłuczenie się, hałasowanie

bang

huk, trzask

rustle

szeleścić

boo

buczeć

screech

pisk, zgrzyt

howl

wycie, ryk

grind

zgrzytać (np. zębami)

whine

jęczeć, skomleć, marudzić

squeak

piszczeć, skrzypieć

whimper

jęczeć, skomleć

crunch

chrupanie

splash

pluskać, chlupać

thud

łomot, głuchy odgłos

chirp

ćwierkać, świergotać

whirr

brzęczeć, warkot

whoosh

świst

hiss

syczeć

bubble

bulgotać

puff

dyszeć, sapać

clang

dzwonienie, szczęk

ring

dzwonić

tinkle

brzęczeć, dzwonić

clatter

brzęk, stukot

ping

brzdęk, gwizd

slip one's mind

wylecieć komuś z pamięci, głowy

forgetful

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