Face2face - book

Sprawa pieniędzy była dla nich kością niezgody.

A matter of money was a bone of contention for them.

Ona trzyma mnie na odległość.

She keeps me at arms length.

Czy mogę to dla ciebie zrobić? Nie mam nic do roboty.

Could I do that for you? I'm at a loose end.

Mój syn jest trudny do upilnowania.

My son is a bit of a handful.

Potrzebujemy więcej wsparcia, zanim zostaniemy przytłoczeni pracą.

We need some more support before we get snowed under.

Our government is trying to get round the problem of overcrowded prisons by releasing some prisoners early.

The woman got her own back on her husband after his betraying.

It can be more difficult for close relatives to get through a prison sentence than for the criminals themselves.

I lost my credit card but I haven't got round to reporting it yet.

My work involves trying to get through to young offenders who think that crimes is their only option.

He has recently been bereaved. His wife has died.

She felt alone and bereft of hope in the big city.

He's not a person who beats about the bush.

Grunt to dobry początek. Życie zaczyna się po 40.

Well begun is half done. Life begins at forty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

He will have to pull his socks up if he wants to pass the exam.

You look a bit down in the dumps. Has life been treating you badly?

He finally passed his driving test. He's over the moon!

I'm sick and tired of telling you to do your homework. Gen on with it.

I'm completely worn oout. I just want to sit down and put my feet up.

She churns out about 3 new books every year.

Wypluj to

Spit it out!

Stanąć do przetargu

Bid for a contract.

ożywić dzień

liven up the day

Be bound by the beauty of sb's voices; bind oneself to do sth

That narrows the choice down.

Don't bite a hand that feeds you

Wszystko zepsuł

He blew his chance by arriving late for the interview.

Can you break a fivepound note?

My alarm clock didn't go off.

I could never bring myself to kill a chicken.

Sam in now asleep after burning the midnight oil

być zagnanym w kozi róg

to be caught in a cleft stick

How come you got a job in the factory?

Nieszczęścia chodzą parami.

Misfortunes never come singly.

przyciągnąć uwagę

draw sb's attention

The Stock Market collapse claimed another victim yesterday.

Zemsta jest daniem, które smakuje na zimno.

Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold.

School can be an ordeal for some children.

The best to avoid full-blown arguments with people is to agree with them.

We have to find a new way-not of ostracising people who are obese and making them feel bad about themselves-but somehow of helping them to understand this is pathological and will cause them harm.

difficulty in retaining staff

all get on well brilliantly

Kości zostały rzucone

The die is cast.

przyssać się jak pijawka

cling to sb like a leech

Dostaję gęsiej skórki.

It gives me creeps.

Tak krawiec kraje jak mu materii staje.

Cut your coat according to your clothe.

wypić za kogoś toast

drink a toast to sb

I feel rotten about not taking children out.

Feel free, help yourself.

space debris

skumać się z kimś, być w dobrej komitywie

rub shoulders with sb

przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara

anti -, counter - clockwise

Don't exert yourself lifting heavy boxes.

I quite like coffee, but I can take it or leave it

Children take parents fot granted.

outset of winter