Intro abide by przestrzegac, dotrzymywac If you want to keep the job, you must abide by the rules. account for (recount) zdawac relacje z I have to account for every move I make to my supervisor. be up to sb (job) byc czyims zadaniem, nalezec do It is up to you to feed and walk the dog. butter sb up podlizywac sie komus Don’t butter me up, it won’t work. call for (require) wymagac The job of a watchmaker calls for particular precision. check up on sprawdzac, kontrolowac She says she just happened to be in the area but I think she came to check up on me. come by napotkac, trafiac na cos A good babysitter is not easy to come by these days. come down to sprowadzac sie do All your problems come down to your laziness and lack of ambitions. come up (e.g. subject) zostac poruszonym, wyplywac (o temacie rozmowy) Did the subject of my pay rise come up during the meeting? count on sth / sb liczyc na cos / kogos You can count on Susan, she is very reliable. draw up (organise a document) szkicowac, redagowac, ukladac She has drawn up a list of candidates suitable for this job. fill in wypelniac (druk, formularz) Please fill in this application form. get back to sth wracac (np. do przerwanego zajecia) Get back to work right now! get down to zabierac sie za cos It’s high time he got down to doing some real work. get sth over with miec z glowy, konczyc cos I’m going on holiday as soon as I get this project over with. go about sth (start doing sth) brac sie do czegos I have no idea how to go about sorting out my financial problems. go after sth próbowac cos osiagnac, starac sie You’ll never get a better job unless you go after one. go through sth przegladac Can we go through this report again? jot down notowac, zapisywac He jotted down his new idea in a notebook. lay off zwolnic (z pracy) Hundreds of workers got laid off when the shipyard closed. live on sth zyc z, utrzymywac sie z czegos For the last ten years they’ve been living on lottery winnings. put forward przedkladac, proponowac I would like to put forward Mr Steel as a candidate for the post. run through sth szybko cos sprawdzac, przegladac cos (np. dokument) Let’s just run through the main points of the contract once more. sort out robic porzadek I have to sort out these papers before I leave. take on podejmowac sie Mark took on a new job. take on sb przyjmowac, zatrudniac We usually take on a few temporary workers during the summer holidays. use up zuzywac, wyczerpywac We used up all the ink in the printer. vouch for gwarantowac, reczyc I have known James for 5 years and I can vouch for him. work on sth robic cos, pracowac nad czyms We’ve been working on a new TV series. write off sth / sb skreslac cos, kogos Let’s give the player one more chance before we write him off. write sth down zapisywac Would you like to write down my address? write up (write a final version) napisac ostateczna wersje (na podstawie wczesniej zebranych materialów) We’ve done all the research, now we need to write up the report. Outro Edgard 2012
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