angielski phrasal verbs 28

Audio Kurs

C2 Now listen to the short text.

Listen carefully and pay special attention to phrasal verbs that appear in this recording.

Due to cut backs an automated phone system was installed. However, problems soon began to crop up. Custoiners had problems getting through and found it hard to keep up with the automated directions. As there was no-one to attend to the problem customers patience was swiftly used up. The staff began to fali behind with their workload as they were trying Lo fili out eustomer complaint forrns, and didirt always have time to cali customers back. The reason for having this system just didn’1 add up and soon the company lost so much of its business that it had to close down two of its departments. That left many unhappy ex-employees witlr only unemployment benefits to live on.

Exercise. Translate the following phrases into Polish:

live on sth - żyć, utrzymywać się z czegoś cut back - zredukować mark down - obniżyć ceny

Say it in English:

zalegać, mieć zaległości - fali behind dodzwonić się, połączyć - get through nadążać za kimś, za czymś, dotrzymywać kroku - keep up

g Part 15

Listen carefully to the phrasal verbs together with their Polish translations. Repeat each phrasal verb after the speaker. Then listen to the sentence that indicates how to use it properly.

come from - dochodzić skądś (np. o dźwięku, zapachu)

1 heard a strange noise coming from my neighbours’ fiat.

Usłyszałam dziwny dźwięk dochodzący z mieszkania sąsiadów.

break down - wyłamać

We’d lost the house keys and had to break

the door down.

Zgubiliśmy klucze do domu i musieliśmy wyłamać drzwi.

ery out for sth

- domagać się, wymagać czegoś

This house is erying out for generał repairs.

Ten dom aż woła o generalny remont.

link up - podłączyć

Is your house linked up to the sewerage system?

Czy twój dom jest podłączony do kanalizacji?

look out - uważać

Look out, the cciling is very Iow here.

Uważaj, sufit jest tu bardzo nisko.