4 Test your English vocabulary - test 24

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stand sb up
I don't know if I've been stood up or if she's just late - I'll wait another half hour.
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turn up, to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with:
rub shoulders (with)
She claims that she rubs shoulders with royalty all the time. I am rubbing shoulders with different students from different countries
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to meet and spend time with someone / meet those people on daily basi
outstay your welcome
They were busy so I left - I didn't want to outstay my welcome.
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(pelna fraza) to continue to stay in a place although other people want you to leave:
outstay
They were busy so I left - I didn't want to outstay my welcome.
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to continue to stay in a place although other people want you to leave:
drop
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end relationship
the old boy network/ old school tie network
The old-boy network still operates in some City banks.
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he way in which men who have been to the same expensive school or university help each other to find good jobs:
on the town
I was out on the town/I had a night on the town last night, and I'm exhausted!
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enjoying yourself by going to places of entertainment in a town or city:
fancy-dress (us costume) party
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(= a party where people wear clothes that make them look like someone or something else)
hen night/ hen party / hen do
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wieczór panieński (3)
housewarming party
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parapetówka
stag night / stag party/ stag do
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wieczór kawalerski
party pooper
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osoba psująca zabawę, someone who spoils other people's enjoyment by disapproving of or not taking part in a particular activity
pally
They've become very pally (with each other). Suddenly she started acting very pally towards me.
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friendly:
to be an item
I saw Darren and Emma there. Are they an item?
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f two people are (...), they are having a romantic relationship:
hobnob
She often has her picture in the papers, hobnobbing with the rich and famous.
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kumać się/ to spend time being friendly with someone who is important or famous: becuase u see some advatage in that
knock around
I used to knock around with him at school. uk also knock about
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to spend time relaxing and doing very little: or to spend a lot of time with someone:
wedding party
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gurpa osob na weselu ktor ajest kluczowa na weselu: bride, groom and there immediate families and close friends
wedding reception
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przyjęcie weselne
bash
He bashed his arm against a shelf. uk I could hear her bashing away on the computer (= hitting the keys loudly). He kept bashing local government officials.
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informal to hit hard: to criticize someone severely:
bash
He had a big bash for his 18th birthday.
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informal a party:
get-together
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spotkanie towarzyskie
cliquey
I decided not to join the tennis club because I found it very cliquey.
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behaving like a (...), not making other people feel welcome:
clique
Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique (of people). There's a clique at work that never talks/who never talk to anyone else.
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a small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group: (klika)

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