| Phrasal verb | Znaczenie | Przykład |
| ache for | zapragnąć gorąco, zatęsknić | I'm aching for some chocolate. I haven't eaten it for months. |
| act like | udawać, zachowywać się jak | What's wrong with John? He's acting like an idiot. |
| act up | źle się zachowywać | The babysitter had a difficult time. The children acted up all evening. |
| act up | szwankować, nie działać prawidłowo | I guess I'd better take my motorcycle to the garage. It's been acting up lately. |
| add on | zawierać | 7 % will be added on to your bill as a service charge. |
| add up | zgadzać się, potwierdzać, trzymać się kupy | His theory is hard to believe, but his research adds up. |
| add up | zsumować, dodać | What's the total of those bills? Could you add them up and see? |
| add up to | wynosić, opiewać na | The bills add up to $814.63. That's more than I expected! |
| aim at | zamierzać coś zrobić, dążyć do czegoś | The campaign's aimed at informing the public. |
| answer back | bronić się słowami | It's wrong to write things like that about people who can't answer back. |
| answer back | odpowiadać niegrzecznie | When I asked who had broken my calculator Jerry answered me back that he didn't. |
| answer for | odpowiadać za coś | Somebody will have to answer for all the damage that has been caused. |
| answer for | ręczyć za kogoś | I can answer for his honesty. |
| ask after | dopytywać się o kogoś | Tell her I was asking after her. |
| ask out | zaprosić na randkę | Marry has a new boyfriend. Tom asked her out last night. |