| Phrasal verb | Znaczenie | Przykład |
| lay into | 'zmyć komuś głowę', objechać kogoś | If we don't come back on time, Ms. Winthers will lay into us, so hurry up. |
| lay off | zwolnić (z pracy) | I feel really sorry for Sally's family. Her father was laid off yesterday. |
| lay out | wywalić (kasę) | What have you done with the money you were supposed to lay out for the house? |
| leave behind | zapomnieć, nie wziąć czegoś | Oh no, I left the files behind in my car. |
| leave on | zostawić coś na miejscu, nie zdejmować (ubrania, plastra, garnka z ognia) | Leave the tie on - it's very nice. |
| leave out | zapomnieć, pominąć | Oh, no! When I made the list of those who attended the meeting, I left your name out! |
| let down | zawieść, rozczarować | I know I let you down when I didn't do what I promised. I'm really sorry. |
| let off | darować komuś, potraktować kogoś łagodnie | There's no chance that she will be let off for what she's done. She'll definitely go to prison. |
| let on | zdradzić sekret, wygadać się | She let on about the party and we had to invite him as well. |
| let on | udawać | I'm going to let on that I know nothing about your affair, don't worry. |
| let up | zmniejszyć intensywność | It's been raining hard for a long time. Will it ever let up? |
| look back on | wspomnieć, spojrzeć wstecz (czasowo) | When they looked back on their many years together, they realized that their marriage had been a very happy one. |
| look down on | traktować kogoś z pogardą | It's not surprising that Fred has few friends. He seems to look down on anyone who doesn't like the same things that he does. |
| look forward to | oczekiwać | I'm really looking forward to vacation. I can't wait for it to begin! |
| look in on | odwiedzić kogoś w celu dowiedzenia się zdrowia | My father just came home from the hospital. I plan to look in on him today after I finish work. |
| look into | dowiedzieć się szczegółów | Someone said there was a meeting at 9:30 but I haven't heard anything about it. Shall I look into it? |
| look like | być podobnym do kogoś | Does he look like his father or his mother? |
| look over | sprawdzić, przejrzeć | I think I may have some typos in this report. Could you look it over? |
| look up | sprawdzić znaczenie (słowa) (w słowniku, encyklopedii, książce telefonicznej itp.) | I'm sorry, but I don't know what that word means. I'll have to look it up. |
| look up | odwiedzić kogoś | Thanks for giving me your brother's address. When I'm in Chicago next month, I'll be sure to look him up. |
| look up to | szanować | Everyone looks up to Joyce because she always makes time to help others. |
| luck into | natknąć się na coś | You're very naive if you think you'll luck into a modelling job and you'll become famous. |
| luck out | mieć szczęście | Gloria was worried because she wasn't prepared to give a report at the meeting, but she lucked out because the meeting was postponed. |