| Phrasal verb | Znaczenie | Przykład |
| wait for | czekać, aż ktoś/coś skończy | When will Kenny be finished with work? I've been waiting for him for almost an hour! |
| wait on | oczekiwać na coś | We are waiting on his decision. |
| wait on | obsługiwać | I want to make a complaint. The person who just waited on me was very impolite. |
| wait out | przeczekać | We have to wait out the war in the cover-up. |
| wait up | zatrzymać się, aby pozostali mogli nadgonić | Let's wait up for the stragglers. |
| wake up | obudzić się | I usually wake up around 5: 00 AM each day. |
| wake up | zbudzić kogoś | I have an important meeting tomorrow and I'm afraid I won't hear my alarm. Will you wake me up at 6:00 AM? |
| wake up to | uświadomić sobie, zdać sobie sprawę z | Do you think she'll ever wake up to the fact that nobody likes her? |
| watch out for | uważać, zwrócić uwagę | There's a school at the end of this block. Watch out for children crossing the street. |
| watch over | czuwać nad, strzec | I know my mother watches over me from Heaven. |
| wear down | wycieńczyć, ściąć z nóg | I'm worn down - I need to get some sleep. |
| wear out | znosić, zniszczyć(ubranie) | I need a new pencil sharpener. I wore this one out. |
| wear out | wykończyć (fizycznie) | I had four different meetings today. They wore me out. |
| work off | wyładować, dać upust | She says that running helps her work off the stress. |
| work out | ćwiczyć (na siłowni) | Instead of eating lunch on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Sheila goes to the recreation center to work out. |
| work out | rozwiązać problem | I know we disagree on many points, but I believe we can work things out. |
| work up | zdenerwować, zirytować, rozłościć | She got all worked up about that news. |
| wrap up | ubrać się ciepło | It's really cold today. Be sure you wrap up when you leave the house. |
| wrap up | zakończyć, podsumować | We've been talking about the problem for nearly three hours. I hope we'll be able to wrap the discussion up soon. |
| write down | zapisać (na kartce) | Could you tell me your e-mail address again? I want to write it down. |
| write up | napisać sprawozdanie | You'll need to make a report on your business meetings. Be sure you write them up as soon as possible after you return from your trip. |