fall

[fɔːl] 1. n

(of person, object, government) upadek m; (in price, temperature) spadek m; (of snow) opady pl; (US) (autumn) jesień f

- falls

2. vi, pt fell, pp fallen

person, object, government upadać (upaść perf); snow, rain padać, spadać (spaść perf); price, temperature, dollar spadać (spaść perf); night, darkness, silence zapadać (zapaść perf); light, shadow padać (paść perf); sadness zapanowywać (zapanować perf)

to fall flat — nie udawać się (nie udać się perf), nie wychodzić (nie wyjść perf)

to fall in love (with sb/sth) — zakochiwać się (zakochać się perf) (w kimś/czymś)

to fall short of sb's expectations — nie spełniać (nie spełnić perf) czyichś oczekiwań

Phrasal Verbs:

- fall apart

- fall back

- fall back on

- fall behind

- fall down

- fall for

- fall in

- fall in with

- fall off

- fall out

- fall over

- fall through

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[fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb

1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) padać

2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) przewracać się

3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) opadać, zmniejszać się

4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) zdarzać się, przypadać

5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) zapaść, pogrążyć się

6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) przypadać

2. noun

1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) upadek

2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) opad

3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) upadek

4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) jesień

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- falls

- fallout
- his
- her face fell
- fall away
- fall back
- fall back on
- fall behind
- fall down
- fall flat
- fall for
- fall in with
- fall off
- fall on/upon
- fall out
- fall short
- fall through