Alan Partridge

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complex
A selfdriving bus is pretty complex. It’s an amazing feat of engineering and design.
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złożony
not simple, involving many different parts
complicated
This is a complicated task.
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skomplikowany
To skomdifficult to use, difficult to doplikowane zadanie.
Subtle
The humour in Alan Partridge is quite subtle.
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subtelny, delikatny (trudny do uchwycenia lub zrozumienia)
This means so delicate, specific and precise that it’s difficult to describe or understand
Incompetent
Alan is utterly incompetent because he always ruins his TV interviews by saying the wrong thing
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Niekompetentny
Someone who is incompetent is just bad at what they do, they often fail, they make mistakes, they do things badly
Tactless
I suppose it was tactless to be so astonished at where he lived.
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Nietaktowny
socially careless, often offending people by mistake or without realising it
Petty
I think that attitude is a bit petty.
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małostkowy, drobiazgowy (o człowieku)
caring too much about small details to the point of being unkind.
Domineering
Alan is very domineering towards Lynn, his assistant
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Apodyktyczny
who is domineering tends to dominate other people in an arrogant or cruel way.
Career oriented
Alan is oriented towards his career
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ukierunkowany na karierę
When career is the most important thing in ones life, which also means that other things become less important
Socially inept
As a character, he is socially inept and frequently depressed.
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Społecznie nieudolny
Socially inept then means that a person is just bad at socialising with other people
Deluded
You poor deluded fool!
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pod wpływem złudzeń
Someone who is deluded believes something that is not true.
delusion
This was not optimism, it was delusion.
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złudzenie
Delusion is the state of believing things that are not true.
Deceit
His need for public attention drives him to deceit and shameless selfpromotion and sometimes violence.
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fałsz, oszustwo, nieuczciwość
the intention to mislead people by lying or not telling the truth.
To deceive people
She was upset when she learned that her friend had deceived her
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oszukać kogoś, zwieść kogoś
to mislead people, to lie to people
Deceitful
How deceitful of you not to have told your spouse.
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oszukańczy, kłamliwy (o osobie)
is used to describe the sort of person who intends to lie or mislead people.
Shameless self promotion
Alan is guilty of unironic shameless self promotion.
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Bezwstydna autopromocja
phrase which is used to describe when people have absolutely no shame about promoting themselves
An inflated sense of selfimportance
He has an inflated sense of importance and celebrity
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Nadmierne poczucie własnej ważności
If you have a lot of selfimportance, it means you think you’re very important, which is a bad thing because it means you’re arrogant.
To go straight over your head
It might just go straight over your head.
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wleciec jednym uchem wyleciec drugim
If something goes straight over your head it means you don’t understand it at all.
To read between the lines
the ability to read between the lines
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Czytanie między wierszami
to find implicit meaning that is not stated directly by the words used.
To pick up on something
You need the ability to pick up on nonverbal clues and other subtle details in order to enjoy the comedy”.
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wychwytywać coś
it means you become aware of something that’s not obvious because there are little clues that you notice
Obscurity
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Zapomnienie
when you are known by only a few people, it’s like the opposite of fame.
To drift into obscurity
Alan’s career is going badly. He’s drifted into obscurity
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Dryfować w zapomnienie
To drift
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Dryfować
move slowly away, usually due to water or wind
drift apart
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oddalać się od siebie (o dwojgu ludzi)
when relationships go wrong and people start to go in different directions, just naturally)
drift away or drift off
He tried to think about it but his mind kept drifting away.
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odpłynąć lub odpłynąć
meaning move slowly away or lose concentration or consciousness)
drift into
People slowly drifted into the main room of the party.
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dotrzeć do
meaning to move slowly into a place or a state).
go through a bad patch
According to Lynn, Alan is just going through a bad patch and he’ll be able to smile at the end of it
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przechodzić zły okres
you can have a bad patch in your life (the rest of your life is fine, except for this brief period)
To cool someone/something down
The weather will cool down after it rains, I think.
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chłodzić się, studzić się, stygnąć, przestygnąć
to lower the temperature of something.
On the rocks
Alan’s career is on the rocks.
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w rozsypce, w kiepskim stanie
If something is on the rocks, it means it is experiencing difficulty and might end soon.
In disarray
Manchester United’s defence were in disarray last night against Liverpool.
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W nieładzie
This means ‘disorganised’ and ‘confused’, a mess.
At a loose end
Alan claims that he’s just at a loose end, rather than depressed or perhaps having a bad time or going through a bad patch
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nie mieć zajęcia, nudzić się, nie mieć nic szczególnego do roboty
If you’re at a loose end it means you’re bored, you’ve got nothing to do.
To knock off
What time do you knock off?
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kończyć (pracę)
this just means “finish work”.
Knock off
I was wearing a backpack and I knocked loads of plates off a shelf accidentally.
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stracic cos
to accidentally hit something and cause it to fall.
Do you fancy + ing/ noun?
Do you fancy going for a drink? Do you fancy a drink?
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czy masz ochote
(a) breath of fresh air
Do you fancy a breath of fresh air?
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(a) powiew świeżego powietrza
A breath of fresh air means a chance to go outside for a little refreshing break.
stuffy
It’s a bit difficult to breathe in here. It’s a bit stuffy.
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duszny (pomieszczenie)
A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air
To take precautions
We just didn’t take precautions
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zabezpieczac skie
This means to use protection, or contraception, like a condom or perhaps the pill.
Delighted
we were delighted!
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Zachwycony
very pleased
Mortified
at first I was mortified
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zawstydzony, upokorzony
extremely ashamed, extremely disappointed, extremely embarrassed. It’s like you could die, because you feel so bad.
To get caught
I got caught in a taxi that broke down. To get caught in traffic / To get stuck in traffic
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jak cos cie zatrzyma
getting caught can mean to get stuck, be delayed or be trapped in a situation.
To break down
I hate when my car breaks down!
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zepsuc sie
when a car stops working because of a technical problem.
A breakdown
I think he has a breakdown
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Załamanie
a nervous breakdown
roll back
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stoczyc sie autem
in neutral
This is about the gears. You can be in first gear, in second, in third, fourth, fifth, in reverse, or in neutral
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bieg zerowy (luz)
wiggle
If you ever learn to drive Lynn, when you stop the car, just give it a bit of a wiggle.
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strzasnac
to (cause to) move up and down and/or from side to side with small, quick movements:
A stopgap
It's only a stopgap solution
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prowizorka, tymczasowe rozwiązanie
something intended for temporary use until something better or more suitable can be found
To frown on something
Don’t wear jeans and trainers in this restaurant, they frown on that.
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niezgadzac sie (marszcyc brwi)
means that you disapprove of something.
a flaw
This document is full of flaws
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skaza
an imperfection
to pop
Just pop your clothes off, you can pop them all on that chair.(in gp)
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wskakiwac, klasc itp
pop is a replacement for put.
Bruises
His arms and back were covered in bruises
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Siniaki
an injury or mark where the skin has not been broken but is darker in colour
go off
Fireworks go off. Your alarm goes off. A bomb goes off. Guns go off. An airbag should go off when you have a crash.
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wystrzelic
To beep the horn
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uzyc klaksonu
to use horn in a car
The glove compartment
I have an ice scraper in the glove compartment
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Schowek w aucie
This is what we call the little storage space in front of the passenger seat.
indicators
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wskaźniki
cloud cuckoo land ... Alice in Wonderland.
If you think Brexit is going to be a walk in the park or a piece of cake you’re living in cloud cuckoo land.
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ktos odklejony od rzeczywistosci
If someone is living in cloud cuckoo land, it means they’re not in touch with reality. They’re dreaming.
To drop someone (off) somewhere
Come on, I can drop you off at school.
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podrzucić (np. samochodem)
You can also drop someone off somewhere, meaning deliver them to that place and let them get out of the car.
A cab rank
I’ll drop you at a cab rank.
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postoj taksowek
a place where you can get a taxi

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