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Sleep

SLEEP

Boring: sleep

• Sleeping Beauty slept in her forest castle.

Interesting: slumber 

• Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle.
• Slumber in a song:

Banish boring phrases:

Boring: sleep well

• I slept well last night.

Interesting: sleep soundly; to sleep like a log/top/baby

• I slept soundly last night.
• I slept like a log last night.

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Boring: sleep badly; can't sleep

• We both slept badly last night.
• We both couldn't sleep last night. 

Interesting: not sleep a wink; sleep fitfully

• We both didn't sleep a wink last night.
• We both slept fitfully last night.

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Boring: go to bed

• I think I'll go to bed early tonight.

Intersting: turn in

• I think I'll turn in early tonight.

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Boring: think it over

• Why don't you think it over and give me your answer tomorrow.

Interesting: sleep on it

• Why don't you sleep on it and give me your answer tomorrow.

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Boring: sleep late

• I usually sleep late on Sundays.

Interesting: sleep in

• I usually sleep in on Sundays.

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Boring: Good night. Sleep well.

Interesting: Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.

Other interesting phrases:

1. dream on; keep dreaming! = chyba śnisz
2. take/have a nap/catnap; doze; snooze = zdrzemnąć się
• I usually take a nap after lunch.
• My dad was dozing/snoozing in his armchair.
3. doze/drop/nod off = przysnąć
• I must have dozed off. 
4. crash out = paść (zasnąć ze zmęczenia)
• What were you saying before I crashed out?
5. oversleep = zaspać
• Sorry I'm late. I overslept.
6. sleep = ropa w oczach
• She rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
7. put an animal to sleep = uśpić zwierzę
8. snore = chrapać
9. sleepwalk = lunatykować
10. talk in your sleep = mówić przez sen
11. light/deep sleep = płytki/głęboki sen
• I fell into a deep sleep.
12. light/heavy sleeper = osoba o płytkim/głębokim śnie
• She is quite a heavy sleeper.
13. lose sleep over something = przejmować/zamartiwać się
• If I were you, I wouldn't lose sleep over it.