Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
nakręcać się
English translation:
get excited, be thrilled, have the hots for
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Jan 18, 2015 17:44
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Polish term
nakręcać się
Polish to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
nakręcać się (siebie samego, nie nawzajem) np. na zakup; napalać się
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Jan 18, 2015 18:07: Darius Saczuk changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
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421
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get excited, be thrilled, have the hots for
A few commonly used options off the top of my head
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have the hots for somebody/something
(slang)
to be strongly sexually attracted to someone He's got the hots for that new girl Libby.
Usage notes: sometimes used in a humorous way that is not sexual: Consumers have the hots for DSL Internet connections.
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So My wife has the hots for the new Jeep wrangler ;( We ...
https://gface.com/16706333
Apr 22, 2014 - My wife has the hots for the new Jeep wrangler ;( We already have 2 jeeps and the only time We go 4 wheeling is when it snows deep an
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have the hots for somebody/something
(slang)
to be strongly sexually attracted to someone He's got the hots for that new girl Libby.
Usage notes: sometimes used in a humorous way that is not sexual: Consumers have the hots for DSL Internet connections.
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Note added at 29 mins (2015-01-18 18:14:15 GMT)
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So My wife has the hots for the new Jeep wrangler ;( We ...
https://gface.com/16706333
Apr 22, 2014 - My wife has the hots for the new Jeep wrangler ;( We already have 2 jeeps and the only time We go 4 wheeling is when it snows deep an
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
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English
Works in field
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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96
whip myself into a buying frenzy/work myself up to buying
IMO
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Whip Yourself Into A Buying Frenzy,
http://twitchfilm.com/2011/01/whip-yourself-into-a-buying-fr...
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Ground yourself in your priorities, your values, your goals—and create a solid plan ... to stay centered, resistant to every attempt to whip you into a buying frenzy.
https://books.google.com/books?id=biIST_a691cC&pg=PA140&lpg=...
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And if you ever feel yourself whipped up into a buying frenzy, ...
https://www.distilled.net/blog/reputation-monitor/are-you-a-...
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Whip Yourself Into A Buying Frenzy,
http://twitchfilm.com/2011/01/whip-yourself-into-a-buying-fr...
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Ground yourself in your priorities, your values, your goals—and create a solid plan ... to stay centered, resistant to every attempt to whip you into a buying frenzy.
https://books.google.com/books?id=biIST_a691cC&pg=PA140&lpg=...
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And if you ever feel yourself whipped up into a buying frenzy, ...
https://www.distilled.net/blog/reputation-monitor/are-you-a-...
4 hrs
to hype up (oneself/himself)
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7 hrs
Jacek Kloskowski
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
United States
Law Economy Computing Defense Medical
Native in: Polish , English
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
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4
to wind sb. up
wind someone up
1. Inf. Fig. to get someone excited. That kind of music really winds me up!
2. . Inf. Fig. to get someone set to do a lot of talking. (Fig. on winding up a clock.) The excitement of the day wound Kelly up and she talked almost all night. A good movie tends to wind me up for a while.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wind up
1. Inf. Fig. to get someone excited. That kind of music really winds me up!
2. . Inf. Fig. to get someone set to do a lot of talking. (Fig. on winding up a clock.) The excitement of the day wound Kelly up and she talked almost all night. A good movie tends to wind me up for a while.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wind up
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