porzucać

Boring: abandon, discard, ditch

• He eventually ditched the plan to swim across the English Channel.

Use: jettison He eventually jettisoned the plan to swim across the English Channel.

In context jettison in a song: jettison in an article

Frequency Google and COCA: Ngram (click on the picture to enlarge):

Notes Jettison literally means to throw something from an aircraft or ship.

zmuszać, przymuszać

Boring: force, compel

• He forced her to confess to crimes she hadn't committed.

Use: coerce He coerced her into confessing to crimes she hadn't committed..

In context coerce in a song: coerce in an article

Frequency Google and COCA: Ngram (click on the picture to enlarge):

Notes The noun form of coerce is coercion. Corce is usually used in the phrase coerce somebody into (doing) something.

zwieść, wrobić, nabrać

Boring: trick, fool, deceive (somebody into doing something)

• He fooled his professor into thinking that he knew the subject well.
• He tricked us into signing the contract.

Use: bamboozle or hoodwink

• He bamboozled his professor into thinking that he knew the subject well.
• He hoodwinked us into signing the contract.
• bamboozle and hoodwink in a song:

Note that bamboozle can also mean to confuse, as in: The driver was completely bamboozled by the road-signs.. For Ngram of bamboozle and hoodwink cick here.

sprzeczać się, kłócić się

Boring: argue, quarrel

• I wish you two would stop quarreling.

Use: bicker or squabble 

• I wish you two would stop bickering.
• bicker in a song:
• squabble in a song:

Note that bicker and squabble often appear with about/over and are used to refer to quarreling about something unimportant. To see Ngram (bicker, squabble) click here.

roztrwonić, zmarnować

Boring: waste

• They wasted all their savings on two weeks in Australia.
• Russia wasted a number of chances to score the equalizer, including a penalty.

Use: squander

• They squandered all their savings on two weeks in Australia.
• Russia squandered a number of chances to score the equalizer, including a penalty.
• squander in a song:

zważać, baczyć, zwracać uwagę (na coś)

Boring: pay attention to

• If i had only paid attention to her warnings, none of this would have happened.

Use: heed

• If I had only heeded her warnings, none of this would have happened.
• heed in a song:

Note that heed is usually used with advice or warning.

afiszować się

Boring: show off

• She just wanted to show off her new diamond ring.

Use: flaunt

• She just wanted to flaunt her new diamond ring.
• flaunt in a song:

Check out Ngram for show off and flaunt here.

pobudzić do działania

Boring: stimulate, excite (into taking action)

• The thought of police arriving soon stimulated him into action.

Use: galvanize

• The thought of police arriving soon galvanized him into action.

zasypywać (ofertami, wiadomościami itp.)

Boring: overwhelm, flood

• After writing the article, I was flooded with emails and Internet comments.

Use: inundate or swamp 

• After writing the article, I was inundated with emails and Internet comments.

Note that all of these words can be followed by with or by. For detailes, see the comments section below.

błagać

Boring: beg

• She begged him to change his mind.

Use: implore or beseech or entreat 

• She implored him to change his mind.
• beseech in a song:

wlec się

Boring: walk slowly

• She walked slowly home from school that day and was late for dinner.

Use: dawdle

• She dawdled home from school that day and was late for dinner.
• dawdle in a song:

spać, drzemać

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Boring: sleep

• Sleeping Beauty slept in her forest castle.

Use: slumber Sleeping beauty slumbered in her forest castle.

In context slumber in a song: slumber in 3 articles: here, here, and here

Frequency Google and COCA: Ngram (click on the picture to enlarge):

Notes The word slumber is mainly used in literary contexts. Slumber is more often used as a noun than a verb. Note that, unlike COCA, both google search results and Ngram do not differentiate between the two word classes.