verbs / phrasal verbs

Question 1

To stand out

Answer 1

To be easily seen or noticed

(stood out - stood out)

The black lettering really stands out on that orange background.

Question 2

To tackle

Answer 2

to try to stop a problem

(tackled - tackled)

We must find new ways to tackle crime

Question 3

To drop out

Answer 3

To stop doing something before you have completely finished

(dropped - dropped) / (+ of)

He dropped out of school at 14

Question 4

To arrange

Answer 4

to make plans for something to happen / to put objects in a particular order or position

(arranged - arranged)

I’ve arranged a meeting with him

Question 5

To drop by

Answer 5

To visit someone for a short time, usually without arranging it before

(dropped - dropped)

He dropped by my office this morning

Question 6

To imply

Answer 6

To communicate an idea or feeling without saying it directly / to involve something or make it necessary (formal)

(implied - implied)

Are you implying (that) I’m fat? / Socialism implies equality

Question 7

To infer

Answer 7

To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have

(inferred - inferred)

I inferred from her expression that she wanted to leave

Question 8

To display

Answer 8

To show a feeling / to show words, pictures, etc. on a screen

(displayed - displayed)

My grandfather disapproved of displaying emotion in public

Question 9

To seek

Answer 9

To try to find or get something

(sought - sought)

I am seeking advice on the matter

Question 10

To depict

Answer 10

To represent or show something in a picture or story

(Depicted - depicted)

Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century

Question 11

To convey

Answer 11

Communicate, express

Question 12

To portray

Answer 12

To represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work

(potreyed - potreyed)

The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress

Question 13

To reach out

Answer 13

To try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them

Question 14

To slip out

Answer 14

If a remark slips out, you say it without intending to / Slip out (something) to leave quietly or quickly so that no one will notice

Before I could say anything she had gathered her books and slipped out the door

Question 15

To swallow up

Answer 15

If a person or thing is swallowed up by something, they disappear into it so that you cannot see them any more / If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own.

During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies

Question 16

To come down

Answer 16

If a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower / (of rain or snow) fall, in particular fall heavily / (of a building or other structure) collapse or be demolished / reach a decision or recommendation in favour of one side or another

House prices have come down recently

Question 17

To gear up

Answer 17

To prepare for an activity or event

Politicians are already gearing up for the next election

Question 18

To carry through

Answer 18

If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.

We don’t have the confidence that the U.N. will carry through a sustained program

Question 19

To wipe out

Answer 19

To wipe out something such as a place or a group of people or animals means to destroy them completely

The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition

Question 20

To reign

Answer 20

to be the king or queen of a country

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Question 21

To caper

Answer 21

to run and jump about in an energetic, happy way

Question 22

To gaze

Answer 22

to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else

Annette gazed admiringly at Warren as he spoke

Question 23

To foresee

Answer 23

To know about something before it happens

Foresaw - forseen

None of these activities had been foreseen in the early days of the project

Question 24

To topple

Answer 24

to (cause to) lose balance and fall down

The tree toppled and fell

Question 25

To outweigh

Answer 25

to be greater or more important than something else

It would have taken a lot of failure to outweigh it

Question 26

To smooth (it) over

Answer 26

to make problems, difficulties, or disagreements less serious or easier to solve, usually by talking to the people involved

Would you like me to try to smooth things over between you and your parents?

Question 27

To dread

Answer 27

to feel extremely worried or frightened about something that is going to happen or that might happen

Temer

He’s dreading the exam - he’s sure he’s going to fail.

Question 28

To fetch

Answer 28

to go to another place to get something or someone and bring it, him, or her back

Buscar / traer / alcanzar / ir a buscar

Question 29

To reassure

Answer 29

to comfort someone and stop them from worrying

Tranquilizar

I was nervous on my first day at college, but I was reassured to see some friendly faces

Question 30

To dash down

Answer 30

To travel (to some place) very quickly or briefly, especially in order to accomplish some task / To write something very quickly

They dashed down to the spot

Question 31

to carry out

Answer 31

If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it

Dr Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art

Question 32

to carry on

Answer 32

to continue doing something, or to cause something to continue

Seguir adelante / continuar

Let’s carry on this discussion at some other time

Question 33

To issue

Answer 33

to produce or provide something official

expedir

The office will be issuing permits on Tuesday and Thursday mornings

Question 34

To make up

Answer 34

invent a story or plan / make up your mind means decidete

Question 35

To conceal

Answer 35

to prevent something from being seen or known about

esconder

Is there something you’re concealing from me?