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Common B2 Exam Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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Break down

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to stop working

Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.

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Call off

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to cancel sth

Tomorrow’s match has been called off because of the icy weather.

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Carry on

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to continue sth

  • similar to get on
  • carry on used for less emphasis

Let’s carry on this discussion at some other time.

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Catch up with

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to cause problems

His lies will catch up with him one day.

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Come across sth

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to encounter sth unexpectedly

He came across some of his old love letters in his wife’s desk.

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Come down with

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to start to suffer from an illness (especially not serious)

I think I’m coming down with a cold.

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Come up with

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to suggest or think an idea ( to think of)

She’s come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.

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Count on sb

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to rely on sb

You can always count on Michael in a crisis.

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Cut down

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to reduce

I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.

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Deal with

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To manage

She’s used to dealing with difficult customers.

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Face up to

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to accept

She’s going to have to face up to the fact that he’s not going to marry

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Fall through

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plans cancelled due to a reason

We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through.

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fit in (with)

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To be accepted

His lifestyle doesn’t fit in with the group.

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Get away (from)

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to disconnect (usually work-related)

I just need to get away for a few days.

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Get away (with)

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to do sth without consequence

If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn’t pay my taxes at all.

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Get on (with)

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to continue (with)

  • similar to carry on
  • get on used for more emphasis

Stop talking and get on with it.

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Get over

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to recover from

She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.

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Get round to

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to do something as soon as you can because you are so busy

I’ll get round to it when I can.

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Get together

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to meet

Shall we get together on Friday and go for a drink or something?

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Give up

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to stop trying

I’ve given up trying to help her.

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Go over

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to examine sth carefully
to study sth

I’ve gone over the problem several times, but I can’t think of a solutio

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Hand over

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To give (documents)

We were ordered to hand over our passports.

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Head for (sth)

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to be in the direction of (sth)

They’re heading for disaster if they’re not careful.

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Keep down

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To reduce and mantain down (volume, voice, etc.)

We need to work hard to keep our prices down.

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Keep up with
to continue being up to date | He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.
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Let down
To disappoint | When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down.
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Let off
To release sb | Instead of a prison sentence they were let off with a fine.
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Live up to
to do as expected | The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations.
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Look back
to think about sth that happened in the past | When I look back I can see where we went wrong.
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Look forward to
to feel excited about sth | I'm really looking forward to my holiday.
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Look into
to investigate | We're looking into the possibility of merging the two departments.
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Look out for
to watch and be careful to search for and find something | The police have warned shopkeepers to look out for forged notes.
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Look up to (sb)
to admire and respect (sb) | He'd always looked up to his uncle.
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Make up for
to compensate | No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.
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Miss out on (sb/sth)
to fail including (sb/sth) | You've missed out your address on the form.
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Pay off
To give good results To pay back money you owe | All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.
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Point out
to indicate | I feel I should point out how dangerous it is.
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Put aside
to save to stop allowing sth to affect you negatively | Let's put our differences aside and make a fresh start.
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Put off
to postpone | The meeting has been put off for a week.
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Put up with
to accept and unpleasant situation or experience | They have a lot to put up with
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Run into
to encounter sb unexpectedly - same as bump into | They ran into a bear in the woods.
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Run out (of)
to finish | I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.
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Set up
to create or establish | She plans to set up her own business.
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Stand out
DESTACAR | The black lettering really stands out on that orange background.
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Stand up for
to defend sb/sth | It's high time we all stood up for our rights around here.
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Take after
to look like sb (in your family) | He takes after his mother/his mother's side of the family.
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Take off
to remove to leave the ground (plane) | The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
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Take over
to get control | The company he works for has recently been taken over.
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Take to
to start to like | He took to smoking a pipe.
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Take up
to ocupate to start doing sth | He's taken up the position of supervisor.
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Turn down
to reject to diminish | He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
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Turn out
to happen | As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early.
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Turn to
to look for help or advice | She has nobody she can turn to.
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Turn up
to arrive or appear somewhere (usually unexpectedly) | She turned up at my house late one night.
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Watch out
to warn sb of danger | Watch out for thieves round here.
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Work out
to calculate to understand, to figure/find out to exercise to result | We need to work out the total cost of the project.

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