English by playlists B2 Flashcards
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Catch up with someone
1. I missed several lessons and it took me a while to catch up with the rest.
2. I ran after her and managed to catch up with her.
3. It’s always good to catch up with old friends
Догонять, наверстывать
Overall, “catch up” involves the process of moving towards a more current, updated, or completed state from a position of being behind or out of the loop.
Put up with
1. As you might guess, I’m not going to put up with this injustice
2. I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
терпеть кого-либо/что-либо, мериться с
Catch up on something
1. Can someone catch me up on the latest developments?
2. I have to catch up on my reading.
3. I plan to catch up on some sleep this weekend
catch up on is about addressing something specific that has been missed or delayed, with the goal of reaching a current, updated, or more satisfactory state
Do something over
1. I realized that I’d have to do it over
2. The teacher told him to do the assignment over.
to do something again because you did not do it well the first time: Переделывать
Get on with someone
1. I get on with m colleagues pretty well
Ладить
Think something over
1. To tell the truth, I’d like to think it over first
2. I’ll think it over and give you an answer next week.
Обдумывать
Get on with something
1. Stop talking and get on with it.
2. Get on with your homework.
to start or continue doing something, especially work:
Keep up (with someone/something)
1. He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
2. She was walking so fast I couldn’t keep up with her.
3. Wages are failing to keep up with inflation.
4. He’s never made an effort to keep up with current events.
to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something: не отставать, держаться на том же уровне
Come in handy / useful
1. I don’t throw it away because it can come in handy
2. Keep it, it might come in useful.
to be useful for a particular purpose:
Injustice
несправедливость
Get down to something
1. I’ve got a lot of work to do, but I can’t seem to get down to it.
2. I must get down to booking the hotels.
3. Before we get down to business, I’d like to thank you all for coming today.
to start to direct your efforts and attention towards something: приниматься за что-либо, приступать к чему-либо
point (something/someone) out
1. The tour guide pointed out the inscription that runs round the inside of the dome.
2. I’d like to point out that this issue is of a great importance and it shouldn’t be ignored
- to make a person notice someone or something, sometimes by holding up one of your fingers towards him, her, or it: указывать, отмечать
- to tell someone about some information, often because you believe they do not know it or have forgotten it: заметить
Sort out
1. Sort out any clothes you want to throw away and give them to me.
2. If I were you, I’d try to sort out the following problems as soon as possible
3. We’ve sorted out the computer system’s initial problems.
4. Have you sorted out your schedule yet?
5. Has he been bothering you again - do you want me to sort him out?
- to separate one type of things from a group of things: перебирать, рассортировать
- to deal successfully with a problem, a situation, or a person who is having difficulties: разбираться с чем-либо, улаживать что-либо
Put off
1. I can’t put off going to the dentist any longer.
2. As they say, never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
3. He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.
postpone: откладывать
Call off
1. Tomorrow’s match has been called off because of the icy weather.
2. The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.
cancel: отменять
Fall behind
1. He was ill for six weeks and fell behind with his schoolwork.
2. I’ve fallen behind on the mortgage payments.
to fail to do something fast enough or on time: отставать
Look after
1. We look after the neighbours’ cat while they’re away.
2. If you look after your clothes they last a lot longer
3. Don’t worry about Mia - she can look after herself.
4. Could you look after the children while I’m out?
to take care of or be in charge of someone or something: присматривать за кем-либо/чем-либо
Calm down
1. She sat down and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
2. He was angry at first but we managed to calm him down.
to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to make someone stop feeling this way: успокаивать(ся)
Turn down
1. He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
2. He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.
3. Can you turn down the volume?
4. The music was so loud that I turned it down
5. They did offer me the job, but I turned it down.
- to refuse an offer or request: отказывать кому-либо/отклонять что-либо
- to reduce the level of sound or heat that a machine produces: убавлять (звук и т. д.)
Bring someone up
1. She was brought up by her grandmother.
2. Who brought her up?
to care for a child until they are an adult, often giving them particular beliefs: воспитывать
Come back
1. I’ll come back and pick you up in half an hour.
2. We’ve just come back from Amsterdam.
3. By the time he came back, I’d already finished doing that exercise
to return to a place: возвращаться
I haven’t been able to get in touch with her for the last few hours because her phone is switched off
…
Get back
1. If you get back in time, you can come with us.
2. When we got back to the hotel, Ann had already left.
to return to a place after you have been somewhere else:
Get back to someone
1. I’ll get back to you later with those figures.
2. He can’t find the phone number right now, but promised to get back to me with it.
to talk to someone again, usually on the phone, in order to give them some information or because you were not able to speak to them before: перезванивать кому-либо