multiwords Flashcards
(91 cards)
pick something/someone up
to lift someone or something using your hands:
look down on someone
to think that you are better than someone:
look into something
to try to find out about something:
set off
to start on a trip:
run out
to use something completely so that nothing is left:
figure something/someone out
to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought:
look up to someone
to admire and respect someone:
set something up
to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc.:
find out
discover
We CAME UP WITH some good ideas,
Se nos OCURRIERON algunas buenas ideas,
TRY them OUT/ TRY OUT
try something out
to use something to discover if it works or if you like it
wake up
despertar
go away
irse
fall over something
caer sobre algo
stay up
to go to bed later than usual:
break up
to divide into many pieces, or to divide something into many pieces:
sit down
siéntate
take something off
to remove something, especially clothes:
If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly:
calm someone down
to stop feeling upset, angry, or excited, or to stop someone feeling this way
make something up
to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive:
I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.
My dad was always really good at making up stories.
throw something away
to waste a skill or opportunity:
waste
an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.:
let someone down
to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do
You will be there tomorrow - you won’t let me down, will you?
focus (something) on someone/something
to give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject, or thing:
