Other Flashcards
(131 cards)
1
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Get round to
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Find time to do - also around
2
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Get rid of
A
Throw away
2
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Get in on (an activity)
A
to start participating
3
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Stick to
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To do sg that you promised or decided you would do, or that you believe you should do
3
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Cut down on
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Decrease the amount of
3
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Come to
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Be a question of, concern Start to talk about sg. To become conscious
4
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Get on with SO
A
Have a friendly relationship
5
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get on with (an activity)
A
continue doing it
6
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Put back
A
To change the time or date of an event so that it happens later than originally planned To put something in the place where it was before it was moved To change the time of a clock or watch to an earlier time
6
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Get around
A
Move from one place to another
7
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Put through
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Make sb. do a test Connect someone to the person they want to speak to on the telephone
7
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Get back at sb.
A
Take revenge
7
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Look forward to
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To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen
7
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Get back into (an activity)
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to start getting involve in it again
8
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Send away for
A
Order by post
9
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See to
A
Deal with, do sg. about
10
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Look around
A
Explore
11
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Carry on with
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Continue
12
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Get by
A
Just manage to live or do sg.
Manage under difficult circumstances
13
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Turn away
A
Refuse entry
13
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Put down to
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Give as a reason
13
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Let sb in on
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To tell someone a secret
13
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Get into (a Subject)
A
to start getting interested in it
14
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Attend to
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Serve a customer in a shop, restaurant etc
14
Head for
Going somewhere
15
Toy/Play with
To consider an idea in a way that is not serious or definite
16
Fall for
To believe that a trick or a joke is true
18
Go back
To return to a person, place, subject, or activity To have existed since or for a particular time When the clocks go back, everyone changes the time on their clocks so that they show a time that is one hour earlier than before
18
Come up with
To think of something such as an idea or a plan
19
Take out on
Blame on SO for STH you did
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Bargain for
Take into account
20
Get together
Meet up
22
Fall back on
Have sg. to use when you are in difficulty
23
Pull through
Recover from a serious illness
23
Take after
Inherit outlook and/or personality from parents
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Bring round
Influence someone to your point of view To make someone who is unconscious become conscious
24
Come over
To pay a casual visit If a feeling comes over you, it suddenly affects you in a strong way If sb or sg comes across in a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see them
24
Live up to
To be as good as what was expected or promised
25
Go through with
Do sg. you aren't happy about
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Let in on (the secret)
Communicate a secret
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Stand up to
To not allow yourself to be treated badly, especially by someone in authority To not be changed or damaged by something
27
Brush aside
To refuse to accept that something is important or true
28
Run over
Injure/kill someone with a car Practise a performance Explain something again
29
Get through to sb.
Make sb. understand sg.
30
Get back
Return to place Receive/have something again Start doing something again To return to the state or condition you were in before
31
Hand over
To give something to someone by holding it in your hand and offering it to them To give power or control to someone else
32
Get round
Manipulate
33
Fall in love
Fall in love with - colloquial
33
Pass away
Die
34
Stand up for
To defend someone or something that is being criticized or attacked
35
Fall about
Show amusement especially laughing colloquial
37
Catch up with
Speed up to be at the same place as a person or thing in front of you To improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something
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Go back on
Not keep a promise
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Get away
Escape
Go for a Holiday
41
Come in for
To receive something such as criticism
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Get behind (with work)
Be slower or not making the same progress as other people
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Keep up with
Stay in schedule with (a person the workload homework)
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Go in for
Do regularly (such as sport)
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Getting at STH
Explaining STH
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Come across
Find, meet by chance If someone or something comes across in a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see them
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Get behind (SO/STH)
Support
Try to help it succeed
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Take back
To admit that something you said to or about someone was wrong To take something that you have bought back to the shops because it is broken or not suitable
51
Back out of
Not keep (a promise, agreement, deal)
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Break through
To successfully deal with something that is stopping you making progress If something that was hidden breaks through something, it appears through it
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Come about
Happen
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Get STH across
Be understood - especially get an idea across
56
Get around (a difficulty)
Find a way to avoid it
57
Can't get over sg.
Used for saying that you are very surprised by something
58
Fall over (oneself)
try very hard or want very much to do sg.
59
Make of
To understand someone or the meaning of something in a particular way
60
Press for
Try hard to get
61
Get to the wrong end of the stick
Misunderstand
62
Set back
To delay the progress of someone or sg
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Look up to
Respect, admire someone
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Stand in for
Take someone's place
66
Get along with SO
Have a friendly relationship
67
Make up for
Compensate for
68
Leap at an opportunity/chance
Jump to the chance, take the chance
68
Fall through
To not be completed or not happen
70
Bring back
To cause ideas, feelings, or memories to be in your mind again Make a dead person live
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Drop out of
Quit an organized activity (school)
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Turn over
To change the position of your body when you are lying or sleeping so that you face the opposite direction To make a particular amount of money in a particular time
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Catch up on
Become up-to-date To do sg that should have been done before
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Go on at
Come against
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Bring STH about
Cause to happen
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Get out of
To avoid doing something that you should do or that you said you would do
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Take over
To take control of something
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Looking formats to
Anticipate with pleasure
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Get up to
To do something, especially something that you should not do Do sg. naughty, fun
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Fall behind
Fail to keep up with sg.
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Fit in with
Your personality matches into the group To be correct, suitable, or sensible in relation to something else
85
Get over
Overcome / to recover from To make people understand something
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Go with
Match, suit
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Come around
To recover, revive / to change opinion or decision / visit someone
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Grow out of
If children grow out of clothes, they grow bigger and the clothes become too small for them If someone grows out of a habit, they stop doing it, because they are older or wiser
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Stand for
If someone stands for a particular principle, they believe that principle is important If a letter, an abbreviation, or a symbol stands for something, that is what it means or represents
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Take sg. out on
To make someone suffer because you are angry, upset, or tired, even though it is not their fault
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Face up to
Acknowledge STH difficult or embarrassing
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Come forward
Give information
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Stand for election
Apply like a candidate
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Look down on
To think that you are better or more important than someone else, or to think that something is not good enough for you
98
Call for
To demand To say publicly that sg must happen To make something necessary or suitable
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Stand by
To be ready to act / to remain loyal
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Bring forward
To change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier To announce plans or ideas officially so that people can discuss them
102
Hear from
Receive a letter or phone call
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Feel up to
Have the energy to do STH
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See through
Realise what sb is really like
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Cut back on
Reduce
106
Go/Come down with
Catch some kind of illness
107
Look back on
To remember nostalgically
108
Put up with
Tolerate
109
Get though with
Finish after a long delay
110
Fish for compliments
Desire to get appoval
111
Run out of
Not have any more of sg.
113
Go along with
Agree with sb.
115
Do away with
Abolish - colloquial Murder - colloquial
116
Get at
Succeed to reach or touch sth To discover the true facts about something
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Get ahead
to progress financially or in your career.
119
Put by/away/aside
Save some money
120
Give away
To reveal or make known / to make a gift of
121
Put forward
To propose for consideration To change the time or date of an event so that it happens earlier than originally planned To change the time of a clock or watch to a later time
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Get along
Have a very good relationship
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Stand up to
Defend oneself against SO or STH
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Pay back
To give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them
125
Ask after
Inquire about
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Get away with
Do STH against the rules or illegal and not get caught or punish
127
Go through
To perform / to experience
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Go on with
Continue (a plan a conversation )
129
Get over with
Come to the end of STH usually unpleasant
130
Run though
Review quickly
131
Get down to (a job)
Start to do it attentively
