Phrasal Verb 2 Flashcards
(264 cards)
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- Bring faulty goods back to a shop.I have to — that radio — and get my money back.
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take back
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- Remind someone of their past.Seeing my ex-girlfriend again really — me — to when I was at university..
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take back
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- Withdraw a criticism, remark, insult, etc.Look, I — everything I said. I was drunk.
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take back
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Write something, take notes.Here is his phone number, — it —.
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take down
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Think a person is something.I — you — the manager. I didn’t realize you were a salesman like the rest of us!
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take for
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- Allow someone to live in your house.When I saw the flat she was living in, I agreed to — her — for a month or so.
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take in
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- (Phrase) Deceive, trick somebody.She was — by his promises and his charm.
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taken in
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- Include.Our day out — the museum and the old cathedral
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took in
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- Remove something from a list, menu, TV schedule.The TV company decided to — the program that had caused so many complaints.
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take off
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- Leave the ground.The plane couldn’t — due to high winds.
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take off
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- Be a success, improve.Our company will never — unless we spend more money.
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take off
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- Accept new responsibilities.I feel ready to — more now that my children have left home.
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take on
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- Challenge.You shouldn’t — IBM, they are much too big.
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take on
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- Employ.We need to — at least three more people for the Christmas period.
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take on
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- Start a policy, licence.You will need to — a new insurance policy for your boat. - phrase
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take out
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- Show anger by treating someone badly.Don’t — your frustration at losing your job on me!!
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take out
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- Take control of.IBM has — the small software company Hi-Tec Plc.
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taken over
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- Accept responsibility, job from someone else.Gina has — Jane’s advertising office.
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taken over
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Explain, guide someone through something difficult.Don’t worry about your first day at work. I will — you — it.
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take through
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- Start something as a habitHe has — staying up very late. He was never like that before.
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taken to
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- Escape somewhere.The prisoners — the forest where they couldn’t be found
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took to
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- Develop keenness, liking for something.I have really — well — windsurfing.
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taken to
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- Start a new hobby.He has — stamp-collecting to try and relax a little.
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taken up
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- Discuss.There’s an important thing I would like to — with you.
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take up
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3. Occupy time.We --- so long discussing the new company logo.
took up
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1. Underplay the quality, importance of something.Boxers often --- their opponents before a fight.
talk down
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2. Talk insultingly to someone.He always --- to me like I'm a child.
talks down
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Persuade.I didn't want to come tonight, but my wife --- me --- it.
talk into
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Persuade not to.I wanted to come tonight, but my wife --- me --- it.
talk out of
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Discuss.The two men --- the situation for more than an hour.
talked over
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1. Persuade someone to do something.Jon --- me --- into going on holiday with him.
talk round
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2. Avoid talking directly about a subject.We didn't discuss the possibility of starting our own business exactly. We --- it for a while.
talk round
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Describe procedure, process with someone.I will --- you --- your first operation. Just listen to everything I tell you.
talk through
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Leave a place under duress.You will have to --- yourself --- from the TV for just five minutes.
tear away
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Destroy.They are --- the old pub at the end of the road. What a shame!
tearing down
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Count against someone.His criminal record will --- him and he probably won't get the job.
tell against
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Distinguish, identify between two or more things.When the twins dress the same, I can't --- them ---.
tell apart
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Use to form an opinion.I can --- your mood that you didn't win the match today!
tell by
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Blame, discipline a person.It's so late. My father will really --- me ---.
tell off
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1. Consider.You must --- the consequences before acting.
think of
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2. Remember.I'm trying to --- where we were last year at this time.
think of
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3. Suggest. --- a good film we can go and see.
Think of
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Consider something with great care. --- what may happen if you don't pay this money!
Think out
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Consider for a long time.This is a huge decision which we must --- carefully before making.
think over
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Invent, create.You always manage to --- a new excuse for why you arrive late to school.
think up
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1. Lose an opportunity.You could have married her and you --- it all ---.
threw away
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2. Get rid of something permanently.That old radio doesn't work at all. We can --- it ---.
throw away
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(Informal) Include.While chatting, he --- an invite to his party.
threw in
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Reject.The board immediately --- the new proposal.
threw out
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Make quickly.I will --- a meal if you are hungry.
throw together
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Vomit, be sick.It's no surprise he --- after six vodkas!
threw up
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1. Limit someone to something.He tried to be flexible but they --- him --- to the contract
tied down
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2. Have freedom limited.I won't get married until I am ready to be ---.
tied down
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Connect, link, agree with.This new proposal --- what we were promised last year.
ties in with
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Be blocked.All my money is --- with my wife's company.
tied up
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Make less obvious, notable, offensive.Can you --- your language? There are children present.
tone down
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Make muscles stronger.This aerobic class will --- you --- nicely for the summer.
tone up
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Add a finishing touch to something.And he --- his speech with a terrible joke.
topped off
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Refill.Would you like me to --- your glass of wine?
top up
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(Plane) To land on the ground.We --- at JFK at just gone six in the morning.
touched down
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(Informal) Ask someone for money.I think he is a bit poor as he has --- me --- loans three times this month.
touch for
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Cause a war, dispute, riot, etc.What started as a local tribal dispute --- a full scale war.
touched off
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Mention briefly.He never even --- our proposal!
touched on
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Add a few details, new paint to something.The picture is great except you need to --- the background a bit.
touch up
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Find after a long search.I finally --- him --- to a small bar in Manchester.
track down
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Exchange one thing for another - often for a discount.I --- my old Ford and got a new Jeep for half price.
traded in
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Take advantage of someone's weakness, sympathy.She was --- his weakness for blonde women.
trading on
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1. Test clothes for size. --- those jeans and see if they fit you or not.
Try on
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2. (Informal) Behave in dishonest way.You want fifty dollars for that old bicycle. Are you --- it ---?
trying on
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Experiment with a new product, food, etc.Let's --- that new restaurant near the bank.
try out
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Store something that is no longer needed. --- those old clothes in the wardrobe.
Tuck away
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1. Eat food quickly.You must be hungry going by the way you are ---
tucking in
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2. Make someone comfortable in bed.Can you --- the children while I finish the cooking?
tuck in
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Fold. --- your sleeves. They are hanging in the soup.
Tuck up
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Adjust a TV or radio to receive a certain station.I --- for this program every Sunday.
tune in
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1. Reject, refuse to accept.They --- my book saying it was too long.
turned down
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2. Reduce volume. --- that music. We are trying to sleep here!
Turn down
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1. Go to bed.I am so tired, I think I will ---.
turn in
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2. Give someone over to the police.The murderer was --- by his brother.
turned in
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Become.That nice pub has --- a horrible theme restaurant.
turned into
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1. Leave a road.You have to --- at the next junction.
turn off
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2. Make a person lose interest, appetite.Men who swear really --- me ---.
turn off
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3. Attack.The dog --- him and bit him.
turned on
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1. Start a machine.Let's --- the TV and watch that film.
turn on
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2. Cause pleasure, excitement in somebody.Black lingerie really --- me ---.
turn on
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3. Dress.They always --- themselves --- very elegantly.
turn out
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4. Empty. --- your pockets and put everything on the table please.
Turn out
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1. Replace stock in a shop.Supermarkets have to --- their fruit and vegetable often.
turn over
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2. Give control, possession to somebody else.He --- the small business to a local businessman.
turned over
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Cause an improvement in something.He is --- that company --- with sheer hard work.
turn round
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1. Become, be changed.Water --- ice when the temperature is below 0degreeC.
turns to
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2. Go to someone for support, money, help.If my wife leaves me, who can I --- for help?
turn to
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Appear, arrive.My key --- under the bed.What time will John be turning up?
turned up
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Leave someone a large responsibility, burden. I've been --- paying all these bills.
saddle with
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Make a surface smooth. We will need to --- those old doors.
sand down
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Frighten away. We heard a burglar in the garden but the dog --- him ---.
scare off
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Survive financially with difficulty. We just --- once my husband lost his job.
scrape along / by
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Just about qualify, pass an exam, etc. She --- her chemistry exam with 51%.
scrape through
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Collect with care and effort. We managed to --- enough money for a new fridge.
scrape together
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(Informal) Force money out of. The gang --- protection money --- the neighborhood's businesses.
screw out of
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(Informal) Make a disaster of something. I only asked him to book the restaurant and he even ---!
screw up
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Use something to help you see. We used candles to --- .
see by
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Go to airport, station to say goodbye. Will you come to --- me --- tomorrow at the airport?
see off
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Accompany someone to the door. You don't have to --- me ---. I know the way.
see someone out
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1. Understand the real nature of someone. You may be able to convince the others but I --- you. money to stop now.
see through
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2. Continue an activity until it's finished. We have to --- this project ---. We have spent too much money to stop now.
see through
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Take care of, deal with. I'll --- it that the boss understands our feelings on this.
see to
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Sell things cheaply. The government was accused of --- the country's nationalized industries.
sell off
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Sell all tickets, etc. I'm sorry, we don't have any more apples left. We --- an hour ago.
sell out
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Sell house, business and leave town. The harassment got so bad that he decided to --- .
sell up
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Send someone to prison. The judge --- him --- for ten years.
send down
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1. Send a letter. He --- his application form for the job.
send off
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2. Say goodbye to someone at a station, airport. All his friends went to the port to --- him ---.
send off
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Send letters to new address. The letters will be --- to you at your new house.
send on
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Ridicule someone, something. The comedian --- the President and made everyone laugh.
send up
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Begin a job, task. They --- cleaning the house with great enthusiasm.
set about
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1. Cost. The wedding --- me --- a huge amount of money.
set back
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2. Cause delay, problems. The weather --- the building work --- by two days.
set back
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Use something to help you set a watch. I always --- my watch --- Channel 2 news.
set by
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Allow passenger to leave vehicle. The driver --- me --- just outside the house.
set down
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Become established, likely to last a long time. The snow has really --- now. We can't leave till tomorrow.
set in
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1. Cause to explode. The earthquake --- the old bomb.
set off
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2. Leave on a journey. We have to --- tomorrow very early.
set off
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3. To make something more attractive by comparison. Your dress really --- your hair.
set off
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1. Prepare. They carefully --- the experiment.
set up
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2. Start a business. This company was --- in 1955.
set up
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Free self from something. Thanks to all that vitamin C, he --- his cold in just a day.
shake off
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1. Disturb or shock someone. The car crash really --- him ---.
shake up
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2. Get a person to perform, behave better. Stopping all his privileges will --- him --- a bit.
shake up
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Draw attention to self to impress people. She often --- about all her jewelry.
show off
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To be visible under a cover. That black bra --- your blouse too much!
show through
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1. (Informal) Arrive. He ---drunk and two hours late!
show up
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2. Embarrass. You --- me --- at that dinner last night.
show up
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Stop production, working. That factory --- nearly five years ago.
shut down
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Stop a supply of gas, water, etc. --- the gas, otherwise it may explode.
shut off
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Stop, block. You need to --- all memories of that accident.
shut out
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Stop talking. Can you --- your sister ---. I can't hear the news.
shut up
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Sign paper which gives possessions away. He --- all his old cars --- to his brother.
sign away / over
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End a letter, TV program saying goodbye. I would like to --- by wishing you a wonderful evening.
sign off
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Join something by signing a paper. He has --- to the army.
sign up
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# Choose someone for special attention. I was --- for praise in front of the rest of the school.
single out
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Become absorbed. The news of his promotion took a long time to --- .
sink in
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Not to get involved. How can you --- while thousands are dying in Africa every day from hunger.
sit back
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Stay in factory, university and refuse to work, study. Students at the local university are --- until the authorities promise better studying conditions.
sit in
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1. Not to participate. This game looks a bit rough. I'll --- it ---.
sit out
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2. Stay until the end. The play was terrible but I --- it ---.
sit out
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Apply quickly, abruptly. I saw the old lady crossing the road and managed to --- the brakes just in time.
slam on
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(Informal) Have many sexual relationships. She doesn't know her boyfriend ---. She'll be heartbroken if she finds out.
sleep around
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Stay in bed longer than usual. It's Sunday today so you can --- for a while.
sleep in
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Recover from effects of something by sleeping. He drank too much whiskey and has gone to bed to --- it ---.
sleep off
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1. Continue sleeping. Let him --- - it's only seven o'clock.
sleep on
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2. Leave a decision till the next day. I can't make up my mind which one I want. I will --- it.
sleep on
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(Informal) Make a mistake. He really --- buying that car. It's falling to pieces!
slip up
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Stop acting in a stupid, immature way. Stop feeling so sorry for yourself so much. Come on - --- it!
snap out of
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Take possession of something quickly and enthusiastically. That car is a great bargain. You should --- it ---.
snap up
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Wet totally, completely. That rain storm last night --- me ---.
soak through
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Absorb information, atmosphere, etc. We spent two weeks in Paris --- the culture, the language, the food. It was marvelous.
soak up
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Arrange, deal with. I need to sort something out and then I can come with you. --- your room will you please.
sort out
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To be obvious, clear. The conclusions written in the board's report --- .
speak for itself
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Oppose a plan, proposal vehemently. We need to --- against the treatment of women is certain states.
speak out
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1. Speak louder. --- Bill, we can't hear you!
speak up
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2. Express an opinion. If you disagree so much with the manager, you should --- and say something.
speak up
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Make details clearer. You need to --- exactly what you have in mind.
spell out
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Make something last a long time. You will have to --- that money for another week.
spin out
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Spend a lot of money on. He really --- for their holiday.
splash out
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Break a relationship with somebody. Have you heard that Joe has --- with Mandy?
split up
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Watch a place carefully. The police are --- that cafe across the street looking for the suspect.
stake out
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Gamble something on. I --- whole life on building that house.
stake something on
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1. Be ready for action. The British aircraft carrier HMS Dougal is --- awaiting government orders.
stand by
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2. Not act in a situation. Don't --- while someone is insulting your wife.
stand by
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3. Support, agree with somebody. If it comes to an argument, you know I will --- you.
stand by
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Resign from a job, position. After the scandal, the minister had no option but to --- .
stand down
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1. Represent, support. This company --- family values.
stand for
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2. Mean (abbreviations)NATO --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
stand for
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3. Tolerate. I won't --- your bad attitude any longer.
stand for
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4. Contest an election. Max Miller is --- mayor in the city elections.
stand for
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Substitute someone. Henry is --- for Edward who is ill today.
stand in
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Be obvious in comparison with something else. Her great work this year has helped her to --- from the rest of the office.
stand out
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(Informal) Not to go on a date with someone. I waited for an hour before I accepted that he had --- me ---.
stand somebody up
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Start journey home. It's time we --- . Look at the time.
start back
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Begin. I want to --- by talking about the history of this building.
start off
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Start on a journey. We --- from Boston.
start out
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Keep distant from. ---from my daughter. I don't trust you.
stay away
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Not to go out. I don' feel well tonight. I think I will --- .
stay in
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1. Approach something. --- to the microphone Derek. Sing us a song
step up
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2. Increase. We need to --- your vitamin intake, Mrs. Jones.
step up
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Keep working, etc at an activity. You can't quit another job. You never --- anything!
stick at
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1. Be obvious in comparison to something else. You really --- in those pink trousers. something until conditions improve. I hate my job but I will stick it out until I can get a better one.
stick out
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1. Be obvious in comparison to something else. You really --- in those pink trousers.
stick out
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2. Put something out, outside. --- your hand --- of the window and see if you can catch a snowflake.
stick out
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Stay to an agreed contract, decision. Please --- our agreed deal, Mr. Jones. We never said I would have to pay extra as you are saying now!
stick to
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Give support for somebody. I will --- for you if they accuse you of doing it.
stick up
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Visit a person. If I have time, I will --- and see you tomorrow.
stop by
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Stay at home. Look at the terrible weather, let's --- tonight.
stop in
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Break your journey. On the way to Melbourne, we --- for a day in Bangkok.
stop over
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Block a hole with something. We can --- that hole with a bit of cloth.
stop up
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Remove someone from a professional body. The doctor was --- for serious malpractice.
strike off
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Begin, start. I --- ---a great friendship with a man in Paris last year.
strike up
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Deceive a person repeatedly. He won't give you that job - he is --- you ---.
string along
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Make last longer than necessary. I hate it when he --- his jokes like that.
string out
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Join together. He was so drunk that he couldn't even --- three words.
string together
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Take a machine to pieces. I had to --- the engine completely before finding the problem.
strip down
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(Informal) Ingratiate oneself to figure of authority. Of course he gets the best marks. He is always --- the teacher.
suck up to
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Believe in something very much. I --- Tea Tree Oil for curing all my skin problems.
swear by
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Ask as a witness for your honesty, promise. I --- my son's life that I never killed her.
swear on
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Reject something by voting against it.The House of Lords --- the proposal to ban fox hunting.
voted down
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Approve of something by voting for it.The new budget was --- with a narrow majority.
voted through
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Express approval, trust in a person.I will --- his story. He is an honest person.
vouch for
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To act as a servant to somebody, especially by serving food to them‘Help yourself,’ she said, ‘I’m too tired to --- you.’
wait on
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Wait until the end of something.We should --- the storm before leaving the house.
wait out
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1. Not to go to bed.I will --- until Jane gets back from the disco.
wait up
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2. (Informal) Wait!I'm not ready yet. --- !
Wait up
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Win a competition easily.We were the best team by a long way and --- the cup.
walked away with
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Meet something unpleasant by accident.They --- a bank robbery and were taken hostage.
walked into
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Take, usually by accident.I --- someone else's bag by mistake.
walked off with
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Leave, abandon.Her husband --- on her and left her to look after two young children alone.
walked out
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To exercise slowly at the end of an activity.We'll finish the match and then we'll --- for ten minutes.
warm down
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Start liking something, someone.I didn't like crab at first, but I'm --- it.
warming to
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To exercise slowly before an activity.Don't go straight out and play before --- otherwise you will pull a muscle.
warming up
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Drink something after eating.I had a great pizza --- with premium beer.
washed down
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When a sound, noise, argument happens near a person and is ignored.The loud music my neighbors play every night --- me now. I am used to it.
washes over
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Clean plates, dishes after a meal.I will --- if you put the plates in the cupboard after.
wash up
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Be careful, cautious.With all this ice on the roads, --- when you are driving.
watch out
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Be responsible for safety, well-being of someone.We need a new babysitter to --- the children.
watch over
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Dilute, add water to reduce strength of something.This beer is terrible. I think someone has --- it ---.
watered down
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Use and damage something with constant use, exposure.The wind has --- the inscription on the stone.
worn away
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Cause to become weaker, smaller, etc.I have --- these shoes totally. I need new ones.
worn down
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Reduce the effects of something.My headache isn't --- . I think I will take an aspirin.
wearing off
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Time to pass.As the evening --- , I got really tired.
wore on
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Make tired.The children really --- me --- today. I am exhausted.
wear out
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Count against in a decision.His previous criminal conviction will --- him.
weigh against
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Cause a person to be tired, depressed, stressed.All this new responsibility is really --- on me.
weighing down
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Contribute to a discussion, etc.Everyone gave money to the cause. Even James --- with a hundred dollars.
weighed in
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Cause concern in someone's mind.His illness --- my mind for nearly a year before he recovered.
weighed on
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Consider the advantages and disadvantages before deciding.Don't take the job without --- everything.
weighing up
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Influence someone.The new witness's evidence didn't --- much --- the jury.
weigh with
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Pass time in a casual, lazy way.I spent an hour by the canal just --- the afternoon ---.
while away
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Convince finally.His final argument --- the jury and the case was won.
won over
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Gain a person's friendship.He --- his mother-in-law --- by buying her a new house.
win round
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Cause to slow down.The party started to --- at about two o'clock.
wind down
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1. Excite.His behavior --- the crowd and the police told him to calm down.
wound up
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2. Cause a business to stop.His company --- last year due to bankruptcy.
wound up
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3. Finish, end.If you drive like that, you'll --- in hospital.
wind up
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Destroy, get rid of.The bombers --- the village.This holiday has wiped out my savings.
wiped out
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Have a negative effect.Her poor health will --- her in that type of job.
work against
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To include. --- some references to the boss's wife in your speech.
Work in
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Get rid of something by work, exercise.You have over a thousand dollars of debt to --- .
work off
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1. Work and think about something.We have a major problem but my group is --- it.
working on
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2. Have an effect on.It's a great soap powder but it doesn't --- natural fibers.
work on
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3. Try to convince.She said no but I am --- her.
working on
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1. End successfully.It looked bad at one point, but it all --- in the end.
worked out
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2. Solve, resolve.Do you know how to --- these quadratic equations?
work out
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3. Do exercises, gym.He --- three times a week. That's why he is so fit.
works out
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1. Encourage, build up.I have --- a big appetite with all this running.
worked up
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2. (Reflexive) Excite oneself to a high point of anger, excitement.Stay calm! You're --- yourself --- to a frenzy.
work up
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Approach the climax of something.It's getting busy at the factory. We are --- the busiest time of the year.
working up to
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1. Twist clothes to get rid of water.This shirt is soaking wet. Didn't you --- it ---?
wring out
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2. Get a confession, promise out of someone.The police were accused of --- a confession --- of the suspect using violence.
wring out
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1. Apply for something.I --- for that job in the bank.
wrote off
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2. Destroy something totally.He has --- that car in an accident.
written off
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3. Accept something as a loss, failure.Don't worry about the money you lent him. --- it --- as a loss. You'll never get it back.
write off
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Put notes into normal writing.After I --- these lecture notes, I will lend them to you to read.
write up
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Get near to the point, target.The police are --- the gang of robbers.
zeroing in on
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Move a camera towards something to see bigger and more clearly.I want to see that man's face better. --- him.
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