Phrasal Verb U1-U6 Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
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To be extremely impressed or
surprised by something

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Blow Away

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2
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To make significant progress, especially
after overcoming challenges

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Breakthrough

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3
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To encounter or face a difficulty, challenges

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Come up against

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4
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To successfully achieve something difficult or
unexpected (e.g birthday surprise)

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Pull Off

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5
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To fail to happen or be completed as planned

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Fall Through

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6
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To make progress, particularly in one’s career or personal goals

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Get ahead

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7
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To wait or remain in situation, to
continue to persist and not give up

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Hang on

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8
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To start focusing on something and stop
procrastinating

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Knuckle Down

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9
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To be surprised or shocked by
something

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Be taken aback

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10
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To make someone feel sad or less happy;
cause someone to lose power

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Bring Down

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11
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To receive criticism or blame

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Come in for

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12
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To interrupt someone who is speaking

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Cut in

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13
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To seek revenge on someone

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Get back at

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14
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To start to do something or to start an
activity

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Set out

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15
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To cause problems for someone else

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Stir up

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16
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To begin to like someone or something

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Take to

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17
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be infectect , get an illness

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Come Down With

18
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to get rid of an illness

19
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Faint

20
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Catch an illness from someone or something

21
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Remove something

22
Q

vomit

23
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the most advanced
stage in the
making of
something

24
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something that is
innovative, making
new discoveries

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Groundbreaking

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describes something that evokes feelings of happiness
Heart-warming
25
describes something that causes intense feelings of sadness
Heart-rending
26
the most modern level or latest technology
State-of-the-art
27
describes something that is excessively sentimental or sweet
Sugary-sweet
28
eat a lot of food
Pack away
29
eat at a restaurant
Dine out
30
eat only a particular type of food
Live on
31
eat unwillingly
Pick at
32
finish all of a particular dish or portion of food
Polish off
33
start eating enthusiastically
Tuck in
34
heat food so that it is not cold
Warm up
35
Whip up
Whip up
36
To shine very strongly.
Beat Down (sun)
37
To begin suddenly and with force.
Blow up (storm)
38
To rain very heavily.
Bucket Down
39
When the rain stops and the cloud disperses.
Clear Up (weather)
40
To go away without causing any serious damage.
Blow Over (storm)
41
To lose all its water.
Dry Up (river or lake)