Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
(162 cards)
1
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To do sometime because someone has said that you should
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Act on somebody’s (advice)
2
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To make an extra copy of computer information
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Back something up
3
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To be doing something
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Be up to something
4
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To divide something into different areas
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Break up something
5
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To demand that something happens
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Call for something
6
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Decide that a planned event ou activity will not happen
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Call something off
7
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To cover a surface or fill a place with things that are not tidy or well organized
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Clutter something up
8
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To discover something or someone by chance
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Come across somebody/something
9
Q
To visit someone at their house
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Come around
10
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To deal successfully with a difficult situation
A
Cope with something
11
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Take action in order to achieve something or to solve a problem
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Deal with something
12
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To become more and more rare and then disappear completely
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Die out
13
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To think of a new idea or plan
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Dream something up
14
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To start to sleep
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Drop off (to sleep)
15
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To stop working and doing thinks that most people do because you do not want to be part of society any longer
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Drop out
16
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To finally be in a particular place or situation
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End up
17
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To move things about or touch things with no particular purpose
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Fiddle with something
18
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To feel that you belong to a particular group
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Fit in
19
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To start doing something seriously and with a lot of attention
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Get down to something
20
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To start to do something in a purposeful way
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Go about doing something
21
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To choose something
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Go for something
22
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When something that makes a noise suddenly starts making a noise
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Go off
23
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To move towards something
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Head for something
24
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To ask someone for something
A
Hit up
somebody for something
25
To manage to keep a job
Hold down a job
26
To manage to do work as it is given to you and not be late in doing what you have to do
Keep up with something
27
To enjoy something very much
Lap something up
28
If you say you will never ......., you mean that it is an embarrassing experience that other people will not let you forget
Live something down
29
If you ..... money, you use that money to buy the things that you need to live
Live off something
30
To meet another person in order to do something together
Meet up with somebody
31
To leave the place where you are and go somewhere else
Move on
32
To stop living in a particular home
Move out
33
To give someone all of the money that you owe them
Pay up (informal)
34
To start learning something or doing something regularly without intending to
Pick up sth
35
To choose something from a group of things
Pick sth out
36
If a vehicle "pulls over", it moves to the side of the road and stops
Pull over
37
If a vehicle "pulls up", it stops
Pull up
38
To arrange to do something at a later time
Put sth off
39
To cause sth to explode
Set off sth
40
To arrange a number of things in a particular way
Set sth out
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To arrange for sth to happen
Set up sth
42
To start living somewhere that you are going to live for a long time
Settle down
43
To satrt to feel relaxed and comfortable in a new situation
Settle into sth
44
To make a decision after spending a period of time thinking about the choices
Settle on sth
45
To pay someone the money that you owe them
Settle up
46
To be taught by someone (FORMAL)
Study under sb
47
To replace or destroy something
Sweep sth aside
48
To manage to reveal something
Tease out sth
49
To happen in a particular way
Turn out
50
If someone who is lying down "turns over", they change position so that they are facing a diffrent direction
Turn over
51
If a person in a television show is "voted off", the people watching the programme vote in order to make that person leave the show
Vote sb off
52
To annoy someone, often on purpose (INFORMAL)
Wind sb up
53
To destroy something completely
Wipe sth out
54
Stop demanding something
Back down
55
Stop working
Break down
56
To end / To separate
Break up
57
Raise (a child)
Bring up (a child)
58
To meet someone unexpectedly
Bump into
59
Continue
Carry on
60
To become popular (an ideia or a style) / To understand
Catch on
61
Make happier
Cheer up
62
Inherit (money)
Come into (money)
63
Think of and suggest an idea
Come up with (an idea)
64
Be mentioned, arise or appear
Come up
65
To rely on
Count on
66
Reduce the amount you consume
Cut down on
67
Separate / Isolate / Interrupt
Cut off
68
Stop doing / eating something
Cut out
69
Fasten, button up clothes / Repair, redecorate, modernize a room
Do up
70
Put on different clothes in order to disguise yourself
Dress up
71
To visit informally or unexpectedly
Drop by
72
Fall in love with
Fall for (someone)
73
Argue and stop being friendly with someone
Fall out with (someone)
74
Discover
Find out
75
Find out more about something
Follow up
76
Have a good relationship with
Get along with (someone)
77
Go away for a period of time for a break
Get away (for the weekend)
78
Not be punished for doing something
Get away with
79
Manage to survive/live
Get by
80
Have a good relationship with
Get on with (someone)
81
Start or continue doing something
Get on with (something)
82
Recover after the end of a relationship with someone
Get over (someone)
83
Recover from
Get over (something)
84
Meet (usually for social reasons)
Get together
85
Eliminate
Get rid of
86
Reveal
Give away (secrets)
87
Return
Give back
88
Submit
Give in (homework)
89
Agree to do something you do not want to
Give in (to someone's request)
90
Produce and send into the air
Give off (a smell)
91
Announce or broadcast information
Give out (information)
92
Distribute to a group of people
Give out
93
To stop trying to do something (often because it's to difficult)
Give up
94
Support an idea or agree with someone's opinion
Go along with
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To continue
Go on
96
Have a romantic relationship with someone
Go out with
97
Complete a promise or plan
Go through with
98
Submit school work, submit documentation
Hand in
99
To distribute to a group of people, usually free
Hand out
100
To wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing
Hang around
101
Spend time relaxing (informal)
Hang out
102
To hang clothes or an object n a hook or line / To end a phone call
Hang up
103
Go towards
Head for
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Prevent someone from making progress
Hold back
105
Do something more quickly
Hurry up
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To continue
Keep on
107
Disappoint
Let down
108
Give someone a lighter punishment than they expected
Let off
109
Take care of
Look after
110
Feel superior to
Look down on
111
Try to find
Look for
112
Feel happy about something that is going to happen
Look foward to
113
Investigate
Look into
114
Find information about
Look up
115
Admire and respect
Look up to
116
Compensate for
Make up for
117
Become friends again
Make up with (someone)
118
Invent (stories, excuses)
Make up (something)
119
Lose consciousness
Pass out
120
Return money
Pay back
121
Purchase
Pay for
122
Finish paying for something; have a positive result from hard work
Pay off
123
To draw attention to something
Point out
124
Lose consciousness
Pass out
125
Return money
Pay back
126
Purchase
Pay for
127
Finish paying for something; have a positive result from hard work
Pay off
128
To draw attention to something or someone
Point out
129
Put something back in the correct place
Put away
130
Organize an event
Put on (an event/a show)
131
Place something on your body
Put on (clothes)
132
Increase (weight)
Put on (weight)
133
Extinguish
Put out
134
Accommodate
Put up (for the night)
135
Lift into the air
Put up (your hand)
136
Tolerate
Put up with
137
Charge someone too much for something
Rip off
138
Meet by acident
Run into
139
Use up (e.g. money, petrol, time)
Run out of
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Try to impress people by telling or showing them what you are capable of
Show off
141
To close
Shut down
142
Arrange or order by classes or categories; find a solution
Sort out
143
To represent
Stand for
144
Be easy to see because of being different
Stand out
145
Resemble a member of your family in appearance, behaviour or character
Take after (someone)
146
To remove from a surface or your body
Take off (something)
147
Leave the ground (e.g. plane)
Take off
148
Attempt something new; employ
Take on
149
Take control of
Take over
150
Start to like, especially after only a short time
Take to
151
Star doing (a hobby)
Take up
152
Speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong
Tell off
153
Get rid of something you do not need anymore
Throw away
154
Return towards the place you started from
Turn back
155
Reject or refuse
Turn down
156
To transform
Turn into
157
To disconnect (e.g. a computer)
Turn off
158
To connect
Turn on
159
Arrive, usually unexpectedly, early or late
Turn up
160
Finish a supply of something
Use up
161
To use something until it becomes unusable
Wear out
162
Think about and find a solution; do exercise
Work out
