Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Ask many people the same question

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Ask around or add up to something

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Invite on a date

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Ask someone out

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Support

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Back someone up

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Add air

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Blow something up

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Stop functioning

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Break down

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Get upset

The women …. When the police told her that her son had died

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Break down

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Force entry to a building

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Break in

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Enter forcibly

The firemen has to … The room to rescue the children

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Break into

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Interrumpt

The tv station…. To report the news of the president death

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Break in

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9
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End a relationship

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Break up

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Escape

The prisioners … Of jail

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Break out

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Make unhappy

This sad music …

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Bring someone down

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Vomit

He drank so much that he …… Is dinner

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Bring something up

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13
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Return a phone call

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Call someone back

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14
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Cancel

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Call something off

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15
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Ask for an answer or opinion

The orofessor … Me for question one

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Call on someone

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16
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Visit someone

We … You last night but you weren’t home

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Call on someone

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17
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Relax after being angry

You need to … before you drive the car

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Calm down

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Not like (formal) 
I ..... his behaviour
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Not care for something or someone

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Leave a hotel

You have to … before 11am

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Look at (informal)
... the crazy hair on that gay!
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Check out something or someone

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Make happier

I brought you some flowers to …

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Cheer someone up

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Tidy, clean

Please, … your bedroom

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Clean something up

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Become sick

My son … flu this weekend

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Come down with something

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Consume less | My doctor wants me to ... sweets and fatty foods
Cut back on something
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Do again | My teacher wants me ... The essay bc she doesn't like my topic
Do something over
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Not tell | We .. Pur relation from our parents for five years
Keep something from someone
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Continue at the same rate | If you ... Those results you will get into a great college
Keep something up
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Allow to enter | Can you ... The cat .. Before you go to school?
Let someone in
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Have none left | We ... Of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap
Run out
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Arrange, organize | Our boss ... With the president of the company
Set something up Ou boss set a meeting up with the president of the company
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Compare prices | I want to ... A little before i decide on these boots
Shop arround
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Stay somewhere for night (informal) | You should ... tonight if the weather is too bad to drive home
Sleep over
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Start to fly | My plane ... in five minutes
Take off
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Appear suddenly | My cat ... after we called the police
Turn up
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Increase the temperature | You can ... In front of the fireplace
Warm someone pr something up
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Prepare you body for exercise | I always ... by doing sit-ups before I go for a run
Warm up
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Exercise | I ... at the gym three times a week
Work out
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Be succesful | Ou plan ... fine
Work out
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Make a calculation | We have to ... the total cost before we buy the house
Work something out
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``` Remove something (clothes) ... you socks and come in the lake! ```
Take something off
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Remember | When I ... On my youth, I wish I had studied harder
Think back
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Continue doing something, limit yourself to one particular thing You will lose weight of you ... the diet
Stick to something
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Tolerate | I do not think I can ... Three small children in the car
Put up with something or someone
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Meet unexpectedly | I ... an old school-friend at the mall
Run into someone or something