Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
(317 cards)
1
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Add up
A
Make sense
2
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Ask after
A
Inquire about
3
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Back out
A
Decide not to do something
4
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Back down
A
Yeld in an argument
5
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Bargain for
A
Take into account
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Be into something
A
To like something a lot
7
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Bear out
A
Confirm the truth
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Beat up
A
Hit and kick somebody many times
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Blow up
A
Destroy by an explosion
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Break down
A
1) stop working
2) lose control of feelings
3) fail
4) separate under headings
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Break in
A
Enter by force
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Break into
A
1) enter by force
2) interrupt
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Break off
A
End a relationship
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Break out
A
Begin suddenly
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Break through
A
Advance
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Break to
A
Tell (bad news) to somebody in a kind way
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Break up
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1) stop for holidays
2) end a relationship
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Bring about
A
Cause to happen
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Bring back
A
Cause to recall
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Bring down
A
Cause to fall
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Bring forward
A
Move something to an earlier date or time
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Bring in
A
Create profit
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Bring on
A
Cause
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Bring out
A
Put on market
25
Bring round
1) cause to regain consciousness
| 2) persuade, bring over to
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Bring up
1) raise a child
| 2) mention / introduce a subject
27
Call back
Telephone again in return to a phone call
28
Call up
Mobilise for military service
29
Call on
To pay a visit to someone
30
Calm down
Become less upset
31
Be carried away
Be very excited
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Carry off
Handle a difficult situation succesfully
33
Carry on
To continue
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Carry out
1) conduct an experiment
2) act according to something
3) complete a plan
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Carry through
Carry succesfully in spite of difficulty
36
Catch up with
Reach the same standard
37
Catch on
Become popular
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Check in
Arrive at a hotel
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Cheer up
Become more cheerful
40
Clear away
Put away things you have used
41
Come across
Find / meet by chance
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Come by
Obtain
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Come down to
Be passed on to sb by inheritance
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Come down with
Become ill; go down with
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Come into
Inherit
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Come off
Succeed
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Come out
1) begin to blossom
2) be published
3) be able to be removed
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Call round
1) visit casually
| 2) recover consciousness
49
Come to
Amount to a total
50
Come up
1) be mentioned
| 2) arrise; occur
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Come up to
1) aproach
| 2) equal
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Come up with
Find ( a solution )
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Come about
Happen
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Come in for
Receive especially criticism
55
Come up against
Meet a difficulty
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Count on
Rely on
57
Crop up
Happen unexpectedly
58
Cut across
Take a shorter way
59
Cut back (on)
Reduce, cut down on
60
Cut in
1) move suddenly in front of another car
| 2) interrupt
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Cut into
Interrupt
62
Cut off
1) disconnect
| 2) isolate
63
Cut out
Omit
64
Be cut out for
Be suited for
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Cut up
Cut into small pieces
66
Do away with
Abolish
67
Do down
Speak badly of somebody
68
Do in
Kill
69
Do up
1) Fasten, tie
| 2) To decorate
70
Do with
Want
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Do without
Live without
72
Draw up
Come to a stop
73
Drop in
Pay a visit
74
Drop off
Fall asleep
75
Ease up
Reduce in degree, speed, intensity
76
Eat into
Use more than expected
77
End up
Finish up, result in
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Face up to
Have courage to deal with
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Fall apart
Disintegrate
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Fall back on
Turn to somebody for help when other plans have failed
81
Fall behind with
Fail to keep up with
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Fall for
1) fall in love with somebody
| 2) be deceived
83
Fall in
Collapse
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Fall in with
Agree with
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Fall into
1) be devided into
| 2) begin; enter a state
86
Fall on
1) attack
| 2) eat hungrily
87
Fall out with
To quarrel (a certa)
88
Fall through
Fail to be completed
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Fall about
Show amusement
90
Fell up to
Feel capable of doing
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Follow up
Act upon a suggestion
92
Get across
Sucessfully comunicate ideas
93
Get along
Continue despite difficulties
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Get along with
Be on friendly terms; get on with
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Get at
Mean
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Get away with
Escape punishment for a illegal act
97
Get back
Recover possession of
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Get down
1) swallow with difficulty
| 2) depress
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Get down to
Start doing something seriously
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Get on
1) enter (bus train)
| 2) make progress
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Get on with
To be on good terms with
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Get out
Become known
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Get over
Recover from
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Get round
Persuade, bring round
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Get round to
Find time to do something
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Get through
1) finish (a piece of work)
| 2) go on living through difficult times
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Get through to
Reach by phone
108
Get up
Rise from bed
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Give away
1) reveal
| 2) give something free of charge
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Get on for
Aproach a certain age, time, number
111
Get over with
Come to the end of something (usually unpleasant)
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Get up to
Do something
113
Give back
Return
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Give in
Surrender
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Give off
Emit (fumes smells heat)
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Give out
1) come to an end
| 2) distribute
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Go after
Pursue
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Go ahead
Be allowed to happen
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Go away
Cease
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Go back on
Break a promise
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Go by
Base one’s idea on
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Go down with
Become ill
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Go for
1) attack
| 2) apply for a job
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Go in for
Take part in
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Go off
1) explode
2) (of an alarm) ring
3) spoil
4) stop liking something
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Go on
1) continue; carry on
| 2) happen
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Go out
Stop burning
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Go over
1) examine details; go through
| 2) repeat
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Go round
1) be enough for everyone to have a share
| 2) spread; circulate; get round
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Go through
1) experience
2) (of a deal) be completed with succes
3) discuss in detail
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Go up
Rise
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Go with
Match
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Go without
Endure the lack of something; do without
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Go through with
Complete a promise or a plan
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Grown on
Become more liked
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Hang out
Put clothes on the line to dry
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Hang up
1) put something in a high position
| 2) end a phone call
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Hang on
Wait for a short while
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Hang onto
Keep
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Have it in for
Be deliberatly inkind to someone
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Have it out with
Express feelings so as to settle a problem
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Have someone on
Deceive ( a minti; a trada)
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Hit it off
Get on well with
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Hit upon / on
Discover by chance
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Hold back
1) control
| 2) hesitate
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Hold in
Restrain
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Hold off
Keep at a distance
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Hold on
Wait
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Hold out
1) last
| 2) persist
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Hold to
1) follow exactly
| 2) keep to (a promise)
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Hold up
1) delay
| 2) use violence in order to rob
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Hold with
Agree with
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Keep after
Continue to pursue
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Keep away (from)
Stay away
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Keep back
Conceal
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Keep down
Cause to remain at a lower level
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Keep in
Make somebody to stay indoors
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Keep off
Stay away from; avoid
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Keep on
Continue despite difficulties
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Keep out
Exclude somebody/something
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Keep up (with)
Stay at the same level as somebody/something
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Keep up with
1) continue to be informed
| 2) charge at the same rate
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Lay down
State a rule
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Let down
1) lenghten (of clothes)
| 2) disappoint
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Let in
Allow somebody to enter a place
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Let off
Not punish
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Let on
Reveal a secret
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Let out
1) release
| 2) (of clothes) make larger
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Let up
Become less strong
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Let it on
Allow to be a part of a secret
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Live on
Have an amount of money to buy things
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Live down
Suffer a loss of reputation
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Live up to
Reach an expected standard
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Look after
Take care of
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Look back (on)
Consider the past
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Look down to
Despise ( a disprețui )
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Look for
Search
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Look forward to
Anticipate with pleasure
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Look in on somebody
Pay a short visit to
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Look into
Investigate
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Look on
1) consider
| 2) observe
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Look out over
A avea vederea catre
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Look out
Be careful
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Look out for
Be alert in order to see or find something or somebody
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Look over
Examine carefully
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Look round
Inspect a place
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Look through
Look at quickly
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Look up
Look for something in an appropriate book or list
189
Look someone up
Visit when in the area
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Loosen up
Become more relaxed
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Make for
1) result in
| 2) go towards
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Make off with
Run away with
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Make out
1) pretend
2) distinguish
3) write out; fill in
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Make someone out
Understand someone’s behaviour
195
Make over
Give possession of something to somebody else
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Make up
1) invent
2) put cosmetics on
3) reconcile
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Make up for
Compensate
198
Make up one’s mind
Decide
199
Miss out
Fail to include
200
Open up
Relax and say exactly what somebody feels or thinks
201
Own up
Confess
202
Pack in
Stop an activity
203
Pass away
Die
204
Pass off as
Pretend to be somebody else succesfully
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Pass out
Lose consciousness
206
Pay back
1) return money owed
| 2) take revenge on somebody
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Pay down
Pay part of the price for something and the rest over a period
208
Pay for
Receive punishment
209
Pay off
Pay somebody to leave employment
210
Pay up
Pay a debt in full
211
Pick somebody up
Go somewhere and take somebody away
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Pick up
Improve
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Pin someone down
Force to give a clear statement
214
Play up
Behave or work badly
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Point up
Draw attention on a fact
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Pull down
Demolish
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Pull in
Arrive
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Pull oneself together
Bring one’s feelings under control
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Pull through
Succed despite difficulties
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Pull up
Stop
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Pull off
Manage to succed
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Push on
Continue with some effort
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Put across
Comunicate succesfully; get across/over
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Put away
1) store
| 2) put somebody into prison
225
Put back
Place something in the position it was before
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Put down
1) write down
| 2) supress forcibly
227
Put down to
Attribute to
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Put forward
Propose
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Put in for
Apply for a job
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Put off
Postpone
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Put on
1) dress oneself in
2) increase in weight
3) cause to take place
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Put out
1) extinguish
2) cause trouble
3) take something out of the house
233
Put oneself out
Take trouble - to help
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Put off
Discourage; upset
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Be put out
Be annoyed
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Put through
Connect by phone
237
Put up
1) build
2) offer accommodation
3) show in a public place
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Put up with
Tolerate; bear
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Rip off
Charge too much
240
Run across/ into
Find by chance; meet by chance
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Run after
Chase
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Run away with
Steal
243
Run down
1) knock down ( with a vehicle )
2) criticise
3) lose power
244
Run in
Bring a new car engine into full use
245
Run off
Make copies
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Run out
Have no more of something left
247
Run out of
No longer have a supply
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Run over
Check
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Run to
Have enough money
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Run through
1) use up
| 2) rehearse, check or revise quickly
251
Run up
Accumulate
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Run up against
To encounter difficulties
253
See about
Deal with; see to
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See someone off
Accompany a traveller to his plain;, train, etc.
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See out
Accompany somebody to the exit
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See over
Inspect a place; look round
257
See through
Not be deceived
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Send up
Make fun of sb by imitating
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Set aside
Save for a special purpose
260
Set about
Start working
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Set in
1) establish itself
| 2) star and seem likely to continue
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Set off
Start a journey
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Set out
1) begin a journey; start am action
2) arrange
3) give in detail in writing
264
Set up
Start a business
265
Set upon
Attack
266
Sink in
Realise slowly
267
Slip up
Make a mistake
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Slow down
Reduce speed
269
Sort out
Find a solution
270
Stand by
1) support sb in difficulties
2) be ready for action
3) keep to an agreement
271
Stand for
1) represent
| 2) tolerate, put up with
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Stand in for
Replace sb
273
Stand out
Be noticeable
274
Stand up
1) rise to one’s feet
| 2) be proved to be true
275
Stand up for
1) support
| 2) take the place of
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Stand up to
Resist
277
Step down
Resign
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Step up
Increase
279
Stick up for
Defend
280
Switch off
Stop something working
281
Switch to
Change something
282
Take after
Resemble
283
Take away
Remove
284
Take back
Apologise
285
Take for
Identify wrongly
286
Take in
1) give accommodation
2) make clothes narrower
3) fully understand
4) deceive
287
Take off
1) remove clothes
2) leave ground
3) imitate
4) take time as a holiday
288
Take out
1) remove
2) clean
3) arrange to get something
4) sign an issurancy
289
Take out on
Make someone else suffer because of one’s own sufferings
290
Take on
1) undertake work/ responsability
2) employ
3) acquire a new characteristic
4) do something extra
291
Take over
Gain control
292
Take up
1) begin a hobby
| 2) fill (time space)
293
Take to
1) begin a habit
| 2) like
294
Take to someone
Develop a linking for
295
Be taken back
Be strongly surprised
296
Be taken in
Be deceived
297
Talk out/into
Dissuade from; persuade into
298
Tell off
Speak to sb angrily
299
Throw away
Put sth useless in a rabish container
300
Tie in with
Be in agreement with
301
Track down
Find someone or find information about them
302
Try out
Test
303
Turn away
Refuse admittance
304
Turn down
1) refuse an offer
| 2) reduce loudness
305
Turn in
1) go to bed
| 2) give to the police
306
Turn off
Switch off
307
Turn out
1) produce
2) prove to be
3) come to a meeting or to form a crowd
308
Turn over
Turn to a new page; change the TV channel
309
Turn to
1) go to sb for help
| 2) begin (a way of life)
310
Turn up
1) arrive; appear
2) arise
3) be discovered by chance
311
Use up
Finish sth so that none of it is felt
312
Wash up
Clean vans , plates, using water and detergent
313
Wear off
Lose effect
314
Wind down
Relax
315
Work out
1) calculate, sum up
2) try to solve something
3) do phisical exercise
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Wrap up
Fold a piece of paper, cloth, etc.
317
To do something over
To start from the begining doing that thing
