Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

Diverse phrasal verbs (41 cards)

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Whipped out

A

To takeoutor present something suddenly or quickly, often with a flourish

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2
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Spike out

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To be at maximum and then fall

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Check somebody out

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to look at a person’s whole body to see how attractive they are.

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4
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Chat somebody out

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talkto them in a friendly way because you are sexually attracted to them

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5
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Ask somebody out

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6
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Turn somebody on

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You feel sexually atracted

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7
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Fall for somebody

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Fall in love

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8
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Go out with somebody

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To have a partner

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9
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Break up with somebody

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To finish a relationship

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10
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Get back with somebody

A

Never do that

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11
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Look down

A

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12
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To be on sick leave

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To be off sick

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13
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Made time

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To separate time

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14
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Future perfect tense

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Will + have +pp, I’m planning to travel one more time between now and by the end of the year

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15
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Future perfect continuous

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By the end of the year i will have been living in Colombia for 17 años

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16
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Stands out

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Sobresalir

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17
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Run through

18
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Take over

19
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Took place

20
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Find out

A

Discover some information

21
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Figure out

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Find the answer to a problem

22
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Follow-through

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(on something) and carry through (on something) to complete a task; to see a task through to its completion

23
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It isn’t worth it

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It’s worthless/ no vale la pena

24
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dish up

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to serve food

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log off
disconnect
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lead someone on
false hopes
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ALAP
As late as possible. To don't get more work after that.
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go Dutch
pay 50% of the bill each
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stick to your guns
keep your position even if people try to critize you
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return the compliment
do sth for s/one because they have done sth for you
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save face
protect your reputation. The phrase, which uses face in the sense of "outward appearances," is modeled on the antonym lose face. [Late 1800s]
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follow suit /sut/
do what other people are doing. The phrase comes from card games, where there are four "suits" (diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs).
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give ground (not direct object)
change your position in order to make it easier to reach an agreement. Troops, we cannot give our ground to the enemy!
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wined and dined
taken out for expensive meals
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got the wrong idea
misunderstood
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talk it through
you discuss it with them thoroughly
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frown upon
To show one's disapproval of something.
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looking to
interested
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Pick up
increase
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get to
to have the opportunity to do something
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go over
to look at something carefully