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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

Verb + Preposition

1
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Show they are lying

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Catch someone out (separable PV)

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2
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Find it by chance

Seems/ Appears

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Come across something (inseparable PV)

Ex. He came across some old friends

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3
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Face something difficult

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Come up against something (inseparable PV)

Ex. If you come up against difficulties, let me know and I’ll help out.

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4
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Deal with it

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Cope with something (inseparable PV)

Ex. She has a lot of work but somehow she copes with it.

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5
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Communicate it

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Get something across (separable PV)

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6
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Jump at something (inseparable PV)

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Accept it eagerly

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7
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Look after something (inseparable PV)

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Take care of it

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8
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See that it is untrue

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See through something (inseparable PV)

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9
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Solve it

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Sort something out (separable PV)

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10
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Learn or understand it

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Take something in (separable PV)

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11
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Improve something

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Built something up (separable)

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12
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Cancel

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Call something off (separable)

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13
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End up

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Finally be

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14
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Recover from it

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Get over something (inseparable)

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15
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Complete it

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Get through something (inseparable PV)

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16
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Admit something

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Own up

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17
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Tolerate it

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Put up with something (inseparable)

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18
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Refuse or reject them

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Turn someone down (separable)

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19
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be found to be

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Turn out to be something (inseparable)

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20
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Leave your husband or wife

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Walk out

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21
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To spend time with someone

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Hang out (inseparable)

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22
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Depent on someone to do what you want or expect

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Count on (inseparable)

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23
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Discuss a problem or a plan

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Talk something over (separable)

Ex. Why don’t you talk it over with your parents first?

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24
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Leave home for a period of time, especially for a holiday

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Go away

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25
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Become friends again after an argument

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Make up

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26
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Start a new interest or activity

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Take up something

27
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Leaved an educational institution before you finish your course

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Drop out

28
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Survive day to day, especially financially

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Get by

29
Q

Make a financial agreement with a bank or company

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Take out

30
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Spent a lot of money in something

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Fork out

31
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Reduce the amount of money that you usually spent

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Cut back

32
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Charge ( someone ) more money for something that it is worth

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Rip off

33
Q

Give back the money you owe for something

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Pay off

34
Q

End a relationship

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Split up

Ex. She split up with her boyfriend.

35
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Meet by accident

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Run into

Ex. I ran into her in the street.

36
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To arrive / Appear

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Turn up

Ex. Fredy turned up late again.

37
Q

Get together to go on somewhere else

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Meet up

Ex. I met up with a few friends yesterday.

38
Q

Have a friendly relationship (with someone)

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Get on

Ex. Karen and Dianne don’t get on.

39
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to rear or educate

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Bring up

40
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to start living in a place where you will stay for a long time, usually with a person you love

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Settle down

41
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to argue with someone

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Fall out

Ex. She has fallen out with Sam again.

42
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to start a journey

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Set out / Set off

43
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to omit or fail to include

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Miss out (Esp. Saltarse u omitir)

Ex. I missed her out (of the list) because she was away on holiday.

44
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to eat or drink less of a particular thing, usually in order to improve your health

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Cut down on

Ex. I’m trying to cut down on the amount of sugar I eat.

45
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to stop (Esp. Dejar de )

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Cut out

Ex. I’ve cut out smoking

46
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to do exercises to make your body stronger

                  ALSO

to solve or calculate correctly

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Work out

47
Q

to support or defend

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Stand up for

48
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to invent

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Dream up

Ex. I’m sure she’ll dream up some silly plan.

49
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to do or complete something, especially something that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do

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Carried something out

(Esp. llevar a cabo)

Ex. The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what’s wrong with her.

50
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to think of; to produce

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Come up with

Ex. He’s come up with a great idea.

51
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to relax completely, or not allow things to upset you

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Chill out

Ex. I’m just chilling out in front of the TV.

52
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to disappoint someone

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Let someone down (separable)

53
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make someone feel tired

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Tired someone out (separable)

54
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Feel you’re better than someone

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Look down on someone (inseparable)

55
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act quicky, without thinking

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Rush into something (inseparable)

56
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be accepted by or comfortable with them

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Fit in with someone (inseparable)

57
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to establish

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Set up

58
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  1. to delay; to postpone

2. Trying to persuade someone of something

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Put off

59
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bored or annoyed by something that you have done for too long

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Fed up (harto)

60
Q

to have removed, to remove; to free oneself from

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Get rid of

61
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  1. Talk to each other

2. Reach him

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Catch up with

  1. (Ex. Give me call so we can catch up with each other)
  2. (Ex. He was driving so fast, I couldn’t catch up with him)
62
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Examining something / investigating

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Look into

63
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  1. Meaning

2. Represent

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Stand for

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