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1
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To send a letter, document or parcel by post

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Send off sth/ send sth. off

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2
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If someone or something arrives at the place

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Turn up

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To discover something by chance or to meet someone by chance

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Come across sth/ sb

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Write or type words or numbers, often so that you don’t forget them

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Note down sth/ note something down

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If a machine or part of machine doesn’t work as it should

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Play up

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6
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If machine or vehicle stops working

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Break down

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Start talking about particular subject or open something on a screen

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Being up sth, bring sth up

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To make decision about something by discussing it with someone else or by considering it carefully

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Sort out sth, sport sth out

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9
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Treat someone badly, especially by changing your mind a lot or not doing what you have promised

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Mess sb about/ around

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10
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To tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them until a later time, postpone

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Put off something/ put something off

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To decide that a planned event or activity will not happen, especially because or is not longer possible or useful

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Call off sth/ call sth off

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12
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Look at a book or computer in order to find a piece of information

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Look up sth, look sth up

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13
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To carefully read or discuss every part of something in order to make sure that it is correct or acceptable

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Go through sth

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14
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To understand why someone behaves in the way that they do

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Make out sb/ make sb out

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15
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Visit someone who you have not seen for a long time when you are visiting the place where they live

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Look up sb/ look sb up

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16
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Improve

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Look up

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17
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Eat meal in a restaurant, not at home

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Eat out

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18
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To make someone remember or think about something from the past

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Bring back sth/ bring sth back

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To invite someone to come with you to a place such as cinema or restaurant, especially as a way of starting a romantic relationship

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Ask out sb/ ask sb out

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20
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To take care of someone or something by doing what is needed to keep them well in a good condition

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Look after sb/ sth

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21
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To call someone for second time, or to call someone who rang you earlier

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Ring (sb) back

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22
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To take someone to a place that they want to go out to deliver something to a place, usually in a car, often when you are going somewhere else

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Drop off sb/ sth / drop sb/ sth off

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23
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To feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen

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Look forward to sth/ doing sth

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24
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To have a romantic relationship with someone

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Go out with sb

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25
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To think that someone is less important than you, or to think that something is not good enough quality for to use

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Look down on sb/ sth

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26
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To get rid of something or to stop using something

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Do away with sth

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27
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To think of or to suggest a plan or idea, a solution to a problem or an answer to a question

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Come up with something

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28
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To succeed in not being criticised or punished for something wrong that you have done

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Get away with sth/ doing sth

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29
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To accept unpleasant behaviour or an unpleasant situation even though you do not like it

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Put up with sb/sth

30
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To have to deal with a difficult situation or someone who disagrees with you or tries to stop you doing what you want

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Come up against sth/ sb

31
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To think about or remember something that happened in the past

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Look back

32
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To accept that you have been defeated and agree to stop competing or fighting

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Giove in

33
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To finally agree to what someone wants after a period when you refuse to agree

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Give in

34
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To go onto a bus, train, aircraft or boat

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Get on sth

35
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If two or more people… they like each other and are friendly to each other

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Get on

36
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To become conscious again/ to visit someone at their house

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Come around/ round

37
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To remove something, especially something you are wearing

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Take off

38
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To begin to feel better after an experience that has made you unhappy

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Get over something

39
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To do and complete something difficult or unpleasant that must be done

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Get something over with

40
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To continue to do something or to do something over and over again

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Keep on doing something

41
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To prevent people from reaching a place or leaving a place

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Cut off sb/sth/ cut sth/sb off

42
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To do the opposite of what someone has asked or advised you

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Go against sth/sb

43
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Engine, machine or piece of equipment suddenly stops working

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Cut out

44
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To put on formal or special clothes for a special occasion

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Dress up (sb)/ dress (sb) up

45
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To experience an unpleasant or difficult situation or event

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Go through something

46
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To refuse to listen to what someone says or to refuse to think about something seriously, ignore

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Brush aside sb/sth or brush sth/sb aside

47
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To be tricked into believing something that is not true

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Fall for something

48
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To be able to hear or see something or someone usually with difficulty

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Make out sth/sb / make sb/sth out

49
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To try to get something that belongs to you or that you need
Or try to discover more information about something

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Chase up something or chase something up

50
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Pursue

To ask someone to do something that they said they would do but that they have not done yet

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Chase up sb/ chase sb up

51
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Not to include someone or something

Omit

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Leave out sb/ sth or leave sb/ sth out

52
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Issue

To produce information- statement/ warning/ press release and make it available for everyone to read or hear

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Put out sth/ put sth out

53
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To become lover in level

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Go down

54
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Escape

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Get away

55
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Organise

To deal with something that needs doing or to help someone who needs your help

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See to something/ someone

56
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To ask someone if they would like to come upstairs

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Invite up sb or invite sb up

57
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To ask someone to come to your home

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Invite over sb or invite sb over

58
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To ask someone to go with you to a place for example a restaurant or the cinema

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Invite out sb/ invite sb out

59
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To ask someone if they would like to come into your house

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Invite in sb or invite sb in

60
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To ask someone to come to your house after you have been out somewhere together

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Invite back sb or invite sb back

61
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To ask someone to come to your house

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Invite around/ round sb or invite sb around/ round

62
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To ask someone if they would like to go with you to an event or activity

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Invite along sb/ invite sb along

63
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Fall to the ground

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Fall over

64
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To change the place where you are sitting or standing so that there’s space for someone else

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Move over

65
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Read something from the beginning to the end in order to find any mistake or to understand it better
Read thoroughly

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Read over/ through sth

Read sth over/ through

66
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To discuss a problem or situation especially before making a decision about it

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Talk over something

Talk something over

67
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To have an arrangement to do something

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Have something on

68
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Think carefully about an idea or a plan before making a decision

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Think over something

Think something over

69
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To turn a page in a book so that side which was facing down is now facing up

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Turn over something

Turn something over

70
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To drive a car to the side of the road in order to stop

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Pull over

71
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To quickly examine something or someone

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Look over something/ sb

Look sb/ sth over

72
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To persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke

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Have sb on

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