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Question 1

carry sth off

Answer 1

to succeed in doing or achieving something difficult. I thought he carried off the part of Hamlet with great skill.

Question 2

carry out

Answer 2

to complete a plan. Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.

Question 3

catch on

Answer 3

to become popular (COLLOQUIAL). I wonder if the game will ever catch on with young people [C1]

Question 4

come about

Answer 4

to happen. How did the problem come about in the first place? [C2]

Question 5

come down to

Answer 5

to be in the end a matter of… What it all comes down to is your incredible insecurity. [C2]

Question 6

come off

Answer 6

to take place successfully. There was some sort of property deal that didn’t come off. [C1]

Question 7

come up

Answer 7

to occur (usually a problem). I’ve got to go - something has just come up at home and I’m needed there. [C1]

Question 8

come up against

Answer 8

to meet a dificulty. If you come up against difficulties, let me know and I’ll help out. [C1]

Question 9

come up to

Answer 9

to reach the usual or necessary standard. The essay didn’t come up to his usual standard.

Question 10

count on

Answer 10

to rely on. You can always count on Michael in a crisis.

Question 11

crop up

Answer 11

to occur (usually a problem) (informal)

Question 12

to do away with

Answer 12

to abolish / to murder

Question 13

do sth up

Answer 13

to decorate. I’d like to buy a run-down house and do it up.

Question 14

draw up

Answer 14

come to a stop

Question 15

drop in

Answer 15

to pay a visit (informal). Drop in whenever you’re in the neighborhood.

Question 16

face up to

Answer 16

have the courage to deal with (especially responsabilities). She’s going to have to face up to the fact that he’s not going to marry her.

Question 17

fall about

Answer 17

to laugh a lot. We fell about when we heard her reply.

Question 18

fall for

Answer 18

to be deceived / to fall in love

Question 19

fall out with

Answer 19

to quarrel with

Question 20

fall through

Answer 20

to fail to come to completion. We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through.

Question 21

feel up to

Answer 21

to feel capable of doing sth

Question 22

follow up

Answer 22

to act upon a suggestion / to take more action

Question 23

get sth across

Answer 23

to be understood (especially ideas)

Question 24

get at

Answer 24

imply (similar to hint at)

Question 25

get sb down

Answer 25

to make someone depressed

Question 26

get down to

Answer 26

to begin to seriousy deal with sth

Question 27

get off / let off

Answer 27

to avoid punishment

Question 28

get on for

Answer 28

to approach a certain age/time/number

Question 29

get on

Answer 29

to make progress (especially in life). Sue is getting on very well in her new job

Question 30

get over

Answer 30

to be surprised

Question 31

get sth over with

Answer 31

come to an end of sth (usually unpleasant)

Question 32

get round to

Answer 32

to find time to do sth

Question 33

get up to

Answer 33

to do something

Question 34

give sb away

Answer 34

to betray

Question 35

give off

Answer 35

to send off a smell or gas

Question 36

give out

Answer 36

for sth to be exhausted

Question 37

give over

Answer 37

to abandon or devote to / to stop (COLLOQUIAL)

Question 38

(to be) give up (for)

Answer 38

to be belived to be dead or lost

Question 39

go back on

Answer 39

to break a promise

Question 40

go in for

Answer 40

to make a habit of / to enter a competition

Question 41

go off

Answer 41

for food to become bad

Question 42

go round

Answer 42

to be enough

Question 43

go through with

Answer 43

to complete a promise or plan (usually unwillingly)

Question 44

grown on

Answer 44

to like more and more

Question 45

hang onto

Answer 45

to keep sth

Question 46

have it in for

Answer 46

to be deliberately unkind to sb

Question 47

have it out with sb

Answer 47

to talk to someone about something they have done that makes you angry, in order to try to solve the problem

Question 48

to have sb on

Answer 48

to deceive (COLLOQUIAL). I don’t believe you. You’re having me on

Question 49

hit it off

Answer 49

to like someone and become friendly immediately

Question 50

hit upon/on

Answer 50

to discover by chance (often an idea). They hit up with the solution quite by chance)

Question 51

hold out

Answer 51

offer or have hope. We don’t hold out much hope that the prices will fall

Question 52

hold up

Answer 52

to be delayed / to be used a an example

Question 53

hold with

Answer 53

to agree with an idea

Question 54

keep up

Answer 54

to continue sth

Question 55

lay down sth

Answer 55

to state a rule. The company has laid down strict procedures for…

Question 56

let sb down

Answer 56

to disappoint sb

Question 57

let in on

Answer 57

allow to be part of a secret

Question 58

let on

Answer 58

to inform sb about a secret

Question 59

live down sth

Answer 59

to make people forget that you made a big mistake or did something very embarrassing in the past

Question 60

draw to a close/an end

Answer 60

to gradually finish. As the evening drew to a close, people started reaching for their coats. [C2]

Question 61

draw a comparison

Answer 61

to make or show a comparison between things [C2]