Chapter 15 Flashcards
Allow for
Consider, take into consideration, make adjustments because of
Attend to
Take care of, pay attention to
Bring … about
Cause to happen
Cheer up
Become cheerful, become happy and pleasant
Do away wih
Destroy, kill, eliminate, get rid of
Grow up
Become mature, become an adult
Hear about
Learn of, get news or information about
Hold up
Continue in a satisfactory way (a business, some other endeavour, or a machine, etc.)
Keep on
Continue, persist in (usually followed by an -ing word)
Look back on
Remember, recall, think about (past events)
Look forward to
Expect with pleasure, think about (future events)
Occur to
Come to the mind of, suggest itself to (usually in the phrase occurred to (to occur), followed by a clause starting with that)
Pass … up
Fail to do or take advantage of (something that seems good)
Put … away
Put (something) where it should be or usually is
Put … off
Delay doing, postpone, avoid doing
Put [heads] together
Think about together, confer
Ring … in
Ring bells to celebrate the coming of (In many places, bells are rung on New Year’s Eve)
Rule … out
Excuse, not permit
Set … off
Cause to start, explode (something)
Tell … apart
Identify either when both are present, distinguish one from another
Think back
Remember, think of past events
Think … over
Think seriously about, think about again
Turn … over
Look at from various angles (in one’s mind), think about in various way
Watch out
Be careful (often as a warning in the form Watch out. Look out/look out for have the same/similar meaning.)
