Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Care for

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Enjoy, like (generally preceded by not or used in a question) (Care about … has the same meaning)

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Come across …

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Find, happen to fine, notice, see

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Feel like …

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Want (to), desire, have a wish (for or to) (usually followed by an -ing word)

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Get into …

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Enter, start (a fight), become engaged in

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Get up

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Rise (from bed or any sitting or lying position)

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Give … away

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Give, make a present of

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Give … up

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Stop (doing something), abandon, relinquish

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Go in

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Enter, move from one place into another

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Go off

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Ring, sound (an alarm clock or a similar device)

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Hang … up

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Place on a hanger or hook, etc.

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Have … on

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Wear, be dressed in

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Hunt … up

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Look for and find

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Keep on …

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Continue, persist in (usually followed by an -ing word)

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Let … in …

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Allow to come in; open a door, etc. to admit

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Let … in on …

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Allow someone else to share (some information) (requires an object in each blank)

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Let … out …

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Allow to go out; open a door, etc., to permit an exit

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Look at …

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Read, read quickly, examine, observed, pay attention to, watch

18
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Pick … up …

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Lift, take into one’s hands

19
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Plug … in …

A

Start (a toaster, etc.) by putting its plug into an electrical outlet

20
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Pop up

A

Rise suddenly

21
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Put … away …

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Put (something) where it should be or usually is

22
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Put … on …

A

Place a dress or other garment on oneself or someone else

23
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Run down

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Become unwound, stop going (a clock, an alarm, etc.)

24
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Run out of …

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Lose (patience), come to the end of (usually money or time)

25
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See about …

A

Attend to, take care of, the safety of

26
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Set out

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Start (a trip) (often followed by on)

27
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Sit up

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Change from a lying to a sitting position

28
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Turn … off …

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Stop (the water, light, clock, television, etc.)

29
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Use … up

A

Use all of

30
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Wash … out …

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Wash, launder, wash slightly, rinse