Chapter 2 Flashcards
Care for
Enjoy, like (generally preceded by not or used in a question) (Care about … has the same meaning)
Come across …
Find, happen to fine, notice, see
Feel like …
Want (to), desire, have a wish (for or to) (usually followed by an -ing word)
Get into …
Enter, start (a fight), become engaged in
Get up
Rise (from bed or any sitting or lying position)
Give … away
Give, make a present of
Give … up
Stop (doing something), abandon, relinquish
Go in
Enter, move from one place into another
Go off
Ring, sound (an alarm clock or a similar device)
Hang … up
Place on a hanger or hook, etc.
Have … on
Wear, be dressed in
Hunt … up
Look for and find
Keep on …
Continue, persist in (usually followed by an -ing word)
Let … in …
Allow to come in; open a door, etc. to admit
Let … in on …
Allow someone else to share (some information) (requires an object in each blank)
Let … out …
Allow to go out; open a door, etc., to permit an exit
Look at …
Read, read quickly, examine, observed, pay attention to, watch
Pick … up …
Lift, take into one’s hands
Plug … in …
Start (a toaster, etc.) by putting its plug into an electrical outlet
Pop up
Rise suddenly
Put … away …
Put (something) where it should be or usually is
Put … on …
Place a dress or other garment on oneself or someone else
Run down
Become unwound, stop going (a clock, an alarm, etc.)
Run out of …
Lose (patience), come to the end of (usually money or time)
See about …
Attend to, take care of, the safety of
Set out
Start (a trip) (often followed by on)
Sit up
Change from a lying to a sitting position
Turn … off …
Stop (the water, light, clock, television, etc.)
Use … up
Use all of
Wash … out …
Wash, launder, wash slightly, rinse
