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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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1
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Blow up

A

Break apart suddenly and forcefully, explode, burst

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Call for …

A

Request, ask for

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Clear off

A

Become free of clouds (the sky) (often with it as the subject)
Remove dishes, etc., from

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Cloud up

A

Become cloudy (the sky) (often with it as the subject)

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Come back

A

Return

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Come up

A

Come near, approach, arrive (a storm)

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Cool off

A

Become less warm, become cool

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Dry off

A

Become less wet, become dry

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Get up

A

Rise (from bed or any sitting or lying position)

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Grow out off …

A

Become too big to wear (usually clothing or shoes)

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Keep on …

A

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

Also: Please keep on

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Keep … up …

A

Continue (usually with a noun or a proton as object)

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13
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Leave … out …

A

Omit, not include, not say or do

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Let … down …

A

Lower (a hem in a garment), make a garment longer by making the hem narrower

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Live on …

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Eat nothing except, exist with nothing but … subsist on

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Look at …

A

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

17
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Part with …

A

Give away or sell (something that one likes)

18
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Put … in

A

Include, add

19
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Set in

A

Begin, start, commence (often a normal king of change, as in the weather)

20
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Sew … up …

A

Repair rips or holes in clothing with thread

21
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Shut … off

A

Stop the water, gas, etc. (= turn off)

22
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Snow … in …

A

Keep in by deep snow

23
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Take … up …

A

Use, occupy (time)

24
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Talk about …

A

Consider, discuss, center a conversation or discussion on

25
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Talk … over …

A

Consider what to do about, make an analysis of, discuss seriously and in detail

26
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Turn in

A

Go to bed, retire for the night (informal)

27
Q

Turn … off …

A

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

28
Q

Warm up

A

Become warm, cause to become warm

29
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Wear … out …

A

Make unusable bu long wear or use, wear until ragged, wear or use as long as possible

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