Chapter 4 Flashcards
Blow up
Break apart suddenly and forcefully, explode, burst
Call for …
Request, ask for
Clear off
Become free of clouds (the sky) (often with it as the subject)
Remove dishes, etc., from
Cloud up
Become cloudy (the sky) (often with it as the subject)
Come back
Return
Come up
Come near, approach, arrive (a storm)
Cool off
Become less warm, become cool
Dry off
Become less wet, become dry
Get up
Rise (from bed or any sitting or lying position)
Grow out off …
Become too big to wear (usually clothing or shoes)
Keep on …
Continue, persist in (usually followed by an -ing word)
Also: Please keep on
Keep … up …
Continue (usually with a noun or a proton as object)
Leave … out …
Omit, not include, not say or do
Let … down …
Lower (a hem in a garment), make a garment longer by making the hem narrower
Live on …
Eat nothing except, exist with nothing but … subsist on
Look at …
Read, read quickly, examine, observe, pay attention to, watch
Part with …
Give away or sell (something that one likes)
Put … in
Include, add
Set in
Begin, start, commence (often a normal king of change, as in the weather)
Sew … up …
Repair rips or holes in clothing with thread
Shut … off
Stop the water, gas, etc. (= turn off)
Snow … in …
Keep in by deep snow
Take … up …
Use, occupy (time)
Talk about …
Consider, discuss, center a conversation or discussion on
Talk … over …
Consider what to do about, make an analysis of, discuss seriously and in detail
Turn in
Go to bed, retire for the night (informal)
Turn … off …
Stop (the water, light, clock, television, etc.)
Warm up
Become warm, cause to become warm
Wear … out …
Make unusable bu long wear or use, wear until ragged, wear or use as long as possible
