Chapter 5

Question 1

ask … out …

Answer 1

invite (usually a person of the opposite sex) to go with one (usually to a dinner, dance, party, movie, etc.)

Question 2

bring … up …

Answer 2

propose, suggest

Question 3

bump into

Answer 3

meet by chance (similar to but less formal than run into and run across)

Question 4

call … up …

Answer 4

call on the telephone

Question 5

come over

Answer 5

come, come to one’s home (or office, etc.)

Question 6

drop in

Answer 6

come to visit briefly (often without first calling or writing)
(= stop by, look in on)

Question 7

find … out …

Answer 7

discover, learn

Question 8

get along

Answer 8

live as friends, be firmly with one another, agree in many opinions and attitudes
or
do (one’s work, etc.) well enough, manage, succeed fairly well

Question 9

get together

Answer 9

come tighter as a pair or as a group, meet (usually informally)

Question 10

look in on …

Answer 10

come to see, come to visit briefly

Question 11

make up

Answer 11

become friends again, end a quarrel

(make … up … : take or do (exam, paper, etc.) that one has missed

Question 12

put … off …

Answer 12

delay doing, postpone, avoid doing

Question 13

put up with

Answer 13

acet (a situation that one does not like), tolerate, bear patiently

Question 14

run across

Answer 14

happen to find or meet (similar as run into, bump into)

Question 15

run into

Answer 15

happen to find or meet (similar as run across)

Question 16

show off

Answer 16

display boastfully (one’s good qualities, appearance, ability, etc.), make show of

Question 17

show up

Answer 17

come, appear, arrive (often when not expected)

Question 18

stop by

Answer 18

come to visit briefly (often without calling or writing) (=drop in, look in on)

Question 19

take … away …

Answer 19

steal, deprive (someone) of (something), remove

Question 20

take … out …

Answer 20

take (often someone of the opposite sex) to a meal or other social occasion

Question 21

team up

Answer 21

work together (often followed by with)

Question 22

turn … down …

Answer 22

refuse, decline, not accept (an invitation)

Question 23

wait for

Answer 23

stay until (someone) comes, await or expect (someone or something)

Question 24

wait on

Answer 24

serve, try to fill the needs of (a customer) (also: wait upon)

Question 25

walk out on

Answer 25

go away from, desert, leave, part company with (informal)

Question 26

warm up to

Answer 26

become friendly toward, have good feelings about (informal)