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Collection 1 Flashcards

1
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Hang in there. An agent is on the way.

A

remain persistent and determined in difficult circumstances

  • Hang in there,everything will be fine.
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Sorry, we’ve hit a snag on our end. Please chat or call us and we’ll get this sorted out.

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to have a problem (with something)
* We hit a snag with our travel plans.

resolve a problem or difficulty.
* “the teacher helps the children to sort out their problems”

Also, sort out means arrange systematically:
* she sorted out the clothes, some to be kept, some to be thrown away

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She hit on a novel idea for fundraising

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  • She hit upon a novel idea for fundraising.

to suddenly have an idea

  • They hit on the idea of celebrating the occasion with a concert.
  • In 1618, a Virginia company hit upon a recruiting strategy called the headright system.
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I woke up at 6:30, but I got up at 6:45.

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wake up = stop sleeping
get up out of bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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Interviews stressed me out.
I am not good at coming up with the answers.

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stress someone out = make someone stressed

  • paying bills stressed me out.

to think of something to say or an idea
* I need to come up with the couple of ideas before ten.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I don’t know how many people are going to be interviewed, but I hope I stand out.

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to be noticeable because you are different or more impressive.

  • Look at this picture! Which person stands out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I cannot eat breakfast at home because I’ve run out of cereal. Also, I am running out of time.

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run out of = to use everything, but you still need more.
* I might run out of money before end of the month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I’ve run out of cereal. So, on my way to work, I’ll pop into a coffee shop and pick up breakfast.

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pop into a location = to enter a place for a short time.

*I am going to pop into my husband’s office and say “hello”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I picked up breakfast in the morning at the coffee shop.
In the afternoon, I picked up my kids from school.
Can you pick up some milk on the way home?

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pick up = collect

The opposite is “drop off”.
* I dropped off my suit at the dry cleaner. I’ll pick it up next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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Today, I bought a cake. It was gross. So, I threw it away.

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gross (adj) extremely unpleasant; Also, it means “in total”: gross income.
“Oh, gross!” she said, looking at the flies buzzing above the piles of dirty plates.

throw something away = to put something in a trash can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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Try to cut back on sugar.

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reduce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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The subway is crowded, noisy, and smelly. I wish I had a car so I wouldn’t have to put up with this.

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put up with something = something is negative, but you continue to accept it.

  • I only put up with my roommate because she pays most of the rent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I’ve been** putting up with** your lies for years! It’s over!

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put up with something = something is negative, but you continue to accept it.

  • I only put up with my roommate because she pays most of the rent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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Hi, I have an interview at 10.
Okay, bear with me a second please.

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bear with someone = please be patient while I do something.

  • Please bear with me while I check my notes.
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You can calm down (e.g., After interview, I really needed to calm down) or **calm someone down **. Make a sentence with the second form.

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(e.g., she was so upset this morning. I took me 30 minutes to calm her down).

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16
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Why hasn’t Peter gotten back to me yet?

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get back to someone = to respond to someone via email, message, phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

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I have to **catch up on **my work.

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catch up (on something) = to do something quickly because you are behind.

  • I have to catch up on my homework.
  • My mom is going to watch my baby this weekend so I can catch up on sleep.
18
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I filled out this form wrong. I put in my details instead of my son’s.

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fill out = fill in = to complete a form or document with information.

19
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I don’t get along with my new colleague.

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get along (with someone) = to have a good relationship

20
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I need to go over this spreadsheet before submit it.

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go over something = to review

  • let’s go over tomorrow’s plan.
  • I went over my notes before the test.
21
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I found a wallet on the street, so I handed it in.

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hand in = to give something to an authority (policeman, teacher, etc.)

  • These spreadsheets look good. I can hand them in.
    *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKa48BWbPw

22
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This is how we do things here. You’ll soon get used to it.

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If you get used to something or someone, you become familiar with it or get to know them, so that you no longer feel that the thing or person is unusual or surprising.

23
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Thanks, Ashkan. I haven’t been able to catch you this morning. I think you are meeting with Hiroshi now.
What time would you like us to come over on Friday?
–Peter

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“catch someone” here means to find someone available to talk by going to the place where they are or telephoning them.

  • Call me at the office. You can usually catch me there after 8:30.
  • Margaret caught me just as I was leaving.

An example from another meaning: Stay close enough to catch the child if he falls.

INTRANSITIVE
to visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house
* Why don’t you **come over **for dinner?
* **Come over to **my place and we’ll discuss it.

24
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Do you still dislike your office, or have you come around to thinking it’s all right?

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to change one’s opinion or see a new point of view

He’ll come around eventually.

come around to:

We knew she would come around to our way of thinking.

Also, it means to visit someone in their home.

25
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Come around tonight and we’ll watch a movie.

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it means to visit someone in their home.
* The children came around for lunch.
* Do you want to come around and play chess later?

Also, it means to change your view point.
* I never liked seafood but came around after trying fried calamari

26
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A 16-week premature baby who defied the odds and survived

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defy logic
defy the odds
defy …
to not happen according to the principles you would expect.

Literally it means to go against (defy) the likely outcome (the odds).

  • The U.S. economy continues to defy the odds. The May employment report, released on Friday morning, marked the 14th straight month that more jobs were created than economists expected.
27
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After pigging out all Christmas, I decided to go on a diet.

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to eat a lot in a short period of time.

  • What’s your favorite pig out food? Mine is ice cream.
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28
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I am trying to get my point across but Paul keeps butting in!

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to make people understand something

butt in = interrupt; jump in.
to join a conversation or activity without being asked to
* Sorry, I didn’t mean to butt in (= jump in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7VKVXbaj_Y

29
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Peter blurted the news out before we could stop him.

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to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are nervous or excited.

  • I am so sorry, I just blurted it out!
30
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It’s difficult to get the message through to my team because we all work remotely.

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get the message across to my team.

  • What message are you trying to get across to the consumer?

= to make peaple understand something

I am trying to get the message through to Paul but he is not listening.

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