Come expressing an idea of movement or change of state Flashcards

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To calculate the sum of several numbers or amounts.

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Add up
Please add these figures up.
Add up something
Add something up

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To make sense, to seem correct or true.

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Add up

The facts seem to add up, yet still it´s difficult to believe.

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To be equal or have the same effect as something else.

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Amount to

He lived under what amounted to house arrest.

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To reply impolitely or disrespectfully.

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Answer back

I was about to answer him back, but I resisted and went out instead.

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To ask many people the same question.

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Ask around

I asked around but nobody wanted to look after our puppy.

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To invite on a date.

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Ask out

Many guys have asked her out, but she never accepted.

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To accept that you are wrong or have been defeated.

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Back down

Eventually, Jose backed down and apologized.

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To withdraw, to stop being involved in a situation, often in order to allow others to deal with it.

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Back off

I tried to back off slowly from the tiger in my path.

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To make a copy of a computer data and store it safely.

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Back up

You should back up your data more often.

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To provide help or support for something or someone.

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Back up

All the evidence backs up her story.

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To stop being involved, often because there are difficulties.

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Bail out

After many years in business, the company is bailing out.

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To help a person or organization to get out of financial trouble.

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Bail out

He had many debts but his friends bailed him out.

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To use facts, ideas, etc, in order to decide or produce something.

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Base on

The film is based on a true story.

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To attack and hurt somebody, by hitting or kicking.

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Beat up

He was beaten up so badly that he spent two weeks in a hospital.

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To suddenly become unconscious.

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Black out

He said he was not feeling well and then he blacked out.

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To start appearing similar to other things or people around.

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Blend in

Despite trying hard, he couldn´t blend in with the natives.

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To make a flame or fire stop burning, as if by a gust of air.

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Blow out

The child blew out the candles on the birthday cake.

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To explode, to get very angry or to fill something with air.

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Blow up

The enemy is closing fast, we have to blow up the bridge.

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When something is a crucial part of the problem and the problem can be reduce to it.

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Boil down

In the end of our debate everything boiled down to money.

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When there are no more tickets or seats available.

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Book up

The hotel is always booked up during the high season.

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To make a computer system start working.

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Boot up

The screen stays black and the system doesn´t boot up.

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To bend forward from your waist, usually in order to show respect.

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Bow down

The faithful bowed down before the statue of Buddha.

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To succumb to a more powerful entity and to be ready to take orders from it.

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Bow down

The prime minister refused to bow down to the labor unions.

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To start doing something different from what you usually do in your business or job.

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Branch out

Edgar wanted to leave the company and branch out on his own.

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To stop following ideas or being part of a group, often because of disagreement.
Break away | The faction couldn´t accept the new policy and broke away from the party.
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When some machinery stops working because there´s something wrong with it.
Break down | The computer doesn´t turn on, I think it broke down again.
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To enter some building, vehicle or other property illegally, especially in order to steal something.
Break in | While she was shopping somebody broke in and stole everything from her car.
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When a war, fire, disease, etc. starts suddenly.
Break out | The second world war broke out in 1939.
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To manage to overcome some obstacle or pass to the other side of some barrier.
Break through | The firefighters broke through the wall and managed to rescue a few people.
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To divide something into smaller parts.
Break up | The polar ice caps are starting to break up.
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To end a relationship
Break up | His marriage broke up just few weeks ago.
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To make something happen, often a change or improvement.
Bring about | The new government doesn´t seem to bring about any change.
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To reduce something, remove a government or shoot down a flying object.
Bring down | We need to bring unemployment down.
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To produce something new, make it more available or noticeable.
Bring out | Being a father seems to have brought out a better side of his character.
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To take care of a kid until he or she is grown up.
Bring up | She brought up three kids on her own.
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To mention a subject or start talking about it.
Bring up | It was Johnny who brought up this subject.
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To quickly improve your skills or knowledge of something, usually in order to be prepared.
Brush up | Brushing up your computer skills could help you finding a job.
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Used to tell someone impolitely to go away and stop annoying you.
Bug off | If that´s that guy again, tell him to bug off.
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To meet someone by chance
Bump into | Yesterday I bumped into Roger at the shopping mall.
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To destroy by fire, usually some building.
Burn down | Our house burned down and we had nowhere to go.
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To work too hard for a prolonged time, so that in the end you are too tired to continue.
Burn out | After two years of work for the company, he was burned out.
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To completely believe in some idea and allow it to influence you.
Buy into | I can´t believe you bought into multi-level marketing.