Fawzia Phrasal Verb Flashcards

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to look like butter wouldn’t melt in your mouth

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to look very innocent

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to be in stitches

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to laugh uncontrollably

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to legally take in someone else’s child and treat it as one’s own

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to adopt

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something or someone that behaves very well is as good as gold

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as good as gold

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to develop from being a child to being an adult

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To grow upgrew up” in the simple past

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to look after and influence a child until they are grown up.

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to bring upBrought up

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to be mean and uncaring

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to have a heart of stone

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to turn your eyes towards it

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To look atCristina went to the museum, to look at the new exhibition

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someone who is clearly very angry or upset about something

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to have a face like thunder

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When we talk about the number of people in a group, we use

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‘number + of us/them’

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to worry greatly, or be very upset about something

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to have kittens

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situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly

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Crisis

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to know something extremely well

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to know something like the back of your hand

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(noun) money given for a short time, which is returned if your hotel room is in good condition when you leave

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deposit

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(adjective) full of activity

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livelyThe party was extremely lively

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(adjective) very pretty; interesting in an old-fashioned way

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Picturesque

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(verb) to allow more people to buy tickets, reserve rooms, etc. than are available

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overbook

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(verb) to put something somewhere and then forget its location

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misplaceHe misplaced his passport and could not get on the airplane

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(noun) a feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by being in a moving vehicle such as a ship or car

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motion sicknessShe had terrible motion sickness when she was on the boat.

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to break into pieces, often surprisingly; to disintegrate

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fall apartThis table is falling apart. We need a new one

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able to adjust quickly to change and use skills in a variety of ways

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adaptableIn my job, I work with children, teenagers, adults and older people so I have to be very adaptable.

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(adjective) a person who works hard and pays attention to detail

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diligentHe is very diligent. He spent all day correcting tiny errors in the report

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(expression) used to talk about the end point of an activity or to emphasize the length of an amount of time

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By the timeBy the time I get home, it will be dark

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someone who is clearly very angry or upset about something

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to have a face like thunder

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to explain to someone new how things work and how to do a job

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to show someone the ropes

26
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the boss

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the big cheese

27
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you should do whatever makes you happy

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whatever floats your boat

28
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things or people that are very different and have nothing in common

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as different as chalk and cheese

29
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formal verb meaning to agree to a suggestion

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To assent”

30
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he act of climbing something or moving upwards.

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Ascent” is a noun

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o ruin someone’s pleasure or plans

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to rain on someone’s parade

32
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to describe an event that happens before

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We use ‘by the time’

33
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Other people’s circumstances seem more desirable than our own but in reality are often not

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the grass is always greener

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a person online who tries to create a negative atmosphere

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troll

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o be a good or kind person though they might not always appear to be so

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to have one’s heart in the right place

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including all the necessary facts, details or problems which need to be dealt with

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Comprehensive

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Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium.

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balanced

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The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially.

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speed

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Orderly and neat in appearance or procedure

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Tidy

40
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A person employed in the civil service

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Civil servant

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An agreement between parties fixing obligations that each promises to carry out

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Bargain

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A place of relatively small and definite limits.

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Spot

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To compose or write in a set form, write out

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Draw up

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to make progress; improv

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To pick up

45
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The dried fruit of a an East Indian plant which is ground to produce a hot condiment.

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pepper

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A contrivance or an invention serving a particular purpose, especially a machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks.

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Device

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A tendency upward, especially in business or economic activity.

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upturn

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Being paid for loss, hurt or damage

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indemnification

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Being in opposition to something

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contravention

50
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a person’s weak spot, either physically or in terms of other qualities

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Achilles’ heel

51
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To assent

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to agree to a suggestion

52
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a business or individual who finances an event in exchange for being promoted

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Sponsor

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a practice of an event, such as a concert, speech, play, or wedding, before the real event takes placeRépetition

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Rehearsal

54
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Participants

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attendees

55
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he place where an event happens

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Venue

56
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the act of meeting new people and creating contacts

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Networking