Idioms And Phrasal Verbs Level 9 Flashcards
1
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Add up
A
- calculate the total value of two or more numbers
- make sense
2
Q
Be about to
A
Almost happening
3
Q
Be rusty
A
Without recent practice
4
Q
Brush up on
A
Practice a bit what you previously knew
5
Q
Bring about
A
Cause something to happen
6
Q
Bring up
A
- raise, look after a child until it’s an adult
- raise a matter for a discussion, introduce a topic
7
Q
Bump into
A
Meet by chance
8
Q
Come across
A
Meet someone or find something by chance
9
Q
Be bound to
A
Be destined to be true, be certain to happen
10
Q
Come down with
A
Begin to suffer from a specified illness
11
Q
Call on
A
- visit
- ask a student to speak
12
Q
Call off
A
Cancel
13
Q
Check in
A
Arrive and register at a hotel, airport
14
Q
Check out (of)
A
- register your departure from hotel
- take material from library or somewhere like that
15
Q
Cost an arm and a leg
A
Be very expensive
16
Q
Fall behind
A
Fail to be as fast as necessary or as fast as the others
17
Q
Keep up (with)
A
- Move or progress as fast as the others
- Continue
18
Q
Catch up (with)
A
- Be able to reach the person who is ahead of you
- Talk to someone whom you haven’t seen for a while
19
Q
Feel like
A
Want, have a inclination
20
Q
Call it a day/night
A
End some activity for the day/night because it has been enough
