Phr V 1

Question 1

Cut down on sth

Answer 1

Reduce

Question 2

Bank on sth/sb

Answer 2

To expect and hope something will happen.

eg. I’d banked on getting a pay rise this year.

Question 3

Bring down

Answer 3

1. Take down, send down
2. Come down, get down
3. Make sb upset

Question 4

Bring down

Answer 4

1. Take down, send down
2. Come down, get down
3. Make sb upset

Question 5

Fall apart

Answer 5

To fail or stop working

Question 6

Come across

Answer 6

1. Meet or find someone by chance
   - meet/find by chance, meet up with, run into,

Question 7

Wear off

Answer 7

To stop having an effect or influence / disappear

Fade, dwindle, diminish, lessen

Question 8

Look up to sb

Answer 8

To admire and respect someone

Question 9

Put up with sth,sb

Answer 9

To accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly

Tolerate, abide, endure

Question 10

Rule out

Answer 10

Exclude, eliminate, reject

Question 11

Opt out

Answer 11

Choose not to participate in something

Question 12

Kick in

Answer 12

To start to have an effect or to happen

It takes half an hour for medication to kick in.

Question 13

Kick in

Answer 13

To start to have an effect or to happen

It takes half an hour for medication to kick in.

Question 14

Clear sth up

Answer 14

-To make a place clean and tidy again - tidy

-To give an explanation for something, or to deal with a problem or argument
—clear up a mystery: They never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.

Question 15

Get way with sth

Answer 15

To not be punished for doing something bad or wrong.

Question 16

Get away from/to

Answer 16

1. To be successful in going on holiday
2. To go from a place, sometimes because it is difficult to stay

Question 17

Get by on/with

Answer 17

To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money

Question 18

Get by on/with

Answer 18

To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money

Question 19

Get into someone

Answer 19

If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.

[informal]
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?

Question 20

Get into someone

Answer 20

If you ask what has got into someone, you mean that they are behaving very differently from the way they usually behave.

[informal]
What has got into you today? Why are you behaving like this?

Question 21

Get into sth

Answer 21

To become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity.

Question 22

Give in

Answer 22

To finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time.

He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in.

Question 23

Hold out

Answer 23

Resist or survive in difficult circumstances
—Resist, withstand, hold off, fend off