Phr V 1 Flashcards
Cut down on sth
Reduce
Bank on sth/sb
To expect and hope something will happen.
eg. I’d banked on getting a pay rise this year.
Bring down
- Take down, send down
- Come down, get down
- Make sb upset
Bring down
- Take down, send down
- Come down, get down
- Make sb upset
Fall apart
To fail or stop working
Come across
- Meet or find someone by chance
- meet/find by chance, meet up with, run into,
Wear off
To stop having an effect or influence / disappear
Fade, dwindle, diminish, lessen
Look up to sb
To admire and respect someone
Put up with sth,sb
To accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly
Tolerate, abide, endure
Rule out
Exclude, eliminate, reject
Opt out
Choose not to participate in something
Kick in
To start to have an effect or to happen
It takes half an hour for medication to kick in.
Kick in
To start to have an effect or to happen
It takes half an hour for medication to kick in.
Clear sth up
-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.
Get way with sth
To not be punished for doing something bad or wrong.
Get away from/to
- To be successful in going on holiday
- To go from a place, sometimes because it is difficult to stay
Get by on/with
To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
Get by on/with
To be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money
Get into someone
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?
Get into someone
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?
Get into sth
To become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity.
Give in
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.
Hold out
Resist or survive in difficult circumstances
—Resist, withstand, hold off, fend off
