Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
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Composed by: Made ___ ___
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Made up of
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Giving explanations: Accounting ____
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Accounting for
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To present a particular quality: Come ___ ___
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Come across as
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Become conscious again: Come ___
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Come round
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Experience something unpleasant (Pressure): Come ___
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Come under
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Seek for help: Turn ___ a posibility
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Turn to a posibility
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Meet someone by accident: Bump ___
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Bump into
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Deal with a problem: Come ___ ___
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Come up against
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Throw away an object: Dispose ___
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Dispose off
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Answering someone: Get ___ to someone
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Get back to someone
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Making sure that something happens: Insist ___
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Insist on
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Fire someone: Lay ___
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Lay off
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Prepare a plan or document: Put ___
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Put together
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Examine something carefully: Check ___ something / Check something ___
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Check out something / Check something out
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Cause criticism to happen: Give rise ___ criticism
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Give rise to criticism
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Sleep: Nod ___
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Nod off
17
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Permit an alteration to achieve a desired fit: Adjust ___ something
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Adjust to something
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Saying someone’s first name: Calling someone ___ their first name
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Calling someone by their first name
19
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Admit having done something: Admit ___ doing something
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Admit to doing something
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Stop being sick: Get ___ an illness
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Get over an illness
21
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A synonym of because of: ___ account ___
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On account of
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Have very few of something: Be pressed ___ something
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Be pressed for something
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Fall on a trap: Fall ___ a trick
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Fall for a trick
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Ser objecte de crítiques: Come ___ ___ criticism
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Come in for criticism
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Smell like something: Give ___ a smell
Give off a smell
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Pretend you have not seen something: Turn a blind eye ___ something
Turn a blind eye to something
27
Comprar algo a les rebaixes: Buy something ___ the sales
Buy something in the sales
28
Be good in a subject: Have a flair ___ something
Have a flair for something
29
Something that makes someone diffferent: What sets him ___ from anyone else
What sets him off from anyone else
30
Be used to something: Be familiar ___
Be familiar with
31
Accuse somebody: Accuse somebody ___
Accuse somebody of
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Feedback: ___put
Input
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From the beggining: From the ___set
From the outset
34
Something easy to do: A push___
A pushover
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When a virus or a war start: An ___break
An outbreak
36
Help: Back___
Backup
37
A technological advance: A break___
A breaktrough
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Something which delays you: A set___
A setback
39
The result or consequences of something: The ___come
The outcome
40
Treure-li les ganes a algú de fer alguna cosa: Put someone ___ doing someone
Put someone off doing someone
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Start doing an activity or sport: Take ___ an activity
Take up an activity
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Find a solution ___ a problem
Find a solution to a problem
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Comment ___ a subject
Comment on a subject
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Doesn't make sense to do something: There is no point ___
There is no point in
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Be proud of something: Take pride ___
Take pride in
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Be proud of something: Pride myself ___
Pride myself on
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Congratulating someone: Congratulate someone ___ something
Congratulate someone on something
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Take care of someone: Look ___ someone
Look after someone
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Take care of someone: Being responsible ___
Being responsible of
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Culpar algú: Blame somebody ___
Blame somebody for
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Stope someone from doing something: Prevent someone ___ doing something
Prevent someone from doing something
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Postpone something: Put ___
Put off
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Having no intention ___ doing something
Having no intention of doing something
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Fight with a friend and stop talking to each other: Fall ___
Fall out
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Feel superior to someone: Look ___ ___ someone
Look down on someone
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Start making progress again: Move ___
Move one
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Put a lot of effort into doing something: Devote yourself ___
Devote yourself into
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Become popular: Catch ___
Catch on
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Work together: Associate ___
Associate with
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Say something in a sudden and rude way: Come ___ ___
Come out with
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Work a lot on a project: Throw myself ___
Throw myself into
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Submit a plan: Put ___ an idea
Put forward an idea
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Being right or appropiated to something: Being suited ___ something
Being suited to something
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Give an impression: Be thought ___ ___
Be thought of as
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Use an object or idea to confirm something: Confirm something ___
Confirm something with
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Make space: Make room ___ something
Make room for something
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Having no doubt about something: Having no hesitation ___
Having no hesitation in
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Film somewhere: Filming ___ location
Filming on location
69
Remove something: Cut ___
Cut out
70
For a medicine to make an effect: Kick ___
Kick in
71
A diferència de: Contrary ___
Contrary to
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According to the law: In accordance ___ the law
In accordance with the law
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Respecte a algú: In respect ___ / With respect ___
In respect of / WIth respect to
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Designed or destined to do something: Intended ___
Intended for
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Being preocuppied: Being concerned ___
Being concerned with
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In case: In the event ___
In the event of
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Keeping up: Keep pace ___
Keep pace with
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Begin to suffer an illness: Come ___ ___
Come down with
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Facing a problem: Come ___ against a difficulty
Come up against a difficulty
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Estar lluny d'algo: Being far ___ something
Being far from something
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Someone who makes you nervous: Gets ___ your nerves
Gets on your nerves
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Being expected to be better: Falling short ___ expectations
Falling short of expectations
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Tricking or deceiving someone: Taking someone ___
Taking someone in
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Being able to be relaxed: Have an outlet ___ stress
Have an outlet on stress
85
Una idea està associada a una altra idea: Associated ___
Associated with
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Withdraw a claim or commitment: Back ___
Back down
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Keep doing an action until you finish: Follow ___
Follow through
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Take your revenge: Pay ___ ___
Pay back on
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Read a lot about a subject: Read ___ ___
Read up on
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Suddenly appearing or starting to exist: Springing ___
Springing up
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Allow someone to be at your house: Take someone ___
Take someone in
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Pretend to be an ignorant: Play ___ ignorance
Play on ignorance
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Ban something: Impose a ban ___ people
Impose a ban on people
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What you understand from a speech: What you have inferred ___ a speech
What you have inferred from a speech
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Vigilar: Look ___ something
Look after something
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Collide with something: Be struck ___
Be struck by
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Anul·lar: Call ___
Call off
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Be surprised about something: Come ___ ___ surprise
Come as a surprise
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Like something: Be interested ___
Be interested in
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Start doing something: Get started ___
Get started in
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Spend money on something: Invest ___
Invest in
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Don't like something: Feel apprehensive ___ something
Feel apprehensive of something
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What an action which is profitable or successful does: Pay ___
Pay off
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Be able to see something for a short time: Get ___ glimpse ___ something
Get a glimpse of something
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Manage to see something: Make ___ ___ figure
Make out a figure
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Be about to do something: Be ___ the point ___ doing something
Be on the point of doing something
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Find something difficult: Have ___ difficulty ___
Have a difficulty in
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Be affected by something: Feel the effects ___ something
Feel the effects of something
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Find something: Come ___ something
Come across something
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Find something: Run ___ something
Run into something
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Desanimar: Put ___
Put off
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Understand: Take something ___
Take something in
113
Don't be punished: Get ___ ___
Get away with
114
Convince someone: Win ___
Win over
115
Descartar: Rule ___
Rule out
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Passar en una trucada: Put ___ ___
Put through to
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Come across as: Pass ___ something
Pass as/for something
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Refresh and practise something: Brush ___ something
Brush up/on something
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Interrumpir o desconnectar: Cut ___
Cut off
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Be late at doing something: Be ___ ___
Be behind with
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Escape from having to do something: Get ___ ___
Get out of
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Destroy something: Blow ___
Blow up
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Apanyar-se: Get ___
Get by
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Créixer: Grow ___
Grow up
125
Entegar: Hand/Give ___
Hand/Give in
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Estar al dia: Keep ___ ___ something
Keep up with something
127
Use social media: Log ___ social media
Log on social media
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Talk louder: Speak ___
Speak up
129
Fill: Top ___
Top up
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Appear somewhere: Turn/Show ___
Turn/Show up
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Seguir: Go/Carry ___
Go/Carry on
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Know about something: Pick ___ knowledge
Pick up knowledge
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Partir d'algun lloc: Set ___
Set off
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Understand something or come to terms with someone: Get your head ___
Get your head round
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Miss something: Miss ___ ___ something
Miss out on something
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Wanted by a lot of people: ___ demand
In demand
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When somebody asks for something: ___ demand
On demand
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Be angry about something: Be fed ___ ___
Be fed up with
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Repassar alguna cosa: Go ___ old ground
Go over old ground
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Surprised about something: Taken ___ ___
Taken aback by
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For something to happen unexpectedly: Crop ___
Crop up
142
A l'útlim moment: ___ the last minute
At the last minute
143
Realise something: Cotton ___ something
Cotton on something
144
Reveal something: Give ___ something
Give away something
145
Happen sometimes: Happen ___ and ___
Happen on and off
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Sembla: Seems ___
Seems that
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Create a rumour: Put ___ a rumour
Put about a rumour
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Passar les vacances a algun lloc: Holiday ___
Holiday in
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Get nervous about something: Get ___ a flap
Get into a flap
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Segons alguna cosa: According ___
According to
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Persuade: Talk somebody ___ doing something
Talk somebody into doing something
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Avisar: Warn ___ something
Warn about/of something
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Explicar algo: Explain ___ something
Explain about something
154
Inspirar-se en: Take inspiration ___
Take inspiration from
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Entre altres coses: ___ other things
Among other things
156
I'm fond ___
I'm fond of
157
Estar malalt: Suffer ___ an illness
Suffer from an illnes
158
Alguna cosa fa que una altra cosa passi: This results ___
This results in
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Disappoint: Let ___
Let down
160
Tolerate: Put ___ with someone
Put up with
161
Objetar: Object ___
Object to
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Avoid something temporarily: Stave ___
Stave off
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Eat: Wash ___
Wash down
164
Originates: Dates ___ ___
Dates back to
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Give something that will help someone: This will tide you ___
This will tide you over
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Cost money: Set ___ money
Set back money
167
Develop something: Work ___
Work up
168
Keep giving something to somebody: Plie ___
Plie with
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Die: Pass ___
Pass on/away
170
Faint: Pass ___
Pass out
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Give something: Pass something ___ ___
Pass something on to
172
Offer or host: Lay ___
Lay on
173
Prepare something fast: Rustle ___
Rustle up
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Felicitar: Compliment ___
Compliment on
175
Tenir una idea: Come ___ ___
Come up with
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Transform: Turn ___
Turn into
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Help: Help ___
Help out
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Know about something: Gain insight ___
Gain insight into
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Be late: Pressed ___ time
Pressed for time
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Save time: Set ___ time
Set aside time
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Occupy: Take ___
Take up
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__ any specific time
At any specific time
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Dedicar: Devote/Dedicate something ___ someone
Devote/Dedicate something to someone
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Perdre el temps: Waste time ___
Waste time on
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Se debe a: It is ___ ___
It is down to
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De una vez por todas: Once and ___ all
Once and for all
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Nevertheless: ___ all
After all
188
Be empathetic: Put yourself ___ somebody's shoes
Put yourself in somebody's shoes
189
Equipat amb: Equipped ___
Equipped with
190
A la vista: ___ sight
Within sight
191
Arribar a un lloc i deixar l'equipatge: Settle ___
Settle in
192
Offered: ___ offer
On offer
193
Transport something with a plane or helikopter: Fly ___
Fly in
194
Be involved in something: Play a role ___ something
Play a role in something
195
Generally: ___ a rule
As a rule
196
Destroy: Tear ___
Tear up
197
Get burnt: Go ___ ___ flames
Go up in flames
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Install: Put ___
Put in
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De vegades: At ___ time
At a time
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Be unusual ___ something ___ become
Be unusual for something to become
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Un metre més o menys: A metre or ___
A metre or so
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Diàriament: ___ a daily basis
On a daily basis
203
Errors ___ judgement
Errors of judgement
204
En circulació: ___ circulation
In circulation
205
No és veritat que: There's no truth ___ something
There's no truth in something
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Have a reputation ___ being
Have a reputation for being
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Dir que algú ha conseguit alguna cosa: Be announced ___ something
Be announced as something
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Struggle trying to get something: Struggle ___ something
Struggle for something
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Manage to do something: Scrape ___
Scrape through
210
Escollir: Pick ___
Pick out
211
It doesn't make ___ difference
It doesn't make any/no difference
212
Regardless ___
Regardless of
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Don't know how someone has done something: Haven't a clue ___ someone has done something
Haven't a clue how someone has done something
214
Take the liberty ___ doing something
Take the liberty of doing something
215
Come as a surprise: Come ___ ___ the blue
Come out of the blue
216
Make someone not worry: Put someone's worries ___ rest
Put someone's worries at rest
217
Appear as: Come ___
Come about
218
No fer cas: Take no notice ___ something
Take no notice of something
219
Discourage someone ___ doing something
Discourage someone from doing something
220
A l'horitzó
On the horizon
221
Tenir poc d'algo: Be short ___ something
Be short of something
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Not have enough of something: Be thin ___ the ground
Be thin on the ground
223
Used when wind causes something to fall down: Blow ___
Blow down
224
Cause something to happen: Bring ___
Bring about
225
Acknowledge: Concede ___
Concede that
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Think carefully about something: Mull ___ something
Mull over something
227
For somebody to realise something: For something to dawn ___ somebody
For something to dawn on somebody
228
Get angry: Get wound ___
Get wound up
229
Have a lot of free time: Have a lot of time ___ your hands
Have a lot of time on your hands
230
Feel stuck: Feel stuck ___ a rut
Feel stuck in a rut
231
Do well in a particular situation: Thrive ___
Thrive on
232
Wait for something to appear: Keep an eye ___ for something/someone
Keep an eye out for something/someone
233
Discourage someone ___ doing something
Discourage someone from doing something
234
A l'horitzó
On the horizon
235
Tenir poc d'algo: Be short ___ something
Be short of something
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Not have enought of something: Be thin ___ the ground
Be thin on the ground
237
Used when wind causes something to fall down: Blow ___
Blow down
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Cause something to happen: Bring ___
Bring about
239
Acknowledge: Concede ___
Concede that
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Think carefully about something: Mull ___ something
Mull over something
241
For somebody to realise something: For something to dawn ___ somebody
For something to dawn on somebody
242
Get angry: Get wound ___
Get wound up
243
Have a lot of free time: Have a lot of time ___ your hands
Have a lot of time on your hands
244
Feel stuck: Feel stuck ___ a rut
Feel stuck in a rut
245
Do well in a particular situation: Thrive ___
Thrive on
246
Wait for something to appear: Keep an eye ___ for something/someone
Keep an eye out for something/someone
247
A group of things or people brought together for a reason: A line ___
A line up
248
Accept a challenge or job: Take ___
Take on
249
Prepare a plan, agreement or document: Draw ___
Draw up
250
Be classified as something: Come ___ something
Come under something
251
Encaixar: Fit ___
Fit in
252
Provide someone with something: Cater ___ someone
Cater for someone
253
Ser anomenat d'una manera: Be referred to ___ something
Be referred to as something
254
Start: Struck something ___
Struck something up
255
Avisar d'algo: Warn someone ___ something
Warn someone against something
256
Mai: ___ no account
On no account
257
Notar la diferència: For something to make a difference ___ someone
For something to make a difference to someone
258
Portar-se bé: Get ___
Get along
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Guardar una connexió: Something is ___ connexion with something else
Something is in connexion with something else
260
Avançar: Bring something ___
Bring something forward
261
Atrasar-se: Fall ___
Fall behind
262
No tenir sentit fer algo: There's no point ___ doing something
There's no point in doing something
263
Have no intention ___ doing something
Have no intention of doing something
264
Be angry with someone: Hold it ___ someone
Hold it against someone
265
Dir adéu: See someone ___
See someone off
266
Ir al grano: Get ___ the point
Get to the point
267
Witness something: Be witness ___ something
Be witness to something
268
Be helpful: Be ___ any assistance
Be of any assistance
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Replace: Pull ___
Pull down
270
Blame: Place the blame ___ something
Place the blame on something
271
Cridar-li a algú: Shout ___ someone
Shout at someone
272
Be confident ___ something
Be confident of something
273
Caducar: Go ___
Go off
274
En va: ___ vain
In vain
275
Very fast: ___ no time
In no time
276
Announce that you are resigning your job: Give ___ your notice
Give in your notice
277
To be sacked: To be given ___ notice
To be given a notice
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Avisar amb antelació: To give ___ notice
To give more notice
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Indefinetly: ___ further notice
Until further notice
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Because of that: Which ___ turn
Which in turn
281
Automatically: ___ default
By default
282
En la zona de comfort: ___ my element
In my element
283
Nonstop: ___ a stretch
At a stretch
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A primera vista: ___ first glance
At first glance
285
To be unfinished: To be at ___ loose end
To be at a loose end
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According to what everyone says: ___ all accounts
By all accounts
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Of course: ___ all means
By all means
288
Be famous: Be ___ the public eye
Be in the public eye
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To be related: To go hand ___ hand
To go hand in hand
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A basic rule: A rule ___ thumb
A rule of thumb
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To oppose something: To come ___ something
To come against something
292
Decide something without thinking about it: To rush ___ a decision
To rush into a decision
293
Augmentar algo: To step ___
To step up
294
Accept doing something: Take something ___
Take something on
295
Be extremely tired: Be wiped ___
Be wiped out
296
A recipe ___ something
A recipe for something
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Start something: Break ___ something
Break into something
298
Proceed quickly: Crack ___ with something
Crack on with something
299
Start something: Start something ___
Start something up
300
Contractar: Take ___ someone
Take on someone
301
Fruncir el ceño: Frown ___ concentration
Frown in concentration
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Surrender: Give ___
Give in
303
Except for: With the exception ___
With the exception of
304
To like everything ___ someone
To like everything about someone
305
Be very busy at work: Be snowed ___ at work
Be snowed under at work
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Be very busy at work: Be ___ to my ears at work
Be up to my ears at work
307
You'd be better: You'd be better ___
You'd be better off
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To not care about something which doesn't affect you: To be no skin ___ my nose
To be no skin off my nose
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Get an update ___ something
Get an update on something
310
Compensar: Make ___ ___ something
Make up for something
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Formar: Make ___
Make up
312
Get rid of something: Dispose ___ something
Dispose of something
313
Use information to reach a conclusion: For something to draw ___ something
For something to draw on something
314
To be declining: To be ___ the decline
To be on the decline
315
Sunbathe: Soak ___ the sun
Soak up the sun
316
Fer el mateix que algú: Follow ___ someone's footsteps
Follow in someone's footsteps
317
Una pujada d'alguna cosa: An increase ___
An increase in something
318
To start feeling well after an illness: To be ___ the mend
To be on the mend
319
Withdraw from a competition: Pull ___
Pull out
320
Make someone go through a situation: Subject someone ___ something
Subject someone to something
321
Start doing something: Set ___
Set out
322
Una manera d'entendre alguna cosa: An insight ___ something
An insight into something
323
Disapprove something: Frown ___ something
Frown on something
324
To talk angrily to someone: Jump ___ your throat
Jump down your throat
325
Suggest a change ___ something
Suggest a change to something
326
Have access to something: Get hold ___ something
Get hold of something
327
Stop consuming something: Cut something ___
Cut something down
