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meet up

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to meet another person in order to do sth together

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bail out

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to drop out from sth

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kick out

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to force someone to leave a place or organization

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done away with

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get rid of
declutter
dispense with

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come against with

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deal with a problem

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butt in

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to interrupt a conversation

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grow out of sth

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become big that sth does not fit you anymore

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go down with

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become ill

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bring sth out

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to make sth noticeable

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fall off

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when the amount of sth becomes smaller

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fall through

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fail to happen

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hold up

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to steal violently

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blow sb away

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to surprise sb

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spring up

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to start to exist suddenly

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stand up to

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to defend yourself against a powerful person

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get round to doing sth

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to do sth that you have intended to do for a long time

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crep in

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to walk slowly and silently

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put on

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pretend

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set out

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to start an activity with a particular aim

“they set out to discover a cure for cancer”

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fade away

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disappear

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catch on

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become popular

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catch up

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to keep up with

“i need to catch up on what they have done while i was on holiday”

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get by

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to have enough money to live

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put by

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to save money to buy sth

“i am putting by to buy me a new computer”

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get away with

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avoid doing sth

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brush up

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to improve

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turn up

show up

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to arrive

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fall out

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to argue

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leap in

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to do sth without thinking first

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set aside

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leave until later

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pull down

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demolish

“pull down a building”

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miss out

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to fail to use an opportunity or get advantage of sth

“dont miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sales”

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frown upon

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to disapproved of sth

“smoking is frowned upon in many societies”

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get ahead in

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to make a progress/ succeed

“it is difficult to a woman to get ahead in politics”

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wind down

chill out

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relax

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hold on

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wait

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call on
pop into
call upon

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visit sb

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pick on sb

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to bulley

“he gets picked on because he is fat”

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came across
stumble upon
stumble across

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find by accident

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come out

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be published
bloom (for flowers)

“my book comes out next week”

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come

round

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regain consciousness

visit casually

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come through

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deal with, survive

“i have come through an accident”

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come about

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happen

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live it down

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forget sth that you think is wrong

“i will never live it down if i lose this job”

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put sth down to sth

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to blame sth on sb or sth

“the failure of the festival was putted down to the weather”

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whip out

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to grab sth quickly

“i whip out my phone and dialogued the emergency service”

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hail from

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to be from somewhere

“the actor hailed from 🇬🇧”

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contend with

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to argue

“the teacher really likes to contend with unruly students”

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from scratch

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from the beginning

“he made a cake from scratch”

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account for

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be the reason for sth

“perhaps the bad weather accounts for the poor attendance to the party”

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burn out

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to become tired or sick due to working hard

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brake out

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  • escape
  • when sth unpleasant begins to happen
  • end a relationship
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get on

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to grow old

“aunt Mary is getting on, dont you think?”

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to read up on/ about sth

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to spend time reading in order to find information

“before setting up your own company, you should read up on legal requirements”

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to take to sb/sth

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to start to like

“i took to this book as son as i started reading it”

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come along

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to make progress

“how are you coming along with your project”

57
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to have it in for sb

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when sb makes your life difficult

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keep sth from sb

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not to tell sb about sth

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look over

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revise

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loosen yourself up

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to relax and calm the nerves

“many people turn to alcohol as it loosens them up”

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shower sb with sth

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to give sb a lot of praise and presents

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finish up

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end in a different way from what sth started or was planned

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get up to sth

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to do sth that causes people to disapprove with you

“she usually gets up to some sort of trouble at school”

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write off/ away for sth

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to write a letter to an organization asking them to send you something

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write back

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to reply

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write down

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write on paper

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go down with sb

go over with sb

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to be received in a particular way by sb

“his novel went down well with the public”

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run away with sth

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believe sth that is not true

“dont run out with the idea that i am serious about you”

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hand over to sb

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to give your power to sb

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settle up with sb

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to pay someone the money you owe them

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keep on at sb

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to insist on talking in an annoying way about sth

“my parents keep on at me to smarten myself”

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fit in with sth

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to adapt to something

“fit in with a plan”

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pay off

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bring good results

“i hope his hard work pay off in his exams”

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expand on/about sth

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to give more details about sth, to explain sth

“she mentioned a few ideas bur she didnt expand on them”

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wind up

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end up

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keep sb/sth out

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to not go in a place, stop sb or sth from going into a place

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put out

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stop a fire

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bombard sb with sth

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to direct so many things at sb

“children bombard parents with questions”

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tor into sb

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to criticize somebody

“my boss really tor into me about not getting that report on time”

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weigh sth up

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to think carefully about sth before doing it

“i am weighing up my options before taking a decision”

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set in

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when sth unpleasant sets in, it begins or seems to continue in a serious way
“the rain looks as if it has set in for the rest of the day”

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set about

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deal with sth

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psych out

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to behave in a very confident way in order to make your opponents feel less confident

“we used to psych out our opponents”

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drum sth into sb

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to teach sth to someone by repeating it many times

“good manners are dram into us at an early age”

85
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push somebody on to sth

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to encourage sb to do sth

“we pushed each other on to greater things”

86
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sell

off

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to sell something quickly and cheaply

87
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pay up

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pay all the money you owe to somebody

88
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pay in

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to put money in a bank account

“pay in a cheque”

89
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give out

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to come to an end

“our supplies gave out”

90
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brush sb off

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to ignore sb or not willing to listen to sb

“she brushed me off with weak excuses”

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wear thin

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become weaker and not believable

“excuses wear thin”

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round off

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complete sth by doing sth, how you finish sth

“they rounded off the meeting with coffee”

93
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round up

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to give a conclusion

“lets round up”

94
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doze off

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to feel asleep

95
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to pick up on something

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to give particular attention to something that someone has said
“i would like to pick up on what you said about…”

96
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polish off

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to kill somebody

97
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pass of as sb or sth

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to make people
believe that someone or something is other than what they are
“they were trying to pass of this shirts as armani”

98
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back down

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to admit defeat and say that you were wrong

“eventually, he backed down and apologized”

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pass up something

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to fail to take advantage of a situation

“i cant believe yo passed up the opportunity to travel abroad”

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