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Carry on

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Continuar | Seguir em frente

  1. Ben carried on with his life.
  2. After the break, the speaker carried on presenting his study.
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Catch up

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Alcançar, Apanhar rapidamente, Por o assunto em dia

  1. You go with Tess and I’ll catch you up
  2. Today I caught up with the lectures of From Intermediate to Advanced

I’ve learned this phrasal verb when I was talking about my holiday. I had to study to keep up with the schedule.

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Consist of

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Composto por, Consiste em

  1. It’s a simple dish to prepare, consisting mainly of rice and vegetables
  2. Her responsibilities consist of answering the phone and greeting visitors
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Cut down

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Diminuir | Reduzir

  1. I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.
  2. She used to work 50 hours a week, but recently she’s cut down.
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Cut off

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Interromper, Cortar, suspender, eliminar

  1. The electrician cut off the power to fix the wiring.
  2. If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be cut off.
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End up

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Terminar | Acabar | Finalizar

  1. Stop doing it, or you’ll end up frustrating yourself.
  2. Much of this meat will probably end up as dog food
  3. They’re traveling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow
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Even out

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Igualar, Equilibrar

  1. These differences in pay tend to even out over time.
  2. The league is divided into two skill levels in order to even out the competition.

I learned this phrasal verb when I was talking about my job transition and I mentioned the lower salary.

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Figure Out

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Entender algo/alguém | Descobrir | Compreender
(figure out how/why/what, etc)

  1. Puzzle Out (I figure out the puzzle)
  2. I figured out the meaning of the word thanks to the context;
  3. If they know the cause of the problem, they might be able to figure out how to prevent it happening again;
  4. We are trying to figure out a way to help the girl;
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Find out

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Descobrir
(=to obtain knowledge of something)

  1. The detective found out the truth of the case.
  2. How did you find out about the party?
  3. I just found out that he was cheating on the test.
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Give away

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Give something freely as a gift or donation OR reveal something secret.

  1. I gave away all my books
  2. The company is giving away $3,000 to the team that complete the hike the fastest.
  3. Where is that cute dress you sewed? I gave it away. It did not look good on me.
  4. I’m not giving away any plot surprises; read the review in the paper if you want to know them.
  5. They’re giving away shopping bags.
  6. The look on her face gave her away (= showed her real feelings).
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Go ahead

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Vá em frente

  1. Go ahead! You were here first.
    (Vá em frente! Você estava aqui antes.)
  2. Go ahead. I’m listening. [on the phone / ao telefone]
    (Vá em frente/Pode falar. Eu estou ouvindo.)
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Go away

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Desaparecer

  1. The smell went away when he opened the window.
  2. This icon keeps appearing on the screen. How do I make it go away?

I learned this phrasal verb when I talked about motivation, that sometimes goes away.

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Hand over

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Entregar
(To give something to someone else)

  1. I return with the correct size and hand over my credit card to pay.
  2. We were ordered to hand over our passports
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Hang out

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Passar tempo com | Sair com

  1. I was hanging out with my friends last night.
  2. I hang out in the lobby with the other applicants.
  3. I like to hang out with my friends.
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Keep on

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Continuar | Persistir

  1. AJ encouraged me to keep on running.
  2. Don’t keep on, I’ll sort it out in a minute.
  3. He kept on at me about the money, even though I told him I hadn’t got it.
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Keep up

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Acompanhar, Manter, Manter-se informado

  1. You run too fast – I can’t keep up.
  2. I read the papers to keep up with what’s happening in the outside world.
  3. I can’t keep up!
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Look back

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Relembrar | olhar para o passado
(=muitas vezes com nostalgia ou saudade)

  1. It wasn’t such a bad experience when I look back on it.
  2. When I look back on my childhood, I know it was a good one.
  3. When my cousin Ben looks back, his story is different.
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Look forward /Look Forword/

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Esperar ansiosamente por algo | Esperar algo de forma positiva

  1. I’m really looking forward to my holiday.
  2. I’m LOOKING FORWARD TO meeting you.
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Mess up

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Estragar | Bagunçar | Arruinar

  1. I hope not to mess up at today’s interview
  2. He made a real mess up of the sales figures
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Mix up

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Confundir, Misturar

  1. It’s easy to mix up the twins.
  2. I mix them up all the time.
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Pay off

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Valer a pena, compensar

  1. All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam
  2. I hope all this work pays off.
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Point out

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Apontar, Ressaltar

  1. I’d like to point out that I do not support these changes.
  2. The teacher pointed out the mistake in the text.
  3. If he makes a mistake, I point it out immediately
  4. I point out my ten years of experience.
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Put back

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Is the opposite of take out
(=To return someting to its place)

  1. Whenever I take something out of the fridge, my mom immediately tells me to put it back.
  2. My daughters took out the markers, but did not put them back.
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Reach out

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Entrar em contato, Contactar, Ajudar

  1. The Washington Post reached out to Turner for comment.
  2. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about study abroad.
  3. She set up her charity to reach out to the thousands of homeless on the streets.
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Rely on/upon

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Confiar, Contar com, Depender

  1. Charities(Instituições de caridade) rely on donations to survive.
  2. Families rely more on their cars than before.
  3. I know I can rely on you to help me.
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Roll out

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Lançar
(to make a new product, service, or system available for the first time)

  1. Apple is rolling out iOS 15.1.1 to iPhone users today.
  2. A media campaign is expected to roll out early next year.
  3. WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted backups rolling out
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Run out

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Acabar

  1. My patience is beginning to run out.
  2. My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.
  3. Time is running out
  4. I’ve run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.
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Set out

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Estabelecer, Definir

  1. We set out on the trail at 5 pm.
  2. She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
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Show off

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Exibir, Mostrar, Ostentar

  1. Children like to show off new toys to friends.
  2. She only bought that sports car to show off and prove she could afford one.
  3. He’s always showing off to his classmates.
  4. Albert tends to show off whenever the gets new clothes
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Slow down

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Desacelerar | Diminuir a velocidade

  1. AJ slowed down.
  2. The doctor has told him to slow down or he’ll have a heart attack.
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Sneak Out / In

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To slowly and quietly Leave / Enter a place so nobody sees you.
(Sneak out of + place)

  1. The meeting has already started so I sneaked in. It looked boring so I sneaked out.
  2. Jan doesn’t have a ticket but I thought we might sneak her in.
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Speed Up

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Acelerar

  1. Taking the right medicine may speed up the healing process.
  2. The teacher needed to speed up the class to finish it on time.
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Stand out

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Sobressair | Destacar-se | Chamar atenção

  1. The bright green letters really stand out on the page.
  2. One candidate stood out from the rest.
  3. What will make me stand out from the other applicants?
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Take away

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Tirar | Remover

  1. No one can take away rights guaranteed by law.
  2. Take these chairs away – we don’t need them.
  3. Twelve take away four equals eight.
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Take out

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To remove something from its place.
When I remove something from its place(inside)

  1. Whenever I take something out of the fridge, my mom immediately tells me to put it back.
  2. My daughters took out the markers, but did not put them back.
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Take Over

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Assumir

  1. The firm was badly in need of restructuring when she took over.
  2. I will take over the position of sales manager.
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Turn down

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Recusar | Rejeitar

  1. He turned down the job because the company was too far away.
  2. They offered me the job, but I turned it down.
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Turn into

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Virar, Tornar-se algo, Transformar-se em

  1. The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.
  2. Rain in the morning will turn into snow during the afternoon
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Warm up

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Aquecer-se | Fazer aquecimento | Esquentar

  1. We did some stretching and jumping jacks to warm up.
  2. The party was only just starting to warm up as I left.
40
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Turn out

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Resultar, acabar
Have a particular result

  1. They turn out to be really useful for things like error handling and profiling
  2. It turned out that we were both wrong
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Take off

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Tirar

I took off the books from the shelf
I took off my coat because the room was hot.

42
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Pick out

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Choose someone or something from a number of alternatives.

  1. She left Jed to pick out some toys
  2. Picked out a nice watch
  3. Picked out their cousins from the crowd
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Go over

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Examinar, Repetir

  1. Remember to go over your essay to check for grammar and spelling mistakes.
  2. I went over the math problems with her.
  3. I went over what I wanted to say in my mind.
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Push back

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Postergar, adiar

  1. The show’s start time has been pushed back 10 minutes
  2. The target date for construction has been pushed back.
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Fall off

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Diminuir, reduzir

  1. Production fell off last month.
  2. Sales have been falling off recently.
  3. New discoveries of oil reserves have fallen off in recent years
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Put off

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Adiar

  1. Sam keeps putting off going to the dentist, but I will go with him tomorrow.
  2. The meeting has been put off for a week.

Usually means you don’t want to do something and are delaying doing it

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Lead up to

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Conduzir até, levar até

  1. Years of research and hard work led up to this innovative cancer treatment.
  2. The authors describe the various events that led up to the sinking of the Titanic
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Go into

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Começar uma atividade, entrar nos detalhes

  1. She’s decided to go into business as a freelance computer programmer.
  2. I’d rather not go into that now. Can we discuss it later?
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Fall through

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Fracassar, Falhar

  1. The project fell through due to lack of money
  2. The trip fell through because they canceled all the flights to that region
  3. We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through.
  4. The deal fell through when someone made our client a better offer.
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Call for

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Pedir, exigir

express the need or desire for; ask for

  1. Some dishes call for rice vinegar.
  2. This kind of heroism is what philosophy and Stoicism is about. It’s about being a good person, doing what the situation calls for
  3. Employees called for ther salary
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Carry out

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Realizar, Cumprir

put in effect, pursue to a conclusion, bring to a successful issue

  1. Dr Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art.
  2. The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what’s wrong with her.
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Boil down

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Resumir, reduzir

He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs

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