Phrasal Verbs Flashcards by Tian Strmšek

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brush up on

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practice and improve your skill on something

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come round to

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change your opinion bcs of someone

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face up to

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accept something and deal with it

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hit upon

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suddenly get an idea

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make out

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understand something with difficulty

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mull over

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think carefully about something for some time

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puzzle out

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solve a confusing problem by carefully considering it

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read up

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read a lot about something

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swot up

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study something very hard

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take in

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accept something as true

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think over

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consider a decision carefully

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think up

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invent something

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rack your brain

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try very hard to remember something

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cast doubt on

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cause people to feel uncertainty about something

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change around

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move things to different places / positions

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do away with

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get rid of

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do up

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repair/repaint/improve

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key in

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put information into a computer using a keyboard

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make into

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change something into something else

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wear out

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use something a lot so that it no longer works

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crop up

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appear suddenly / unexpectedly

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dive in

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start doing enthusiastically

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kick off (with)

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begin (with)

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knock off

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stop working

knuckle down

start working hard

lay off

fire someone temporarily bcs not enough work

press ahead (with)

continue doing smtn despite difficulties

set out

start doing smtn to achieve an aim

snow under

having too much to deal with

tide over

help someone get over a difficult period

while away

relaxing when you have nothing else to do

wind down

finish something graduall