Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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To admire someone/
Want to be like that person

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To look up to ……(somebody)
Ryan looks up to his father

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To invite somebody to your house

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To have sb. over …
I’m having a few mates over later

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To rely on somebody for support/count

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To count on (you)

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To support or defend someone or something

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To stick up for ..
Thank you for sticking up for me

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To make short visit somewhere, often to go to someone’s house unannounced

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To drop in/by/round
I’m going to drop in to see Olivia later

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To meet someone without having planned

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To run into …
I ran into Jillian the supermarket

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To arrive (came) somewhere you are expected

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To show up
Sally never shows up on time

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To have a good relationship with someone

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To get along with …
I get along with my brother’s friends

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To cause an argument(bad relation) between people/
When sb. Cause a problem between others-separate them

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To come between
My fried Amy got a new boyfriend who ended up coming between us

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To gradually stop having a close relationship with someone

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To grow apart..
We were best friends at school but we grew up apart when we left

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To talk to someone you haven’t seen for some time and keep him updated (tell him your news)

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To catch up
It was lovely to catch up!
It was lovely to catch up with you.

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To arrange for people to meet so they might start a romantic relationship

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To fix sb. up
I tried to fix Kira and Ben up but they didn’t like each other.
Our friend fixed me and Marek up so we ended up engaged.

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To support someone through good times and bad times
Maria była tu dla mnie w dobre i ciężkie czasy.

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Trough thick and thin
Maria Has been there for me through thick and thin

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To be very friendly with each other, sometimes in a way that makes people think they’ve got a secret

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To be (as) thick as thieves/

Jacob and Greg are as thick as thieves

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The opposite of as thick and thieves /
A friend who is there only for you when things are going well

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Fair-weather friend

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To spend a lot of time together
To be realy close

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To be joined at the hip
Hint:

(hips are joining your body and legs)
Chloe and Charlotte have been joined at the hip recently!

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To know someone/sth. very well

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To know someone inside out
I know that book inside out

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A person who comforts you when you’re sad

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A shoulder to cry on/

Paolo has always been a shoulder to cry on for me

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To socialise with someone who has the same lifestyle as you

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To move in the same circles/
Kate and I move in the same circles, so I know her quite well

20
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Oni natychmiast się dogadali;

Abdul i Clara natychmiast się dogadali ostatniej nocy (wczoraj wieczorem)!

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To hit it off
Abdul and Clara really hit it off last night!

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To agree with someone

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To see eye to eye with someone/
I see eye to eye with Chris about almost everything /
I don’t see eye to eye with my mother-in-low

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To end an argument and be friends again
(Zakopać topór)

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To burry the hatchet (topór)/
Oscar and I agreed to burry the hatchet.

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To get rid of bad feeling between people, often with a discussion (oczyscic powietrze)

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To clear the air/
We need to clear the air

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To forgive someone or forget about something bad someone did

Co było - to było

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To let bygones be bygones/
I want to let bygones be bygones and be friends again

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To get back to normal relations
(Wybaczyć i zapomnieć)

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To forgive and forget