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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

1
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to be connected by the telephone

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get through

I tried to phone her but i coudn’t get through

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to wait for a short period of time

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hang on

Hnag on a minute. I will just find out for you

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to return a phone call

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call back

I call back at more convinent time

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if the sound on a mobile phone …. …. you can no longer hear the person who speaking on it

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break up

Did the phone line beark up when we were talking on it before?

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4
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to wait for a short period of time

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hold on

Hold on the phone for a second! let me find a pen to write down your phone number.

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5
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to conncet with someone esle by the telephone

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put through

you call has been put through to the finance department.

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6
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to end a telephone call by breaking the connection

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hang up

if you get obsence or abusive phone call, dont say anything and hang up immidetaely.

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7
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to interrupt a phone conversation

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cut off

I was cut off in mid conversatuon.

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to answer the phone

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pick up

I went to pick up the phone the phone, but it had stopped ringing.

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9
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to speak louder

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speak up

you will have to speak up. I can’t hear you.

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10
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telephone someone later

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get back to

I will find out for you and get back to you later on this afternoon

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11
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to telephone a place in order to give message

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phone in

the newsopaer before midnight

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12
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to leave a place usually in order to start a journey

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get off

if we can get off at 3 oclock, the road would be clear.

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12
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to return to a place after you have been somewhere else

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get back

we retraced our route and in attempt to the right pace

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13
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to leave or escape from a place or person

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get away

we walked to the necx beach to get away from the crowd.

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14
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to be successful on the work that you do

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get ahead

she wants to get ahead to her career

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15
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to succeed in talking to someone on the phone

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get through

I tried to phone her

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15
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to make people understand something

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get across

what messgae are you trying to get across to the customer?

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16
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to manage situation especillay succefully

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get on

stop gossiping and get on with some work

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17
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to get out of the bed after sleeping

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get up

she finds it very diffucult to get up early

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17
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to start to feel happy or well again after something bad has happned to you

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get over

it took him a long time to get over his cold.

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17
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to start feeling sad or losing hope

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get down

I get down from time to time but I always come back stronger

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18
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to manage to reach or touch something

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get at

Lift some loose floorboards to get at the pipes.

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19
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if you get behind with work or payment

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get behind

if you get behind with the rent, you will be ask to leave.

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20
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used to telling someone to leave

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get out

Get out of the house or I’ll call the police.

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21
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if people get along, they like each other, and are friendly to each other.

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get along

I want to get along with everyone.

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22
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to increase speed

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speed up

you can speed up a little once you go past the traffic lights.

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23
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to make a car, go backwards

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back up

The bus have to back up and turn around

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23
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to reduce speed

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slow down

you drive round corners too fast, just slow down a bit!

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24
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if a vehicle or driver, drives off,

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drive off

He was about to drive off, when the secarety came running out.

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25
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if a vehicle or driver … .. somewhere, they stop there

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pull in

the police car signal to us to pull in

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26
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if a vehicle or driver … .. somewhere, they move onto a road or onto a part of a road where the traffic is moving faster

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pull out

Don’t pull out! there is a car coming.

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26
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to enter a vehicle

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get in

He invite us to get in the car and go out with him

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27
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if a vehicle or driver … .., they stop

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pull

I heard a car pull out of the

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28
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to fasten your seat belt in the car

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backle up

Don’t forget to

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29
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if a vehicle or driver… .., they stop by the side of the road.

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pull over

We signa the taxi driver to pull over.

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30
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to make something full

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fill up

I need to fill up with petrol before we go.

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31
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to hit someone with a vehicle that they injure or kill

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knock down

Becareful otherwise you will knock down someone

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31
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to stop someome for going somewhere especially

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cut off

A second policceman

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32
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to leave the road that youu are traveling along, in order to

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turn off

Turn off the motorway, at the next exit.

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32
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to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them

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run over

He

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33
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if a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working

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break down

The car might break down

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34
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hit or kcick out at someone or something

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lash out

Many people uncontroable emtion

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35
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to leave angrily; if some … …, they quickly

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storm out

Why did the man stormed out of the manager office?

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36
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if you … something .., you completely destry it and

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smash up

He just want to smash up the closest object to him.

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37
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to lose one’s temper

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blow up

what did it take to make Paul to blow out?

38
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used to tell someoneangrily to go away

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shove off

Shove off and leave me alone

39
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to become extremly angry or to lose control of yourself from surprise or shock

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flip out

Calm down

39
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to become or cause someone to make extremly emotionlly

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freak out

Wea re going to freak out if we don’t show up.

40
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to stop feeling upset, angry or

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calm down

Just come down and tell me what has happened?

40
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to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them

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fall out

Most married people, fall out over money.

41
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to prepare to fight, compete or argue with someone.

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square up

it was brave of him to square up

42
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to suddenly say something loudly

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burst out

the boy burst out of the room. ( the boy left the room suddenly)

42
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to attack or critize someone or something with great force

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rip into

He would rip into

42
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to attack someone physicllay or to critisize

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lay into

I saw him to lay into a man twice his size.

43
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to talk to someone about something they have done that makes you angry in order to try to solve a problem

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have it out

I need to have it out with her once and for all.

44
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to not allow something bad to affect your behaviour or upset you

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rise above

She had the courage and detemination to rise above her physical disability

45
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to speak angrily to someone to has done something wrong

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tick off

Don’t tick me off! I am not in a good mood.

45
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to use a zipper to fasten someone’s clothing

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zip up

Zip up your jacket! It is cold out there.

46
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to put on a piece of clothing in order to test the fit

A

try on

I like to try on that blue wool coat

47
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An action of removing something

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take off

I saw him take off his coat and place it into the back seat.

47
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to put on an item of clothing, easily and quickly

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slip on

Let me quickly slip on my dress.

48
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to put warm clothes on

A

wrap up

Remember to wrap up warmly on cold days

49
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to fasten

A

do up

She asked me to do up her dress for her at the back

50
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put something on the a hanger or hook

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hang up

How many times have I told you to hang up your clothes?

50
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to take off your shoes by shaking your feet

A

Kick off

Relaz and kick off tyour shoes

51
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to make an item of clothing smaller

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take in

You have lost some weight and your suit doesn’t fit. I’ll have to take it in.

52
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to reduce the length of an item of clothing

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take up

Your trousers are too long, we need to take them up so they will fit you.

53
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to dress yourself in something

A

put on

He put on his best clothes for the party.

54
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to put an item of clothing on very quickly

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throw on

Throw on a jacket and let’s go. I don’t want to miss the trian.

55
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dry clothes outside after washing them

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hang out

My job was to hang out the washing.

55
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to display proudly

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show off

She did a quick twirl to show off her dress.

56
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to wait in a line of people, ften to buy something

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queue up

We had to queue up for over two hours to buy a brand new pair of shoes.

56
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discuss someone or something in a way that makes them seen less interesting or attractive

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talk down

How dare you talk down to me like this?

56
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to discuss a problem or a plan

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talk over

I’ve got something to talk over with you.

57
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to discuss something in a general way whithout dealing with the most important issue

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talk round

He would talk round the subject instead of getting to the point.

58
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to pass a period of time by talking

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talk away

She could sometimes talk away for hours on end.

59
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to discuss a problem throughly with someone who diagrees with you about it

throughly: comprehensive

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talk out

They should sit down to talk out their differences.

60
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to reply quickly and often rudely to something that someone says

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talk back

Little children should not talk back to their parents

60
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to talk to someone as if you think they are not as clever or important as you are

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talk down to

Try not to** talk down** to your employess.

61
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to explian to someone in detail how something should be done

A

talk through

Allow time to talk through any areas of difficulty

62
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to speack louder

A

talk up

Talk up a bit please. we can’t hear you

62
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ti discuss a subject

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talk about

I don’t want to talk about it anymore

63
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to have a converstaion with other people

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talk with

I wish to have a private talk with you

64
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reduce the amount or quantity of something

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cut back

The doctor told me to cut back on red meat.

65
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remove something using a sharp implenebt

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cut off

He cut off a small piece of bread and gave it to me.

65
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reduce the size, amount or quantity of something

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cut down

Half the grass was cut down to make room for the road

65
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to cut something into several pices

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cut up

She cut up the meat into small pieces

66
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to make a path through something by cutting

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cut through

You need a powerful saw to cut through metal

67
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to go across an area of land instaed of going around the edge of it

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cut across

We can gain some time if we cut across this field

68
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to reduce an amount of something that is available, especially time or money

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cut into

The rise in wage cut into the profits of the company

69
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to interrupt someone who is speaking

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cut in

I was just talking to John, when David cut in.

70
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to remove something from a large piece by cutting

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cut out

She cut out his picture from the magazine.

71
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used to ask someone to stop doing or saying something that is annoying or offensive

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cut it out

I’m sick of you two arguing just cut it out.

72
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give something freely as a giftt or donation

A

give away

We have six copies of the book to give away.

73
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to return something

A

give back

When you can give back the money that you owe?

74
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hand in a completed document to an official or a piece of work to a supervisor

A

give in

you must give in your exMINATION paper now

75
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allow oneself to be taken over by an emotion or addiction

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give over

Please give over crying

76
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to distribute something

A

give out

He wouldn’t give out any information

77
Q

closely examine the condition of something

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check over

Please check over your work and correct amy mistake

78
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to prevent someone from doing from doing something by talking about the good reasons for not doing it.

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talk out of

We need to talk John out of going to the cinema tomorrow.

79
Q

mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them.

A

lead (someone) on

If you want a friend-with-benefit relationship, Don’t lead her on.

80
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to start eating, esp. eagerly:

A

dig in

/dɪɡ/
dig - dug - dug

The food’s getting cold – dig in!

81
Q

to … ../to … .. : to enter or to board a vehicle
To … .. (1) is used for cars; to … .. (2) is used for all
other forms of transportation.

A
  1. get in
  2. get on
I always get on the bus to work at 34th Street.

  1. It’s easiest to get in the car from the
    driver’s side. The door on the other side
    doesn’t work well.
  2. I always get on the bus to work at 34th
    Street.
    OPP: get in => get out : Get out the car!
    get on => get off : Helen got off the train at the 42nd Street terminal.
82
Q

Separable phrasal

to place on oneself (usually said of clothes)

A

put on

  1. Mary put on her coat and left the room.
  2. Put your hat on before you leave the house.
83
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separable phrasal verb

to remove (usually said of clothes)

A

take off

John took off his jacket as he entered the office./
Take your sweater off The room is very warm.

84
Q

separable phrasal verb

to start or cause to function

A

turn on

Synonym: Switch on

Please turn on the light; it’s too dark in here./
Do you know who turned the air conditioning on?

85
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separable phrasal verb

to cause to stop functioning
Turn on and turn off, as well as their related forms, are used for things that flow, such as electricity, water, gas, etc.

A

turn off

Synonym : to switch off, to shut off)

Please turn off the light when you leave the room.
Are you really listening to the radio, or should I turn it off?

86
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very soon; immediately

A

right away

(also: at once): Stop playing that loud music at once!

Dad says that dinner will be ready right away, so we’d better wash our hands and set the table. /
Tell Will to come to my office right away. I must see him immediately.

87
Q

separable phrasal verb

to lift with one’s fingers or hands;
to retrieve or collect ;
to learn

A

pick up

Harry picked up the newspaper that was on the front doorstep. /
Lucia was so busy that she forgot to pick her son up from school.
Margot picks up math easily, but she is not good at reading.

88
Q

separable phrasal verb

to arise, to rise from a bed; to make someone arise

A

get up

Carla gets up at seven o’clock every morning. /
At what time should we get the children up tomorrow?

89
Q

to find, to discover

A

come up with

After worrying for days, I finally came up with a solution to my problem. /
Even though Kwan doesn’t have a job, he always comes up with enough money to pay his bills.

90
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phrasal verb

​(informal) to become or to make somebody become more cheerful or lively, especially after they have been ill or sad

SYNONYM brighten

A

perk up
perk somebody up

He soon perked up when his friends arrived.
A cup of coffee will perk you up.
Would you like a cup of coffee? It might perk you up.

91
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phrasal verb

​(formal) to spend a lot of time thinking or learning about something

A

steep yourself in

They spent a month steeping themselves in Chinese culture.

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