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Phrasal verbs Flashcards

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Account for

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Expliquer, donner une raison pour

I hope you can account for your behavior !

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Add up

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Faire sens, avoir du sens

Your story simply doesn’t add up !

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Allow for

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Permettre/Prendre en compte

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Boil down

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Peut être résumé

It can all be boiled down to a few rules

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Bump into

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Tomber sur quelqu’un

I bumped into bestie at the mall

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Break away

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Se séparer / Quitter un groupe

He broke away from the crowd

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Call off

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Annuler

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Drop in

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Passer voir quelqu’un

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Drop off

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Livrer / S’endormir

I dropped your parcel off

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Fall through

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Échouer

The multi million dollar contract fell through

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Go by

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S’écouler / Passer

It went by quickly

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Put up

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Supporter / Endurer

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Rule out

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Éliminer / Exclure

We should rule him out from the list of suspects

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Take after

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Tenir de / Ressembler

You really do take after your mother

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Want out

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Vouloir s’en aller

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Set out

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Prendre la route, partir, exposer, entreprendre

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Burst into

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Faire irruption/Fondre en larmes

The man burst into the room

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Call on

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Rendre visite à / Faire appel à

The union called on the workers to support a strike

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Call round

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Passer (voir quelqu’un)

Peter said that he would call round sometime in the afternoon

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Chase away

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Chasser (littéralement) / Repousser, éloigner

It was a good luck charm to chase away his nightmares / Chase away that goose before it flies away.

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Come off

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Marcher, fonctionner (réussite) / Se détacher

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Come to

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Reprendre conscience

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Do away with

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Se débarasser de / En finir avec

“To improve the overall quality of our milk, we wanted to do away with the use of antibiotics on our cows”

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Face up to

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Faire face / Accepter

You need to face up to reality, and deal with the matter swiftly.

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Fall out

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Tomber / Se disputer

They have fallen out and are no longer speaking to each other.

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Flick off

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Faire un doigt / Éteindre

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Flick on

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Allumer

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Give in

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Céder, abandonner

She is trying to avoid sweets, but if you tempt her with chocolate, she always gives in.
I give in; it’s just too difficult.

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30
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Go off

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Exploser (bombe) / Sonner (Alarme) / Partir / Ne plus du tout apprécier, être dégouté

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Go under

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Couler (Faire faillite)

GM did go under, despite their claims.

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Go without

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Se passer de

A camel can go without water for a week.

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33
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Hand over

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Remettre

he police officer persuaded Taylor to hand the knife over.

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Hold out

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Tendre (offrir) / Tenir, durer

I don’t think the cattle feed is going to hold out until Christmas, we must order more.

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35
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Leave out

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Exclure (feel left out) / Oublier, omettre

The bread did not rise because I left out the yeast by mistake.

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36
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Look out for

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Faire attention à / S’occuper de

Jimmy’s brothers have looked out for him since their parents died.
You must look out for snakes when walking in these hills.

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Make out

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Distinguer (vue) / Faire croire

The press are making him out to be the greatest singer since Elvis, but he’s not that good.
I can’t make out the sign from this far away.

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Mouth of

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Se vanter / Parler à tort et à travers

39
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Move off

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S’éloigner (voiture)

He put the car in gear and moved off down the highway.

40
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Move over

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Se pousser, s’écarter / Se retirer, se rétracter

The rude man refused to move over to let me pass.

41
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Pop in

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Faire un saut, passer / Mettre

Just pop that soup in the microwave and cook it for a couple of minutes.

42
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Pull ahead

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Prendre la tête, l’avantage, passer devant

43
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Push in

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Frauder

I hate people who push in; they have no manners.

44
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Put smth/sb off

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Dégoûter, décourager / Reporter, décaler

I don’t want to put you off, but that make of car you’re thinking of buying is very hard to maintain.
I’m busy this afternoon; can we put our meeting off until tomorrow?

45
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Put smth/sb out

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Éteindre (feu, lumière) / déranger, énerver

Quickly! Someone please put out the fire!
I put outthe light and within moments, I was fast asleep.
I need a lift to the station, but I wouldn’t want to put you out.

46
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Put together

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Monter, assembler, organiser

Can you help me put this bookcase together, please?

47
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Reach out

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Tendre la main / Joindre

The interviewer reached out to shake Neil’s hand.

48
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Rub out

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Effacer, gommer / zigouiller

If you write in pencil, it’s easier to rub out your mistakes.

49
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See off

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Dire au revoir à

He came to the airport with me to see me off.
I’ll drive you to the station and see you off.

50
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Send for

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Appeler, faire venir

He is very ill, I think we should send for his parents to take him home.

51
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Send off

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Envoyer, expédier / Fête de départ

The general sent more soldiers off into battle.

52
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Set (smth) off

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Partir (se mettre en route) / Déclencher / Mettre en avant / Mettre en colère.

That morning, we set off on our trip to California.

53
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Set (smth) out

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Se mettre en route / Entreprendre / Exposer, préciser

They set out for London early the following day.
We’ll set out at five in the morning.

54
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Slave away

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Trimer, travailler dur

She had to slave away in the kitchen without any help.

55
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Slip off (smth)

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Enlever (vêtement) / S’éclipser / Glisser de qqch

How can my favourite vase have slipped off the mantelpiece?

56
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Speak out

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Dire ce qu’on pense, s’exprimer

Speak out if you’re concerned about it.

57
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Stay in

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Rester à la maison

It was cold and windy so we decided to stay in.

58
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Take after sb

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Être le portrait craché de, tenir de / Poursuivre

Many people say that Maria takes after her grandmother. Sam really takes after his father.

59
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Tell sb off

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Gronder, disputer

The teacher told the girls off for giggling in class.

60
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Tip sb off

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Informer, prévenir

The police arrived at the party after somebody tipped them off.

61
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Tip over

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Renverser, bascule

Jackie tipped over her glass of orange juice and it spilled onto the floor.

62
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Wear off

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Diminuer, s’atténuer

The pain-relieving effects of the aspirin would wear off after just an hour.

63
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Wear out

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S’user, s’abîmer

If I use my toothbrush eight times a day, it will wear out quickly.

64
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Weigh down

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Peser sur, s’alourdir (passive / figurative)

I was weighed down with all the shopping I did today.
The weight of her rucksack weighed Sarah down.

65
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Bear up

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Tenir le coup

66
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Bear upon

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Concerner

How will these new findings bear upon our approach to educating children?

67
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Bear down on somebody

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Threatening or pressing down on (Appuyer)

68
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Bear fruit

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Yield positive results

69
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Having a cross to bear

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Have a heavy burden

70
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Grin and bear it

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Accept an unpleasant or difficult situation because there is nothing you can do about it

71
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Bear out

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Back up/Confirm

72
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Have bearing on smth

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Have relevance to something

73
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Disperse

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To move apart and go away

74
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Ball park figure

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An estimation

75
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To be between a rock and a hard place

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To be in a difficult situation

76
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To be in the open air

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To be outdoor, outside

77
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I take it

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I understand it

78
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The train stands at

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The train is at

79
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Concourse

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Hall de gare, galerie

80
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Be overcome with emotion

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Lack of control over one’s emotion

81
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Sob one heart out

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Crying very much

82
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Bird’s eye view

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A general view from above

83
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Brass band

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Musicians playing brass instruments

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84
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Itemize

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Present a list of individual items

85
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Expense account

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An account on which an employee can spend money and be reimbursed by his company

86
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Settle an account

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Pay or receive a balance due

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