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1
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Engine stops working

A

Break down

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  1. Defeat/ kill sb
  2. Stop sb from causing harm
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Take down

take down a tyrant

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3
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Destroy a building

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Knock down a building

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Blow and make collapse

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Blow down

a wind had blown the fence down.

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Be destroyed by fire

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Burn down

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6
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Go more slowly

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Slow down

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7
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Do something less regularly

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Cut down on (e.g. coffee)

i am trying to cut down on caffeine

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8
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Disappoint them because you didn’t do what they hoped

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Let sb down

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9
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  1. Refuse an application, an offer
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Turn sb/sth down

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10
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Approach

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Go up, come up, walk up

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Move faster than people in front of you

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Catch up

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Continue at the same speed/level

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Keep up with sb

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13
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Start an organization, company, business, system, website

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Set up

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  1. Start doing a hobby, sport, activity, job
  2. Use space/time
  3. to discuss something or deal with something
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Take up

he’s taken up the position of supervisor
he took the matter up with sb

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  1. Arrange a meeting
  2. fix up a house
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Fix up a meeting

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16
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Raise and look after a child

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Bring up a child

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17
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Wash the Plates after a meal

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Wash up

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18
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Arrive / appear

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Turn up, show up

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19
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Introduce a topic in a conversation

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Bring up a topic

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20
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Be introduced in a conversation

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Come up

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21
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Produce an idea

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Come up with

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22
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  1. Wether become bright
  2. clarify a misunderstanding
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Clear up

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23
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Destroy with a bomb

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Blow up

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24
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Enough to manage

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Get by

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25
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Go into the air

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Take off

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26
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have a good relationship or deal successifully with a situation

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get on / along

they are getting along better

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27
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I live here now. I am _____ ____

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Moving in

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28
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I am moving into

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A new flat

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29
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I had no key, so I was ____ ____

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Locked out

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30
Q

Visit sb at home without arranging to do this

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Drop in

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31
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Take part in sth that’s already going on

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Join in

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32
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Deceive sb

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Take sb in

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33
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Eat at a restaurant, not at home

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Eat out

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34
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Stop before you have completely finished (school/corse)

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Drop out

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35
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Omit it

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Leave it out

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36
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Fire, cigarette, light

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Put out

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37
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Candle

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Blow out

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38
Q

Work out

A

Do physical exercises, math, develop, understand

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39
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Carry out

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An order, experiment, survey, investigation, plan

40
Q

Give to each person

A

Hand sth out

41
Q

Draw attention to sth

A

Point sth out

42
Q

Find a solution to, put in order

A

Sort out

43
Q

Test to see if ok

A

Try out

44
Q

Get heavier

A

Put on weight

45
Q
  1. Something dangerous starts(eg war/disease)
  2. Escape from prison
  3. Suddenly begin in to have rash(spots on skin)
A

Break out

war broke out in 1814

46
Q
  1. To go higher than a particular level
  2. Force yourself through a barrier
A

Break through

sales have broke through the $1 million barrier

47
Q
  1. To end a relationship
A

Break up

48
Q
  1. Machine stops working
  2. Cry, feels sad
A

Break down

49
Q
  1. Break sb in= train them to a new job
  2. burglar
A

Break in

the boss did not believe in breaking his team in gently.

50
Q
  1. To be mentioned in a meeting
  2. Move towards sb
  3. Happen unexpectedly
  4. +with= think of an idea
A

Come up

51
Q
  1. Attack sb
A

Come at

52
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  1. Inherit
A

Come into

53
Q
  1. Suddenly suffer sth
  2. To be a part of an organization
A

Come under

54
Q
  1. Behave to make other people think you have a particular characteristic
  2. Idea expressed clearly in artistic expressions
  3. Find sth by chance
A

Come across

55
Q
  1. Suceed in a difficult situation
A

Come through

56
Q
  1. Happen as planned
A

Come off

57
Q
  1. Barely able to live bc of having just enough of sth you need
A

Get by

58
Q
  1. Leave train/bus
  2. Leave to start a journey
A

Get off

59
Q
  1. points
A

Get across

get your point across

60
Q
  1. Succeed in avoiding punishment
A

Get away with

61
Q

1.get better after an illness/emotional breakdown

A

Get over

62
Q
  1. chase/follow sb to catch them
A

Go after

63
Q
  1. to be enough for everyone
A

Go around

are there enough pencils to go around?

64
Q
  1. Experience a difficult situation
  2. Rehearsal
A

Go through

65
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  1. X go near/prevent others form going near
  2. Hide sth (lie)
A

Keep back

66
Q
  1. Watch in alert
  2. Search/find sth(look sth out)
A

Look out

I was always looking out to see if the kids were OK

67
Q
  1. Read sth quickly
A
  1. Look through

I’ve looked through some catalogues

68
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  1. Result in
  2. go in the direction of a place
A

Make for

having faster computers would make for a more efficient system

69
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  1. See/hear/understand sth in difficulty
A

Make out

70
Q
  1. Deceive
A

Take sb in

71
Q
  1. Plane flies
A

Take off

72
Q
  1. To accept a job
  2. take up space
A

Take up

73
Q
  1. Make sb admit a crime
  2. Go to bed
A

Turn in

i turn in at midnight
he turned himself in to the police

74
Q
  1. Refuse an offer/request
  2. volume
A

Turn down

75
Q

Delay an activity

A

Put off (for/gerund)

the meeting has been put off for a week

76
Q
  1. Put them into a bad situation
A

Put through

sorry for putting you through this ordeal

77
Q
  1. Spend a lot of effort doing sth
A

Put in/into

we have put a lot of time into …
we put in some extra hours today

78
Q
  1. Propose sth
A

Put forward

79
Q
  1. leave a place or situation with the stated feeling/ idea
A

Come away

i spend 90minutes doom scrolling taobao and came away empty-handed

80
Q

Pay a deposit

A

Put down a deposit

81
Q
  1. Give information to public
  2. to complain
  3. stops working
A

Give out

his legs gave out after the race
he gave it out that…

82
Q
  1. To be released (goods)
A

Come in

the new stock will come in soon

83
Q
  1. Involve in a difficult situation
  2. Be interested in
A

Get into

get into debt/trouble
i don’t know what’s got into him

84
Q
  1. Examine facts about a problem
  2. Find out sth
A

Look into

i’ll look into the reasons for the decision
look into details

85
Q
  1. Attack or criticise sb unexpectedly
  2. depends on
A

Turn on

she suddenly turned on me and swore at me

86
Q
  1. Explain sth to sb
  2. give someone information about something
A

Take sb through sth

ill take you through it one more time
take readers through the events

87
Q

cry during a movie

A

tear up at a movie

88
Q

tear paper

A

tear up

he tore up the secret message to be safe

89
Q
  1. reminisce
A

look back on

i look back on my childhood fondly

90
Q

pick up

A

life has picked up

91
Q
  1. fasten sth
  2. dress up
  3. renovate/redecorate
A

do up

92
Q

admit mistakes

A

own up to

93
Q
  1. to tolerate
  2. self defense in a fight
A
  1. put up with
  2. put up a fight
94
Q

close

A

shut down

95
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wait

A

hold up

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