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phrasal verbs Flashcards

1
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support an explanation

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back something up

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eat something very quickly

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bolt something down

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take care of child until they become an adult

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bring someone up

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cause

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bring something about

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continue

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carry on (doing) something

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do some work or research

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carry out something

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7
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become popular or fashionable

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catch on

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8
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being to understand

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catch on

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do something that you didn’t do enough of before

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catch up on something

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10
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become / male (someone) less sad

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cheer (someone) up

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11
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find / meet something/ someone by chance

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come across something / someone

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12
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visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house

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come over

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think of

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come over

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prepare and write (a plan)

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draw something up

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15
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stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument

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fall out with someone

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16
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discover

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find something up

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17
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travel around

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get about (a place)

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18
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manage to survive / live

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get by

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19
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have a good relationship with someone

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get on with someone

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20
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recover from (superare)

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get over something

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21
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tell information that should be kept secret

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give away information

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22
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hand homework to the teacher

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give homework in

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23
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agree to something after initial resistance

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give in (to someone’s requests)

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24
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allow oneself to be arrested

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give oneself up

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25
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distribute something to several people

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give out ( books/paper)

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26
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give information to a lot of people

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give out information

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27
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return something

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give something back

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28
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stop do something you do regularly

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give something up

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29
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enter (a competition)

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go in for ( a competition)

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30
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happen

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go on

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31
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continue

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go on (with something)

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32
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visit a person or a place

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go round

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33
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change to be a child to be an adult

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grow up

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34
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drink something very quickly

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gulp something down

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35
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go somewhere

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head for somewhere

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36
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like each other on a first meeting

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hit it off with someone

37
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force someone to leave a place or organisation, expel

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kick someone out

38
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disappoint

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let someone down

39
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feel happy about something that is going to happen

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look forward to something

40
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admire and respect

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look up to someone

41
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invent an explanation for something

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make something up

42
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decide

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make up one’s mind

43
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stop discussing something and being discussing something different

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move on to something

44
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talk more about your personal feelings

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open up to someone

45
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admit or confess that you have done something wrong

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own up to something

46
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buy something (cheap)

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pick up (a bargain)

47
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make something increase

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push something up

48
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place clothes on your body

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put clothes on

49
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organise an event

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put on an event

50
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increase prices

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put prices up

51
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distract someone

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put someone off

52
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discourage someone

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put someone off something

53
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accommodate someone

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put someone up (for the night)

54
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postpone something

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put something off

55
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produce ( by combining several different things)

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put something together

56
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get something ready to listen to

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put something/ music on

57
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tolerate something/ someone

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put up with something/ someone

58
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gain weight

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put weight on

59
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raise your hand into the air

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put your hand up

60
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reach a particulate number or amount

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run into (thousand of pounds)

61
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use all of something so that none is left

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run out of something

62
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sell all of something

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sell out of something

63
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start going somewhere

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set off for somewhere

64
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start a business

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set something up

65
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being living in a place

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set up home

66
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live a quieter life by staying permanently in one place and perhaps getting married

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settle down

67
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behave in a way that is intended to attract people’s attention and make them admire you

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show off

68
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agree to do; book

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sign up for something

69
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solve a problem

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sort out a problem

70
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end a romantic relationship with someone

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split up with someone

71
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be easy to notice

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stand out

72
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resemble

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take after someone

73
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start to become successful

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take off

74
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gain control

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take over

75
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move someone away from other people to talk

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take someone aside

76
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employ someone

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take someone on

77
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return something

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take something back

78
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accept something as true

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take something in

79
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start to like something

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take to something / someone

80
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start doing a new sport / hobby

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take up a new sport / hobby

81
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criticise someone angrily for doing something wrong

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tell someone off

82
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put on a piece of clothing to see how it looks and whether it fits

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try something on

83
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go somewhere to take part in an event

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turn out

84
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become ( a success )

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turn out (to be a success)

85
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end (well/badly)

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turn out (well / badly )

86
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reject something

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turn something down

87
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make something change into something different

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turn something into

88
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go to someone for help

A

turn to someone

89
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arrive

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turn up

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