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1
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drop in

A

visit unexpectedly

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get on for

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be almost a particular time, number, age…

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go off

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be no longer fresh, leave a place to do sth

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go on

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continue an activity, doing sth

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go/come around

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go/come to sb’s house to visit them

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keep on

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continue doing sth

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leave out

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not include

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put off

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postpone, make somebody not want to do or not like sth

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run into

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meet sb by chance

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run out of

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not have any left, ex: They have run out of ideas.

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take to

A

begin to like sth or someone, begin to do sth easily

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try out

A

experiment with

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turn out

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have a particular result, ex: It turns out to be a fail.

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turn up

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appear unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement, ex: Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.

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catch on

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understand

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come around (to)

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be persuaded to change your mind, ex: It looks like they’re coming around to our way of thinking.

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think over

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consider

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18
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cross out

A

draw a line through sth written

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down on

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if sth downs on you, you realize it for the first time

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deal with

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handle, to solve a problem

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21
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drop out (of)

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leave school before you have finished a course

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22
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get at

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try to express

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get on with

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to continue doing sth, especially after an interruption

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give in

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stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult.

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keep up with

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stay at the same level as…

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sail through

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do sth/deal with sth very easily

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set out

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explain, describe or arrange sth in clear

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call for

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require, demand, need

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29
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call off

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cancel

30
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clear up

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to clear up a problem, become brighter and better.

31
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cut off

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make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with, ex: My explanation was cut off by loud protests.

32
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die down

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become less noisy, powerful, or active: basically being out of energy.

33
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do up

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repair, paint or improve

34
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face up to

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accept sth and try to deal with it

35
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get sb down

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make sb feel sad or lose hope.

36
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put down to

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suggest that sth is the result of sth

37
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put out

A

make sth stop burning

38
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set in

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to begin and seem likely to continue, ex: The rain seemed to have set in for the day.

39
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stand for

A

represent…(use more for abbreviations, symbols…)

40
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tear down

A

destroy or remove (for buildings, statues)

41
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throw away

A

get rid of, discard (se débarrasser de…)

42
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bank on

A

depend on sth happening

43
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come across

A

find sth or meet sb by chance

44
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come by

A

get sth, especially sth that is hard to get

45
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come into

A

inherit

46
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do without

A

live without sth (sth you can’t afford)

47
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get by

A

manage to survive

48
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get through

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if you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.

49
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give away

A

reveal sth you’re trying to hide

50
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live on

A

use as source of money

51
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look around

A

examine (a place)

52
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make out

A

write all the necessary information on a cheque

53
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make up for

A

provide sth good so that sth bad seems less important

54
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put by

A

save an amount of money for the future

55
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save up (for)

A

save money little by little (for a specific purpose)

56
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present simple: bare infinitive

A

I dance

57
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present continuous: am/is/are + ing

A

I’m dancing

58
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present perfect: have/has + past participle

A

I have danced

59
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present perfect continuous: have/had + been + ing

A

I have been dancing

60
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past simple: past participle

A

I danced

61
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past continuous: was/were + ing

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I was dancing

62
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past perfect: had/have + past participle

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I had danced

63
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past perfect continuous: had/have + been + ing

A

I have been dancing

64
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future simple: will + bare infinitive

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I will dance

65
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future continuous: will + be + ing

A

I will be dancing

66
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future perfect: will + have + past participle

A

I will have danced

67
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future perfect continuous: will + have + been + ing

A

I will have been dancing

68
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The Impersonal passive verbs are…

A
  • say
  • believe
  • claim
  • think
  • estimate
69
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Expressing general preference:

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prefer
–> prefer + noun/-ing + to + noun/-ing.
Exemple: I prefer staying at home to going outside.

70
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Expressing specific preference:

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would prefer
–> would prefer + bare infinitive + rather than (+ bare infinitive).
Exemple: I would prefer to stay in bed than go to work.

71
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Change of meaning

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  • remember. - go on
  • forget - learn/teach
  • try - like
  • stop - mean
  • regret -consider/imagine
72
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Indirect object

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  • To whom? It can be a person: my mom, my sister…

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