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Phrasal verbs Flashcards

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add up

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to fine the total of
The shop assistant added up what I’d bought and told me the total

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blow up

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to explode
Luckily, the bomb didn’t blow up

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break down

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to stop working (For a machine, etc)
Our car broke down on the motorway

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break in(to)

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to enter illegally
A house in Brecon Place was broken into last night

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bring up

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to take care of a child until he or she becomes an adult
She brought up three sons on her own

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built up

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to increase
These excercises are good for building up leg strength

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call back

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to ring again on the phone
I’ll call you back later when you’re not so busy

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call off

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to cancel
The concert has been called down and explained what had happened

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carry on

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to continue
The phone rang, but Mark just carried on watching TV

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catch up (with)

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to reach the same point/level as
He’s missed so much school that he’s going to find it hard to catch up

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cheer up

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to become/make happier
I started to cheer up when the s un came out

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clear up

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to tidy
I’ll clear up if you want to go to bed

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came across

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to find something by chance
I came across a word I’d never seen before

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come back (from)

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to return (from)
Give me a call when you come back from Greece

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come on

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to be quicker
Come on, or we’ll be late!

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come out

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to be published
When does her new book come out?

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cross out

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to draw a line through something written
Just cross it out and rewrite it correctly

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cut down (on)

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to do less of something (smoking, etc)
I’m trying to cut down on the amount of sugar I eat

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cut off

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to disconnect (phone, electricity, etc)
Pay the electricity bill tomorrow or they might cut us off

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cut off

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to completely remove by cutting
Keep your roses healthy by cutting off any dead flowers

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do up

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to button/zip up a piece of clothing
It’s very windy, so do your coat up

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eat out

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to eat at a restaurant
Would you like to stay in or eat out tonight?

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fall down

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to trip and fall
I fell down and hurt my knee

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fall out (with)

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to have an argument with someone and stop being friends
Have you two fallen out?

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fill in a form, etc

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to add information in the spaces on
Just fill in this application form, please

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fill up

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to make something completely full
Just fill in this bowl up with sugar and put in an the table

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find out

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to discover information, etc
I don’t want Jerry to find out about this

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get away with

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to escape punishment for
They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it

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get in(to)

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to enter a car
I hurt my head as I was getting into the car

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get off

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to leave a bus/train/etc
You need to get off the bus opposite the supermarket

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get on (with)

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to have a good relationship (with)
She seems to get on with every body

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get on(to)

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to enter a bus/train/etc
You can buy a ticket when you get on the bus

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get out (of)

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to leave a car/building/room/etc
Quick! Get out of the car!

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get over

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to recover from (an illness, etc)
It can take weeks to get over an illness like that

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get up

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to leave your bed
He never gets up before nine

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give away

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to give something you’ve taken/borrowed
Could you give my CDs back because you’ve had them for two weeks

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give up

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to stop doing something you do regularly
You should give up smoking

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go away

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to leave a place/someone
Why don’t you just go away and leave me alone?

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go back (to)

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to return (to)
I can’t wait to go back to Italy

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go off

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to no longer be fresh
Has this milk gone off?

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go on

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to continue happening or doing something
Please go on with your work while I speak to the head teacher

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go on

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to happen
There isn’t much going on in this town in the evening

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go out

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to stop burning
the fire must have gone out during the night

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go out with

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to be the boyfriend/girlfriend of
Greg used to go out with Katy

45
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grow up

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to become older (for children)
He rarely saw his father while he was growing up

46
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hang on

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to wait
Just hang on - I’ll be ready in a minute

47
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hang up

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to put clothes in a wardrobe, etc
The women hung up their coats and sat down

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hang up

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to put the receiver down to end a phone call
I can’t believe that Jessica hung up without saying goodbye

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have on

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to wear (a piece of clothing)
The man had a strange hat on

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hurry up

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to do something more quickly
We haven’t got much time, so hurry up!

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join in

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to participate in, take part in
Ask them if you can play - I’m sure they’ll let you join in

52
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keep out

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to prevent from entering
Cars should be kept out of the city centre

53
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leave out

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to not include
Don’t leave your brother out - let him play with you and your friends

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let down

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to disappoint
You’ve really let me down

55
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lie down

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to start lying (on a bed.etc)
I;m going to go and lie down for a while

56
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log off

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to disconnect from the Internet/a website
Don’t forget to log off when you’ve finished checking your e -mail

57
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log on(to)

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to connect to the internet/a website
You need your password to log on

58
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look after

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to take care of
It’s hard work looking after three children all day

59
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look up

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to try to find information in a book, etc
I had to look the word up in a dictionary

60
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make up

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to invent an explanation, excuse, etc
He made up some excuse about the dog eating his homework

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move in

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to start living in a new house, etc
We’ve moving in next week

62
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pay back

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to return money (to someone)
Did you pay Denise back?

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pick up

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to lift something from the floor, a table, etc
Please pick those toys up and put them away

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point out

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to tell someone important information
He pointed out that we had two hours of free time before dinner

65
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print out

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to make a paper copy of something on a computer
Let me print those photographs out for you

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pull off

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to break by pulling
I pulled off the arm of my sunglasses by mistake

67
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put away

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to return something to where it belongs
He put the notebook away and stood up

68
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put back

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to return something to where it was
Can you put the book back when you’ve finished with it?

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put down

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to stop holding
Emma put her bag down and went upstairs

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put off

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to delay to a later time
Can we put the meeting off until tomorrow?

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put on

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to gain (weight)
I don’t want to put on any more weight!

72
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put on

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to start wearing (a piece of clothing)
Put your gloves and scarf on - it’s cold outside

73
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put out

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to make something stop burning
It took three firefighters to put the fire out

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put up

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to put something on a wall (eg a picture)
The teacher will put a notice up about the new courses

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read out

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to say something out loud which you are reading
He read the list of names out

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rip up

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to tear into pieces
Rip up this piece of paper when you’ve finished reading it

77
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rub out

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to remove with a rubber
I can’t rub it out because I wrote it in pen

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run away (from)

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to escape by running
The thief ran away from the police officers

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run out (of)

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to not have any left
Many hospitals are running out of money

80
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save up (for)

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to save money (for a specific purpose)
I’m saving up for a new electric guitar

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send off (eg football)

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to make a player leave a game
It was a very bad foul and the referee sent the player off

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set off

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to start a journey
Go to sleep because we’re setting off early in the morning

83
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set up

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to start (a business, organization,etc)
My dad is going to set up a taxi company

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share out

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to give a part of something to a group of people
The money will be shared out between 30 different environmental organizations

85
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shut up

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to stop talking, stop making a noise
Just shut up a minute and let me tell you what happened!

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sit down

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to (start to) sit
Please, sit down and make yourselves comfortable

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sort out

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to solve a problem
Investigators are still trying to sort out why the accident happened

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speak up

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to talk more loudly so someone can hear you
You have to speak up a bit because my gran’s a bit deaf

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split up

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to end a relationship
Tommy and Liz have just split up. It’s very sad!

90
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stand up

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to (start to) stand
You have the chair. I don’t mind eating standing up

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stay up

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to go to bed late
We stayed up until two o’clock last night

92
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take away

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to remove
Have they taken the rubbish away yet?

93
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take back

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to return something to the place it came from
I’m going to take my library books back

94
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take down

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to remove (from a high place)
The old man took a large book down from a shelf

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take off

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to leave the ground
Let’s go and watch the planes taking off while we wait

96
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take off

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to remove (a piece of clothing)
It felt good to finally take my shoes off after a long day

97
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take over

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to take control of (a business, etc)
* The shopping centre has been taken over by an American company*

98
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take up

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to start (a hobby, sport, etc)
I’ve taken up stamp collecting and it’s really interesting

99
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throw away

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to put something in a rubbish bin
Have you thrown the papers away?

100
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try on

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to put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and if it fits
You should try it on to see if it’s the right size

101
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turn down

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to lower the volume of
We asked our teacher to turn the CD up, so that we could hear it

102
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wake up

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to stop being asleep
Wake up! It’s nearly ten o’clock!

103
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wash up

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to wash plates, cups, cutlery, etc
I can help to cook and wash up

104
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watch out

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to be careful
Watch out - you’re going to hit that car!

105
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work out

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to find the solution to a problem, etc
We can’t work out how to get the Internet connection going

106
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write down

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to write information on a piece of paper
Do you want to write down my phone number?

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