Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
(109 cards)
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look up
You should look it up on the internet
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find information about, improve
2
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get through
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to successfully make contact with someone (usually by telephone)
3
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make out
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to understand
4
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bring back
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cause to recall
5
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ring back
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return a phonecall
6
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drop off
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to stop a vehicle and let someone get out; to take something (or someone) to a place and leave it there
7
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send off
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to send a letter, document or parcel by post
8
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turn up, show up
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appear suddenly, to arrive
9
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come across
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find by chance
10
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ask around
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ask many people the same question
10
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take down
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to write down
11
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play up
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behave or work badly
12
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break down
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stop working
13
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mess about/around
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spend time doing things in a relaxed way; behave in a silly way
14
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bring up
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to mention / raise a child
15
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sort out
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find the solution
16
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put off
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to postpone
17
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call off
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to cancel
18
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look down on
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to think that someone (or something) is inferior, low or worthless; to disapprove of (someone or something).
19
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come up against
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have to deal with a problem
19
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do away with, shake off
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to get rid of
20
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get away with
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to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught)
21
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get on / get along
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have a good relationship
21
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put up with
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to tolerate
21
give in
to stop resisting; to surrender, to hand in
22
come around
recover consciousness, come to someone's house
23
brush aside / brush off
to ignore
24
fall for
believe that a trick or joke is true
24
chase up
to ask sb to do what they were supposed to
25
leave out
not include, omit
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sleep on it
to think it over
27
do without
live without
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be up to your neck (in something)
very busy with sth/ be in a difficult situation
29
go thought
to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation
30
make it up
to become friends again
30
drop out
to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social roup, a school, a university, a job, etc.).
31
make up
to invent
32
be over someone
To no longer have strong emotions about someone
32
turn down
to refuse
33
back off
tell someone to mind their own business or to stop doing something
34
stop by / swing by
to make a short visit somewhere
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drop by
visit without appointment
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take off
leave the ground, remove clothes
37
fill up
become full
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light up
fill with happiness (of a face), to illuminate
39
fill in
to complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.)
40
add up
to make sense
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fall apart
to start having problems that you cannot deal with, break into pieces
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back down
stop demanding sth, stop saying that you will do sth
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tear away
Stop someone doing something unwillingly.
42
blow up
to explode
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bring forward
change the date/time of an event so it happens earlier
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set off / set out
to start a journey
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bring in
introduce a new law or system
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put up
provide temporary accommodation
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get over
to recover from (an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock / etc.)
47
run away
escape from the control of
48
point out
to draw attention to something or someone
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take on
to accept a particular job or responsibility, to hire
50
lift up
to raise
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give.a lift / to pick up
to give a ride, to collect
52
hand out
to distribute to a group of people.
53
go off
to explode (bombs); to fire (guns); to ring suddenly (alarms or alarm clocks)
54
keep up with
continue to be informed
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cut out
remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)
56
run over
hit with a car
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cut down on
to reduce
58
knock off
Stop working, usually at the end of a day
58
catch out
to trick someone into making a mistake
59
stop over
to stay at a place for one night or a few nights on the way to somewhere else or before returning home
60
pass up
decline an opportunity
60
pass out
to faint
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read through
to read quickly beginning to the end
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turn around
change to the opposite direction
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keep down
to stop the number, level, or size of something from increasing
61
move up
to advance, improve position
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pass away
to die
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get into
to become interested in
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go along
to go to a place or event, usually without much planning, to make progress
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set up
establish/start a business
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come along with
to go somewhere with sb
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look over
to examine (someone or something) carefully and completely
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make out with
kiss the person very passionately
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to get on with sth
to continue doing sth, especially work
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shot off
to move quickly or suddenly
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act up
to misbehave
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to knock over
make something fall over
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catch up
get to the same point as someone else
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whip up
to quickly make a meal or something to eat
71
dust off
reuse sth forgotten
72
tell off
to speak very angrily to someone who has done something wrong (usually used when a person is simply expressing his/her anger rather than trying to help the other person improve)
73
faff about
to waste time
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go by
to pass (about time)
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rub off (on/onto somebody)
to have a positive influence on someone
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let down
to disappoint
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pay off
a positive result brought about by hard work
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to come up with sth
to think of a plan, an idea, or a solution to a problem
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insist on
to keep doing something, even if it annoys other people, or people think it is not good for you
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take back
admit that sth you said was wrong
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turn into
to become, transform
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grow on
become more liked
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run into
to meet by chance
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to get up to
do; do sth you should not do, to be involved in
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to warm to
become more enthusiastic about an idea
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cut off
to disconnect, interrupt, or discontinue something or someone
87
to tag along with
to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you to go with them
88
rush out
leave a room or building quickly
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fill sb in on sth
to tell sb about sth that has happened
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throw out
to force sb to leave a place, to get rid of sth you do not want
